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Reading with my eyes open: embracing the critical and the personal in language pedagogy / Gerdi Quist
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Quist, Gerdi, author.
- Series:
- UCL arts and humanities publications.
- UCL arts and humanities publications
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language teaching theory & methods.
- Education.
- Intercultural communication in education.
- Cultural complexity.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : Ubiquity Press Limited, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file rda
- Summary:
- Untangling the various approaches to language teaching and their history, Gerdi Quist maps recent thinking in language studies at university. Using an interdisciplinary theoretical framework, drawn from educational philosophy, cultural studies, intercultural studies and language pedagogy, the author discusses the many tensions and currents in contemporary language teaching.The author puts forward an alternative pedagogy, that of a cultuurtekst-perspective, which engages learners at complex linguistic and cultural levels. In discussing the case study in which this approach is tested, the author develops her argument for embracing various critical perspectives through the personal engagement of students. From the start the author acknowledges her own engaged position as a language teacher in a liberal humanistic educational environment. She adopts a self -critical perspective through which her engagement with adverse student reaction leads to deepening insights both for the author and her students as part of the non-linear process of learning. Gerdi Quist teaches Dutch language and lectures on multiculturalism and intercultural communication. Recent publications included a book chapter and journal articles on language pedagogy and intercultural communication.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 179 - 188) and index.
- CC BY
- Description based on website home page, viewed January 24, 2018.
- Other Format:
- Print version: 9781909188211
- ISBN:
- 9781909188235
- 1909188239
- 9781909188228
- 1909188220
- OCLC:
- 869669298
- Publisher Number:
- https://doi.org/10.5334/baj
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