English Teaching and Evangelical Mission : The Case of Lighthouse School / Bill Johnston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnston, Bill, Author.

Series:

Critical language and literacy studies ; 21.

Critical Language and Literacy Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Study and teaching--Polish speakers.

English language.

Education--Religious aspects--Poland--21st century.

Education.

Bilingualism--Poland.

Bilingualism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Multilingual Matters, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Debates about the place of mission work in English Language Teaching continue to rage, and yet full-length studies of what really happens at the intersection of ELT and evangelical Christianity are rare. In this book, Johnston conducts a detailed ethnography of an evangelical language school in Poland, looking at its Bible-based curriculum, and analyzing interaction in classes for adults. He also explores the idea of ‘relationship’ in the context of the school and its mission activity, and more broadly the cultural encounter between North American evangelicalism and Polish Catholicism. The book comprises an in-depth examination of a key issue facing TEFL in the 21st century, and will be of interest to all practitioners and scholars in the field, whatever their position on this topic.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Series Editors’ Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

2. A Nation of Many Faiths?: Religion in Poland in the 21st Century

3. The Road to Lighthouse School

4. The School with a Soul

5. Curriculum and Materials

6. In the Classroom

7. False-Bottomed Friendships?: Relation at Lighthouse School

8. Empty Meeting Grounds?: The Cross-Cultural Encounter at Lighthouse School

9. Conclusions

Appendix A Transcription Conventions and A Note on Translation

Refer ences

Name Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9781783097098

1783097094

9781783097081

1783097086

OCLC:

970625313