Spirituality and English Language Teaching : Religious Explorations of Teacher Identity, Pedagogy and Context / Mary Shepard Wong, Ahmar Mahboob.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mahboob, Ahmar, Editor.

Wong, Mary Shepard, Editor.

Series:

New perspectives on language and education ; 60.

New Perspectives on Language and Education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English language.

English teachers--Religious life.

English teachers.

English language--Religious aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 pages).

Place of Publication:

Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Multilingual Matters, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This collection of 16 reflective accounts and data-driven studies explores the interrelationship of religious identity and English Language Teaching (ELT). The chapters broaden a topic which has traditionally focused on Christianity by including Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim and non-religious perspectives. They address the ways in which faith and ELT intersect in the realms of teacher identity, pedagogy and the context and content of ELT, and explore a diverse range of geographical contexts, making use of a number of different research methodologies. The book will be of particular interest to researchers in TESOL and EFL, as well as teachers and teacher trainers.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Contributors

Acknowledgments

Foreword: Complexifying our Understanding of Spirituality

1. Introduction: Why a Book on Spirituality and Language Teaching?

2. The Dangers and Delights of Teacher Spiritual Identity as Pedagogy

3. Buddhist Principles and the Development of Leadership Skills in English Language Program Administration and Teaching

4. Attempting Interfaith Dialogue in TESOL: A Duoethnography

5. Response to Part 1. Possibilities for Nonattachment: Investigating the Affective Dimension of Imposition

6. A Buddhist in the Classroom Revisited

7. The Relevance of Hinduism to English Language Teaching and Learning

8. Multiple, Complex and Fluid Religious and Spiritual Influences on English Language Educators

9. Response to Part 2. ‘Religious Faith’ and ‘Pedagogical Practice’: Extending the Map. A Response to Brown, Sharma and Vandrick

10. Language and Religion in the Construction of the Lebanese Identity

11. Teachers’ Perceptions of the Interface between Religious Values and Language Pedagogy in Egypt

12. Church-sponsored English as a Second Language in Western Canada: Grassroots Expressions of Spiritual and Social Practice

13. Response to Part 3. Religious Faith and the Language Learning Context: Exploring the ‘Interface’

14. Spirituality and English Language Teaching: Moving Forward

Afterword: Spirituality in Language Teaching

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

ISBN:

9781788921558

1788921550

9781788921541

1788921542

OCLC:

1046064945