Peter Stanfield

An Exploration of Place-Based TESOL

Buch

This study interrogates the assumption that the classroom is the best place for teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL). It explores postmodern pedagogies that dissolve the boundaries between classroom and community and shows how these might transform TESOL practice. Based on the extensive reflections of 15 participants, it analyses the range and properties of the places of their English acquisition and finds the classroom to be an insufficient place because its social relations limit learner agency. To overcome this it recommends that English classrooms be transformed into laboratories for critical reflection on students' s… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-3-659-30342-5
EAN: 9783659303425
Produktnummer: 37723942
Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Seitenangabe: 360 S.
Masse: H22.0 cm x B15.0 cm x D2.2 cm 554 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 554

Über den Autor

Dr. Peter W. Stanfield has taught music and English in Europe and the Middle East for more than three decades. His experience includes classroom practice as well as outdoor and community education. He is actively pursuing place-based learning in his current teaching and post-doctoral research