English Language Teaching Issues And Challenges

Author : Lap Tuen Wong,Aditi Dubey-Jhaveri
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
ISBN : 1634835204

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English Language Education in a Global World by Lap Tuen Wong,Aditi Dubey-Jhaveri Pdf

With English becoming the world's foremost lingua franca, the pressure to improve English language education (ELE) has been steadily increasing. Consequently, the nature of ELE has changed drastically in the last decade. This has not only brought about a number of changes in the way English is taught and learnt, but it has also led to various innovative practices around the world. As a result, this edited book aims to shed light on the new theoretical and methodological developments in the field of ELE as well as the major issues and difficulties faced by practitioners in different parts of the globe. One very important variable that the book takes into account is the role that English already plays in a particular society since this may affect the views that teachers and students hold of the language. This in turn can significantly influence the way English is taught and learnt in given political, economic and socio-cultural settings. The purpose of this book is therefore to provide a comprehensive overview of the pedagogical methods, policies and problems that underlie English language education in ten different regions across the world, including: the USA, Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, Singapore, Japan, China and Hong Kong. In doing so, the different chapters in the book emphasize the importance of responding to linguistic and other forms of diversity in order to develop English language education in a globalized world. This book will be useful for teachers and students of English language, for English language curriculum and materials developers, and for those involved in educational policy-making and language acquisition research. Written by experts in the field, the range of content covered in the book's chapters will also help policy-makers, researchers and practitioners develop effective English language education practices and policies, and propose solutions to emerging issues in English language teaching and learning in different environments around the world. The newly-developed arguments and concerns pertaining to English language education will serve as future reference for professionals interested in this area of expertise.

Author : Dr. Shikha Agrawal ,Dr. Geetika Patni
Publisher : Shanlax Publications
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789391373054

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NEW DIRECTIONS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING : ISSUES, PRACTICES, CHALLENGES by Dr. Shikha Agrawal ,Dr. Geetika Patni Pdf

New Directions in English Language Teaching: Issues,Practices, Challenges attempts to create a comprehensive vision of critical and culturally relevant English teaching methodologies at the cusp of the 21st century. The present book is multi-voiced. It includes perspectives from classroom teachers, teacher educators and researchers in language and literacy, positioned to respond to recent changes in national conversations about literacy, learning and assessment. These vividly situated authors also recognise the rapidly changing demographics in colleges, the changing nature of teaching English in the digital age, and increasing demands for teaching pedagogies. This book is critically placed at the juncture of numerous directions in novel techniques. At all times, education is a political act, and colleges are embedded with a socio-culture reality that benefits some at the expense of others. Therefore the approach advocated through many of the chapters is one of critical literacy where English students gain reading and writing skills and proficiency with digital technologies that allow them to become more able, discerning, and empowered consumers and producers of texts.

Author : Kuchah Kuchah,Fauzia Shamim
Publisher : Springer
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781137531049

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International Perspectives on Teaching English in Difficult Circumstances by Kuchah Kuchah,Fauzia Shamim Pdf

This book offers a holistic practitioner and research-based perspective on English Language Teaching and teacher education in difficult circumstances. In addition to extending the current conceptualization of ‘difficult circumstances’ in ELT to include the broader policy issues that may affect ELT in low-to-mid income countries, the book focuses on the challenges faced by practitioners and learners in contexts of confinement, conflict and special education. The chapters in this collection examine the challenges and problems that emerge from the complex current ELT environment, and present examples of contextualized inquiry-based strategies and interventions to address these challenges. Underlining the need to extend the boundaries of the discipline of ELT to include teaching-learning in less privileged contexts, this wide-ranging volume will appeal to students, scholars and practitioners of English Language Teaching.

Author : Kasia Papaja,Katarzyna Papaja
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781443858519

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Language in Focus by Kasia Papaja,Katarzyna Papaja Pdf

Applied Linguistics is a field of academic enquiry that deals with the theoretical and empirical investigation of real issues which focus on language. These issues include aspects of linguistics, first or second language acquisition, literacy, language disorders, foreign language learning and teaching, bilingual education, linguistic discrimination, and language policy, among others. New approaches, new theoretical concepts and new methods are a prerequisite for dealing with particular educational issues, and, as such, this book focuses on the challenges and opportunities that emerge from this. It brings together selected presentations given at the LIF2014 conference, which took place in Antalya, Turkey. The main focus of this event was to reflect the internationality of the English language by drawing academicians, researchers, teachers and educational authorities from all over the world and providing them with the opportunity to exchange an interdisciplinary dialogue on the theoretical as well as purely practical implications of Applied Linguistics and ELT.

Author : S. Udhayakumar,K. Vellaichamy
Publisher : Shanlax Publications
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9788119042913

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English Language Teaching: Issues and Challenges by S. Udhayakumar,K. Vellaichamy Pdf

English, as a global language, plays a vital role in every one’s life. Students think that English language opens the door of the world for their future life. But as an alien language, the learners find it very difficult to understand the language. Not only to understand but to read, write and speak. A social language may be learnt quickly as there are many chances to encounter with public people who speak this as their mother tongue or a community language. But English is not a social language so all learners face difficulty. This difficulty may be eased out by adopting different methodology for learning English language. This could be possible only for educational institutions. In India and non English speaking countries, English could be learnt only in schools, colleges and Universities. So it is very important that methodology for English teaching should be often checked and updated. Earlier chalk and talk method was adopted. In due course, it underwent many changes and it, now has become student centric and the teacher has become a facilitator for the students in teaching learning process. The classroom, once a four wall room with a single board and small chalk piece, has now become a smart classroom with white smart board and an electronic pen stick. Even an LKG classroom is connected to the world and with one click the whole world comes into the classroom through internet services and displayed on the white board. If Shakespeare is taught, his manuscript of the text is displayed and his life is shown as a video film. If the Universe is taught to the students, the video of the Universe is shown and the real scientists are explaining the doubts of the students and they chat with the learners. As we are living in such a modern and advanced period, teaching methodology for English teaching should be updated to meet the challenges of today’s world. Education is the only way for the humanity to live happily and peacefully. Education connects the whole world for the benefit of the human race which is not possible for animal beings and other creatures also. In this process, English language plays a crucial role and an edition of book chapters may benefit the student and teaching community to update the teaching methodology of English language. So, this edition is brought to fulfill the need of the current society.

Author : Salah Troudi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030532970

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Critical Issues in Teaching English and Language Education by Salah Troudi Pdf

This edited book brings together a collection of research-based chapters that address a variety of topics related to the teaching of English in different contexts around the world. The chapters are informed by a critical approach to research, employing a variety of research methods to question and problematize taken-for-granted definitions and practices in areas such as classroom pedagogy, testing, curriculum, language policy, the position of English as a medium of instruction, educational management, teacher education, materials and evaluation. This book addresses a major gap in theoretical and research literature in the area of teaching English, and it will be of interest to trainee and practising teachers, research students and scholars of EFL and TESOL, and researchers in applied linguistics.

Author : Amy Bik May Tsui
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781108479714

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English Language Teaching and Teacher Education in East Asia by Amy Bik May Tsui Pdf

This book uncovers the challenges posed by globalization to Asian jurisdictions in English language teaching and teacher education.

Author : Dr V. V. Bharathi
Publisher : Archers & Elevators Publishing House
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9789388805155

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English Language Teaching Issues & Concern by Dr V. V. Bharathi Pdf

Author : Ruanni Tupas,Shantini Pillai,Ramesh Nair
Publisher : Penerbit USM
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789674610449

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English Language Education in Southeast Asia: Problems and Possibilities (Penerbit USM) by Ruanni Tupas,Shantini Pillai,Ramesh Nair Pdf

This book addresses the problems and possibilities of English language education in Southeast Asia from the point-of-view of researchers who are themselves also English language teachers. The researchers are from Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore and New Zealand. The articles in this edited book examine teaching and language learning goals in relation to the desired development of linguistic knowledge. More importantly, the articles also reflect on the nurturing of appropriate learning abilities and independent thinking that is framed by the expanding learner awareness of identity, culture, and society within and beyond the classroom. Ultimately, the book tackles issues that emerge from the fact that we teach and learn English in a region that is hugely multicultural and multilingual.

Author : Hans V. Knudsen
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Education
ISBN : 1604560886

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Secondary Education Issues and Challenges by Hans V. Knudsen Pdf

Secondary education is the final stage of compulsory education, preceded by primary education and followed by higher education. It is characterised by transition from the typically compulsory, comprehensive primary education for minors to the optional, selective tertiary, 'post-secondary', or 'higher' education (e.g., university, vocational school) for adults. Depending on the system, schools for this period or a part of it may be called secondary schools, high schools, gymnasiums, lyceums, middle schools, colleges, vocational schools and preparatory schools, and the exact meaning of any of these varies between the systems. The exact boundary between primary and secondary education varies from country to country and even within them, but is generally around the fifth to the tenth year of education. Secondary education occurs mainly during the teenage years. In the United States and Canada primary and secondary education together are sometimes referred to as K-12 education. The purpose of secondary education can be to give common knowledge, to prepare for either higher education or vocational education, or to train directly for a profession. This new book presents the latest research in the field.

Author : Bernard Spolsky,Ofra Inbar-Lourie,Michal Tannenbaum
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134658725

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Challenges for Language Education and Policy by Bernard Spolsky,Ofra Inbar-Lourie,Michal Tannenbaum Pdf

Addressing a wide range of issues in applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, and multilingualism, this volume focuses on language users, the ‘people.’ Making creative connections between existing scholarship in language policy and contemporary theory and research in other social sciences, authors from around the world offer new critical perspectives for analyzing language phenomena and language theories, suggesting new meeting points among language users and language policy makers, norms, and traditions in diverse cultural, geographical, and historical contexts. Identifying and expanding on previously neglected aspects of language studies, the book is inspired by the work of Elana Shohamy, whose critical view and innovative work on a broad spectrum of key topics in applied linguistics has influenced many scholars in the field to think “out of the box” and to reconsider some basic commonly held understandings, specifically with regard to the impact of language and languaging on individual language users rather than on the masses.

Author : Graeme Cane
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-18
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781443828307

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Teaching English in Multilingual Contexts by Graeme Cane Pdf

This collection of innovative, thought-provoking papers discusses contemporary issues, practices and research related to the role and teaching of English in multilingual countries. The papers, written by experienced practitioners in the field from a number of different countries, examine how the English language can be more effectively taught to students in Asia who speak English as their second, third or fourth language. The book will be of interest not only to linguists, language teachers and educators but also to social science researchers involved in exploring the effects language policy can have on education and society at large. The eleven chapters in this book are divided into three sections: multilingual aspects in the teaching and learning of English, code-switching and code-mixing, and assessment. Their authors came to Karachi from different academic, cultural and geographic backgrounds and with diverse experiences of the world of English Language Teaching in order to participate in the Fifth International Seminar hosted by the Aga Khan University Centre of English Language. The contributors are all multi-linguals for whom the question of how best to teach languages is a challenge they face on a daily basis. This small collection of papers is likely to become a powerful resource for English teachers, scholars, and researchers interested in the problems facing language educators in today’s multilingual, multi-cultural world.

Author : Robert Kirkpatrick
Publisher : Springer
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319224640

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English Language Education Policy in Asia by Robert Kirkpatrick Pdf

This volume offers comprehensive 'state-of-the-art' overviews of educational policies concerning the teaching of English in a large number of Asian countries. Each contribution is written by a leading expert and gives a clear assessment of current policies and future trends. Starting with a description of the English education policies in the respective countries, the contributors then delve into the 'nuts and bolts' of the English education policies and how they play out in practice in the education system, in schools, in the curriculum, and in teaching. Topics covered include the balance between the acquisition of English and the national language, political, cultural, economic and technical factors that strengthen or weaken the learning of English.

Author : Meenakshi Raman
Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : English language
ISBN : 8126903287

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English Language Teaching by Meenakshi Raman Pdf

Nvention Of New Classroom Practices And Innovative Approaches To Designing Language Programmes And Materials Reflect A Commitment To Finding More Efficient And More Effective Ways Of Teaching Languages. The Classroom Teacher Has A Wider Variety Of Methodological Options To Choose From Than Ever Before. They Can Choose Methods And Materials According To The Needs Of The Learners, The Preferences Of Teachers And The Constrains Of Their Institution Or Educational Setting.Though Technology Can Play A Dominant Role In English Language Teaching (Elt) In The Contemporary Society, The Need For Developing The Four Basic Language Skills In Elt Classrooms Still Prevails. The Perspicacious Papers Presented In This Volume Provide An Insight Into The Deeper Understanding Of The Various Issues Involved In Teaching English At The University Level. These Papers Cover A Broad Spectrum Of Topics Under Elt Ranging From Theoretical Aspects Such As Form And Function In Language Learning To The Most Useful Practical Aspects Such As Communicative Language Teaching In A Multimedia Language Laboratory.Both The Teachers And The Researchers May Find This Volume On Elt Extremely Useful In Identifying, Appreciating And Comprehending The Nuances Of English Language Teaching.

Author : Eddy White,Tahnee Bucher
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-26
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781527547636

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Classroom Assessment for Language Teaching by Eddy White,Tahnee Bucher Pdf

This book focuses where assessment has greatest relevance—the classroom. A great deal of research related to assessment is focused on ‘the testing industry’, high-stakes language proficiency testing, and related analytical and statistical reports that are far removed from teachers’ and students’ experiences in the classroom. Recently, more attention has been paid to assessment in language classrooms and the many challenges that teachers face in both measuring and promoting student learning. This book contributes to the body of knowledge related to teacher assessment competence, and how it is manifested in the decisions they make about assessment procedures and instruments in their classes. Focused on specific challenges related to classroom assessment, each chapter reports on particular assessment issues faced by teachers, their choices regarding such issues, and the consequences (actual or anticipated) of their decision-making. This book will interest the thousands of teachers globally dealing with the numerous challenges associated with effective classroom assessment in language learning. This collection of teacher voices, stories, and investigations provides possible solutions to such challenges, and will serve to promote assessment literacy in the language teaching profession.