Undergraduate Elt In Sri Lanka

Author : Asantha U. Attanayake
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-17
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781527523654

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Undergraduate ELT in Sri Lanka by Asantha U. Attanayake Pdf

The book looks into the South Asian experience of English language education in the first decade of the 21st century by examining its policies, practices and perspectives in Sri Lanka. It discusses the evolution of English from the language of administration of the former South Asian colony up to its present and intended, although poorly implemented, status as a “link-language” in Sri Lanka. The official removal of English as the language of administration after independence, the twists and turns of its practice in various domains over six decades, and the views of today’s students and teachers reveal that there is more to English language education in a post-colonial context than current theories address. This book concentrates on what educationalists in English Language Teaching do, the goals that curriculum designers must capture, and how post-colonial attitudes towards English hinder the teaching of English as a second language. This book emphasizes that the general principles of teaching English as a second language need specific modifications at the delivery stage in South Asian societies.

Author : Asantha U. Attanayake
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351129787

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Post-colonial Curriculum Practices in South Asia by Asantha U. Attanayake Pdf

Post-colonial Curriculum Practices in South Asia gives a conceptual framework for curriculum design for English Language Teaching, taking into account context specific features in the teaching–learning settings of post-colonial South Asia. It reveals how the attitudes prevalent in post-colonial South Asian societies towards English negatively influence English language learning. The book provides a comprehensive analysis to design a course for English language teaching that aims at building learner confidence to speak English. Based on original research, the study covers Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The book focuses on the context-specific nature of learners and considers a curriculum design that binds teaching materials and teaching methods together with an aligned assessment. Chapters discuss language attitudes, learner characteristics and English in the context of native languages, and introduce a special type of anxiety that stems from existing language attitudes in a society, referred to as Language Attitude Anxiety. The book will appeal to doctoral and post-doctoral scholars in English language education, students and researchers of sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics as well as curriculum designers of ELT and language policy makers.

Author : Hyesu Park
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781978804142

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Media Culture in Transnational Asia by Hyesu Park Pdf

Media Culture in Transnational Asia: Convergences and Divergences examines contemporary media use within Asia, where over half of the world’s population resides. The book addresses media use and practices by looking at the transnational exchanges of ideas, narratives, images, techniques, and values and how they influence media consumption and production throughout Asia, including Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, South Korea, Singapore, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iran and many others. The book’s contributors are especially interested in investigating media and their intersections with narrative, medium, technologies, and culture through the lenses that are particularly Asian by turning to Asian sociopolitical and cultural milieus as the meaningful interpretive framework to understand media. This timely and cutting-edge research is essential reading for those interested in transnational and global media studies.

Author : Luis Javier Pentón Herrera,Gilda Martínez-Alba,Ethan Trinh
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000783957

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Teacher Well-Being in English Language Teaching by Luis Javier Pentón Herrera,Gilda Martínez-Alba,Ethan Trinh Pdf

This edited volume brings the important topic of teacher well-being to the fore, presenting a range of high quality and cutting-edge contributions that illuminate, advance and educate readers on the challenges and criticality of achieving teacher well-being in English language teaching (ELT). Taking Sarah Mercer’s call for action to make teacher well-being a priority in the ELT field, and adopting an ecological perspective reflective of the stance that teacher well-being is a societal duty and not a personal responsibility, the contributors present theoretically and methodologically innovative research studies from all around the world. The term ‘teacher’ is used to refer to those who deliver English instruction in a variety of formal and informal educational settings and at different levels including K-12 schools, adult education, higher education, teacher education programs, and in community organizations. Chapters offer clear implications for research and practice, and explore effective practices and interventions that can contribute to the improvement of teacher well-being overall. Addressing a profession which is not only characterized as being filled with high levels of stress, but delving into specific challenges around ELT in particular, the authors crucially speak to themes around the additional emotional investment and labor which come with being an English language teacher. As such, it will appeal to academics and researchers in the field of English language teaching, including scholar-practitioners, and teacher educators.

Author : Darío Luis Banegas,Griselda Beacon,Mercedes Pérez Berbain
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783030749811

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International Perspectives on Diversity in ELT by Darío Luis Banegas,Griselda Beacon,Mercedes Pérez Berbain Pdf

This edited book provides professionals in the field of English Language Teaching (ELT) with a situated and culturally-responsive account of diversity and inclusion in English language education, from primary to higher education and in a wide range of settings. The volume focuses on three overlapping areas: interculturality, special education needs, and gender. The chapters in each section seek to help readers reflect on the opportunities and challenges of diversity as a step towards inclusive practices, and raise awareness of critical topics across the curriculum and beyond by engaging in wider social issues. This book will be of interest to language teachers and teacher trainers, as well as scholars working in applied linguistics, higher education, intercultural studies, and related fields.

Author : Viniti Vaish
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010-05-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781441129574

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Globalization of Language and Culture in Asia by Viniti Vaish Pdf

The impact of globalization processes on language is an emergent field in sociolinguistics. To date there has not been an in-depth look at this in Asia, although Asia includes the two most populous globalizing economies of the world, India and China. Covering the major themes in the field of globalization and language, this book will take a look at topics such as English emerging as the medium of instruction for subjects like mathematics and science. Another theme is the rise of Mandarin as a potentially 'global' language networking the Chinese diaspora. The cultural contexts of Asia, specifically the Sinic, Hindu and Islamic civililizations give the processes of globalization and language a unique dimension. This book is suitable for researchers and postgraduate students in all fields of sociolinguistic enquiry.

Author : Pauline Rea-Dickins,Kevin Germaine
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1992-07-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 0194371387

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Evaluation by Pauline Rea-Dickins,Kevin Germaine Pdf

Part of a scheme for teachers who want to deepen their knowledge in order to improve their professional skills, whether they are on in-service courses or working with colleagues in teacher development groups

Author : Aya Matsuda
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-19
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781783097043

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Preparing Teachers to Teach English as an International Language by Aya Matsuda Pdf

This book explores ways to prepare teachers to teach English as an International Language (EIL) and provides theoretically-grounded models for EIL-informed teacher education. The volume includes two chapters that present a theoretical approach and principles in EIL teacher education, followed by a collection of descriptions of field-tested teacher education programs, courses, units in a course, and activities from diverse geographical and institutional contexts, which together demonstrate a variety of possible approaches to preparing teachers to teach EIL. The book helps create a space for the exploration of EIL teacher education that cuts across English as a Lingua Franca, World Englishes and other relevant scholarly communities.

Author : K. M. De Silva,G. H. Peiris
Publisher : MacMillan India
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015057622683

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The University System of Sri Lanka by K. M. De Silva,G. H. Peiris Pdf

The book studies university education in Sri Lanka, paying special attention to the University of Ceylon. This work will be of immense interest to academicians and administrators, as well as to scholars and students from a wide spectrum of academic discip

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 551 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024-04-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789004680661

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Threshold Concepts in the Moment by Anonim Pdf

In the twenty years since Ray Land and Erik Meyer published their first paper on Threshold Concepts, there has been a steady stream of papers mulling over their original suggestions that learning, far from proceeding in an orderly fashion, is instead a process of struggle – perhaps alienation and confusion – that puts students in a troublesome liminal ‘in-between’ state. As their understanding develops, liminality gives way to transformational insight whereby a whole field of study comes, often quite abruptly, into focus. There is a gain but often also a loss: in this new world, old certainties, assumptions and even aspects of our identity can be left by the wayside. Threshold Concepts in the Moment is the sixth collection in the series on the subject of Threshold Concepts, following the 8th Biennial Conference held in 2021, anchored at London’s UCL but running online across the world. Its contributors, who range from ‘old hands’ to new members of the community finding their feet, mull over the insights of the threshold concepts framework in higher education, scrutinise their own fields of study, explore the implications of liminality for pedagogy and becoming professional practitioners, and consider the broad implications for pedagogy of factoring in the troublesomeness of knowledge and learning.

Author : Matthew Peacock,John Flowerdew
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 17 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2001-03-15
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780521801300

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Research Perspectives on English for Academic Purposes by Matthew Peacock,John Flowerdew Pdf

This volume of specially commissioned articles examines theory and practice in EAP.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1032 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015079893023

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Resources in Education by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Education
ISBN : MINN:31951D03424962L

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Transforming School Education in Sri Lanka by Anonim Pdf

Author : Graham Hall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 717 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317384465

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The Routledge Handbook of English Language Teaching by Graham Hall Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of English Language Teaching is the definitive reference volume for postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students of Applied Linguistics, ELT/TESOL, and Language Teacher Education, and for ELT professionals engaged in in-service teacher development and/or undertaking academic study. Progressing from ‘broader’ contextual issues to a ‘narrower’ focus on classrooms and classroom discourse, the volume’s inter-related themes focus on: ELT in the world: contexts and goals planning and organising ELT: curriculum, resources and settings methods and methodology: perspectives and practices second language learning and learners teaching language: knowledge, skills and pedagogy understanding the language classroom. The Handbook’s 39 chapters are written by leading figures in ELT from around the world. Mindful of the diverse pedagogical, institutional and social contexts for ELT, they convincingly present the key issues, areas of debate and dispute, and likely future developments in ELT from an applied linguistics perspective. Throughout the volume, readers are encouraged to develop their own thinking and practice in contextually appropriate ways, assisted by discussion questions and suggestions for further reading that accompany every chapter. Advisory board: Guy Cook, Diane Larsen-Freeman, Amy Tsui, and Steve Walsh

Author : Ernesto Macaro,
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-19
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9780194403986

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English Medium Instruction by Ernesto Macaro, Pdf

Ernesto Macaro brings together a wealth of research on the rapidly expanding phenomenon of English Medium Instruction. Against a backdrop of theory, policy documents, and examples of practice, he weaves together research in both secondary and tertiary education, with a particular focus on the key stakeholders involved in EMI: the teachers and the students. Whilst acknowledging that the momentum of EMI is unlikely to be diminished, and identifying its potential benefits, the author raises questions about the ways it has been introduced and developed, and explores how we can arrive at a true cost–benefit analysis of its future impact. “This state-of-the-art monograph presents a wide-ranging, multi-perspectival yet coherent overview of research, policy, and practice of English Medium Instruction around the globe. It gives a thorough, in-depth, and thought-provoking treatment of an educational phenomenon that is spreading on an unprecedented scale.” Guangwei Hu, National Institute of Education, Singapore Additional online resources are available at www.oup.com/elt/teacher/emi Ernesto Macaro is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Oxford and is the founding Director of the Centre for Research and Development on English Medium Instruction at the university. Oxford Applied Linguistics Series Advisers: Anne Burns and Diane Larsen-Freeman