Overview
- Enhances an understanding of the socio-cultural, economic and political relationships that underpin ELT in otherwise under-privileged circumstances
- Offers a practitioner and research-based perspective on ELT and teacher education in difficult circumstances
- Provides valuable insights for practitioners, teacher educators and policy makers
Part of the book series: International Perspectives on English Language Teaching (INPELT)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Policy Decisions and the Creation of Difficult Circumstances
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Developing Contextually Responsive Pedagogy and Materials for Teaching English in Difficult Circumstances
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Difficult Circumstances in Non-mainstream ELT: Contexts of Confinement, Conflict and Special Needs
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Approaches to Teacher Development in Difficult Circumstances
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About this book
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.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Fauzia Shamim is Professor at the English Language Center, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia. She previously headed the Department of English at the University of Karachi, Pakistan. She has trained English language teachers in a variety of settings and countries, and is a founder member of SPELT (Society of Pakistan English Language Teachers).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: International Perspectives on Teaching English in Difficult Circumstances
Book Subtitle: Contexts, Challenges and Possibilities
Editors: Kuchah Kuchah, Fauzia Shamim
Series Title: International Perspectives on English Language Teaching
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53104-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-53103-2Published: 14 March 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-53104-9Published: 17 November 2018
Series ISSN: 2946-3238
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3246
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 259
Topics: English, Applied Linguistics, Language Policy and Planning, Language Teaching, Teaching and Teacher Education, Language Education