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English Teaching and Evangelical Mission: The Case of Lighthouse School
Bill Johnston
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Description for English Teaching and Evangelical Mission: The Case of Lighthouse School
Paperback. This book offers a critical examination of the use of English Language Teaching as a platform for evangelical Christian mission work. It presents an in-depth study of a language school in Poland in which Bible-based curriculum was employed. The book looks in detail at a key question faced by TEFL in the 21st century. Series: Critical Language and Literacy Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; EBA; HRCX7; JNSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
Debates about the place of mission work in English Language Teaching continue to rage, and yet full-length studies of what really happens at the intersection of ELT and evangelical Christianity are rare. In this book, Johnston conducts a detailed ethnography of an evangelical language school in Poland, looking at its Bible-based curriculum, and analyzing interaction in classes for adults. He also explores the idea of `relationship' in the context of the school and its mission activity, and more broadly the cultural encounter between North American evangelicalism and Polish Catholicism. The book comprises an in-depth examination of a key issue facing ... Read more
Debates about the place of mission work in English Language Teaching continue to rage, and yet full-length studies of what really happens at the intersection of ELT and evangelical Christianity are rare. In this book, Johnston conducts a detailed ethnography of an evangelical language school in Poland, looking at its Bible-based curriculum, and analyzing interaction in classes for adults. He also explores the idea of `relationship' in the context of the school and its mission activity, and more broadly the cultural encounter between North American evangelicalism and Polish Catholicism. The book comprises an in-depth examination of a key issue facing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd
Condition
New
Series
Critical Language and Literacy Studies
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783097067
SKU
V9781783097067
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Ref
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About Bill Johnston
Bill Johnston is Henry Remak Professor of Comparative Literature at Indiana University, USA. He is the author of Values in English Language Teaching (2003, Lawrence Erlbaum).
Reviews for English Teaching and Evangelical Mission: The Case of Lighthouse School
Johnston combines his intimate knowledge of Polish culture, his distinguished career in English language teaching and his proven expertise as a researcher to provide a data-based ethnographic study that makes a unique contribution to an area more usually known for its ideologically-motivated disputes. An essential read for anyone interested in this meeting point of sometimes elided, sometimes conflicting, good intentions. ... Read more