Critical ELT in Action - Softcover

Crookes, Graham V.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415883490 ISBN 13: 9780415883498

Publisher: Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

Uniquely bridging theory and practice, this text introduces and overviews the various domains associated with the term critical pedagogy in the field of TESOL/ELT. Critical pedagogy addresses concepts, values, curriculum, instructional and associated practices involved in language teaching for social justice.  Bringing  critical pedagogy to classroom practitioners in a practical and comprehensible way, the text is designed to help teachers get started on critically grounded work in their own teaching.
Features
· Textbook extracts offer direct and quick illustration of what this perspective might look like in practice
· Coverage of feminist and anti-racist pedagogies; sexual identity, oppression and pedagogy;  peace and environmental education; and critical English as a foreign language―and their implications for second-language teaching 
· Historical background
· Theoretical background on language and learning
· Consideration of applicability of critical/radical educational concepts and traditions to non-Western cultural contexts
· A focus on issues of compromise and resistance

This original, timely, and informative text is ideal for any course on methods and approaches in TESOL.

About this title

About the Author:

Graham V. Crookes is Professor, Department of Second Language Studies, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, USA.

Review:

"The publisher advocates the book for courses on methods and approaches in TESOL, but as a self-proclaimed critical pedagogue, I could easily see myself using the text in numerous other contexts such as with intermediate-level proficiency learners of almost any language in any setting as well as in sociolinguistics and applied linguistics courses." ―JALT Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0415883490
• ISBN 13: 9780415883498
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288