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Christian and critical English language educators in dialogue : pedagogical and ethical dilemmas / edited by Mary Shepard Wong and Suresh Canagarajah.

Contributor(s): Wong, Mary Shepard | Canagarajah, A. Suresh.
Publisher: New York ; London : Routledge, 2009Description: xx, 302 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780415999533 (hbk.); 0415999537 (hbk.).Subject(s): English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers | English language -- Religious aspects | Language in missionary work | English teachers -- Religious lifeDDC classification: 428.24
Contents:
Part 1. Setting the tone : dialogue and discourse. Non-judgmental steps on a road to understanding -- Is dialogue possible? challenges to evangelicals and non-evangelicals in English language teaching -- First, the log in our own eye : missionaries and their critics -- A preliminary survey of Christian English language teachers in countries that restrict missionary activity -- Is dialogue possible? Anti-intellectualism, relativism, politics, and linguistic ideologies -- Dialogue and discourse -- Questioning religious "ideals" and intentionalities : staving off religious arrogance and bigotry in ELT -- Can we talk? Finding a platform for dialogue among values-based professionals in Post-positivist education. Part 2. Ideological and political dilemmas. Deconstructing/reconstructing the missionary English teacher identity -- English and education in anglophone Africa : historical and current realities -- Confronting the Empire : language teachers as charitable guests -- Christian English teachers' presence : reflecting Constantine or Christ? -- A former "missionary kid" responds -- Caught between poststructuralist relativism and materialism or liberal and critical multiculturalism? -- The English language and the Word of God. Part 3. Pedagogical and professional dilemmas. The courage to teach as a nonnative English teacher : The confession of a Christian teacher -- English teachers, language learning, and the issue of power -- Classroom guidelines for teachers with convictions -- The pedagogical dilemmas of faith in ELT : A dialogic response -- Power and change in ELT : thoughts from a fellow traveler -- Reconsidering roadside assistance : The problem with Christian approaches to teaching the English language. Part 4. Spiritual and ethical dilemmas. Spiritual dimensions in language teaching : A personal reflection -- Spiritual lessons learned from a language teacher -- The spiritual ecology of second language pedagogy -- Truth in teaching English -- Imperatives, dilemmas, and conundrums in spiritual dimensions of ELT -- Additive perspective on religion or growing hearts with wisdom -- A question of priorities -- Conclusion : Christian and critical language educators in dialogue : Imagining possibilities. Afterword : The dilemma.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part 1. Setting the tone : dialogue and discourse. Non-judgmental steps on a road to understanding -- Is dialogue possible? challenges to evangelicals and non-evangelicals in English language teaching -- First, the log in our own eye : missionaries and their critics -- A preliminary survey of Christian English language teachers in countries that restrict missionary activity -- Is dialogue possible? Anti-intellectualism, relativism, politics, and linguistic ideologies -- Dialogue and discourse -- Questioning religious "ideals" and intentionalities : staving off religious arrogance and bigotry in ELT -- Can we talk? Finding a platform for dialogue among values-based professionals in Post-positivist education. Part 2. Ideological and political dilemmas. Deconstructing/reconstructing the missionary English teacher identity -- English and education in anglophone Africa : historical and current realities -- Confronting the Empire : language teachers as charitable guests -- Christian English teachers' presence : reflecting Constantine or Christ? -- A former "missionary kid" responds -- Caught between poststructuralist relativism and materialism or liberal and critical multiculturalism? -- The English language and the Word of God. Part 3. Pedagogical and professional dilemmas. The courage to teach as a nonnative English teacher : The confession of a Christian teacher -- English teachers, language learning, and the issue of power -- Classroom guidelines for teachers with convictions -- The pedagogical dilemmas of faith in ELT : A dialogic response -- Power and change in ELT : thoughts from a fellow traveler -- Reconsidering roadside assistance : The problem with Christian approaches to teaching the English language. Part 4. Spiritual and ethical dilemmas. Spiritual dimensions in language teaching : A personal reflection -- Spiritual lessons learned from a language teacher -- The spiritual ecology of second language pedagogy -- Truth in teaching English -- Imperatives, dilemmas, and conundrums in spiritual dimensions of ELT -- Additive perspective on religion or growing hearts with wisdom -- A question of priorities -- Conclusion : Christian and critical language educators in dialogue : Imagining possibilities. Afterword : The dilemma.