Spirituality and English language teaching religious explorations of teacher identity, pedagogy and context / Edited by Mary Shepard Wong and Ahmar Mahboob.

Other author Wong, Mary Shepard.
Other author Mahboob, Ahmar.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBristol, UK ; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Multilingual Matters, [2018]
Descriptionxix, 228 pages ; 24 cm.
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SeriesNew Perspectives on Language and Education ; 60
Contents Foreword: Complexifying our Understanding of Spirituality / Suresh Canagarajah -- Introduction: Why a Book on Spirituality and Language Teaching? / Mary Shepard Wong -- Part I: Religious Faith and Teacher Identity -- The Dangers and Delights of Teacher Spiritual Identity as Pedagogy / Mary Shepard Wong -- Buddhist Principles and the Development Leadership Skills in English Language Program Administration and Teaching / Maryann Christison -- Attempting Interfaith Dialogue in TESOL: A Duoethnography / Joel Heng Hartse and Saeed Nazari --Response to Part I: Possibilities for Nonattachment: Investigating the Affective Dimension of Imposition / Ryuko Kubota -- Part II: Religious Faith and Pedagogical Practice -- A Buddhist in the Classroom Revisited / Sid Brown -- The Relevance of Hinduism to English Language Teaching and Learning / Bal Krishna Sharma -- Multiple, Complex, and Fluid Religious and Spiritual Influences on English Language Educators / Stephanie Vandrick -- Response to Part II: Religious Faith and Pedagogical Practice: Extending the Map: A Response to Brown, Sharma and Vandrick / David Smith -- Part III: Religious Faith and The Language Learning Context -- Language and Religion in the Construction of the Lebanese Identity / Kassim Shaaban -- Teachers' Perceptions of the Interface between Religious Values and Language Pedagogy in Egypt / Deena Boraie, Atta Gebril, and Raafat Gabriel -- Church-sponsored ESL in Western Canada: Grassroots Expressions of Spiritual and Social Practice / Carolyn Kristjánsson -- Response to Part III: Religious Faith and the Language Learning Context: Exploring the Interface / Brian Morgan -- Spirituality and English Language Teaching: Moving Forward / Ahmar Mahboob and Eve Courtney -- Afterword: Spirituality in Language Teaching / Henry Widdowson.
Abstract "This collection of 16 reflective accounts and data-driven studies explores the interrelationship of religious identity and English Language Teaching (ELT). It addresses the ways in which faith and ELT intersect in the realms of teacher identity, pedagogy, and the context and content of ELT" -- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2018012623
ISBN9781788921534 (hardcover)
ISBN9781788921527 (sftcover)

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