Teaching Language and Promoting Citizenship - Paperback

by Mairin Hennebry-Leung (Author), Angela Gayton (Author)

This book explores the relationship between language education and citizenship through theoretical and pedagogical lenses, examining existing language education provision in the context of the needs of today's learners and societies. The robust analytical framework developed in the opening chapters provides the foundation for a range of practical suggestions for making the integration of language and citizenship a dynamic reality in the classroom.

Front Jacket

This textbook shows language teachers the ways in which their subject area can develop active citizenship and contribute meaningfully to the promotion of social cohesion. By examining the relationship between language teaching and citizenship through a pedagogical lens, the volume reclaims the meaning of language education for teachers and learners. The volume explores the adequacy of current language teaching for the needs of today's learners and societies and combines theoretical discussion with empirical data representing both teacher and learner voices on the subject. The volume: -draws on policy and curriculum; contextualizes the discussion of language teaching and citizenship and roots it in current debates -provides practical suggestions as to how language teachers can approach the task of integrating the two curriculum areas

Back Jacket

This textbook shows language teachers the ways in which their subject area can develop active citizenship and contribute meaningfully to the promotion of social cohesion. By examining the relationship between language teaching and citizenship through a pedagogical lens, the volume reclaims the meaning of language education for teachers and learners. The volume explores the adequacy of current language teaching for the needs of today's learners and societies and combines theoretical discussion with empirical data representing both teacher and learner voices on the subject. The volume: - draws on policy and curriculum; contextualizes the discussion of language teaching and citizenship and roots it in current debates - provides practical suggestions as to how language teachers can approach the task of integrating the two curriculum areas

Author Biography

Mairin Hennebry-Leung is Lecturer in Languages and TESOL at the University of Tasmania

Dr Angela Gayton is an Associate Tutor (TESOL) at the Institute for Education, Teaching and Leadership, University of Edinburgh