Teaching English as an International Language in Multicultural Contexts: Focus on Australia

2014 ◽  
pp. 35-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farzad Sharifian
Keyword(s):  
Teaching English ◽  
International Language

Teaching of English as an International Language in Various Contexts: Nothing is as Practical as Good Theory

RELC Journal ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seran Dogancay-Aktuna ◽  
Joel Hardman
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Good Theory ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Lingua Franca ◽  
International Language ◽  
Pedagogical Decisions ◽  
The World ◽  
Language Classrooms ◽  
English Language Classrooms

Despite the proliferation of publications on teaching English as an international language (EIL) or a Lingua Franca (ELF), the diffusion of these concepts into the world of English Language Teaching has been slow and incomplete. There is some wariness among educators about the teaching of ELF and EIL, with no consensus regarding appropriate pedagogy. In this article we look at some of the research on the integration of global Englishes into English language classrooms and discuss issues concerning a model of language to guide pedagogy when there are multiple Englishes. We maintain that it is by relying on theoretical understandings of concepts underlying the development and use of global Englishes and basing pedagogical decisions on contextual needs, rather than on prescriptions for practice, that teachers can make realistic decisions about integrating Englishes into their own classroom pedagogy. We refer to a model of teaching English that is based on a vision of situated teacher praxis and show how one component of this model, meta-culture, can be used to teach language-culture connection in the era of global Englishes.

scholarly journals The Influence of Local Context on the Games in Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL) in Tongren (China)

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Rong Xie ◽  
Desheng Ding
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Economic Globalization ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
International Language ◽  
Young Learners ◽  
Proficiency Level ◽  
Teaching Situations

With the economic globalization, English has become an international language. The young learners of community have shown the upsurge of learning English. The numerous of teaching methods are used by teachers, such as: Grammar -translation Method, Task-based Language Teaching Method, Games and so on. But the traditional method can not match the Ministry of Education. Then one of the most prevailing method is games in Primary school. But due to the influence of local context. There are many troubles and difficulties when the games are used in the process of teaching situations. This study through the analysis of the literature review and classroom observation why do the games fit for young learners and how many factors impact the games technique in teaching English to young learners. Finally, the factors of existence were identified, such as place, economy, time, teacher’s belief and cognition and teacher’ English proficiency level or knowledge and assessment materials and so forth. And put forward some recommendations for the future’ English teaching.

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