Language Identity, Learning, and Teaching in Costa Rica
Core Theoretical Elements and Practices in EFL
1st Edition
Published on 29. November 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
212 pages
978-1-032-41847-6 (ISBN)
Description
This edited collection provides a comprehensive and locally situated understanding of English language teaching from the perspective of dedicated and experienced language professionals and researchers in Costa Rica.
The book uses a series of reflective sections that interconnect theory and practice in a non-English-dominant context in order to inform and transform pedagogical practices. The chapters depict a wide-ranging image of English language teaching and learning in the region, encouraging in-service teachers, TESOL specialists, and ELT scholars to critically reassess, rethink, and relearn teaching and learning as more than a political decision in an educational curriculum.
Ultimately promoting the practice as dynamic, ever-changing, and culturally situated, the book will be highly relevant to researchers, academics, scholars, and faculty in the fields of teacher education, educational research, EFL, and modern foreign languages.
The book uses a series of reflective sections that interconnect theory and practice in a non-English-dominant context in order to inform and transform pedagogical practices. The chapters depict a wide-ranging image of English language teaching and learning in the region, encouraging in-service teachers, TESOL specialists, and ELT scholars to critically reassess, rethink, and relearn teaching and learning as more than a political decision in an educational curriculum.
Ultimately promoting the practice as dynamic, ever-changing, and culturally situated, the book will be highly relevant to researchers, academics, scholars, and faculty in the fields of teacher education, educational research, EFL, and modern foreign languages.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academic and Postgraduate
Illustrations
8 s/w Abbildungen, 6 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 2 s/w Zeichnungen
2 Line drawings, black and white; 6 Halftones, black and white; 8 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
357 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-41847-6 (9781032418476)
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Additional editions
Lena Barrantes-Elizondo | Cinthya Olivares-Garita
Language Identity, Learning, and Teaching in Costa Rica
Core Theoretical Elements and Practices in EFL
Book
07/2023
1st Edition
Routledge
€196.20
Shipment within 10-20 days
Lena Barrantes-Elizondo | Cinthya Olivares-Garita
Language Identity, Learning, and Teaching in Costa Rica
Core Theoretical Elements and Practices in EFL
E-Book
07/2023
1st Edition
Routledge
€53.99
Available for download
Lena Barrantes-Elizondo | Cinthya Olivares-Garita
Language Identity, Learning, and Teaching in Costa Rica
Core Theoretical Elements and Practices in EFL
E-Book
07/2023
1st Edition
Routledge
€53.99
Available for download
Persons
Lena Barrantes-Elizondo is a Professor of TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers or Other Languages), Universidad Nacional, Sede Regional Brunca, Costa Rica.
Cinthya Olivares-Garita is a Professor of TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers or Other Languages), Universidad Nacional, Sede Regional Brunca, Costa Rica, and a student in the Doctor of Education in TESOL program, the Graduate School of Education, Anaheim University, USA.
Cinthya Olivares-Garita is a Professor of TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers or Other Languages), Universidad Nacional, Sede Regional Brunca, Costa Rica, and a student in the Doctor of Education in TESOL program, the Graduate School of Education, Anaheim University, USA.
Content
Introduction: A Historical Review of English Teaching in Costa Rica Part I: Context, Culture, and Identity 1. Challenging Language Ideologies in the Global South: EFL Teacher Education as a Critical Site 2. EFL Teaching: A(nother) Chiaroscuro in and Beyond the Modern Nation-State: The Case of Costa Rica 3. The Need for a Critical Perspective Into the Teaching of English for Occupational Purposes Part II: Language Learning 4. Language Learning Strategies in TEFL: Balancing Theory and Student Instinct 5. Metacognition in Listening: Tasks That Foster Metacognitive Skills 6. Learner Empowerment: Reconceptualizing the English Language Learner Through a More Humanistic and Critical Lens 7. Integrating Technology in the EFL Classroom: Moving Towards a Student-Centered Approach Part III: Language Teaching 8. Professional Agency and Identity of English Language Teachers in Costa Rica: A Call for Decolonizing Action 9. Professional Growth: A Reflective and Motivational Practice Toward an Endless Journey in Education 10. Designing Digital Multimodal Narratives in EFL Teacher Education