Teaching English in Missions: Effectiveness and Integrity

by Jan Edwards Dormer

Overview

Effectiveness and Integrity

English teaching is common in missions today.  However, there has been relatively little discussion on what constitutes effectiveness in English ministries. This book aims to foster such discussion. It first addresses issues of concern in English ministries and then suggests criteria for effectiveness, considerations in teacher preparation, and models for the teaching of English in missions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781645080725
Publisher:	Carey, William Library Publishers
Publication date:	06/27/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	184
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Dr. Jan Dormer experienced language learning as an MK growing up in Brazil and as an adult serving in Indonesia. She adds to her own experiences a thirty-year career in TESOL and SAL, teaching language learners of all ages in many different contexts. She received an EdD in Language Education from the University of Toronto. Jan is the author of Teaching English in Missions and the co-author of Teaching English in Missions and Teaching English for Reconciliation. She is professor of TESOL in the graduate program at Messiah University. Jan loves to hear from readers, and can be contacted at [e-mail]. 

Table of Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1- If you can speak English you can teach it: true or False?

Chapter 2- “First, do no harm”: An English teacher’s Hippocratic oath 

Chapter 3- English ministries with integrity: Four types 

Chapter 4- English teachers with integrity: Three requirements

Chapter 5- English teaching formats: Four models 

Chapter 6- English classes: Three building blocks 

Chapter 7- Putting it all together: Making decisions about English ministry 

Appendices 

A: English for Life Curriculum

B: A topical course syllabus

C: A sample lesson plan

D: Organizing an English camp

E: Resources

F: Acronyms used in English teaching

Editorial Reviews

Jan Dormer’s introduction to teaching English in mission is well grounded both in the English teaching profession and the Christian faith. It makes an effective case for the importance of professionalism and integrity among missionaries who teach English, and also provides a great deal of useful guidance and practical information for missionary English teachers. Last and definitely not least, it does all of this in a very lucid and reader-friendly style.

Don Snow, PhD

author of English Teaching as Christian Mission: An Applied Theology

and More Than a Native Speaker: An Introduction to Teaching English Abroad

Exceptional! For any mission organization, or for anyone using or hoping to use the teaching of English as a second or foreign language as a means of ministry opportunity, this book is a must-read. Jan Dormer has brought sense and sensitivity to a great ministry tool, protecting us from ministry abuse so common among those of us who rush in with zeal without knowledge. Jan dares to raise the level of expectation in missionary sensitivity, integrity, transparency, proficiency, authenticity, and competency. She makes me want to sign up! With an unequaled mix of the academic, missionary experience, and practical help, this book is bound to lead the way as the number-one

textbook for this great endeavor.

Hubert Harriman, President, World Gospel Mission

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