Teaching English in Missions*: Effectiveness and Integrity
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.

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Teaching English in Missions*: Effectiveness and Integrity
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.

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Teaching English in Missions*: Effectiveness and Integrity

Teaching English in Missions*: Effectiveness and Integrity

by Jan Edwards Dormer
Teaching English in Missions*: Effectiveness and Integrity

Teaching English in Missions*: Effectiveness and Integrity

by Jan Edwards Dormer

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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: 9780878085262
Publisher: William Carey Publishing
Publication date: 06/27/2011
Pages: 184
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.60(d)

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 jan.dormer@gmail.com.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. If You Can Speak English You Can Teach It. True or False?

2. “First, Do No Harm”: An English Teacher’s Hippocratic Oath

3. English Ministries with Integrity: Four Types

4. English Teachers with Integrity: Three Requirements

5. English-teaching Formats: Four Models

6. English Classes: Three Building Blocks

7. Putting It All Together: Making Decisions about English Ministry

Appendix A: English for Life Curriculum

Appendix B: A Topical Course Syllabus

Appendix C: A Sample Lesson Plan: Family Words

Appendix D: Organizing an English Camp

Appendix E: Resources

Appendix F: Acronyms Used in English Teaching

Appendix G: Principles of Language Learning

References

Index

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