Quick-Fix English: Discontinuities in a Language Development Aid Project

Autor/in	Taylor-Leech, Kerry
Titel	Quick-Fix English: Discontinuities in a Language Development Aid Project
Quelle	In: English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 8 (2009) 1, S.97-111 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1175-8708
Schlagwörter	Ethnography; Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Language Acquisition; Journal Writing; Social Influences; Vignettes; Teaching Methods; Violence; Educational Environment; Political Issues; Politics of Education; Public Policy; Conflict; Language Usage; Social Change; Australia; Timor-Leste + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnografie; Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Zeitschriftenaufsatz; Sozialer Einfluss; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Gewalt; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Politischer Faktor; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Öffentliche Ordnung; Konflikt; Sprachgebrauch; Sozialer Wandel; Australien
Abstract	In this classroom narrative article I discuss some of my experiences as a teacher in an Australian government-funded English language development aid project during the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). The program formed part of an emergency response to the devastating violence that accompanied the Indonesian withdrawal from the country after 24 years of occupation. Using journal extracts based on my ethnographic research in East Timor, I outline some telling pedagogical and social disconnections that arose between the development community and the community it purported to serve. I note aspects of my experience that might be relevant to other language development aid projects in a post-colonial, globalising world. (Contains 3 footnotes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Wilf Malcolm Institute for Educational Research, University of Waikato. PB 3105, Hamilton, New Zealand. Tel: +64-7-858-5171; Fax: +64-7-838-4712; e-mail: wmier@waikato.ac.nz; Web site: http://education.waikato.ac.nz/research/journal/index.php?id=1
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10