From Critical Literacy to Critical Pedagogy in English Language Teaching: Using Teacher-Made Materials in Difficult Contexts

By Melina Porto

Book Overview

Introduction.- Part I: Awareness-raising on the Importance of Critical Thinking in ESOL Classrooms.- Chapter One English Language Teaching in Schools that Teach Children to Think Critically.- Part II: Booklets for the Primary and Secondary English Classrooms.- Chapter Two Providing Critical Answers to ESOL Teachers' Questions in Times of Educational Change.- Part III: Lessons from Four Argentinean Classrooms.- Chapter Three Developing Critical Thinking Skills through Language, Art and Reflection in a Fourth Form English Language Classroom in Argentina.- Chapter Four Critical Thinkers in the Making: 5th Form Argentinian Children Start Thinking Critically as they Explore Different Ways of Interpreting the World and Enhance Human Relationships.- Chapter Five Developing Critical Thinking Skills in a Multi-Grade Classroom in a Rural Primary School in the City of Ver?nica in Argentina.- Chapter Six A School Visit to the Ecological and Cultural Park William Henry Hudson in Florencio Varela: Developing Critical Thinking in the English Class in a Disadvantaged Secondary School Context in Argentina.- Part IV: A Proposal for Critical Teacher Education.- Chapter Seven Teacher Education for Critical Practice in ESOL.- Chapter Eight Critical Literacy: Integrating the Imaginative, Moral, Ethical and Citizenship Dimensions in the Foreign Language Classroom.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811657793
• ISBN13: 9789811657795
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 205 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"