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International Perspectives on Teaching English in Difficult Circumstances

Contexts, Challenges and Possibilities

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Editors:
  1. Kuchah Kuchah

    1. Department of Education, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

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  2. Fauzia Shamim

    1. English Language Center, Taibah University, Madina, South Africa

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  • Enhances an understanding of the socio-cultural, economic and political relationships that underpin ELT in otherwise under-privileged circumstances
  • Offers a practitioner and research-based perspective on ELT and teacher education in difficult circumstances
  • Provides valuable insights for practitioners, teacher educators and policy makers

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Teaching English in Difficult Circumstances: Setting the Scene

    • Kuchah Kuchah
    Pages 1-25

  2. Erratum to: International Perspectives on Teaching English in Difficult Circumstances

    • Kuchah Kuchah, Fauzia Shamim
    Pages E1-E1

  4. Developing Contextually Responsive Pedagogy and Materials for Teaching English in Difficult Circumstances

    1. Promoting Learner Engagement in a Large University-Level ESL Class in Pakistan

      • Bushra Ahmed Khurram
      Pages 73-88

    2. ‘We Learn from Simple Way but Big Big Thing’: Promoting Learner Autonomy in Large Under-Resourced Classes

      • Ganga Ram Gautam, Zakia Sarwar
      Pages 89-108

    3. Using Mobile to Create Low-Cost, High-Quality Language Learning Opportunities: Lessons from India and Bangladesh

      • Alexandra Tyers, Amy Lightfoot
      Pages 109-130
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About this book

This book offers a holistic practitioner and research-based perspective on English Language Teaching and teacher education in difficult circumstances. In addition to extending the current conceptualization of ‘difficult circumstances’ in ELT to include the broader policy issues that may affect ELT in low-to-mid income countries, the book focuses on the challenges faced by practitioners and learners in contexts of confinement, conflict and special education. The chapters in this collection examine the challenges and problems that emerge from the complex current ELT environment, and present examples of contextualized inquiry-based strategies and interventions to address these challenges. Underlining the need to extend the boundaries of the discipline of ELT to include teaching-learning in less privileged contexts, this wide-ranging volume will appeal to students, scholars and practitioners of English Language Teaching.


Reviews

“Despite the pioneering work of Hywel Coleman (one of the contributors to this volume) and others, the teaching of English in difficult circumstances has been largely overlooked in Western and Western-oriented academic contexts. With the present global flow and forced displacement of millions of individuals, the need to (re)define the notion of ‘difficult circumstances’, articulating the problems created by these circumstances, and finding solutions to these problem,  has never been more pressing.  Edited by two highly-experienced, and respected scholars, this volume seeks to place the teaching of English in difficult circumstances squarely on the political, pedagogical and academic agenda.” (David Nunan, Professor Emeritus, University of Hong Kong)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Education, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

    Kuchah Kuchah

  • English Language Center, Taibah University, Madina, South Africa

    Fauzia Shamim

About the editors

Kuchah Kuchah is Assistant Professor at the University of Bath, UK. He has been involved teacher education and material development projects in sub-Saharan Africa and Europe and has published widely on ELT in challenging circumstances and was recently recognized as one of TESOL International Association’s “30 upcoming leaders” in the field.


Fauzia Shamim is Professor at the English Language Center, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia. She previously headed the Department of English at the University of Karachi, Pakistan. She has trained English language teachers in a variety of settings and countries, and is a founder member of SPELT (Society of Pakistan English Language Teachers).


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