From Krasher to Ashen: Ethnocentrism and Universality in TESOL.

Autor/in	Nayar, P. B.
Titel	From Krasher to Ashen: Ethnocentrism and Universality in TESOL.
Quelle	(1989), (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Developed Nations; Developing Nations; Educational Change; Educational Practices; English (Second Language); Ethnocentrism; Foreign Countries; Instructional Effectiveness; Language Role; Second Language Instruction; Teaching Methods; Teaching Styles + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Developed countries; Industriestaat; Industrieland; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Bildungsreform; Bildungspraxis; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Ethnozentrismus; Ausland; Unterrichtserfolg; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lehrstil; Unterrichtsstil
Abstract	Attention is drawn to aspects of the transfer of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) expertise to both developing and developed nonnative English-speaking countries. It is maintained that: (1) several facts that have nearly the strength of canonical truths in the West reveal an ignorance of, and perhaps an indifference to, the socio-cultural, attitudinal, pragmatic, and even economic realities of Afro-Asia; (2) the contexts, motivations, methods, means, objectives, and traditions of learning ESL in the countries referred to by Kachru (1988) as the Outer and Expanding Circles create the need for a revision or redefinition of the concept of ESL and also of the theoretical orientation of second language learning that is currently fashionable; and (3) The number of nonnative speakers of English and the changing status of English in the world are convincing enough to change the ethos and power structure of current ESL practices. (DJD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC