Exploring English Language Teaching in Post-Soviet Era Countries: Perspectives from Azerbaijan

ISBN-13: 9780367480318 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 162 str.

Tamilla Mammadova

Opis

Exploring English Language Teaching in Post-Soviet Era Countries analyses different elements of English language teaching from the Soviet era to a new era of Westernized tendencies.

Spis treści

PART 1 – The Educational System in Azerbaijan and the Role of English at each Level.  1. Obligatory and non-obligatory education in Azerbaijan.  2. Higher Education in Azerbaijan.  3. ELT in Higher Education.  4. Azerbaijan as an Epitome of its Fellow Countries?  PART 2 – Students’ and Teachers’ Views and Attitudes towards the Teaching and Learning of English in Azerbaijan.  5. Study Design and Implementation.  6. The present-day situation in EFL classes.  7. Resources used for the teaching of English.  8. English outside the classrooms.  9. Difficulties in the study of English  PART 3 – Implications and Future Perspectives.  10. General EFL problems at Azerbaijani universities and possible solutions.  11. Adoption of Western Tendencies: Positive or Negative?

O autorze

Tamilla Mammadova is an assistant professor at ADA University, Azerbaijan. She holds a PhD from the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, where she is a member of the SPERTUS research group.