Language and Development: Teachers in a Changing World

ISBN-13: 9780582258662 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 384 str.

Brian Kenny;Ait Relc Conference on Language Programs in Development Proj; William Savage

Opis

This is a collection of 21 case accounts by language education professionals working in the context of international development. The contributors explore the implementation of interactive educational approaches in ten Asian countries.

Spis treści

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Section 1: Setting the Scene

Section 2: Coping with Change
1. Language teaching in difficult circumstances, Glenda E. Fortez
2. Language and Education in Cambodia, Pit Chamnan and Audrey Cornish
3. Language and agriculture in the Lao PDR, Khamkheuane Vannasouk and Seetha Khemmarath
4. Two language centers in Indonesia, Nasti M. Reksodiputro and Djasminar Tasman
5. Teacher support teams in action, Ali bin Abdul Ghani and Lesley Randles
6. The shock of the new, Anne Hollingworth and Susan Spencer
7. Becoming a better teacher, I Dewa Gde Ngurah Byomantara and Sue Mace

Section 3: Teaching and Learning in Different Worlds
8. Cracking the code, Mark Henderson, Edward Reis and Alison Spice
9. Real play in Singapore, Dorothy Cheung
10. Talkbase in Vientiane, Brian Kenny and Matthew Laszewenski
11. An international Labor Organization Project in Cambodia, Graeme Storer
12. Discovering resources in Ho Chi Minh City, Terry Clayton and Jonathon Shaw
13. Business visits in Papua New Guinea, George Kershaw
14. A Chinese Initiative, Jane Jackson, Jane Jackson, Terry Piper and Nancy Yildiz

Section 4: Responding to the Players
15. Eight autumns in Hanoi, Patricia A. Denham
16. Donors and recipients, Harvey Smith
17. Consultants and counterparts, Dewi Murni and Susan Spencer
18. The political nature of needs, Steven L. Shaw
19. Sustaining a project, Marlyn P. Marpaung and Tim Kirk
20. Why projects fail, David R. Hall
21. Forward from Bangalore, Makhan L. Tickoo

Section 5: Language and Development
William Savage

Bibliography
Index

O autorze

Brian Kenny, William Savage