Simpson, J orcid.org/0000-0002-2087-7008 and Cooke, M (2018) Teaching Culture in Adult ESOL in the UK. In: Liontas, JI, (ed.) TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching. Wiley Blackwell , Hoboken, New Jersey, USA ISBN 978-1-118-78422-8
Abstract
Teachers of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) in the UK are expected to teach students about daily life, to equip them to join the labor market, and to prepare them for British citizenship. These three conditions form the cultural content of much publicly funded English language provision for adult migrants. In this entry various approaches to teaching culture are identified: avoidance of culture as an explicit focus; culture as heritage, history, and emblems; culture as daily life and institutions; multiculturalism which values the home cultures of students as well as the UK. Teachers rarely approach culture critically in ESOL but some recent initiatives have attempted to place students' needs at the center of the curriculum, addressing students as analytical new citizens who are engaging with British culture in a dynamic process.
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Item Type: | Book Section |
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Keywords: | culture; ESL/EFL; ESOL; language teaching; UK; citizenship; immigration and emigration |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Education (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 20 Mar 2015 11:14 |
Last Modified: | 09 Mar 2018 13:53 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley Blackwell |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/9781118784235.eelt0646 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:83601 |