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'We Teach Who We Are': Contemplation, Reflective Practice and Spirituality in TESOL
Farrell, Thomas S. C.; Baurain, Bradley; Lewis, Marilyn
RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, v51 n3 p337-346 Dec 2020
For most of its history, the field of teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) has focussed much of its attention on teaching methods and curricula to the exclusion of the person who must deliver them. In this article we propose that TESOL recognize the inner lives of teachers through understanding their spirituality from the perspective of the teacher's personal and professional being and becoming. We encourage teachers to reflect on the spiritual dimensions of practice and propose how these might interface with standard disciplinary knowledge to produce more integrated language teachers.
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods, Spiritual Development, Language Teachers, Professional Identity, Teacher Attitudes, Reflection, Teacher Education
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