ERIC Number: EJ1240729
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Publication Date: 2018-Dec
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Praxis and Language: Teaching Newly Arrived Migrant Children to "Live Well in a World Worth Living in"
Kaukko, Mervi; Wilkinson, Jane
TESOL in Context, v27 n2 p43-63 Dec 2018
This article continues the well-established discussion of the ethics of TESOL by adopting a praxis perspective that views TESOL as holistic, ethical and moral task, rather than a technical task of delivering learning outcomes in a new language. This article is informed by the authors' empirical research in Finnish preparatory classes, and in intensive English language schools in Australia, including interviews with teachers, students and educational leaders. Drawing on literature and this research we consider how English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EALD) and Finnish as a Second Language (F2) teaching can promote "a good life" for the individual learner and human kind.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Holistic Approach, Finno Ugric Languages, Social Development, Refugees, Cultural Awareness, Language Usage, Student Adjustment, Cultural Pluralism, Student Diversity, Language Maintenance
Australian Council of TESOL Associations. P.O. Box 2019, Smithfield, New South Wales 2164, Australia. e-mail: actaexec@yahoo.com.au; Web site: http://www.tesol.org.au/Publications/TESOL-in-Context
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Finland; Australia
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