Monday 3 october 2011
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A very short reading list
Alsup, J. (2006). Teacher Identity Discourses: Negotiating Personal and Professional Spaces. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence
Erlbaum.
Britzman, D. (2009). The Very Thought of Education: Psychoanalysis and the Impossible Professions. Albany: State University
of New York Press.
Britzman, D. (1991). Practice makes practice: A critical study of learning to teach. Albany: State University of New York
Press.
Danielewitz, J. (2001). Teaching selves: Identity, pedagogy, and teacher education. Albany: State University of New York
Press.
Weber S. & Mitchell, C. (1995). "That's funny, you don't look like a teacher." Interrogating images and identity in popular
culture. London: Falmer.
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Wednesday 25 march 2009
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I gleaned this document from a website for overseas teachers working in England. It gives
us an insight into the effort that goes into adjusting to a new social and professional environment. Food for thought for people from overseas working here in France.
By englishweavers
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Thursday 12 february 2009
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A cross-curricular approach can make language learning more meaningful because we're giving pupils a chance to take a holistic view of their studies. Making
connections between the language we teach and the content of other subjects on the curriculum takes us away from that uncomfortable feeling eveyone has when they're just "saying the words". With
a richer input and a thoughtful lesson plan we can transform the language classroom into a place where you don't just learn how to say something in a foreign language but you also think
about what you're saying. Many MFL teachers dip into media studies, geography, history, cultural studies, science, economics, history of art, etc. We never stop doing it. Yet we're
probably just touching the surface of things because there is a difference between Content and Language Integrated Learning and the run-of-the-mill class where you have so much
to pack in to so few sessions taught to so many people. At least, that's how it can be in France.
In a word, language teachers are never just plain language teachers - we have to keep on our toes, keep up with the press, keep up with the perpetual changes that happen in the world of
language teaching and the world at large. So good luck to you all, and by the way, did you see that article that came out last
Monday about.....
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