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Debating in Teaching and Learning English
By Ben Wilson
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Description
This book fills the gap in the field of TESOL and applied linguistics on the affordances of debating as a form of dialogic speaking that can promote a holistic understanding and improvement of experience of education, and indeed academic outcomes. The two main themes that situate the work are those of dialogic speaking and affect (at times referred to as 'humanistic', 'positive psychology' and 'social and emotional learning').
The book details the experiences of an adult EFL debate group in a private language school in the North of Italy. It reports how the participants experience the pedagogy so as to offer insights into it as a form of teaching speaking in adult EFL, as well as providing a practical framework with lesson plans and curriculum. The affordances of debating emerge as being social, cognitive, educational and communicative, and are discussed alongside the work of language teaching scholars Curran and Freire, and more broadly within a Social Constructivist approach to education. As such, debating is discussed as being a holistic and dialogic form of pedagogy. Particular attention to experience - often affective - is also found to be fundamental in planning and assessing educational outcomes for both teachers and learners.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
182
Release Date:
2025-11-27
Publication Date:
2025-11-27
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1350413577
ISBN13:
9781350413573
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Weight:
286 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
10 cm
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