{"product_id":"contextualizing-college-esl-classroom-praxis-paperback-softback","title":"Contextualizing College ESL Classroom Praxis - Paperback \/ softback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eContextualizing College ESL Classroom Praxis: A Participatory Approach to Effective Instruction\u003c\/i\u003e provides pre-service and in-service teachers with a model for engaging in effective instruction with the variety of students encountered in college English as a second language or foreign language classrooms. Along with the model, the text is designed to help readers develop the tools to use it within a participatory approach. This approach, based on the principles of Paulo Freire's critical pedagogy, is combined with multicultural education and the general tenets of a communicative approach to language teaching. From the philosophical to the theoretical to the practical, these strands are combined into a cohesive whole.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe underlying premise is that the best way to develop an understanding of a participatory approach is to engage in it. Throughout the book, readers are asked to apply \u003ci\u003eproblem-posing\u003c\/i\u003e--a learning process that begins with naming issues, reflecting on them and possible solutions, and acting upon one's ideas. Questions addressed include:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*What is the nature of process over product?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Is a new definition of effective instruction necessary?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*What are the factors that can affect second language acquisition?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*What do teachers believe about effective language instruction?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*What do students believe about effective language instruction?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*What makes pedagogy effective?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*How do teachers and students relate in the classroom?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*What does instruction mean for students?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*How can effective praxis be adapted to various contexts?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach chapter includes \u003cb\u003ePre-Reading Questions, Post-Reading Questions,\u003c\/b\u003e a topic for a \u003cb\u003eReflective Journal,\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eFollow-Up Activities.\u003c\/b\u003e These provide opportunities to enhance comprehension of the material, to co-construct new knowledge with classmates, and to review personal beliefs and ideas in an effort to modify or reinforce them in one's own developing model for effective language instruction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45564402598126,"sku":"9780805849882","price":67.19,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780805849882_487dda6f-d196-44cc-972d-fd905d9b0b03.jpg?v=1720668166","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/contextualizing-college-esl-classroom-praxis-paperback-softback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}