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Title English and empowerment in the developing world / edited by Nasreen Hussain, Azra Ahmed, and Mohammed Zafar
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 282 pages) : illustrations
Contents English and empowerment : potential, issues, way forward / Edith Esch -- Towards a revised role for English language teacher education in the developing world / Tony Wright -- Teacher training in the margins of the global village / Maya Pandit -- Empowering teachers of English to understand their teaching / Ayesha Bashiruddin -- Professional development of English language teachers in higher education in Pakistan / Mian Khurram Shahzad Azam -- Speech recognition technology : a cure for test anxiety? / Marina Dodigovic -- Journey to empowerment : stories from the Flung areas of Pakistan / Nasreen Hussain -- Empowered women in Pakistan : English a friend? / Mirat Al Fatima Ahsan, Anita Allana, Naureen Hadwani [and others] -- Pedagogical implications of authenticity in the ESP classroom / Darlene Liutkus -- English language teaching at tertiary level in Pakistan : a case for English for specific purposes / Mohammad Zafar -- Self-directed learning : English and empowerment / Azra Ahmed -- Two languages with one culture : problems in communication / Kaleem Raza Khan -- Who teaches the teachers? / Samina Raees Khan and Peter Baillie -- ESP/EAP : Leading learners towards empowerment / Nasreen M. Ahsan and Dilshad NoorAli -- Using technology to support in-service English language teachers' field experiences / Azra Naseem and Raana Jillani -- Why ICT in ESP? / Sabahat K. Tatari -- Gender-related discourse style of non-native English speakers in computer-mediated communication / Haleema Younus
Summary This book is a collection of thought-provoking papers that investigate empowerment within the context of language, education, and technology. In the seventeen papers published in the book, local and international ELT practitioners and researchers have analysed their experiences within a range of socio-linguistic situations. Adding significant insights and depth to a previously under-researched area, the publication will be of interest not only to ELT teachers and students, but also to social ..
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers -- Congresses
Education -- Developing countries -- Sociological aspects -- Congresses
Applied linguistics for ELT.
Teaching of students with English as a second language (TESOL)
Teacher training.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
Education -- Sociological aspects
English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers
Developing countries
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
Author Hussain, Nasreen
Ahmed, Azra
Zafar, Mohammad
Aga Khan University. Centre of English Language.
ISBN 9781443816298
1443816299
1282414976
9781282414976
9786612414978
6612414979