Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2020

DOI

https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003008668

Version

Post-print: the version of the article having undergone peer review but prior to being published

Disciplines

Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education | Education | Language and Literacy Education

Abstract

Creating authentic contexts for our teacher candidates to learn about ELT in transnational contexts has become increasingly important for the depth of learning it affords as boundaries begin to blur in this transnational world. In this chapter, I present our work in developing and teaching an online Business English program for Kenyan youth, who were part of a non-profit organization with a mission to help homeless youth escape poverty through the provision of professional development opportunities. Through the process of engaging in this transnational context, our teacher candidates became more cognizant of the conceptual understanding of the historical, political, economic and social influences impacting the process of language teaching and learning within this context. Preparing English teachers to teach in this transnational context allowed for critical conversations around power, language hierarchies, ownership of English, and post-methods and post-structural perspectives on language teaching. It also provided a space for our teacher candidates to continually examine and negotiate their positionality as English teachers within this transnational context.

Notes

Original publication information: Molina, S. C., (2020) “Creating Authentic Contexts for Transnational Language Learning and Teaching in TESOL Teacher Education: Online ELT for Kenyan Youth” in O. Z. Barnawi, A. Ahmed (Eds.). TESOL Teacher Education in a Transnational World: Turning Challenges into Innovative Prospects. London: Taylor & Francis.

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