With English I Can Join the World but Will I Still Feel Like Me?: Puzzling Times for EAL Teaching in Secondary Schools

Abstract

With the global proliferation of English medium instruction, how can teachers of young people balance the tension between providing access to the cultural capital of native speaker level English and maintaining individual linguistic identities? This workshop is an opportunity to share reflections on the power dynamics of English medium instruction at its point of peak globalisation. We will consider how greater insights into role of language in constructing young people’s identity can be achieved and how such insights should impact the practice of English language instruction in English medium international schools. The workshop session may be of interest to researchers working on secondary school education or on issues of diversity, identity and post colonial identities.

Presenters

Shirley Palframan
Subject Lead / Head of Department, English as an Additional Language, The British School of Brussels, Belgium

Anna Kijora Galuszka
EAL teacher, The British School of Brussels, Belgium

Details

Presentation Type

Workshop Presentation

Theme

Learner Diversity and Identities

KEYWORDS

Secondary School Education EAL International Schools Language English Identity