Reflective Language Teaching in the Korean Context - Hardcover

Kilsu Park

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8962970066 ISBN 13: 9788962970067

Publisher: Jimoondang, 2009

Synopsis

Over the past few decades the curricula of Korean ELT have heavily depended on the theory of Communicative Language Teaching, but CLT alone cannot do the job of successful English teaching in Korea. The author thus introduces the "reflective teaching" which, originating from the Socratic questioning, is a way of problem-solving using reflection, the fundamental faculty of man. The protagonist of Reflective Language Teaching is teacher. In order to hoist the purport of RLT that basically aims at changed dispositions of teachers, the present study used a survey to find out what the preservice and inservice teachers think of their profession, their classroom behavior, their reflective practice, and education in general. The results analyzed and discussed in terms of descriptive and inferential statistics show that the subjects have many traits conductive to the introduction of RLT to Korean contexts. Based on the findings of the survey and on the other resources, the RLT model consisting of three modules-Planning, Teaching, and Reflection- has been proposed. With the micro- and macro-variables incorporated, the model expands into a seven-stage model including micro-planning and macro-planning. The processes are illustrated in the specific examples of classroom English teaching. The RLT models are to provide some balance to Korean ELT which is deemed a little lopsided due to the strong influence of CLT. The ultimate goal of RLT is to enhance the personal awareness of the act of teaching and promote the continuous developement of classroom English teachers to the extent that they find their teaching life full of worth and reward.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jimoondang
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8962970066
• ISBN 13: 9788962970067
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 194