Developing a Graduate EFL Program Based on Critical Theory and Pedagogy

• 영문명: Developing a Graduate EFL Program Based on Critical Theory and Pedagogy
• 발행기관: 한국외국어교육학회
• 저자명: Kiwan Sung(성기완)
• 간행물 정보: 『Foreign Languages Education』Vol.14 No.3, 95~124쪽, 전체 30쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 교육학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2007.09.30

영문 초록

  Despite many innovative changes such as CLT and task-based teaching, ELT still continues to transmit linguistic skills mostly to prepare learners for future job market (Canagarajah, 1999; Kim, 2002; Norton & Toohey, 2004; Pennycook, 2001; Sung, 2006). Accordingly, in a way to challenge the status quo of decontextualized practices in EFL in Korea, this paper exemplifies the researcher"s emic experiences of realigning ELT to critical theory(CT) and pedagogy(CP) for an MA English program over the years. More specifically, after presenting existing literature on the history of ELT in Korea and CT and CP, this study utilized a research method of bricolage (Denzin & Lincoln, 2005) in which the teacher and student interviews, the student survey, and other relevant curricular and instructional materials were cross-compared and analyzed in the manner of triangulation. In doing so, this paper explains a few principles of developing an EFL graduate program for both domestic and international students. The results showed that exposing students to English-only environments and external faculty from abroad played key roles in the program. However, the lack of coherent administrative support and the high faculty turn-over rate posed constant threats to the enhancement of the program. Lastly, the paper calls for the urgent need of glocalizing curricular and instructional elements in TEFL for ‘critically conscious and conscientious’ practices by mobilizing the concept of "criticality" in EFL contexts.

목차

Ⅰ. Introduction
Ⅱ. ELT and Critical Theory and Pedagogy
Ⅲ. Methods
Ⅳ. Designing Principles for a CELT Program
Ⅴ. Results
Ⅵ. Discussions and Implications
References
Appendix

키워드

critical theory & pedagogy program development 비평이론 & 교수 프로그램개발