Book Review on Critical Pedagogy in ELT: Reunderstanding the Teacher Roles

Abstract

Teacher roles in language education have been changing depending on educational philosophies, pedagogies, and reform movements. Therefore, teacher roles have turned into a popular issue in education field. Today there are a number of longitudinal studies related to this issue so as to gain deep understanding the teacher roles in terms of critical pedagogy in ELT. Under this framework, Critical Pedagogy in ELT: Reunderstanding the Teacher Roles is a newly published book which mainly focuses on the relationship between Critical Pedagogy (CP) and teacher roles referring to Kumaravadivelu’s (2003) classification of teacher roles. This book written by two knowledgeable authors aims to discuss CP philosophy and ELT relationships. Further, it intends to provide English language teachers, prospective teachers, and academics with a valuable resource related to understanding the language teaching profession.

Keywords

• teacher roles

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