Values

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Values Principles in Teaching English to
Speakers of Other Languages
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LANGUAGE

• Cognitive learning

• Reflects the substance of fields such as
  education, sociology, psychology, politics.

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Language teachers usually focus on the capacity
of learning and overlook the hidden messages.
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Does language reflect the concepts messages or
does it reinforce and create new codes of
meaning?
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Concepts, messages, codes form social norms.
social patterns
social norms
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concepts
social norms
power
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Chain of power

• Who imposes power
• on a country?
• on a community?
• on a group of people?
• on the family?
• on the classroom?

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Power and Educational Material
Publishing house
Teachers
Students
publishers editors
Teachers are decision makers. Teachers have the
responsibility of choice. Teachers impose power
on students.
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Teachers should be critical thinkers as they
play a major role in reproducing or reinforcing
social norms.
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What if I were a celebrity?
Meet the Stars
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The message

• You are worthy only if famous.
• You are worthy when you exert the least effort,
  to gain fame and fortune.
• What remains for the rest of us is to confine
  ourselves to being mere observers of the rich and
  the famous.

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Leonardo Di Caprio Hair short, blond
Eyes blue
Character kind
Emma Bunton Hair long
Eyes blue
Character friendly
Jamie Lee Curtis Hair short, brown
Eyes blue
Character clever
Facial features reveal your personality! Smile,
sneer, laugh, pout!
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The message

• Attractive men and women are blonde and have got
  blue eyes.
• People who are blonde and have got blue eyes are
  kind and friendly.
• Blonde women arent clever and have no need to
  be.
• Clever women are not blonde.

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Im your number one fan
Designer clothes are a must! ()
But I dont agree, no, no not at all!I make my
own dress code, my own set of rules!
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The message

• I know the song. This will be fun to learn.
• Its cool to be a fan.
• What must I do, how must I act to be a real fan?

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Making a Million(millionaires under thirty)
Isaak Asimov
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The message

• You are worthy only if youre making millions and
  are under thirty.
• My hard-working parents cant be worth much. Im
  not worth much.
• My teachers arent worth much. Otherwise they
  wouldnt be my teachers. They would be
  celebrities.

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She is old. She cant dance.
She is old. She travels a lot and has a lot of
fun.
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The message

• Old is bad.
• Old is unhappy.
• Old is boring.

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My family and fashion
in fact she is the most fashionable person in
my family
Poor Carol. She is a fashion victim!
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The message

• You are successful only if you are fashionable.
• I must be fashionable and buy all the latest
  trendy clothes.
• I need a lot of money.
• If Im fashionable everyone is going to love me.
• I must do what fashion magazines tell me to.

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My grandma is 60.
My granddad is 67.
My dad is a doctor.
My mum is a teacher.
(John) I love football.
My sister plays the cello.
Mary is an architect. Her daughter is following
in her mothers footsteps.
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The message

• I dont have such a family! There must be
  something wrong with my family.
• My mother is older than my father. That is not
  normal.
• I only have a father. I am deprived compared to
  others.
• Boys like football and girls like the arts.

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20, 30, 40, 50 The only way is up!
HILLSIDE PRESS
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The message

• You can be successful if you are a woman.
• You can also lead a happy family life if you are
  successful.
• The older you are, the better it gets.
• Life doesnt end when you are no longer young.
• Life is fascinating.

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English Language Teachers are decision makers.
Let's make the best decision for a better
society.
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Educating learners for a BETTER WORLD !