Week 5

Critical Approaches in TESOL

I never really thought about Critical Pedagogy as being political but this article has shed some light on it for me. The article talks about the power and inequality of TESOL and the English language.  It is interesting to think about and debate the place of politics, sexuality, and many other different issues; especially discussing their place and influences on the classroom.  These topics bring up a lot of questions like, why is acceptable that boys and girls are treated and taught differently inn the classroom? Do the roles of society need to play such a big role in the classroom and if so how do we stop them from overpowering our teaching? one major question s how do these different constructs affect the relationship between the native speaker and the non native speaker? Many of these topics are very closely related or linked together and it is important to understand how different cultural and ethnic groups view these ideas, so we can better learn how to teach to the individual.