Person to Person Peacebuilding, Intercultural Communication and English Language Teaching - Voices from the Virtual Intercultural Borderlands

This book maps person to person peacebuilding as it intersects with, and is embedded in, intercultural communication. It foregrounds the voices and discourses of participants in an intercultural online service-learning project focused on peace through education in Afghanistan, primarily through synchronous English language tutoring.

About the author

Amy Jo Minett is Associate Professor of English/Graduate TESOL at Salem State University, USA. Her research interests include peacebuilding through language teaching, English language education in conflict countries, and the role of ELT in building open societies.
 

Sarah Dietrich is Assistant Professor in the English Department and MA in TESOL, Southeast Missouri State University, USA. Her research interests include eService learning, teacher development, and culturally responsive teaching.
Didem Ekici is ESOL Faculty and Department Co-chair at the College of Alameda, Adjunct Faculty in the General Education Department at the University of San Francisco, and Adjunct Faculty in the English Department at Golden Gate University, USA. Her research interests include intercultural competence development and culturally responsive teaching, distance education, teacher training, and equity and the digital divide. 

Summary

This book maps person to person peacebuilding as it intersects with, and is embedded in, intercultural communication. It foregrounds the voices and discourses of participants in an intercultural online service-learning project focused on peace through education in Afghanistan, primarily through synchronous English language tutoring.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah E Dietrich, Sarah E. Dietrich, Didem Ekici, Amy Jo Minett
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9781788927086
• ISBN: 978-1-78892-708-6
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 470 g
• Series: Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education; Languages for Intercultural Co
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries; English, POLITICAL SCIENCE / NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Peace studies and conflict resolution, Language teaching and learning, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT)