English is NOT a foreign language
English is NOT a foreign language An Egyptian, a German and Frenchman and a Swede met in a bar in Cairo……………. Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015
The importance of English Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015
English speaking countries Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015
Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015 The spread of English Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015
Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015 Which English? Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015
Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015 Internet English Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015
Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015 It’s your language Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015
Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015 Turklish 32 million tourists visited Turkey in 2013 9.7 million Turks travelled abroad in 2013 Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015
Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015 ELF and EIL Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015
Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015 Global English Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015
Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015 The problem ‘The problem is that English is taught as a subject, not as a means of communication’, leading to a growing disengagement among students and the belief that they are making little progress or that their English has actually deteriorated during their school career’ TEPAV/British Council 2013 Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015
Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015 Cardinal sins We teach in the way we were taught We make assumptions about our students We teach what we were taught Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015
Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015 Purpose We teach English…. As a life-skill To prepare students for academic study To pass an exam Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015
Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015 English is like…. Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015
Communicative competence Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015
Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015 Exposure ‘In Northern Europe, most people can converse in English whereas in Southern Europe they can't. One big difference is that in smaller countries, television shows imported from the United States tend to be subtitled into Swedish or Dutch whereas in Italy they are dubbed. Subtitling turns every day entertainment into a kind of subsidiary language lesson.’ Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015
Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015 Don’t force it Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015
Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015 Raise awareness ‘’Teachers should never assume they have taught anything. All teachers do is make students aware of something which the student will later learn if they want to.’’ (Rutherford) Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015
Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015 Set standards Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015
Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015 Create an environment Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015
Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015 Surroundings Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015
Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015 Move! Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015
Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015 Use the CEFR Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015
Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015 Exploit content Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015
Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015 Internationalise Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015
Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015 Exploit culture Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015
Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015 Bilingual approach Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015
Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015 More is less Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015
Expand the comfort zone Steve Darn Katip Çelebi University 11.09.2015
Thank you for listening www.stevedarn.com stevedarn@gmail.com Steve Darn Izmir University of Economics December 2013