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Charles, Merlin.

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The heart and soul of language teaching: Making inter-connections between holistic and second language education in the post-secondary context.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The heart and soul of language teaching: Making inter-connections between holistic and second language education in the post-secondary context./
Author:	Charles, Merlin.
Description:	356 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 74-08(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International74-08A(E).
Subject:	Education, Foreign Language. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=NR97552
ISBN:	9780494975527

The heart and soul of language teaching: Making inter-connections between holistic and second language education in the post-secondary context.
Charles, Merlin.

The heart and soul of language teaching: Making inter-connections between holistic and second language education in the post-secondary context. - 356 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 74-08(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto (Canada), 2012.

While much research has been conducted on the cognitive and methodological aspects of language pedagogy, there has been little research on the other essential aspects of teaching and learning, such as teacher presence. The aim of this doctoral research study was to discover, describe and document the various ways in which holistic education is operationalized in the Canadian post-secondary language teaching-learning context. Using French as a second language (FSL) instruction as a concrete example, the study was further aimed at developing a comprehensive understanding of what teachers do to facilitate holistic engagement in learning a second, foreign or additional language in the post-secondary classroom and beyond. Particular attention was paid to the various holistic interconnections and relationships involved in language teaching and the ways in which these helped to foster a spirit of inclusiveness, balance and connectedness in the language teaching-learning environment.

ISBN: 9780494975527Subjects--Topical Terms:

1064562
Education, Foreign Language.

The heart and soul of language teaching: Making inter-connections between holistic and second language education in the post-secondary context.
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520 $a This qualitative research inquiry utilized a blend of narrative and case study methodologies, and included a variety of data sources such as face-to-face (individual and focus group) interviews, classroom observations, and surveys. The research has been primarily informed by a core group of participants comprising of six FSL university instructors as well as a peripheral group of five other language instructors from both the college and university contexts. Students of the core participant group also lent their voices to this endeavor, thus providing a rich understanding of how they perceive their experiences of post-secondary language teaching.
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