AudSolbjørgSkulStad (ed.)
Current issues in English teaching
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Introduction
Aud Solbjørg Skulstad
Chapter 1
Empowering EAL students in their encounters with texts:
Using textbook texts to foster critical literacy
Aud Solbjørg Skulstad
Chapter 2
A critical literacy approach to the film Barbie
Anja Synnøve Bakken
Chapter 3
Approaching literature through narrative apps
Anette Hagen
Chapter 4
Using VR technology to enhance EAL learning experiences
Aud Solbjørg Skulstad, Terje Pedersen and Kim Nilsen Aarberg
Chapter 5
Gaming in the English classroom
Lenka Garshol and Line Reichelt Føreland
Chapter 6
Exploring extramural English: Impacts, integration and future directions
Alison J. Rød and Raees Calafato
Chapter 7
Large Language Models and their usage in EAL education
Aud Solbjørg Skulstad and Samia Touileb
Chapter 8
Learning to write in English: Development of conceptual understanding in the writing process with feedback from artificial intelligence and collaborating peers
Irina Engeness, Meerita Kunna Segaran and Ingeborg Hognestad Krange
Chapter 9
Assessment of multimodal student texts in the English subject 185
Sigrid Ørevik
Chapter 10
Assessment of democratic skills: Challenges and possibilities in the English subject
Siri Mohammad-Roe and Nanna Paaske
Chapter 11
Developing environmental awareness in English teaching through literature
Hege Emma Rimmereide og Alicia Våga Wennberg
Contributing authors
Aud Solbjørg Skulstad Professor, University of Bergen
Anja Synnøve Bakken
Associate Professor, University of South-Eastern Norway
Anette Hagen
Associate Professor, University of South-Eastern Norway
Terje Pedersen teacher, Kleppestø lower secondary school
Kim Nilsen Aarberg Advisor for Askøy municipal education authority
Lenka Garshol
Associate Professor, University of Agder
Line Reichelt Føreland
Assistant Professor, University of Agder/PhD Candidate, University of Lapland
Alison Jones Rød teacher, Fusa upper secondary school
Raees Calafato
Associate Professor, University of South-Eastern Norway
Samia Touileb researcher, University of Bergen
Irina Engeness Professor, Østfold University College
Meerita Kunna Segaran researcher, Østfold University College
Ingeborg Krange Professor, Østfold University College
Sigrid Ørevik
Associate Professor, University of Bergen
Nanna Paaske
Associate Professor, Oslo Metropolitan University
Siri Mohammad-Roe Assistant Professor, Oslo Metropolitan University
Hege Emma Rimmereide Professor, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
Alicia Våga Wennberg teacher, Gimle lower secondary school
Current issues in English teaching explores a wide array of practical and theoretical approaches to teaching and assessing English in the twenty-first century. Several of the chapters deal with aspects of technology-rich English classrooms, such as the use of VR head-mounted displays and computer technology allowing educational use of fictional films, narrative apps, digital games and AI models. The contributors also engage with approaches to extramural activities, interdisciplinary topics and multimodal texts. English students’ critical literacies is a key theme in the book.
The book is edited by Aud Solbjørg Skulstad and the contributors are twelve teacher educators, two researchers and four English teachers. Current issues in English teaching is essential reading for student teachers, teachers and teacher educators.
Aud Solbjørg Skulstad is Professor of English didactics at the Department of Foreign Languages, University of Bergen where she has been engaged in teacher education since 1996. She teaches and supervises student teachers of English and doctoral students. Skulstad’s main research focuses on current issues in technology-rich language classrooms, text creation, multimodality and genre analysis. Current research interests revolve around fostering aspects of criticality, such as the development of students’ critical thinking in their engagement with texts and multimodal genres in the posttruth era. Her publications include the book Text creation in English teaching (2023). She is co-editor of Teaching English in the 21st century (2020).
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