Article Title

Collaboration and Reconciliation in English Language Teaching? Personal Reflections on Critical Incidents

Authors

Michael Lessard-CloustonFollow

Keywords

collaboration, cooperative principle, critical incidents, EFL, intercultural communication, politeness theory, reconciliation

Abstract

Collaboration is largely assumed in English language teaching, while reconciliation is often a goal in this discipline. This article briefly introduces frameworks to help us think about collaboration and to understand reconciliation. Next it discusses three critical incidents in EFL teaching and ESL teacher education from personal experience in China, Indonesia, and the United States. Using the literature and frameworks outlined, the article reflects on cultural and other challenges, notes helps and hindrances to collaboration, and possible ways such issues were or might have been reconciled in the three incidents.

Recommended Citation

Lessard-Clouston, Michael (2022) "Collaboration and Reconciliation in English Language Teaching? Personal Reflections on Critical Incidents," International Journal of Christianity and English Language Teaching: Vol. 9, Article 5.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.biola.edu/ijc-elt/vol9/iss1/5