Will Authenticity in English Language Teaching

An analysis of academic discourse
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-8309-8558-7
Verlag: Waxmann Verlag GmbH
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 266 Seiten

Authenticity is one of the most rampant buzzwords in ELT (English Language Teaching). Many have weighed in on what authenticity should mean and on how it may be achieved. The book at hand is an extensive analysis of authenticity as a term and as a concept within the academic field of ELT. The research data comprises virtually all definitions and conceptualizations of authenticity in the international ELT literature. However, only a limited number of texts contributes to what can be called an explicit negotiation of authenticity. A discourse analytical approach is taken to disentangle the hubbub of commentaries and to eventually extrapolate from it six distinct concepts which are attached to the term 'authenticity'. Michel Foucault's seminal theories are invoked, affording additional insights into discourse dynamics and power structures among individuals and institutions in ELT.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Will, Leo

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Cover;1
2;Imprint;4
3;Preface;5
4;Contents;7
5;1 Introduction;11
5.1;1.1 Problem statement;11
5.2;1.2 Current state of research;12
5.3;1.3 Outline;14
6;2 Authenticity in EFL – a systematic overview;16
6.1;2.1 A comparison of three categorizations: Breen (1985), Decke-Cornill (2004), Gilmore (2007);19
6.2;2.2 Text;25
6.2.1;2.2.1 The issue of authenticity versus genuineness;26
6.2.2;2.2.2 Definitions and underlying criteria of authentic text;27
6.2.2.1;2.2.2.1 Provenance;29
6.2.2.2;2.2.2.2 Inherent textual qualities;29
6.2.2.3;2.2.2.3 Aspects of post-production;31
6.2.2.4;2.2.2.4 Use of the text (appropriate response);33
6.2.2.5;2.2.2.5 Uncommon criteria;34
6.2.2.6;2.2.2.6 Summary of the defining criteria;35
6.2.3;2.2.3 Authentic text genres;38
6.2.4;2.2.4 Final remarks on textual authenticity;43
6.3;2.3 Text reception;44
6.4;2.4 Individual behavior;46
6.5;2.5 Task;49
6.6;2.6 Social situation;53
6.7;2.7 Assessment;54
6.8;2.8 Culture;57
7;3 A conceptual taxonomy;60
7.1;3.1 Textual authenticity;60
7.2;3.2 Authenticity of text reception;60
7.3;3.3 Real-world authenticity;61
7.4;3.4 Classroom authenticity;61
7.5;3.5 Authenticity of individual behavior;62
7.6;3.6 Cultural authenticity;62
7.7;3.7 Elaborations on the conceptual taxonomy;63
8;4 Methodology;66
8.1;4.1 Discourse analysis as theory and method;67
8.2;4.2 The academic discourse;73
8.2.1;4.2.1 Authorial stance;74
8.2.2;4.2.2 Exclusiveness and author status;79
8.3;4.3 The EFL discourse;83
8.3.1;4.3.1 Authorial style;83
8.3.2;4.3.2 Citations;85
8.3.3;4.3.3 The relations between adequacy, style, stance, author status, and citation;86
8.4;4.4 The academic EFL discourse on authenticity;88
8.4.1;4.4.1 Demarcation – preliminary thoughts;89
8.4.2;4.4.2 Demarcation – mode, field, and tenor;89
8.4.3;4.4.3 Demarcation – explicit negotiation of terminology;90
8.4.4;4.4.4 Adjacent discourses;95
8.5;4.5 Compiling a document selection of authenticity in EFL;101
8.5.1;4.5.1 From demarcation to sampling – practical examples of explicit negotiation;102
8.5.2;4.5.2 The academic EFL discourse on authenticity – a document selection;107
8.5.3;4.5.3 Bibliometric analysis of the documents – productivity analysis and citation analysis;122
8.5.4;4.5.4 Text classification within the document selection;126
8.5.5;4.5.5 Temporal demarcation;127
8.5.5.1;4.5.5.1 An analysis of TESOL Quarterly;129
8.5.5.1.1;4.5.5.1.1 Casual use of authentic/authenticity before Widdowson (1976);131
8.5.5.1.2;4.5.5.1.2 Focus on Stevick;133
8.5.5.1.3;4.5.5.1.3 Notable absence of the term;135
8.5.5.1.4;4.5.5.1.4 Summary – early use of the term;140
8.5.5.2;4.5.5.2 Authenticity and CLT;141
8.5.5.3;4.5.5.3 Concluding remarks on temporal demarcation;147
9;5 Chronological analysis of the academic EFL discourse on authenticity;149
9.1;5.1 On my role as an analyst;150
9.2;5.2 Chronological analysis by decade;151
9.2.1;5.2.1 1971–79 – the early years;152
9.2.1.1;5.2.1.1 Detailed analysis;154
9.2.1.2;5.2.1.2 Conclusion;160
9.2.2;5.2.2 The 1980s – decade of textual authenticity;162
9.2.2.1;5.2.2.1 Detailed analysis;166
9.2.2.2;5.2.2.2 Conclusion;171
9.2.3;5.2.3 The 1990s – broad adoption of Widdowson’s concept;172
9.2.3.1;5.2.3.1 Detailed analysis;176
9.2.3.2;5.2.3.2 Conclusion;185
9.2.4;5.2.4 The 2000s – persistent diversity;186
9.2.4.1;5.2.4.1 Detailed analysis;190
9.2.4.2;5.2.4.2 Conclusion;203
9.2.5;5.2.5 The 2010s – a new trend?;205
9.2.5.1;5.2.5.1 Detailed analysis;209
9.2.5.2;5.2.5.2 Conclusion;214
9.3;5.3 Summary of the chronological analysis;216
9.3.1;5.3.1 Bibliometrics informing discourse analysis: Productivity and citation;216
9.3.2;5.3.2 Findings of citation analysis;217
9.3.2.1;5.3.2.1 Amplification;217
9.3.2.2;5.3.2.2 EFL dictionaries;218
9.3.2.3;5.3.2.3 The German discourse;219
9.3.2.4;5.3.2.4 Electronic literature research;219
9.3.2.5;5.3.2.5 An egalitarian discourse?;220
9.3.3;5.3.3 Conceptual summary of the chronological analysis;221
10;6 The history of authenticity in EFL and beyond;226
10.1;6.1 The history of authenticity as a term outside of EFL;226
10.2;6.2 The history of textual authenticity as an EFL concept;228
10.2.1;6.2.1 Before 1600;229
10.2.2;6.2.2 17th century;230
10.2.3;6.2.3 18th century;232
10.2.3.1;6.2.3.1 Grammar books;234
10.2.3.2;6.2.3.2 Chrestomathies;236
10.2.4;6.2.4 1800–1881;237
10.2.5;6.2.5 1882 until the emergence of authentic/authenticity as a term (approx. 1970);240
10.3;6.3 Summary;244
11;7 Six concepts of authenticity;248
12;Bibliography;253