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ELT Journal 1986 40(3):191-195; doi:10.1093/elt/40.3.191
© 1986 by Oxford University Press
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Images of ELT

Harry Krasnick

Harry Krasnick is an ELT instructor at the University of Guam and a doctoral candidate in ELT at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. He completed an advanced degree in sociology and a law degree before entering the field of ELT. His dissertation research focuses on second-language problems in the judicial process.

Popular images of English language teaching seem to exist in society. Since they are part of the ‘stock of knowledge’ shared by members of a society, they may find their way into the classroom and subtly influence the attitudes and behaviour of the ELT instructor. Three such images are described in this article. The significance of the existence of such images lies in the fact that teacher expectations are believed to influence both the teacher's behaviour and the student's behaviour. It is recommended that teacher training should incorporate a social science perspective which would enable the trainee to heighten his or her awareness of the role of prejudiced beliefs as they may affect ELT.


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