English Teaching and Evangelical Mission

Bill Johnston is Henry Remak Professor of Comparative Literature at Indiana University, USA. He is the author of Values in English Language Teaching (2003, Lawrence Erlbaum).

• AcknowledgmentsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: A Nation of Many Faiths?: Religion in Poland in the 21st CenturyChapter 3: The Road to Lighthouse SchoolChapter 4: The School with a SoulChapter 5: Curriculum and MaterialsChapter 6: In the ClassroomChapter 7: False-Bottomed Friendships?: Relation at Lighthouse SchoolChapter 8: Empty Meeting-Grounds?: The Cross-Cultural Encounter at Lighthouse SchoolChapter 9: ConclusionsReferencesAppendix A: Translation and Transcription Conventions

Johnston's work is a carefully crafted ethnography of contact that examines the presuppositions and methodology of foreign English teachers at an evangelical school in Poland. However, it is much more! The author raises fair-minded questions about the role of religion in education and, like Stevick, grapples with "what goes on inside and between people" when teachers and students meet.