Great Reads
Here are some books I have found really helpful in forming a Christian vision for language teaching.
- The Gift of the Stranger: Faith, Hospitality and Foreign Language Learning by David I. Smith and Barbara Carvill
- Learning from the Stranger: Christian Faith and Cultural Diversity by David I. Smith
- Teaching and Christian Imagination by David I. Smith and Susan M. Felch
- Christians and Cultural Difference by David I. Smith and Pennylyn Dykstra-Pruim
- Bible-Shaped Teaching by John Shortt
Free Web Resources
- What if Learning is for teachers who want their classrooms to be places with a Christian ethos. It explores what teaching and learning might look like when rooted in Christian faith, hope and love. It has lots of concrete examples of creative classroom work, including for Languages, and an approach which enables you to develop your own lessons.
- For those who teach is curated by John Shortt, teacher-educator, speaker and writer on education from a Christian perspective. It includes free teaching materials for French and German developed by the Charis Project and a free book The Bible and the task of teaching
- The Elsa Cortina Project developed by Calvin College has free teaching materials for Spanish. Students learn empathy as they share the trials and triumphs of Elsa Cortina, a Cuban refugee, and grapple with moral and spiritual issues while listening to and using the target language.
- On Christian Teaching is a website curated by Dr David I. Smith with links to his articles and essays, interviews and books.