Dr. Jan Edwards Dormer is the author of books, book chapters, and articles for language teachers, language learners, school leaders, and those in ministry. See a full list of publications here.
Jump to title: Language Learning in Ministry | What School Leaders Need to Know About English Learners | Teaching English for Reconciliation | Passport to Adventure | Teaching English in Missions
Available in hard copy or Kindle format.
Suggested Uses: Mission agencies can include this text in pre-field orientation; Helpful for mission leaders, mentors and coaches.
This book is essential for those learning a new language within a cross-cultural missional context, and for missional leaders, mentors or coaches providing guidance and support for such learners. With chapters on both formal and informal language learning to guide the selection of language schools, programs, and methodologies, this book walks you through the options, opportunities, and challenges ahead. Special attention is given to:
- Viewing language learning through a ministry lens
- Language development of children and families’ needs, including schooling options and opportunities for MKs to learn the language
- Personal application—walking readers through decision-making processes to chart a path for success in language learning
- Rich resources, such as language proficiency scales, language learning methodologies, and online resources
- A complete task-based language learning curriculum that can be adapted to any language
Publisher: William Carey Publishing, 2021
Jump to title: Language Learning in Ministry | What School Leaders Need to Know About English Learners | Teaching English for Reconciliation | Passport to Adventure | Teaching English in Missions
Available in hard copy and as a pdf download.
Suggested Uses: Use this book as a book study in your school; Use this book to guide the development of ESL programming within a school or district.
This book offers school leaders and teachers the foundation, the ideas, and the strategies to not only improve outcomes for English language learners, but to create rich multicultural and multilingual schools which benefit all students. It provides effective, research-based strategies and best practices to help both ESOL and content-area teachers succeed in their roles. With a complete placement chart to guide individualized placement of English Learners in various subjects at various proficiency levels, this book can help a school respond to English learners’ needs in ways that are individualized and equitable.
Publisher: TESOL Press, 2016
Jump to title: Language Learning in Ministry | What School Leaders Need to Know About English Learners | Teaching English for Reconciliation | Passport to Adventure | Teaching English in Missions
Available in hard copy or Kindle format.
Suggested Uses: Use this book as a book study within a staff of ESL teachers, in both K-12 settings and in adult settings; Use in the development of curricula and materials for peacebuilding within language learning contexts. Use in TESOL teacher preparation.
When is an English class more than an English class? When the teacher is intentional in using strategies and building skills for peacebuilding and reconciliation. This text encourages those engaged in the teaching of English as a second or foreign language to first consider why we might strive to teach English for reconciliation, and then addresses the contexts, individuals and resources which are involved.
Publisher: William Carey Publishing, 2018
Jump to title: Language Learning in Ministry | What School Leaders Need to Know About English Learners | Teaching English for Reconciliation | Passport to Adventure | Teaching English in Missions
Teacher’s books, student books and additional resources are available for purchase.
Suggested Uses: This series is ideal for Christian schools worldwide which are conducted in their native languages but which have English as a foreign language classes. It is also an excellent series for ESL classes in English-medium Christian schools, such as international schools.
Purposeful Design’s English as a foreign language series, Passport to Adventure, was developed by an international team of language learning professionals to provide flexibility to meet the unique needs of many student groups. Each lesson in this series helps teachers and students explore the world beyond their classrooms through learning a foreign language. The children will learn English in engaging and creative ways — through songs and chants, vivid color pictures, and many fun and age-appropriate activities.
Jump to title: Language Learning in Ministry | What School Leaders Need to Know About English Learners | Teaching English for Reconciliation | Passport to Adventure | Teaching English in Missions
Available in hard copy or Kindle format.
Suggested Uses: Mission agencies can include this text in pre-field orientation, for those who will be involved in any way in the teaching of English; Use when involved in any kind of English teaching on a field of service, especially if prior training in TESOL is minimal; Use in TESOL teacher preparation in Christian Institutions.
English teaching is common in missions today. However, there has been relatively little discussion on what constitutes effectiveness in English ministries. This book aims to foster such discussion. It first addresses issues of concern in English ministries, and then suggests criteria for effectiveness, considerations in teacher preparation, and models for the teaching of English in missions. A full task-based English teaching curriculum is included.
Jump to title: Language Learning in Ministry | What School Leaders Need to Know About English Learners | Teaching English for Reconciliation | Passport to Adventure | Teaching English in Missions