Decentring ELT materials in Benin and the UK by Paula Rebolledo https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8 Linda Ruas & Dossou Flavien Lanmantchion en-us 2023-02-03 18:00:36 UTC 2025-12-21 15:07:03 UTC hello@padlet.com ljruas https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2468588348 Flavien: teaches English at university in Benin
Traditional / expected materials are:
- books published in UK or US
- with mainly white people
- mainly Global North topics
- UK and US varieties of English as a model

Linda: teaches ESOL (to long-term migrants) at a college in the UK
Traditional / expected materials are:
- materials published in UK
- situated in the UK
- about everyday life topics eg. mending washing machine
- include some varieties of English eg. Indian / Bangladeshi English]]> 2023-02-04 18:28:37 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2468588348 ljruas https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2468589454 2023-02-04 18:31:09 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2468589454 ljruas https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2468589709 2023-02-04 18:31:35 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2468589709 ljruas https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2468589934 2023-02-04 18:32:09 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2468589934 ljruas https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2468590060 2023-02-04 18:32:30 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2468590060 a) Flavien's materials ljruas https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2468591017 - local and relevant to Benin
- contentious, up-to-date topics
- some historically taboo subjects
- all situated in the Global South

]]> 2023-02-04 18:34:47 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2468591017 b) Linda's materials: ljruas https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2468592160  ]]> 2023-02-04 18:37:28 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2468592160 Global Issues ljruas https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2468629493 we agree that using global issues is a great starting point to 'decentre' our materials]]> 2023-02-04 20:09:46 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2468629493 5-minute video presentation: https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2477418254 2023-02-11 17:30:33 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2477418254 CLIMATE EMERGENCY flavienlam81 https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2477427793 https://eewiki.newint.org/index.php?title=%E2%80%98Real_education_i s_outside_the_classroom%E2%80%99:_Climate_activists_speak

 

]]> 2023-02-11 17:50:01 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2477427793 World conflicts flavienlam81 https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2477429899 Is it right to send weapons into a conflict? 

]]> 2023-02-11 17:54:54 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2477429899 Our conclusion: https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2477432563 we think the keys to successful decentring materials could be these 3 things:

a) working together with teachers teaching in other contexts completely different from theirs - we get to see and understand contexts other than the typical European / US contexts of many coursebooks
b) basing a syllabus on global issues – so we can bring in approaches and contexts all around the world – eg. the Sustainable Development Goals
c) teachers writing their own materials – alone or in groups – that reflect their own local contexts

]]> 2023-02-11 18:00:32 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2477432563 Linda's Materials flavienlam81 https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2477541072 . Linda' s materials bring important issues into class from students’ countries of origin. 
Topics such as land-grabs in Angola and Brazil, inequality in India and Nigeria, and women working for peace in Syria and Ukraine arouse learners' interest. 

]]> 2023-02-11 22:39:05 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2477541072 WOMEN AND PEACE flavienlam81 https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2477643938 https://newint.org/features/2021/03/07/peace-talks-need-women]]> 2023-02-12 04:52:06 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2477643938 CORONAVIRUS AND THE WORLD flavienlam81 https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2477647730

]]> 2023-02-12 05:08:35 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2477647730 the link to all the ready lessons: ljruas https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2477852866 2023-02-12 14:38:00 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2477852866 1/ Our teaching contexts ljruas https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2493825966 2023-02-24 12:48:23 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2493825966 2/ Our short explanatory video: ljruas https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2493826933 2023-02-24 12:49:32 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2493826933 3/ A look at some of our materials: ljruas https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2493827516 2023-02-24 12:50:06 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2493827516 4/ Summary and conclusions: ljruas https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2493833588 2023-02-24 12:56:58 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2493833588 ljruas https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2493835598 2023-02-24 12:59:12 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2493835598 ljruas https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2494013439 2023-02-24 15:27:22 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2494013439 ljruas https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2494017281 2023-02-24 15:30:29 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/4hr9418uszlfkqt8/wish/2494017281