A state of the art critical review of research into literature in language education, of interest to teachers of English and modern foreign languages. Includes prompts and principles for those who wish to improve their own practice or to engage in projects or research in this area.

This is a resource for researchers and practitioners in a range of applied linguistics fields, including TESOL, language education and more generally, discourse analysis and stylistics. Pedagogically, this translates into recognition that students can be helped to develop a critical understanding of literary discourse as linguistic communication to the mutual enrichment of their literary, linguistic and cultural understandings. A conceptual map of the field, relevant researchable topics, research guidance and resources, and illustrative case studies drawn widely from real life teaching and research contexts are provided.

This is a resource for researchers and practitioners in a range of applied linguistics fields, including TESOL, language education and more generally, discourse analysis and stylistics. Pedagogically, this translates into recognition that students can be helped to develop a critical understanding of literary discourse as linguistic communication to the mutual enrichment of their literary, linguistic and cultural understandings. A conceptual map of the field, relevant researchable topics, research guidance and resources, and illustrative case studies drawn widely from real life teaching and research contexts are provided.

A state of the art critical review of research into literature in language education, of interest to teachers of English and modern foreign languages. Includes prompts and principles for those who wish to improve their own practice or to engage in projects or research in this area.

The Wilderness and the Desert of the Real is a necessity for the modern spiritual thinking artist. Geoff thoughtfully dives into the unexplored recesses of the artist's art and the relationship between the spiritual artist and the church, charting previously unpublished territories in this deeply soulful essay.

One of the biggest issues I'm asked about in my capacity as an arts mentor focuses on identity. Who am I as an artist? The next serious question is then How should my faith inform and give shape to my work? Autobiography will help artists to grapple with the issues from within redemption's story and guide them to find a place to live and work in contemporary culture.

Translate calls the artist to reject institutional subservience and form part of a living artistic community. Jacques Ellul warns us that if we pursue the methods of propaganda, we will become like any other ideology and lose the essence of our faith. Do we collaborate with the powerful? Can we resist the temptation to conform to the spirit of the age, so that we can transform a fractured, disintegrated culture?

The Cultural Way of Being uncovers the artist's path toward re-discovering their art's power to influence and inform culture. Geoff leads the journey from a narrow, prescriptive platform of institutionalism to an authentic and personal art spearheaded by The Spirit; the artist emerges from the Wilderness with a new relevance and a renewed voice.