Revista Electronic@ Educare (Aug 2012)

“Constructive Paranoia” Applied to Education (The Case of English Language Teaching)

  • Luis Guillermo Barrantes-Montero

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 2
pp. 131 – 142

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This paper analyzes the concept of constructive paranoia stated by journalist and author Andrés Oppenheimer to promote development in Latin America. Based on that concept, this paper discusses the effectiveness of current English Language Teaching, particularly, as well as what should be done in order to obtain better results. As a conclusion, a re-structure of approach, curriculum and methodology in teaching the language is proposed.

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