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Identity, Agency and the Acquisition of Professional Language and Culture

Author : Ping Deters
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1441163158
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Identity, Agency and the Acquisition of Professional Language and Culture written by Ping Deters and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-19 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With globalization and the ever-increasing migration of professionals, issues related to learning an additional language and culture in professional contexts are prominent in many contemporary societies. Drawing upon data from an extensive research study of internationally educated professionals, this book examines the affordances and constraints to successful professional acculturation, and the relationships between identity, agency, and the acquisition of professional language and culture. The author provides a succinct review of socially informed theories of second language acquisition, and presents a unique analysis of identity and agency that incorporates the work of Erik Erikson and George Herbert Mead with Vygotsky's sociocultural theory and Lave and Wenger's community of practice framework. Given the pervasive problem of the underemployment of internationally educated professionals in many contemporary immigrant-receiving societies, this book makes a timely contribution that not only advances scholarship but also has important practical and policy implications.

Identity, Agency, and the Acquisition of Professional Language and Culture

Author : Fung Ping Deters
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (428 download)

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Download or read book Identity, Agency, and the Acquisition of Professional Language and Culture written by Fung Ping Deters and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With globalization and the ever-increasing migration of professionals, issues related to learning an additional language and culture for professional contexts are prominent in many immigrant-receiving societies. This study examines the professional acculturation experiences of internationally educated teachers (IETs) in the English public Kindergarten-to-Grade-12 and college systems in Ontario, Canada. The research questions focus on the affordances and constraints to successful professional acculturation, and on the relationships between identity, agency, and the acquisition of professional language and culture. Data for this qualitative study comprise in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 33 IETs from diverse ethnolinguistic and professional backgrounds, longitudinal case studies of 8 of these IETs, and in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 15 educational professionals who work with IETs, namely, administrators, mentors, and professional development facilitators. All textual data were coded for content using ATLASti software. My analysis is informed by Vygosky's (1978, 1986) sociocultural theory and Lave and Wenger's (1991; Wenger, 1998) concept of legitimate peripheral participation and community of practice (COP) framework. The findings are reported in three sections. First, dominant themes regarding affordances and constraints to professional acculturation are identified from the complete data set. Main constraints are differences in language and culture, interaction with students and parents, differences in teaching and learning styles, and discrimination. Key affordances are social support, resources, observation and practice, and beliefs. Second, findings and analysis of retrospective narratives of 3 IETs who were able to acquire an additional language and culture, and achieve professional success are discussed. Third, I focus on a longitudinal case study of one IET. The findings highlight the complex and dynamic relationships between individuals -- with their sociocultural histories, identities, and beliefs -- and the norms of the receiving COP. Recurring themes include the socially constructed nature of identity and agency, the key roles of power relations and emotions, the importance of community acceptance and support, including affirmation of professional identity, and the two-way process of change and transformation as a newcomer enters a COP. Implications regarding strategies for professional acculturation success include the need for immigrant professionals to have access to and to be affirmed and accepted by a COP.

Conceptual Shifts and Contextualized Practices in Education for Glocal Interaction

Author : Ali Fuad Selvi
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811064210
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Book Synopsis Conceptual Shifts and Contextualized Practices in Education for Glocal Interaction by : Ali Fuad Selvi

Download or read book Conceptual Shifts and Contextualized Practices in Education for Glocal Interaction written by Ali Fuad Selvi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-03 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book employs the realm of English Language Teaching (ELT) as a discursive point of departure to explore how individuals, groups, entities and institutions apprehend, embrace, deal with, manipulate, problematize and resist glocal flows of people, ideas, information, goods, and technology. It apprehends and attends to tensions arising from the fluidly local-global construction and negotiation of borders of identity and interaction within a diverse array of contexts and English education therein. These tensions, whether conceptual or pedagogical, may arise in and through governmental and institutional policymaking, teacher training, or curriculum and materials development, and in the learning experience both within and beyond the classroom, as teachers and students engage with course content and each other.

Theorizing and Analyzing Agency in Second Language Learning

Author : Ping Deters
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1783092890
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Book Synopsis Theorizing and Analyzing Agency in Second Language Learning by : Ping Deters

Download or read book Theorizing and Analyzing Agency in Second Language Learning written by Ping Deters and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2015 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through several unique perspectives and contexts, this volume contributes to current understanding of agency in second language learning. It includes chapters discussing theoretical, analytical and pedagogical approaches, and will serve as a key reference for researchers of language learning and teaching.

The Language of Adult Immigrants

Author : Elizabeth R. Miller
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1783092041
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book The Language of Adult Immigrants written by Elizabeth R. Miller and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first to explore the constitution of language learner agency by drawing on performativity theory, an approach that remains on the periphery of second language research. Though many scholars have drawn on poststructuralism to theorize learner identity in non-essentialist terms, most have treated agency as an essential feature that belongs to or inheres in individuals. By contrast, this work promotes a view of learner agency as inherently social and as performatively constituted in discursive practice. In developing a performativity approach to learner agency, it builds on the work of Vygotsky and Bakhtin along with research on ‘agency of spaces’ and language ideologies. Through the study of discourses produced in interviews, this work explores how immigrant small business owners co-construct their theories of agency, in relation to language learning and use. The analysis focuses on three discursive constructs produced in the interview talk–subject-predicate constructs, evaluative stance, and reported speech–and investigates their discursive effects in mobilizing ideologically normative, performatively realized agentive selves.

Sociocultural Theory in Second Language Education

Author : Merrill Swain
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 178309317X
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Book Synopsis Sociocultural Theory in Second Language Education by : Merrill Swain

Download or read book Sociocultural Theory in Second Language Education written by Merrill Swain and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2015 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook introduces the reader to concepts of sociocultural theory, through a series of narratives illuminating key concepts of the theory. This 2nd edition references recent studies that provide important instances of Vygotskian sociocultural theory in second language education and research, as well as questions for collaborative discussion.

Teacher Education and Professional Development in TESOL

Author : JoAnn Crandall
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317279492
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Book Synopsis Teacher Education and Professional Development in TESOL by : JoAnn Crandall

Download or read book Teacher Education and Professional Development in TESOL written by JoAnn Crandall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-01-29 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the forefront of research on English language teacher education and professional development, this volume presents new empirical research situated in different contexts around the world, including Canada, Denmark, Israel, Japan, Korea, Qatar, Sudan, and the U.S. It is framed by the volume editors’ insightful overview and analyses of previous and ongoing work in a variety of related domains and an epilogue by David Nunan. The chapter studies are organized around three themes: teacher identity in ESL/EFL teacher education and professional development programs, second language teacher education programs for diverse contexts, and professional development for diverse contexts. All chapters focus on the applied nature of the research and include a section on implications. To provide balance and a range of views, the volume includes both chapters reporting on empirical research funded by TIRF grant recipients and several from invited authors who are senior scholars in the field. This is the third volume in the Global Research on Teaching and Learning English Series, co-published by Routledge and TIRF.

The Intercultural Professional

Author : Fiona O'Neill
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030525317
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The Intercultural Professional written by Fiona O'Neill and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers what is at stake for professionals whose work increasingly involves communicating in linguistically and culturally diverse contexts, and argues for the need to better understand the crucial role of languages and cultures in the modern workplace. With a focus on the experience of multilingual professionals, the author's position is that such professionals, exemplified by those who have relocated internationally, deploy their unique linguistic, cultural and intercultural repertoires in their work. This book examines the ways in which professionals interpret and manage their experience of working within and across languages and cultures in ways that create affordances for them, their professional practice, and those who depend on their knowledge and expertise. It will be relevant to undergraduate and postgraduate students undertaking studies in applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, intercultural education and professional communication in any discipline.

English as an International Language Education

Author : Ahmed Sahlane
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031347021
Total Pages : 539 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (313 download)

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Download or read book English as an International Language Education written by Ahmed Sahlane and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-09-16 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides an overview of current issues in English as an International Language (EIL) education and critical intercultural literacy pedagogy. The different chapters are inspired by ‘critical interculturality’ as a decolonial project that seeks to interrogate the structures, conditions, and mechanisms of colonial power relations that still pervade our increasingly globalising postcolonial societies; they tend to perpetuate forms of discrimination such as sexism, racism, classism, heterosexism and linguicism. Divided into five sections, this collection critically examines English Language Teaching textbooks’ integration of intercultural dimensions, the promotion of intercultural literacy in teacher education programs, the management of cultural diversity in multicultural professional/business and educational situations, and the ‘decolonisation’ of the curriculum in various global educational and professional situations. The book presents a range of linguistic approaches as a means of examining the nature of intercultural communication pertaining in EIL varied international contexts. The chapters also reflect a wide diversity of perspectives from local contexts with global relevance and applicability. This book is an indispensable reference for business leaders, international relations stakeholders, education and linguistics students, educationists, textbook designers, teacher trainers and researchers of language and culture, critical pedagogy, multiculturalism studies, TESOL and English as a lingua franca (ELF).

Diversifying the Teaching Force in Transnational Contexts

Author : Clea Schmidt
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 946300663X
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Diversifying the Teaching Force in Transnational Contexts written by Clea Schmidt and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-26 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Diversifying the teaching force has become a priority in many migrant-receiving jurisdictions worldwide with the growing mismatch between the ethnic backgrounds, cultures, languages, and religions of teachers and those of students and families. Arguments for diversification tend to be couched in terms of disproportionate representation and students from minority backgrounds needing positive role models, yet research identifies other compelling reasons for diversification, including the fact that teachers of migrant backgrounds often possess outstanding qualifications when multilingualism and internationally obtained education and experience are taken into account, and the fact that all students, including majority-background students, benefit from a diversity of role models in schools. Nevertheless, the process of diversification is fraught with complexity. Depending on the context, systemic discrimination, an oversupply of teachers in the profession generally, and outdated hiring policies and practices can all impede efforts to diversify the teaching force.This volume comprises original research from Canada, the U.S., Germany, Ireland, Scotland, and England that problematizes issues of diversifying the teaching force and identifies promising practices. A foreword written by Charlene Bearhead of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation questions the very purpose of education in and for diverse societies. An introduction written by the editors defines key concepts and establishes a rationale for diversifying the teaching force in migrant-receiving contexts. Following this, key international scholars offer empirical perspectives using a range of methodologies and theories rooted in critical social science paradigms. The volume informs future research, programming, and policy development in this area."“/div>div

Learning Business English in China

Author : Zuocheng Zhang
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319592912
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Learning Business English in China written by Zuocheng Zhang and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-07-13 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses the learning experiences of students of Business English at a Chinese university. It addresses several topical issues in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) education and Business English teaching, including how ESP students learn, how they develop multiple identities. In particular, it focuses on their professional identity in the classroom, and how these identities are transferred to the workplace. This allows the author to present a model of learning Business English that corresponds to the lived experiences of students in China, but which can also be applied to other ESP learner contexts. In doing so, he demonstrates how to research the professional identity of ESP learners from multiple perspectives, and contributes to the validity of research on language learning and learner identity. This book will appeal to scholars of English for Specific Purposes, Second Language Acquisition, and TESOL Education.

Advancing Equity and Achievement in America's Diverse Schools

Author : Camille M. Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136202137
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)

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Book Synopsis Advancing Equity and Achievement in America's Diverse Schools by : Camille M. Wilson

Download or read book Advancing Equity and Achievement in America's Diverse Schools written by Camille M. Wilson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advancing Equity and Achievement in America’s Diverse Schools illustrates how educators, students, families and community partners can work in strategic ways to build on social, cultural, and ethnic diversity to advance educational equity and achievement. By drawing on the latest data on demographic change, constructions of culture and cultural difference, and the politics of school reform in urban, rural, and suburban school communities, this volume looks toward solutions and strategies for meaningful educational improvement. Contributors consider both the diversity of youth and families served in public schools, and the culture of U.S. schooling, highlighting the influence of policy and reform agendas; students’ identities and agency; experiences and approaches of diverse educators; and the workings of effective school partnerships. Chapters also focus on those often overlooked in educational scholarship such as Native Americans, students experiencing poverty and/or homelessness, Muslim students, students with special needs, and students and educators who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, or queer. In all, this edited collection stresses the need for high quality education that is inclusive, culturally responsive and unifying so all students can experience academic success. This book is a meaningful resource for educators, policymakers, and community-based leaders interested in doing such transformative work.

The Routledge Handbook of Interpreting

Author : Holly Mikkelson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317595017
Total Pages : 605 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Interpreting written by Holly Mikkelson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-20 with total page 605 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Interpreting provides a comprehensive survey of the field of interpreting for a global readership. The handbook includes an introduction and four sections with thirty one chapters by leading international contributors. The four sections cover: The history and evolution of the field The core areas of interpreting studies from conference interpreting to interpreting in conflict zones and voiceover Current issues and debates from ethics and the role of the interpreter to the impact of globalization A look to the future Suggestions for further reading are provided with every chapter. The Routledge Handbook of Interpreting is an essential reference for researchers and advanced students of interpreting.

English Language Teacher Education in Chile

Author : Malba Barahona
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317425634
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book English Language Teacher Education in Chile written by Malba Barahona and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last two decades, Chile has been driven by an economic imperative to build the capability of citizens to be competent in the English language, resulting in a high demand for teachers of English. As a consequence, teacher education programs have modified their curricula to meet the challenges of educating teachers of English as a global language. This book explores EFL teacher education in order to further understand the nature of teacher learning in second language education environments, examining the varying motives, actions and mediating tools that shaped how a cohort of pre-service teachers learnt to teach EFL in Chile. Framed by a cultural historical activity theory (CHAT) perspective, chapters use key qualitative research to determine how specific factors can help and hinder the effective preparation of teachers, illuminating contradictory dynamics between local and national policies, teacher education programs, and pre-service views and classroom realities. The book makes an important contribution to the growing debate surrounding the design of EFL teacher education policy, curriculum and learning strategies, emphasising the importance of engaging pre-service teachers in learning to teach EFL, and the interrelated factors that shape this learning. English Language Teacher Education in Chile will be of key interest to academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of teacher education, curriculum studies, and English language teaching (ESL/EFL), as well as policy makers, TESOL organisations, and those interested in applying a CHAT perspective to language teaching and learning.

Direct Speech, Self-presentation and Communities of Practice

Author : Sofia Lampropoulou
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1441167064
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Direct Speech, Self-presentation and Communities of Practice written by Sofia Lampropoulou and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with speech representation in Greek adolescents' storytelling and investigates how members of different communities of practice present themselves and other characters as interactional protagonists through the stories they tell. The work puts forth a dynamic approach that examines (direct) speech representation at the local and the broader socio-cultural context in which it is embedded. The concept of community of practice accounts for direct speech variation, and direct speech is seen as the linguistic manifestation of shared repertoire of particular communities of practice. The book combines qualitative with quantitative methods of study and brings together relevant theories of speech representation, narrative analysis and self-presentation.

Contemporary Foundations for Teaching English as an Additional Language

Author : Polina Vinogradova
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000209393
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Book Synopsis Contemporary Foundations for Teaching English as an Additional Language by : Polina Vinogradova

Download or read book Contemporary Foundations for Teaching English as an Additional Language written by Polina Vinogradova and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engaging volume on English as an Additional Language (EAL), argues persuasively for the importance of critical participatory pedagogies that embrace multilingualism and multimodality in the field of TESOL. It highlights the role of the TESOL profession in teaching for social justice and advocacy and explores how critical participatory pedagogies translate into English language teaching and teacher education around the world. Bringing together diverse scholars in the field and practicing English language teachers, editors Polina Vinogradova and Joan Kang Shin present 10 thematically organized units that demonstrate that language teaching pedagogy must be embedded in the larger sociocultural contexts of teaching and learning to be successful. Each unit covers one pedagogical approach and includes three case studies to illustrate how English language teachers across the world implement these approaches in their classrooms. The chapters are supplemented by discussion questions and a range of practical sources for further exploration. Addressing established and emerging areas of TESOL, topics covered include: Critical and postmethod pedagogies Translingualism Digital literacy and multiliteracies Culturally responsive pedagogy Advocacy Featuring educators implementing innovative approaches in primary, secondary, and tertiary contexts across borders, Contemporary Foundations for Teaching English as an Additional Language is an ideal text for methods and foundational courses in TESOL and will appeal to in-service and preservice English language teachers as well as students and teacher educators in TESOL and applied linguistics.

English Medium Instruction in Multilingual and Multicultural Universities

Author : Birgit Henriksen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429850638
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book English Medium Instruction in Multilingual and Multicultural Universities written by Birgit Henriksen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English Medium Instruction in Multilingual and Multicultural Universities analyses the issues related to EMI at both a local and international level and provides a broad perspective on this topic. Drawing on field studies from a Northern European context and based primarily on research carried out at the University of Copenhagen, this book: introduces a topical global issue that is central to the higher education research agenda; identifies the issues and challenges involved in EMI in relation to central linguistic, pedagogical, sociolinguistic and socio-cultural concepts; captures university lecturers’ experiences in the midst of curricular change and presents reflections on ways to navigate professionally in English to meet the demands of the multilingual and multicultural classroom. English Medium Instruction in Multilingual and Multicultural Universities is key reading for researchers, pre- and in-service teachers, university management, educational planners, and advanced students with an interest in EMI and the multilingual, multicultural university setting.