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Teacher Agency and Policy Response in English Language Teaching

Author : Patrick C. L. Ng
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317295811
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Book Synopsis Teacher Agency and Policy Response in English Language Teaching by : Patrick C. L. Ng

Download or read book Teacher Agency and Policy Response in English Language Teaching written by Patrick C. L. Ng and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-08-05 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of English in the global arena has prompted official language-in-education policy makers to adopt language education policies to enable its citizens to be proficient in English and to access knowledge. Local educational contexts in different countries have implemented English education in their own ways with different pedagogical goals, motivations, features and pedagogies. While much of the research cited in English language planning policy has focused on macro level language policy and planning, there is an increasing interest in micro planning, in particular teacher agency in policy response. Individual teacher agency is a multifaceted amalgam, not only of teachers’ individual histories, professional training, personal values and instructional beliefs, but also of how these interact with local interpretations and appropriations of policy. Teacher Agency and Policy Response in English Language Teaching examines the agency of the teacher in negotiating educational reforms and policy changes at the local and national levels. Chapters in the book include: English language teaching in China: teacher agency in response to curricular innovations Incorporating academic skills into EFL curriculum: teacher agency in response to global mobility challenge Teacher agency, the native/nonnative dichotomy, and "English Classes in English" in Japanese high Schools Teacher-designed high stakes English language testing: washback and impact This book will appeal to researcher across all sectors of education, in particular key stakeholders in curriculum and language planning. Those interested in the latest development of English language teaching will also find this book a valuable resource.

Teacher Agency

Author : Mark Priestley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472525876
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)

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Book Synopsis Teacher Agency by : Mark Priestley

Download or read book Teacher Agency written by Mark Priestley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent worldwide education policy has reinvented teachers as agents of change and professional developers of the school curriculum. Academic literature has analyzed changes in how teacher professionalism is conceived in policy and in practice but Teacher Agency provides a fresh perspective on this issue, drawing upon an ecological theory of agency. Using this model for understanding agency, Mark Priestley, Gert Biesta and Sarah Robinson explore empirical findings from the 'Teacher Agency and Curriculum Change' project, funded by the UK-based Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Drawing together this research with the authors' international experiences and perspectives, Teacher Agency addresses theoretical and practical issues of international significance. The authors illustrate how teacher agency should be understood not only in terms of individual capacity of teachers, but also in respect of the cultures and structures of schooling.

Language Teacher Agency

Author : Jian Tao
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108912575
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (89 download)

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Book Synopsis Language Teacher Agency by : Jian Tao

Download or read book Language Teacher Agency written by Jian Tao and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-11-18 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Element aims to elucidate the concept of language teacher agency by exploring the 'what' question, offering major conceptualisations of agency and explaining how they shape the way we approach teacher agency. The authors then continue with the 'why' question, and elaborate on the reasons that language teacher agency matters, based on a discussion of the varied purposes of teacher agency at multiple levels. They also acknowledge that teacher agency does not operate alone, and discuss how it intersects with such concepts as teacher identity, emotion, belief and knowledge. Based on this, they identify ways to promote teacher agency through making changes to contexts and/or actors. They then introduce the concept of collective agency and propose a multi-layered model based on an illustrative study. The Element ends with a call for a trans-perspective on understanding language teacher agency so as to facilitate the professional development of language teachers.

Theorizing and Analyzing Language Teacher Agency

Author : Hayriye Kayi-Aydar
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1788923936
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (889 download)

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Book Synopsis Theorizing and Analyzing Language Teacher Agency by : Hayriye Kayi-Aydar

Download or read book Theorizing and Analyzing Language Teacher Agency written by Hayriye Kayi-Aydar and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2019-06-05 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the agency of second/foreign language teachers in diverse geographical contexts and in both K-12 and adult education. It offers new understandings and conceptualizations of second/foreign language teacher agency through a variety of types of empirical data. It also demonstrates the use of different methodologies or analytic tools to study the multidimensional, dynamic and complex nature of second/foreign language teacher agency. The chapters draw on a range of theories and approaches to language teacher agency (including ecological theory, positioning theory, complexity theory and actor-network theory) that expand our understanding of the concept, while at the same time presenting various analytic approaches such as discourse studies and narrative inquiry. The chapters also analyze the connection of agency to other relevant topics, such as teacher identity, emotions, positioning and autonomy.

Emotions and English Language Teaching

Author : Sarah Benesch
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317566203
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Book Synopsis Emotions and English Language Teaching by : Sarah Benesch

Download or read book Emotions and English Language Teaching written by Sarah Benesch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-02-17 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking a critical approach that considers the role of power, and resistance to power, in teachers’ affective lives, Sarah Benesch examines the relationship between English language teaching and emotions in postsecondary classrooms. The exploration takes into account implicit feeling rules that may drive institutional expectations of teacher performance and affect teachers’ responses to and decisions about pedagogical matters. Based on interviews with postsecondary English language teachers, the book analyzes ways in which they negotiate tension—theorized as emotion labor—between feeling rules and teachers’ professional training and/or experience, in particularly challenging areas of teaching: high-stakes literacy testing; responding to student writing; plagiarism; and attendance. Discussion of this rich interview data offers an expanded and nuanced understanding of English language teaching, one positing teachers’ emotion labor as a framework for theorizing emotions critically and as a tool of teacher agency and resistance.

Agency in Language Policy and Planning:

Author : Jeremie Bouchard
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429849915
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book Agency in Language Policy and Planning: written by Jeremie Bouchard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-18 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection brings together theory and ethnographic research from a range of national contexts to offer unique insights into the nature of agency in language policy and planning. Situated within a broader sociological framework, the book explores agentive processes at work in case studies from around the world, engaging in discussions of such key themes as language and identity, language ideologies, linguistic diversity in education, and language revitalization. Each chapter examines the ways in which decisions made at both the local and national level impact language use and in turn, the dynamic relationship between language use, policy, and practice in these contexts. Taken together, this volume advances our understanding of agency in language policy and planning and directions for future research, making this key reading for students and scholars in language and education, critical sociolinguistics, and applied linguistics.

Competency-Based Teacher Education for English as a Foreign Language

Author : Amber Yayin Wang
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000476197
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Book Synopsis Competency-Based Teacher Education for English as a Foreign Language by : Amber Yayin Wang

Download or read book Competency-Based Teacher Education for English as a Foreign Language written by Amber Yayin Wang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-25 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a series of chapters, written by teacher educators in three continents, this edited volume explores the concepts, challenges, possibilities, and implementations of competency-based instruction for developing English competencies in English as a foreign language (EFL) contexts. Recent trends in education have emphasized the need to develop competencies that connect learning with real-life performances. This need has brought about a massive increase in the number of studies and scholarly works devoted to research into competency-based education. However, for teachers and learners of EFL, it is challenging to develop competencies for using a language that does not seem to connect with their real-life scenarios. The chapters apply the concept of competency-based instruction in different EFL contexts and are structured around three themes: Theory: current thoughts on theories of competency-based education Research: empirical research on competency-based teacher education Practice: integrating competency-based instruction into teacher education This book offers examples of competency-based EFL teacher education through both research and practical applications. In addition to the innovation in competency approaches, the inclusion of language learning in virtual environments offers a valuable resource for scholars, educators, researchers, and all those concerned with current and future education.

Professional Development of English Language Teachers in Asia

Author : Kayoko Hashimoto
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131541323X
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book Professional Development of English Language Teachers in Asia written by Kayoko Hashimoto and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-16 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why has English language proficiency in Japan remained so low in comparison to other Asian countries? Has Vietnam attempted to improve English language teaching because ASEAN has adopted English as its working language? Why do English language teachers struggle with curriculum changes imposed by governments in order to make them competitive in the international community? Do professional development (PD) programs actually meet the needs of teachers? This book addresses issues surrounding these questions by examining how the Japanese and Vietnamese governments have approached and defined the PD of English language teachers and how such PD programs have been delivered. It further analyses the impact of policy changes on individual teachers and explores how PD can help teachers to implement such changes effectively at the micro-level. PD of language teachers or language teacher education is relatively new as a field of inquiry in Applied Linguistics. By including case studies of Japan and Vietnam in the one volume, this book embarks on the challenging task of demonstrating that PD is an essential element of the successful implementation of language policies in Asia, where World Englishes have been shaped by distinct local contexts.

Teacher Education for English as a Lingua Franca

Author : Subhan Zein
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351397826
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)

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Book Synopsis Teacher Education for English as a Lingua Franca by : Subhan Zein

Download or read book Teacher Education for English as a Lingua Franca written by Subhan Zein and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection responds to a gap in the literature by presenting a much-needed examination of both the theoretical and practical aspects of teacher education for English as a lingua franca in Indonesia. Through a series of extended research-based and conceptual chapters written by experts in teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) in and about Indonesia, this book offers an insight into Indonesia’s unique cultural, social and institutional contexts. The content focuses on four interrelated themes: the transition of perspective from English as a foreign language (EFL) to English as a lingua franca (ELF); the knowledge base of ELF pedagogy; teacher agency and identity in ELF; and innovations in teacher education for ELF. This book is highly relevant to English teachers, teacher educators and scholars worldwide aspiring to broaden their horizon and professionalism in the teaching of ELF.

Autoethnographies in ELT

Author : Bedrettin Yazan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000202623
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Autoethnographies in ELT written by Bedrettin Yazan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-05 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative volume showcases the possibilities of autoethnography as a means of exploring the complexities of transnational identity construction for learners, teachers, and practitioners in English language teaching (ELT). // The book unpacks the dynamics of today’s landscape of language education which sees practitioners and students with nuanced personal and professional histories inhabit liminal spaces as they traverse national, cultural, linguistic, ideological, and political borders, thereby impacting their identity construction and engagement with pedagogies and practices across different educational domains. The volume draws on solo and collaborative autoethnographies of transnational language practitioners to question such well-established ELT binaries such as ‘center’/’periphery’ and ‘native’/non-native’ and issues of identity-related concepts such as ideologies, discourses, agency, and self-reflexibility. In so doing, the book also underscores the unique affordances of autoethnography as a methodological tool for better understanding transnational identity construction in ELT and bringing to the fore key perspectives in emerging areas of study within applied linguistics. // This dynamic collection will appeal to students, scholars, and practitioners in English language teaching, applied linguistics, TESOL education, educational linguistics, and sociolinguistics.

Global Perspectives on Language Education Policies

Author : JoAnn (Jodi) Crandall
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351610007
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)

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Book Synopsis Global Perspectives on Language Education Policies by : JoAnn (Jodi) Crandall

Download or read book Global Perspectives on Language Education Policies written by JoAnn (Jodi) Crandall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting research on language policy and planning, with a special focus on educational contexts in which English plays a role, this book brings readers up-to-date on the latest developments in research, theory, and practice in a rapidly changing field. The diversity of authors, research settings, and related topics offers a sample of empirical studies across multiple language teaching and university contexts. The fifth volume in the Global Research on Teaching and Learning English series, it features access to both new and previously unpublished research in chapters written by TIRF Doctoral Dissertation Grant awardees and invited chapters by respected scholars in the field.

Contemporary Foundations for Teaching English as an Additional Language

Author : Polina Vinogradova
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000209318
Total Pages : 318 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 318 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.

ELTLT 2020

Author : Widhiyanto Widhiyanto
Publisher : European Alliance for Innovation
ISBN 13 : 1631903225
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book ELTLT 2020 written by Widhiyanto Widhiyanto and published by European Alliance for Innovation. This book was released on 2021-11-24 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 9th Unnes International Conference on English Language, Literature and Translation (ELTLT 2020), held in Semarang, Indonesia, in November 2020. The full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from all submissions. The papers reflect the conference sessions as follows: English Language Teaching and Linguistics: Applied Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, EAP/ESP, Literacy Education, ICT in ELT, Multingualism in Education, Multimodality, Teaching Material and Curriculum Development, Language Testing and Assessment, Language Acquisition, TESOL/TEFL/CLIL; Literature: Children Literature, Cultural Studies, Cyber Literature, Gender Studies, Ecoliterature, World Literature, Travel Literature, Popular Literature; Translation: Audio Visual Translation, Interpreting, ICT in Translation, Translation Teaching and Training, Translation of Different Genres, Cyber Culture Translation, Multimodality in Translation Studies.

Teachers at the Table

Author : Annalee G. Good
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498572464
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Teachers at the Table written by Annalee G. Good and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-10-25 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book draws on a qualitative case study with both practicing and pre-service teachers involved in a policy advocacy professional development program. Good examines how schools can act as barriers to teacher involvement in policymaking and the avenues through which teachers still manage to exert their voice, agency and advocacy.

The Politics of English Language Education and Social Inequality

Author : Maya Kalyanpur
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100082568X
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Book Synopsis The Politics of English Language Education and Social Inequality by : Maya Kalyanpur

Download or read book The Politics of English Language Education and Social Inequality written by Maya Kalyanpur and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-30 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on policy analysis and empirical data, this book examines the problematic consequences of colonial legacies of language policies and English language education in the multilingual contexts of the Global South. Using a postcolonial lens, the volume explores the raciolinguistics of language hierarchies that results in students from low-income backgrounds losing their mother tongues without acquiring academic fluency in English. Using findings from five major research projects, the book analyzes the specific context of India, where ambiguous language policies have led to uneasy tensions between the colonial language of English, national and state languages, and students’ linguistic diversity is mistaken for cognitive deficits when English is the medium of instruction in schools. The authors situate their own professional and personal experiences in their efforts at dismantling postcolonial structures through reflective practice as teacher educators, and present solutions of decolonial resistance to linguistic hierarchies that include critical pedagogical alternatives to bilingual education and opportunities for increased teacher agency. Ultimately, this timely volume will appeal to researchers, scholars, academics, and students in the fields of international and comparative education, English and literacy studies, and language arts more broadly. Those interested in English language learning in low-income countries specifically will also find this book to be of benefit to their research.

Preparing Teachers

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309128056
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Preparing Teachers written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2010-07-25 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teachers make a difference. The success of any plan for improving educational outcomes depends on the teachers who carry it out and thus on the abilities of those attracted to the field and their preparation. Yet there are many questions about how teachers are being prepared and how they ought to be prepared. Yet, teacher preparation is often treated as an afterthought in discussions of improving the public education system. Preparing Teachers addresses the issue of teacher preparation with specific attention to reading, mathematics, and science. The book evaluates the characteristics of the candidates who enter teacher preparation programs, the sorts of instruction and experiences teacher candidates receive in preparation programs, and the extent that the required instruction and experiences are consistent with converging scientific evidence. Preparing Teachers also identifies a need for a data collection model to provide valid and reliable information about the content knowledge, pedagogical competence, and effectiveness of graduates from the various kinds of teacher preparation programs. Federal and state policy makers need reliable, outcomes-based information to make sound decisions, and teacher educators need to know how best to contribute to the development of effective teachers. Clearer understanding of the content and character of effective teacher preparation is critical to improving it and to ensuring that the same critiques and questions are not being repeated 10 years from now.

TESOL Teacher Education in a Transnational World

Author : Osman Z. Barnawi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000283488
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Book Synopsis TESOL Teacher Education in a Transnational World by : Osman Z. Barnawi

Download or read book TESOL Teacher Education in a Transnational World written by Osman Z. Barnawi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-26 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TESOL Teacher Education in a Transnational World critically examines theories and practices in contemporary TESOL teacher education to shed new light on the intersection of transnationalism and language teacher education. It emphasizes the scholarship of transnational mobility of language teachers, and showcases critical research from diverse contexts. The book fills a critical research gap by more fully examining the theory and practice of teacher education in a changing time when national identities and cross-border mobilities continue to figure prominently in scholarly discussions. Through a diverse set of epistemological, historical and theoretical perspectives along with methodological innovations, contributors of this volume not only index the dynamism of the scholarship of teacher education, but they also offer new forums for lively pedagogical debates. Featuring contributions from diverse educational and geographical contexts, including Europe, Asia, North America, and Latin America, the book moves the existing scholarship forward to more fully examine TESOL teacher education in relation to transnationalism. This book will be of great interest to academics, scholars, post-graduate students, teacher educators, policymakers, curriculum specialists, administrators, and other stakeholders interested in language teacher education, TESOL and applied linguistics