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… Teachers´ stories, Immersion Programs for teachers, Narratives This is a qualitative critical narrative research proposal grounded on trust (Sousa, 2018). The main … about these programs as successful to the point that these have been highly replicated under similar circumstances and for various opportunities. The theoretical framework includes the key constructs that are pillars of this research, such as … number of the so-called English Native Speakers (ENS) in the immersions as Formadores Nativos Extranjeros- (Foreign Native Instructors-FNI). The ratio in the immersions is one FNS to five Colombian Teachers of English. Although all these FNS are …
… on identity and FL educational research has not yet fully examined the hidden class-based power dynamics and the struggles for symbolic capital that students and educators experience and exercise in the EFL classroom that lead to construction and … are comprised of, and the social stratification inequalities we experience in today’s world. Results can have implications for EFL teachers, intercultural facilitators, school supervisors and administrators, curriculum developers, textbook … EFL teachers’ FL literacy, ICC development endeavors, project work, and linguistic practices. With such knowledge in mind, instructors and teacher educators are expected to afford their students and teachers not only more equitable access to …
… from their Coamplified In-betweenness This research departs from the belief that peace construction is a concern for everybody in diverse disciplines or academic fields, among which Applied Linguistics to ELT, and peace studies can … In doing so, it proposes Otherwise intuitive undoings (OIUs), which grouped everlasting methodological decisions with and for collaborators/participants herein. Diverse and disruptive knowledges were crafted to make our experiences heard, which … This research departs from the belief that peace construction is a concern for everybody in diverse disciplines or academic fields, among which Applied Linguistics to ELT, and peace studies can …
… approach in the ELT, making teacher’s knowledge visible This research pretends to present a new point of view for teachers to focus their practice on a new conception of the second language teaching based on making visible the … teachers from public schools in Bogotá, where their characterization can provide an overview on the power relations built for the teachers through their discourse and the approach as a way to give value to the Latin-American context in the … This research pretends to present a new point of view for teachers to focus their practice on a new conception of the second language teaching based on making visible the …
Weaving teacher identities: A post-structural approach to narratives in 'bilingual' science teachers
… contexts. These metaphors emerge organically from the teachers' own scientific backgrounds and provide powerful frameworks for understanding their professional transformations. The findings suggest that the construction of bilingual science teacher … contributes to our understanding of teacher identity construction in bilingual contexts and has significant implications for teacher preparation programs and educational policy. It demonstrates that successful bilingual science teaching emerges … contexts. These metaphors emerge organically from the teachers' own scientific backgrounds and provide powerful frameworks for understanding their professional transformations. The findings suggest that the construction of bilingual science teacher …
… of LTI research approaches evolving from essentialism, structuralism, post-structuralism to discourse analysis as a field for finding identities in recent decades. Theoretical concepts such as Said’s (1993) intellectual exile and Wenger’s (1998) … (NNESTs) professional identities and pre-service /novice teacher identity development as well as probable future trends for teacher identity research in connection with mobility. neoliberalism and transnationalism. Within the field of TESOL, … 2007), which focuses on joint storytelling and adopts the researcher’s and the participants’ personal experience as data for parallel exploration (Ellis and Bochner, 2000, Maso, 2001) to describe, analyze and craft rich understandings of identity …
… transformative learning emerging from critical reflection, and the development of locally grounded conceptual frameworks for English language teaching. Crises included experiences of discrimination, curriculum tensions, the imposition of … teaching as tools to resist and transform the system. Theorizations, rooted in lived experiences, articulated the need for a more inclusive, context-sensitive model of teacher education that questions hierarchies and imported methodologies from … transformative learning emerging from critical reflection, and the development of locally grounded conceptual frameworks for English language teaching. Crises included experiences of discrimination, curriculum tensions, the imposition of …
… contest the givens of bilingualism policies from the schooling system. The study intends to create conditions and spaces for the reflection of future teachers, so that their personal epistemologies of the implications of language policies foster … contest the givens of bilingualism policies from the schooling system. The study intends to create conditions and spaces for the reflection of future teachers, so that their personal epistemologies of the implications of language policies foster …
… In the ELT (English Language Teaching) field, it is common that teachers are periodically observed during classes for their performance of instruction. In fact, some of them do not agree with the class observation process. Others argue … In the ELT (English Language Teaching) field, it is common that teachers are periodically observed during classes for their performance of instruction. In fact, some of them do not agree with the class observation process. Others argue …
… considered individuals who create educational materials and play a crucial role in shaping language learning experiences for students and language teachers. These ELT textbook writers are subjects who have views on the content of teaching, … local ELT textbook writers struggle to provide their vision of English language teaching and learning, while hoping for a career in the industry, recognition, leading role, and better payment, among other aspects that are not clear in the … and tensions are at stake (Bhabha, 1994; Said, 1978). The analysis can also focus on the industry's preferences for expert ELT textbook writers as master authors, rather than considering novice writers as real authors in the creation of …