scholarly journals Decolonizing Language Teachers’ Teaching Practices through a Postmethod Pedagogy

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana Milena Avella Alvarado ◽  
Geidy Yohana León Lozada
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Continuous Process ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Teaching Approach ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Language Policies ◽  
Theoretical Reflection

This article presents a critical and theoretical reflection upon a pedagogical proposal which considers an EFL teaching practice. The target pedagogical experience relies on the first step to starting decolonizing language teachers’ teaching practices in the context they live in. Understanding that decolonizing teaching practices is a continuous process of reflection that involves decision-making, awareness of the students’ needs, and the context in which they are immersed. Firstly, the document will present some of the authors’ insights about language policies as the National Bilingual Program (PNB). Secondly, the manuscript addresses the teaching approach in which the proposed activities are embedded as a means to stress the necessity to start decolonizing pedagogical practices. Thirdly, the manuscript delves into Kumaravadivelu’s particular perspectives of Method and Post method pedagogy in language teaching. Finally, there will be some reflections about what language teachers do for engaging students in their own language learning providing meaningful practices, and what they have constructed about decolonization.  

scholarly journals From pedagogically relevant corpora to authentic language learning contents

ReCALL ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
SABINE BRAUN
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Major Aspect ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Linguistic Research ◽  
Corpus Design ◽  
Ready Availability ◽  
Authentic Language ◽  
The Web

The potential of corpora for language learning and teaching has been widely acknowledged and their ready availability on the Web has facilitated access for a broad range of users, including language teachers and learners. However, the integration of corpora into general language learning and teaching practice has so far been disappointing. In this paper, I will argue that the shape of many existing corpora, designed with linguistic research goals in mind, clashes with pedagogic requirements for corpus design and use. Hence, a ‘pedagogic mediation of corpora’ is required (cf. Widdowson, 2003). I will also show that the realisation of this requirement touches on both the development of appropriate corpora and the ways in which they are exploited by learners and teachers. I will use a small English Interview Corpus (ELISA) to outline possible solutions for a pedagogic mediation. The major aspect of this is the combination of two approaches to the analysis and exploitation of a pedagogically relevant corpus: a corpus-based and a discourse-based approach.

scholarly journals Reflective Teaching Practice in an EFL Context: A Qualitative Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Hamid Ashraf ◽  
Aynaz Samir ◽  
Mona T. Yazdi
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Reflective Teaching ◽  
Affective Factors ◽  
Efl Context ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Cognitive And Affective Factors

<p>The aim of the present study was to find the reflection factors at which Iranian EFL teachers reflect on their teaching practice. To this end, 18 Iranian EFL teachers at several language institutes participated in this research. Teachers were surveyed using in-depth interview. The results of study indicated that Iranian EFL teachers were practicing four underlying factors of reflection in their teaching including: practical, cognitive, meta-cognitive, and affective factors. Obviously, the practice of reflective teaching improves the quality of teaching practice and increases students’ motivation towards language learning in classroom. The results call for paying further notice to important role of theses reflective teachers in Iranian EFL context and there is a need to raise knowledge and awareness of all language teachers of the importance of reflecting on their teaching practice.</p>

Illuminating the Enactment of High-Leverage Teaching Practices in an Exemplary World Language Teaching Video Library

2019 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 1681-1717 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling Zhai
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
World Language ◽  
Content Areas ◽  
Video Library ◽  
Teaching Video

In response to the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages’ initiative and the gap existing in identifying high-leverage teaching practices (HLTPs) in world language teaching, this study investigated and decomposed HLTPs in a video corpus of exemplary world language teachers. Specifically, this study clarified the definitions of some identified HLTPs and proposed one new practice—building connections to other content areas to promote students’ communicative competence. The proposed HLTP was broken down into component micro-practices and instructional moves illustrating the ways in which practices were enacted in particular classroom contexts. This line of research is important because only through making visible and breaking down instructional moves can novice teachers quickly grasp practices and truly learn to enact the teaching practice for themselves.

scholarly journals “I feel like it’s giving me a lot as a language teacher to be a learner myself”: Factors affecting the implementation of a multilingual pedagogy as reported by teachers of diverse languages

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 579-606
Author(s):  
Raees Calafato
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Teacher Development ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Factors Affecting

To boost the foreign language learning process, language teachers need to know how to implement a multilingual pedagogy, that is, they should be able to draw on their and their students’ knowledge of other languages during lessons. This qualitative study explored the extent to which 21 foreign language teachers in Norwegian and Russian upper-secondary schools were willing and able to implement multilingual teaching practices and the factors that they thought affected this implementation. The findings revealed three main factors, namely, their language knowledge, their positioning as language learners, and the level of support they received, which the participants reported as strongly influencing the extent to which they were able and willing to draw on their and their students’ multilingualism as a pedagogical resource. The findings also indicated that participants did not implement multilingual teaching practices differently based on the languages they taught, although there were differences between the participants from Norway and Russia concerning the teaching of English. The study has important implications for research on language teaching and learning in multilingual environments, educational institutions, and teacher development programs.

scholarly journals THE OTHE SIDE OF THE DESK: UNDERSTANDING LANGUAGE TEACHERS’ COGNITIONS ON MOTIVATIONAL TEACHING PRACTICE

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (193) ◽  
pp. 450-461
Author(s):  
Mairin Hennebry-Leung ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Learner Motivation ◽  
Language Learning Motivation ◽  
Crucial Component ◽  
English Language Teachers ◽  
Motivational Practice ◽  
Pedagogical Frameworks

While the field of language learning motivation has progressed significantly in recent decades, there is still a considerable gap in our understanding about teachers ’ motivational practice. Specifically, the focus has been on descriptive accounts of the strategies teachers employ and their perceived effectiveness, but how teachers think about student motivation and their own motivational practice and why teachers do what they do is vastly under-researched. Understanding teacher cognitions on this phenomenon is a crucial component of moving the field forward into real classroom impact. Drawing on stimulated recall interview data, this paper explores the cognitions of English language teachers in Hong Kong, in relation to learner motivation. Findings point to diverse approaches to motivational practice dependent largely on the extent to which teachers’ conceptualisations of motivation are static or dynamic and the degree to which they recognize the agentive role of the teacher in shaping and directing motivation. The paper argues the need for an explicit focus on motivational teaching practice in teacher education programmes, equipping language teachers with the tools for socioculturally classroom responsive pedagogical frameworks.

Divergent Teacher Viewpoints of Technology Integration in the Language Classroom

2017 ◽  
pp. 130-151
Author(s):  
Andy D. Halvorsen
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Social Networking Site ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Teacher Interview ◽  
Use Of Technology

This chapter presents a qualitative analysis of the beliefs and practices of three language teachers in Thailand vis-à-vis their integration of technology in the classroom as well as their views regarding social networking site participation as a facilitative tool for instruction. The study brings together research on the identity development work of teachers and Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL). Through the analysis of extensive teacher interview data and classroom observations, the study demonstrates how these teachers self-identify as users of technology, and how this sense of self interacts with and shapes various aspects of their teaching practice. The three teachers in this study represent a range of divergent viewpoints related to technology use and integration in the classroom, and the analysis of these viewpoints helps to illustrate the specific factors underlying how and why they choose to make pedagogic use of technology.

Divergent Teacher Viewpoints of Technology Integration in the Language Classroom

2020 ◽  
pp. 716-737
Author(s):  
Andy D. Halvorsen
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Social Networking Site ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Teacher Interview ◽  
Use Of Technology

This chapter presents a qualitative analysis of the beliefs and practices of three language teachers in Thailand vis-à-vis their integration of technology in the classroom as well as their views regarding social networking site participation as a facilitative tool for instruction. The study brings together research on the identity development work of teachers and Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL). Through the analysis of extensive teacher interview data and classroom observations, the study demonstrates how these teachers self-identify as users of technology, and how this sense of self interacts with and shapes various aspects of their teaching practice. The three teachers in this study represent a range of divergent viewpoints related to technology use and integration in the classroom, and the analysis of these viewpoints helps to illustrate the specific factors underlying how and why they choose to make pedagogic use of technology.

Exploring teachers’ professional development through participation in virtual exchange

ReCALL ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Robert O’Dowd ◽  
Melinda Dooly
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Computer Assisted Language Learning ◽  
Methodological Innovation ◽  
Teachers Professional Development ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Virtual exchange (VE) is an umbrella term used to refer to the engagement of groups of students in sustained online intercultural interaction and collaboration with international partners under the guidance of their teachers. In the computer-assisted language learning literature, telecollaboration and eTandem approaches to VE have been researched extensively. However, this research has principally focused to date on learner gains and the impact on teachers has been much less explored. This paper identifies the impact of VE on foreign language teachers’ practices and their professional development by examining the results of a qualitative study of 31 teacher trainers who engaged their classes in VE projects as part of a large-scale European project. The findings of the study suggest that participation in VE projects provides teachers with valuable experience in continued professional development and methodological innovation. In particular, VE was seen to open up opportunities for teachers to develop new professional partnerships, collaborative academic initiatives, to develop their own online collaboration skills, and also to introduce more innovative approaches in their current teaching practice.

scholarly journals Reflecting on different worlds: How experiential knowledge from learning Japanese has informed the teaching practice of ELT teachers

2007 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 157
Author(s):  
Peter Burden
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Classroom Practice ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Experiential Knowledge ◽  
Classroom Learning ◽  
Teaching Knowledge

Deliberating on and analyzing ideas about teaching can lead to an improvement in our teaching practice. By taking a reflexive stance, we can thoughtfully grapple with issues of theory-practice dichotomy. Cognitive “received knowledge” from books or teacher training, and emotional “experiential knowledge” which can come from participating in language learning often do not “gel” and this is manifested in tensions in practice. Classroom learning experience can feed back into received knowledge to develop classroom practice, so an interest in where one’s teaching knowledge comes from can lead to a better understanding of practice. Through interviews, six university English teachers who are studying or have formally studied Japanese reflected on their experiences as learners and how those experiences have informed their teaching practices. Results show that although situated in different contexts and settings, the participants are not fixed upon any one method and that self-understanding emerges through engagement and reconsidering received knowledge to gain new perspectives on classroom reality. 教育方法について振り返り、考えをさまざまな角度から分析してみるというのは指導実践を向上させるのに大変役に立つ。このような内省的なアプローチを取ることにより、理論と実践が乖離していることが理解できる。本や研修会などを通して得た認知レベルの知識と、自らが外国語を学んだ情意的な経験とが結びつかないことが多く、そのため教室で指導している際にどちらを優先すればよいのかについて悩むことにもなる。このような問題を解決するためには、自らの外国語の学習体験を振り返りかつ深く内省することが助けとなる。これが延いては学習者の指導にも役立つ。指導に関する知識はどこから得たものなのかを振り返ってみることにより現在の指導方法を向上させることができるであろう。本研究では現在大学で英語教育を行っている教員６名に面接調査を行い、過去の日本語学習の経験が現在の指導法にどのように影響しているかを探った。結果の示すところ、それぞれ教育活動を行っている環境や状況は異なっているが、だれも特定のひとつの教授法を使っているということはないという傾向がどの教員にも共通して見られた。また、自分が実際にどのような指導を行っているかを振り返り、すでにもっている知識を自分の指導に照らし合わせて内省することにより、はじめて確固たる知識がえられるということがわかった。

Teachers’ Mindsets about L2 Learning: Exploring the Influences on Pedagogical Practices

RELC Journal ◽  
2022 ◽  
pp. 003368822110670
Author(s):  
Nourollah Zarrinabadi ◽  
Elnaz Afsharmehr
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Private Language ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Pedagogical Strategies ◽  
Learning And Teaching

This qualitative study aimed to examine Iranian language teachers’ mindsets about language learning and teaching, and the ways in which their mindsets influenced their educational practices. The participants of this study were 20 Iranian language teachers who taught general English courses at private language institutes in a city in central Iran. The data were collected through conducting semi-structured interviews with the participants. The qualitative content analysis was conducted, and the main themes and categories were extracted. The results revealed that teachers had categorical (fixed or growth) or mixed mindsets (both fixed and growth mindsets). Moreover, the results showed that teachers’ mindsets influenced teachers’ pedagogical strategies, homework assignment, and their praise type. The findings show that it is important to raise teachers’ awareness about their mindsets and the effects they might have on their teaching strategies and the feedback/praise they give to their students.

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