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“Teachers as conflict managers”: mapping novice and experienced Iranian EFL teachers’ professional identity conflicts and confrontation strategies

by MAXQDA software revealed that both novice and experienced teachers mostly faced identity conflicts because of “teaching philosophy/ideology mismatch” and “mismatch between personal and professional ... perception of self is the outcome of several factors at different levels (personal, contextual, socio-political) and the collaboration and negotiation among COP members (Cross, 2018; Engeström, 1987). These

An overview of the “Protecting Cantonese Movement” in Guangzhou (2010–2021)

, socioeconomic and media environmental perspectives, and proposing countermeasures and suggestions at political, ideological and sociolinguistic environmental levels. It concludes that PCM is of far-reaching ... caused by a document submitted by the Guangzhou Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CCPPCC) to the municipal government proposing the switch from the use of Cantonese to

The role of English and the sociocultural structure of Bahasa: a study of Brunei Darussalam

College of International Studies, Southwest University , Chongqing 400715 , China 1 School of History , Philosophy , and Social Sciences, Bangor University , Bangor LL57 2DG , UK 2 College of Education ... . This expansion happened because of commercial, cultural and political expediency reasons. Many world scholars (such as Burke, 2020; Reksulak et  al., 2004) understand that the factors behind the

Language ideology, development of English proficiency, and performance in professional communication: voices of STEM + business graduates of English medium university

. Language ideologies derive from historical roles, economic values, political power, and social functions enacted in a particular language (Blommaert, 2006; Curdt-Christiansen, 2014; Kroskrity, 2010) . The ... like other marketable commodities and perceived to be exchanged in formal academic settings (Park & Wee, 2012) . The philosophy of neoliberalism states that economic and social transformation is the

Translanguaging and multilingual society of Macau: past, present and future

affect access to education. Nevertheless, translanguaging can break down the boundaries between named languages, which are political constructs, and “historico-ideological products of the nation-state ... boundaries” (Li, 2022, p. 2) . Translanguaging, as a political stance, advocates the adoption of multiple languages in language teaching and learning, helping learners maximize their multilingual potential

Researching English language textbooks: A systematic review in the Chinese context (1964–2021)

teaching or embedded in a specific program is scarce. This might be due to a lack of awareness of learners’ autonomy in the history of Chinese education, where the Confucius philosophy highlights the ... arousing the awareness of political and virtuous appropriateness when developing Eng lish textbooks (Liu et al., 2021 ). Research providing historical reviews generally displayed how English textbooks

Digital learning and the ESL online classroom in higher education: teachers’ perspectives

actual processes of data collection and analysis themselves. Design philosophy With regards to the theoretical framework behind this study, as stated above, this research is carried out within a social ... , H. ( 2019 ). The evolution of social constructivism in political science: Past to present . SAFE Open , 9 ( 1 ), 1 - 10 . Kaden , U. ( 2020 ). COVID‑19 school closure ‑related changes to the

Global Englishes and translanguaging in textbook design and curriculum development for universities in the Greater Bay Area of China

of the GE paradigm by Galloway (2017) . However, with the focus more on linguistic issues, native language ideology of English use, it seems that GE lacks the awareness of socio-political level of ... , social and political institutions, socialisation, national history, national geography, and stereotypes and national identity (see Table 1). In our study, we analysed the cultural content of the section

Resilience, immunity, L2-teacher grit, and reflective teaching in language instruction: in service classes matters

moral, political, and historical dimensions of their work. The last section is applied, and it is this section that is meant to include reflective pedagogy. Grit is defined as the capacity to persevere

Nativeness versus intelligibility as goal of English pronunciation teaching in China: Changing attitudes in national syllabi and curriculum standards

the Western world, due to the special political and social situation at home and complicated international relations (Wu, 2015, p.36, 49) . The rest four phases are each marked by huge changes in ... all were short-lived due to the shifting political climate at home and complicated international situations (Liu, 2015a, pp.68–83) . However, they were relatively consistent in terms of the guidelines

Phenomenology as a research methodology in teaching English as a foreign language

the other methods (Halling, 2002) . This can be attributed to the underlying philosophy associated with this research method which is intimidating to some novice researchers (Sohn et  al., 2017 ... ) . This underlying philosophy has prevented some researchers from taking phenomenology as a research method which is so unfortunate taking into account the wide range of research questions such an approach

Saudi undergraduate EFL learners’ attitudes toward using textism in their academic writing

shares no direct similarity. For example, a chess player may reflect on the control of the center strategy in chess in relation to a completely different context, such as a business, political, or military

Language teacher psychological well-being: an insight into the impacts of emotion regulation, reflective teaching, self-efficacy, and identity in an EFL context

on their family life, their job life, their cultural background, their political leanings, and their religious views (Namaziandost et al., 2022a, 2022b; Salehizadeh et al., 2020) . As highlighted by

Translanguaging genre pedagogy: implications for teaching business communication in the Greater Bay Area

conceiving translanguaging as an ideological and political stance, in which learners’ mother tongue is not just an L1 but a repertoire (Li & Garcia, 2022) . The last two decades have witnessed the ... /translators to read and reproduce or translate these genres they are likely to encounter in their future business careers. Given that the guiding philosophy of translanguaging pedagogy is to teach for

Remapping the translation policies in China: contributions from Macau

periods. Translation policy; Translation management; Practices; Beliefs; Macau Introduction Policy refers to the conduct of political and public affairs by a formal government and government agency, or ... institutional organizations to “regulate translation in fields of education, legal affairs, political institutions, media, and administration” (p. 165). In future development by González Núñez (2013), who built

Charting the motivation, self-efficacy beliefs, language learning strategies, and achievement of multilingual university students learning Arabic as a foreign language

the language (“enough to say basic phrases”, as she put it). After graduating, she selected to major in political science at university and decided to learn Arabic to complement her focus. She said that ... anything below C, because that would reflect poorly on her primary focus (i.e., her political science major) at university. From mid- to late April, Talia reported dropping levels of motivation and little

Trilingual and biliterate language education policy in Hong Kong: past, present and future

answers in L2 MOI debate, and further takes issue with the political dimension of classroom teaching. For instance, in English language teaching (ELT) discourse, ‘bilingual education’ is taken narrowly to ... motivated: The labeling of a language as ‘native’, ‘foreign’, ‘immigrant’, or ‘heritage’ language is a political act and one that is more about the sociopolitical categorization of its users than about the

Teaching and learning the four English skills before and during the COVID-19 era: perceptions of EFL faculty and students in Saudi higher education

Saudi Arabia: bold measures in the face of political, economic, social and religious challenges . Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease , 37 , 101692. https://doi.org/10. 1016/j.tmaid. 2020 .101692 Yin

Foreword: translanguaging LPP

, moving away from managing the structure, use or learning of named languages to interrogating the histories of contacts between people, the political ideologies behind existing policies regarding language