Pub Date : 2022-03-01DOI: 10.1080/07908318.2022.2046771
Min Bao, X. Gao
unheard stories of sojourning White teachers in China, some of which might reflect poorly on ELT professionals, even including herself. Despite the book’s strengths, there are several concerns. The study includes only a small number of site visits for ethnographic work, and the voices of local students, teachers, and/or administrative-level staff are limited. It also does not include Black teachers, who might have different experiences in Chinese society, as participants. Another concern is an overemphasis on the negative portrayals of the teachers as constructed through Chinese discourses without considering their potentially positive influences on Chinese students, colleagues, and the institution, which might cause a generalisation or stigmatisation of Western teachers in China and other similar contexts. As a Korean ELT professional, I have witnessed what Stanley reported in Korean college settings, but I also believe that having a local lens is imperative to have a balanced understanding. I suggest that readers learn from Chinese scholars’ different perspectives toward ELT and L1 English teachers in China (e.g. Huang, 2018). It would also be encouraging to see further studies that examine race and racial injustice in China and elsewhere (see Vessup, 2017). Although this book was published in 2013, it discusses the enduring problems generated by desire for Whiteness and Western cultures through its robust presentations and discussions of the complex realities of White foreign teachers and their experiences teaching English in China.
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Pub Date : 2022-02-27DOI: 10.1080/07908318.2022.2045303
Youngjoo Seo, Ryuko Kubota
ABSTRACT English language teaching has become a global phenomenon, involving racially and culturally diverse teachers travelling across national borders. While these transnational teachers bring diversity to host countries, the superiority of White native English speakers continues to be reinforced. This raciolinguistic ideology can uniquely shape the subjectivities of English language teachers of colour who sojourn abroad. Focusing on three African American female teachers of English who were participating in the English Program in Korea (EPIK) to teach in South Korean schools and posting YouTube videos to describe their experiences, this qualitative study examined the nature of their experiences and intersecting subjectivities regarding race, colour, language, gender, and nationality, as well as privilege and marginality as they are expressed online. The analysis focused on how intersectionality, a notion originally developed to describe Black women’s unique experiences in the United States, would be applied to this transnational context. A thematic analysis of a total of 12 videos revealed these EPIK teachers’ multifaceted and negotiated subjectivities as American teachers, victims of racial prejudice, and ambassadors with a mission to educate local people. These subjectivities signify the intersectionality of privilege and marginality, which are embedded in the local and global ideologies and power relations.
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Pub Date : 2022-02-09DOI: 10.1080/07908318.2022.2033762
Yu-Ting Kao
ABSTRACT This study explores teachers' perceptions and practices about the translanguaging approach in CLIL elementary and secondary school contexts in Taiwan. It first investigates 422 in-service teachers' perspectives toward teachers' and students' use of (1) a native language; (2) non-verbal behaviors; and (3) other meaning-making signs in the language learning context. Second, the study delves into how in-service teachers apply the notion of translanguaging in CLIL by examining episodes of classroom discourse originating from three participating teachers in various school contexts. Results reveal that (1) elementary English teachers used semiotic resources and gestures; (2) middle school English teachers applied semiotic resources and (3) middle school content teachers preferred using L1 to reinforce subject learning. This study demonstrates that though the concept of translanguaging approach is new to many teachers in Taiwan, many of these practices are currently carried out by teachers in daily routines. Results show that the translanguaging approach has expanded the linguistics practices and empowered the use of other meaning-making signs that are typically less valued in school. Pedagogical applications are suggested, such as raising teachers' awareness of the strategic use of translanguaging and gestures, and integrating the translanguaging and trans-semiotizing approach into CLIL classes in a systematic fashion.
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Pub Date : 2022-02-09DOI: 10.1080/07908318.2021.2023562
M. Porto, M. Byram
ABSTRACT Recent articles on the problems of ‘locus of enunciation’ have focused on research and publication as well as on theoretical development of the concept. It is an issue in teaching and learning too, and this is the focus of this article which argues that to reject teaching approaches in ‘the South’ because they come from ‘the North’ is, first, counter to the principles of academic freedom upheld as much in the South as the North, second, prevents learners from having access to important knowledge and third, ignores the ways in which learners in ‘the South’ can ‘re-enunciate’ what they have learned from ‘the North’. Our argument has its origins in our own experience of censorship in the name of ‘locus of enunciation’. As language teachers, we demonstrate that internationalist and pluralist ways of thinking can and should lead to cultural, intellectual humility and that this is a better basis for making judgements than a preference for ‘our’ locus of enunciation over ‘theirs’. We illustrate our argument with the pedagogic project that gave rise to the use of ‘locus of enunciation’ as the basis for rejection of our teaching, to show how the project can be read ‘otherwise’.
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Pub Date : 2022-02-07DOI: 10.1080/07908318.2022.2032127
Shuangmiao Han
ABSTRACT The development of English as Medium of Instruction (EMI) at the tertiary level has been accelerated by the ever-increasing degree of higher education internationalisation. The study, based on a survey with 112 students and semi-structured interviews with 16 instructors collected at a Sino-foreign cooperative education institution in China, explores students’ perceptions of and adaptation to EMI teaching and learning. The findings indicate that students show a positive attitude towards EMI teaching and learning. Students’ motivation and prior English proficiency are important factors that influence their learning experience through EMI. Tailored pedagogical strategies to facilitate students’ learning, an enhanced level of collaboration between EMI teachers and language teachers, and the provision of an immersive sociolinguistic environment conducive to EMI are also instrumental. The study suggests a range of strategies and policy implications that might benefit EMI teaching and learning in non-Anglophone countries that are keen on higher education internationalisation.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-11DOI: 10.1080/07908318.2021.2024843
J. Yip, Jing Huang, M. Teng
Abstract Limited attention has been given to the emotions of university English teachers in their identity constructions in the context of curriculum reform in China. Drawing upon the identity control theory (ICT), this qualitative study examines how six teachers negotiate their emotions during curriculum reform in China. Data were collected through in-depth interviews. Findings indicate that teachers experience a variety of emotions in response to the curriculum reform and that the emotions are triggered by teachers’ identity constructions. Based on the findings and ICT, this study proposes a model that delineates the interplay between self-identity, performance outcome, and teacher emotion in the context of curriculum reform. The model explicates that congruence between teachers’ self-identities and the identities imposed by the reform contributes to positive emotions and vice versa. Adding to the original ICT, this study suggests that teachers’ performance outcomes (i.e. teaching outcome and student performance) are likely to influence the (non-)verification of role performance and teacher emotion. In addition, this study reveals the factors that influence teachers’ role performances in the reform, including rapid changes in education policy, stressful teaching evaluations, the instruction of ideological and political thoughts in English courses, and teachers’ insufficient computer skills.
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Pub Date : 2021-12-31DOI: 10.1080/07908318.2021.2022684
Dennis Murphy Odo
ABSTRACT Ongoing debate exists concerning pedagogical strategies including song to improve vocabulary learning in second or foreign language learners. A search of primary empirical studies published from 1990 to 2020 produced 27 articles with 28 studies and 1864 total participants. Effect sizes were analysed for the influence of English instructional interventions using songs on L2 vocabulary learning. Results established that using English songs has a large effect on English L2 vocabulary learning. Moderator analyses demonstrated the effect of several moderators including article publication status, song genre, control type instructional duration, education level, and learners’ L1. Based upon these findings, English teachers can feel more confident about using songs as a complementary instructional strategy to improve their students’ English L2 vocabulary learning. However, future researchers should strive to transparently follow best practices in research design while taking into account important variables like rate of song presentation, and teacher/learner musical background.
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Pub Date : 2021-11-12DOI: 10.1080/07908318.2021.1999463
Otilia Martí Arnandiz, Laura Portolés Falomir
ABSTRACT Empirical research on L3 teachers' beliefs has gained momentum in the last decade since teacher cognition is paramount for understanding teaching practices in multilingual settings. Yet, many of these works deal with experienced language practitioners (e.g. [Otwinowska, A. (2017). English teachers' language awareness: Away with the monolingual bias? Language Awareness, 26 (4), 304–324]) and focus on the impact of instruction about multilingual pedagogies (e.g. [Gorter, D., & Arocena, E. (2020). Teachers' beliefs about multilingualism in a course on translanguaging. System, 92 (102272)]. Less attention has been awarded to pre-service content teachers ([Portolés, L., & Martí, O. (2020). Teachers' beliefs about multilingual pedagogies and the role of initial training. International Journal of Multilingualism, 17(2), 248–264; Schroedler, T., & Fischer, N. (2020). The role of beliefs in teacher professionalisation for multilingual classroom settings. European Journal of Applied Linguistics, 8 (1), 49–72]) or to the effect of individual factors other than teacher training on their beliefs. To address this research gap, the present paper examines whether external and internal factors affect 121 teacher trainees' cognition about multilingualism in Infant and Primary education. Although no significant differences across groups are found, results depict a teacher's profile more inclined towards implementing multilingual policies.
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Pub Date : 2021-11-11DOI: 10.1080/07908318.2021.2001479
C. Brown
ABSTRACT This project addressed the role of foreign language (FL) classes in a successful first-year student experience at one Japanese university. I assessed six dimensions of this experience: Match between high school FL classes and university FL classes, role of first-year FL course grades for academic progress, role of first-year FL classes in later studies, students’ attitudes toward the classes, promotion of language learning, and the success of these classes in fostering international peer interactions. Employing a mixed methods approach with one year of on-site fieldwork, I observed 78 FL classes, interviewed 40 students, five university and nine high school FL teachers, and analyzed teaching materials, homework, and student grades from 58 FL classes. Results indicated that, although these classes did not detract from students’ overall academic goals mainly due to the classes’ modest aims and lack of connections to later academic work, they largely failed to promote robust language learning, positive affect, and international peer interaction. This study especially indicates the need for improved connections between high school English and college-level EMI courses. Also, students with previous costly English learning opportunities fared better in English classes which suggests the importance of greater attention to equity in language education.
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ABSTRACT This systematic review investigates the effects of foreign language programmes in early childhood education and care (ECEC), which are increasingly popular. Foreign language ECEC centres familiarise very young children with a foreign language, and in general also expose them to the majority language. This review synthesises research on the effects of foreign language ECEC on children’s development of the foreign language, majority language, first language, and wellbeing, as well as programme-related and child-related factors that influence language development and wellbeing. The reviewed studies indicate that foreign language ECEC fosters foreign language development, without negatively impacting the majority and first language. Children can experience positive wellbeing in these programmes, but only if programmes are play-based and if the language policy is not too strict. Some studies report that programme characteristics, such as input quantity, language policy, and teacher strategies, modulate the effects of foreign language ECEC on language development and wellbeing. Few of the reviewed studies examined child characteristics, but the available findings indicate that children’s age, as well as their temperament and in-class behaviour, are related to foreign language learning. However, these findings need to be interpreted with caution, because research into foreign language ECEC is still in its infancy.
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