Ng / Boucher-Yip Teacher Agency and Policy Response in English Language Teaching

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-317-29580-8
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 216 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Research in Language Education

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:

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English language teaching in China: teacher agency in response to curricular innovations

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Incorporating academic skills into EFL curriculum: teacher agency in response to global mobility challenge

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Teacher agency, the native/nonnative dichotomy, and "English Classes in English" in Japanese high Schools

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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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ng, Patrick C. L.

Boucher-Yip, Esther F.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Mehrsprachigkeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Literatur, Deutsch, Fremdsprachen (Unterricht & Didaktik)
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

2. English language teaching in China: teacher agency in response to curricular innovations
[Sarina Chugani Molina]

3. Acceptance and adaption: teacher agency during the introduction of English activities in Japanese elementary schools
[Justin Harris]

4. Monolingual education in policy discourse and classroom practice: a look into Japanese junior high school EFL classrooms
[Jeremie Bouchard ]

5. Teacher agency, the native/nonnative dichotomy, and “English Classes in English” in Japanese high Schools
[Gregory Paul Glasgow]

6. Teacher-designed high stakes English language testing: washback and impact
[Daniel Xerri and Patricia Vella Briffa]

7. ESOL teacher advocacy: a response to teacher education standards
[Heather A. Linville]

8. Teacher agency and policy response in the Australian adult ESL literacy classroom: a multi-site case study
[Sue Ollerhead and Anne Burns ]

9. Incorporating academic skills into EFL curriculum: teacher agency in response to global mobility challenge
[Ekaterina Talalakina and Denis Stukal ]

10. Navigating Change: Kazakhstani English language teachers’ response to multi-scalar education reforms
[Sara Osman and Elise S. Ahn]

11. A call for English teachers in Morocco to practice agency through action research
[Manar Dahbi]

12. Sociocultural factors affecting teacher agency in English-medium instruction in Japan
[Patrick Ng Chin Leong]

13. Introducing curricular change in ESL composition: an action research perspective
[Brian Rugen]

14. A primary school English teacher’s response to language policy: teacher agency and autonomy in rural Vietnam
[Ha Hoang and Le Bach Truong]

Über Autor(innen)

Patrick Ng Chin Leong is Associate Professor at University of Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

Esther Boucher-Yip is Assistant Teaching Professor of English (ESOL) at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.