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Teacher Agency and Policy Response in English Language Teaching
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This book is ideal for researchers in education, curriculum developers, language planners, and anyone interested in contemporary issues in English language teaching policy and practice.
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The role of English in the global arena has prompted official language-in-education policymakers to adopt language education policies to enable 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:
- English language teaching in China: teacher agency in response to curricular innovations
- Incorporating academic skills into EFL curriculum: teacher agency in response to global mobility challenge
- Teacher agency, the native/nonnative dichotomy, and "English Classes in English" in Japanese high schools
- Teacher-designed high stakes English language testing: washback and impact
This book will appeal to researchers across all sectors of education, in particular key stakeholders in curriculum and language planning. Those interested in the latest developments of English language teaching will also find this book a valuable resource.
Series: Routledge Research in Language Education
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Teacher Agency and Policy Response in English Language Teaching
The role of English in the global arena has prompted official language-in-education policymakers to adopt language education policies to enable 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...Paperback$11600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
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ISBN: 9781138604544
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 11 May 2018
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Routledge
Illustration: 7 Tables, black and white; 7 Line drawings, black and white
Contributors:
- Edited by Patrick C. L. Ng
- Edited by Esther F. Boucher-Yip
Audience: Professional and scholarly
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Width: 156.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 236g
Pages: 204
About the Author
Patrick C. L. Ng holds an EdD in Applied Linguistics and TESOL (University of Leicester, UK) and is currently a professor at the University of Niigata Prefecture in Japan. His research focuses on language planning and policy, sociolinguistics, language education, bilingualism, multilingualism, English as a lingua franca and Chinese language studies.
Esther F. Boucher-Yip is an assistant professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA. She holds an EdD in Applied Linguistics and TESOL from University of Leicester, UK. She is the author of the book Language Maintenance and Shift Among the Semai in Malaysia: A Study of Indigenous Language Use and the co-editor of Local Contextual Influences on Teaching: Narrative Insights from ESL and EFL Professionals.
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