EFL Teacher Professionalism and Identity: Between Local/Global ELT Tensions
This article of reflection considers socio-political issues such as linguistic imperialism, native speakerism, English as an International language, and appropriate teaching methodologies, which are currently contentious issues in the ELT community. Framed within a critical approach of applied ling...
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Asociación Colombiana de Profesores de Ingles
2019-03-01
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This article of reflection considers socio-political issues such as linguistic imperialism, native speakerism, English as an International language, and appropriate teaching methodologies, which are currently contentious issues in the ELT community. Framed within a critical approach of applied linguistics, these issues are addressed in three sections (global/local tensions, teacher professional identity, and a new EFL professional identity) in order to argue that a dynamic, shifting, and multifaceted perspective of a globally-minded EFL teacher professional identity is needed so that Colombian EFL professionals can define or redefine their own identities in taking an informed and critical political stance.
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| spelling | doaj-art-52effcd27f654062956e2ae89fedfbb52025-02-11T06:33:21ZengAsociación Colombiana de Profesores de InglesHOW0120-59272019-03-01261EFL Teacher Professionalism and Identity: Between Local/Global ELT TensionsJulio Cesar Torres-Rocha0Universidad Libre University of Exeter This article of reflection considers socio-political issues such as linguistic imperialism, native speakerism, English as an International language, and appropriate teaching methodologies, which are currently contentious issues in the ELT community. Framed within a critical approach of applied linguistics, these issues are addressed in three sections (global/local tensions, teacher professional identity, and a new EFL professional identity) in order to argue that a dynamic, shifting, and multifaceted perspective of a globally-minded EFL teacher professional identity is needed so that Colombian EFL professionals can define or redefine their own identities in taking an informed and critical political stance. https://www.howjournalcolombia.org/index.php/how/article/view/501EFL professionalismprofessional identitycritical applied linguisticsEnglish as an international language |
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| title | EFL Teacher Professionalism and Identity: Between Local/Global ELT Tensions |
| title_full | EFL Teacher Professionalism and Identity: Between Local/Global ELT Tensions |
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| title_short | EFL Teacher Professionalism and Identity: Between Local/Global ELT Tensions |
| title_sort | efl teacher professionalism and identity between local global elt tensions |
| topic | EFL professionalism professional identity critical applied linguistics English as an international language |
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