Improving advanced learners' communication skills through paragraph reading and writing [PDF]
Japanese learners of English have suffered from an inability to become competent communicators despite their large vocabulary and good grammar. This is mainly because their messages are not presented logically.
Miyasone, Mika
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Evolving the TESOL Teaching–Research Nexus
This paper makes further calls for more TESOL research to be conducted in the teaching-research nexus; specifically, for the research to be more grounded in classroom-contexts, and for methods to be more transparent about the messiness of doing real ...
James Mckinley
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ABSTRACT The following paper uses Lave and Wenger's (1991) legitimate peripheral participation (LPP) as an analytical tool to explore the impact of native‐speakerism on the professional identities of Native English‐Speaking Teachers (NEST). Data collection for this mixed‐methods study included an online survey and individual interviews with ten English
Jasmine Pham
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Teaching philosophy in practice: Developing compatibility through personal practical knowledge
As part of an MATESOL mentoring program, developing educators were paired with experienced professors. The authors explore how personal practical knowledge bridges the gap between teaching philosophy and classroom practice.
Kazuaki Kumagai, Laurel Johnson Black
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Cascading training down into the classroom: The need for parallel planning [PDF]
Cascade models of in-service training are widely considered to be a cost effective means of introducing educational change to large numbers of teachers.
Al Hamzi +29 more
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“Even the Culture Day is in English”: Teachers' Critical EMI Awareness in Hong Kong
Abstract With the massive expansion of English medium instruction (EMI) in universities, EMI is now seeking a standing in schools of non‐Anglophone countries. While the history of K–12 EMI in postcolonial settings can bear important lessons for other contexts, school‐level EMI research focuses on instructional challenges, and critical insights about ...
Seyyed‐Abdolhamid Mirhosseini
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Human capital, social mobility, and TESOL: An interview with Peter Sayer
This interview explores the intersection of social mobility and inequalities in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) through a dialogue with Peter Sayer, an Associate Professor at The Ohio State University.
Huseyin Uysal, Peter Sayer
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Reflecting in and on post-observation feedback in initial teacher training on certificate courses [PDF]
This article examines evidence from two studies that concern the nature of post-observation feedback in certificate courses for teaching English to speakers of other languages. It uncovers the main characteristics of these meetings and asks whether there
Copland, Fiona +2 more
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Rethinking our Practice and Choosing a Topic for TESOL International Association 2014 and MIDTESOL 2013 [PDF]
A key reason for launching ILI at AEC is to help us rethink our practice and improve professionally through the exchange of ideas, techniques, materials, assessments, reflections, and so on.
Berardo, Marcellino
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Researching TESOL Professionalism: A Practitioner‐Led Agenda for Reimagining Pedagogy and Policy
Abstract This article interrogates the fragmentation of professionalism in TESOL, focusing on how practitioner knowledge, pedagogical aims, and research legitimacy are shaped under global market pressures. Drawing on collaborative inquiry through the London TESOL Research Forum (LTRF), a network of teacher educators and researchers from more than 15 ...
London TESOL Research Forum
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