ERIC Number: EJ1210030
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 24
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EFL Teacher Professionalism and Identity: Between Local/Global ELT Tensions
Torres-Rocha, Julio César
HOW, v26 n1 p153-176 Jan-Jun 2019
This article of reflection considers socio-political issues such as linguistic perialism, 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.
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Civil Rights, Native Language, Language Attitudes, Applied Linguistics, Professional Identity, Professionalism, Political Attitudes, Language Teachers, Global Approach, Language Variation, Teaching Methods, Teacher Attitudes
ASOCOPI, the Colombian Association of Teachers of English. Cra 27 A #53-06, oficina 405, Bogota, Colombia. +57-2115018; Fax: +57-2115018. e-mail: asocopicolombia@gmail.com; Web site: https://www.howjournalcolombia.org/index.php/how
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Colombia
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