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Alhamdan, Bandar; Honan, Eileen; Hamid, M. Obaidul – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2017
Discourses of the universality of English and its role in individual mobility and social development abound in the literature; these discourses have contributed to the global spread of English and to the development of English Language Teaching as a profession. Despite the ubiquity of the discourses of the value and universality of English, there…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Honan, Eileen – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2010
Many accounts explaining teachers' lack of engagement with new technologies in their classrooms engage with discourses that blame their lack of time, expertise, or enthusiasm. In this paper I offer an alternative reading that provides a more agentic explanation. A rhizotextual analysis is undertaken that reveals the connections between teachers'…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Discourse Analysis, Computer Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes