Implications of English as an International Language for Language Pedagogy

شناخت معلمان انگلیسی و غیر انگلیسی زبان از آموزش زبان در محیط انگلیسی به عنوان زبان بین المللی native and nonnative english-speaking teachers’ cognition of language education in the context of english as an international language (eil)

هدف از انجام این پژوهش این بود که شناخت معلمان انگلیسی و غیر انگلیسی زبان را از مفاهیم و اصول آموزش زبان در محیط زبان انگلیسی به عنوان زبان بین المللی بسنجد. در این پژوهش 200 معلم انگلیسی و غیر انگلیسی زبان از کشورهای ایران، ترکیه، ایالات متحده، و انگلستان شرکت کردند. یافته های پژوهش نشان داد که معلمان انگلیسی زبان شناخت دقیق تری نسبت به مفاهیم و اهداف آموزش زبان انگلیسی به عنوان زبان بین الملل...

Persian-Speaking Teachers’ Perspectives on Methods and Materials for Teaching English as an International Language

Despite the global spread of English, it seems that voices from Persian-speaking teachers concerning English as an international language (EIL) teaching methods and materials are underrepresented. The present study set out to explore how nonnative Persian-speaking English language teachers respond to the increasing global dominance of EIL and native- and non-native-speakers’ language norms with...

An Extended View of Hermeneutics: Implications for Language, Discourse and Pedagogy

Beliefs about Non-Native Teachers in English as an International Language: A Positioning Analysis of Iranian Language Teachers’ Voices

The unprecedented growth of English and arrival of English as an International Language (EIL) has generated a new fledged argument about English language teachers’ role and status around the world. To date, much of the debate on the native/non-native distinction in EIL settings and factors contributing to sharpen distinctions has remained unsettled. This gap motivated this study on the English ...

Native and Non-Native Teachers’ Changing Beliefs about Teaching English as an International Language

In view of the paucity of evidence on teachers’ conceptions of teaching English an International Language (EIL), the present study used panel discussions to investigate the beliefs of 10 native and 10 non-native English-speaking teachers about their roles in teaching English in the EIL contexts and the perceptions of EIL. The findings revealed that some aspects of teachers’ beliefs about their ...