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Nigar, Nshid; Kostogriz, Alex – English Language Teaching, 2019
This article critically analyses how the construct of non-native English-speaking teachers' (NNESTs) professional identity has evolved in the context of binary logic and power relations. From a socio-historical point of view, colonial origin of English language teaching and native speaker ideology have been identified as prominent discursive…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Song, Hanxiao; Zhang, Yu – English Language Teaching, 2022
As a neoliberally-driven test, China's postgraduate entrance exam is gaining an increasing attention nationwide due to the intense competition in the local market and the dramatic size of Chinese students taking the exam. Under the neoliberal mechanism, Chinese candidates are ideologically self-regulated and emotionally-driven to mobilize their…
Descriptors: Emotional Experience, Neoliberalism, Graduate Study, College Entrance Examinations
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Barros-del Río, Maria A. – English Language Teaching, 2016
In an attempt to overcome the fragmentation of theoretical and practical post-structuralist strands applied to the teaching of EFL, this article explores how critical and feminist perspectives can inform the TESOL practice through the inclusion of the voices and experiences of those who have been excluded from dominant discourses according to the…
Descriptors: Feminism, Language Variation, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language)
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Sadeghi, Sima; Ketabi, Saeed; Tavakoli, Mansoor; Sadeghi, Moslem – English Language Teaching, 2012
As an area of classroom research, Interaction Analysis developed from the need and desire to investigate the process of classroom teaching and learning in terms of action-reaction between individuals and their socio-cultural context (Biddle, 1967). However, sole reliance on quantitative techniques could be problematic, since they conceal more than…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Discourse Analysis, Linguistic Input, Power Structure
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Behnam, Biook; Niroomand, Masoumeh – English Language Teaching, 2011
The speech act of disagreement has been one of the speech acts that receives the least attention in the field of pragmatics. This study investigates the ways power relations influence politeness strategies in disagreement. In order to determine whether and to what extent the realization of the speech act of disagreeing and the of appropriate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Niroomand, Masoumeh – English Language Teaching, 2012
The present study was designed to examine the ways power relations influence politeness strategies in disagreement. The study was an attempt to find out whether different power status of people influences the the choice of appropriate politeness strategies and speech act of disagreement by Iranian EFL learners, in a university setting. A Discourse…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Power Structure, Language Proficiency