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Symbolic Capital and the Problem of Navigating English Language Teacher Practice: The Case of Indonesian Pesantren
TESOL in Context, v29 n2 p15-34 Dec 2020
English is the most widely taught and learned language in the world. Within the broader literatures on the worldwide spread and dominance of English as a key skill for 21st century education, the use of English(es) and English Language Teaching (ELT) in the context of schooling in Asian countries represent an important research direction. Our paper contributes to these debates by exploring the problem of English language teachers' beliefs about their pedagogical practices in Indonesian pesantren schools. The system of religious pesantren schools provides a unique research context to examine teacher practice in classrooms where English is not assigned the assumed de facto status of a 'global lingua franca'. In engaging a Bourdieusian lens, this paper explores teachers' perceptions of the (lack of) symbolic and linguistic capital of English language learning in pesantren, the emergent tensions, and how these frame teacher beliefs and practice. In so doing, this paper aims to contribute to the broader debates in the field that seek to critically analyse and reframe the hegemonic status of English as a global educational commodity of political-economic power.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Teacher Attitudes, Language Teachers, Teaching Methods, Religious Schools, Language Role, Social Capital, Language Attitudes, Islam, Semitic Languages, Learning Motivation, Cultural Context
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