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Teacher Agency and Policy Response in English Language Teaching by Patrick C. L. Ng & Esther F. Boucher-Yip is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Teacher Agency and Policy Response in English Language Teaching about?

The role of English in the global arena has prompted official language-in-education policy makers to adopt language education policies to enable its citizens to be proficient in English and to access knowledge. Local educational contexts in different countries have implemented English education in their own ways with different pedagogical goals, motivations, features and pedagogies. While much of the research cited in English language planning policy has focused on macro level language policy and planning, there is an increasing interest in micro planning, in particular teacher agency in policy response. Individual teacher agency is a multifaceted amalgam, not only of teachers’ individual histories, professional training, personal values and instructional beliefs, but also of how these interact with local interpretations and appropriations of policy. Teacher Agency and Policy Response in English Language Teaching examines the agency of the teacher in negotiating educational reforms and policy changes at the local and national levels. Chapters in the book include: English language teaching in China: teacher agency in response to curricular innovations Incorporating academic skills i

Author

Patrick C. L. Ng & Esther F. Boucher-Yip

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781317295808

Subjects

Education, Language Learning