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Ambiguities and tensions in English language teaching : portraits of EFL teachers as legitimate speakers /

"The central theme of this book is the ambiguities and tensions teachers face as they attempt to position themselves in ways that legitimize them as language teachers, and as English speakers. Focusing on three EFL teachers and their schools in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, it documents...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sayer, Peter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY ; Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2012.
Colección:ESL and applied linguistics professional series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Ambiguities and Tensions in English Language Teaching; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Exploring The Contradictions of Language Teaching; 2 Three English Teachers; 3 Squeezing More Juice: Portraits of Local English Teaching in Oaxacan Communities; 4 Legitimacy, Symbolic Competence, and Teaching English; 5 So They Can Defend Themselves a Little: The Meanings and Contradictions of Teaching English; 6 Hey, Take it Easy!: Ambivalence and Language Ideologies; 7 I Lasted One Day and Then I Was Gone: Performing Legitimacy.
  • 8 Conclusions: (Re)legitimizing Through Tensions and AmbiguitiesAppendix Doing Ethnography with Language Teachers; Notes; References; Index.