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- Title
The disconnects between what teachers say they do and what they actually do: A study of the selection of Englishes in ELICOS classrooms.
- Authors
Gutteridge, David
- Abstract
The current study investigates the apparent disconnects between teachers' perceptions of how they address the role of Australian English in the ELICOS classroom and what the evidence from interviews suggests that they actually do. Through data sets from a broader teacher survey (n = 21) and follow-up interviews with teachers (n = 6), perceptions of classroom practice in relation to Australian English and other Englishes were explored. Being qualitative in nature, the text responses from teachers were analysed using thematic analysis. A theme and sub-themes were identified and aligned with the guiding research question. The thematic analysis results suggest that teachers are not necessarily aware of some of the decision-making they are carrying out daily in their classrooms. Although, in many cases, they were making sophisticated judgements on the use of varieties of English and colloquialisms in their classrooms, they sometimes did not seem to have an active awareness of their decision-making. The current study provides implications for teachers' professional learning and how reflexivity may be brought into their practice.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIAN English language; TEACHER surveys; COLLOQUIAL language
- Publication
University of Sydney Journal in TESOL, 2023, Vol 2, p5
- ISSN
1834-4712
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5281/zenodo.11146101