Novice Non-Native English Language Teachers Navigating Agency - International Perspectives

This novel, edited volume looks at a previously under-researched area of language teacher agency and identity by exploring the experience of novice pre- and in-service teachers for whom English is a second language

List of contents

Preface
Foreword
Introduction
PART 1: Teacher Agency and Identities
1. Novice non-native English-speaking teacher investment: Identities, positioning and agency
2. Novice language teachers' agency in negotiating professional identities during an online placement
3. The interplay of teacher agency and identity for novice English teachers
PART 2: Agency and Professional Competencies
4. Exploring the interconnection between novice language teachers' agency and autonomy: An activity theory perspective
5. English teachers in Shenzhen and Hong Kong: Two interrelated longitudinal multiple-case studies
6. Novice EFL teachers' agency and their perceived flow
PART 3: Agency and Professional Development
7. Fostering agency in novice language teachers through action research
8. Exploring the impact of mentoring on novice language teacher agency from teachers' points of view: An activity theoretic perspective
9. Teachers' collaborative reflection on their agency: An ecological perspective on novice English language teachers' sense of agency and its predictors
PART 4: Agency and Structural Issues
10. "It's all about finding my voice". Exploring agency amongst novice English language teachers in Hong Kong
11. How do preservice teachers perceive their agentic position as teachers of English: Exploring the struggles of Chilean EFL preservice teachers
12. "One of the best lessons that I had": Exploring Novice Teachers' Agency and Integration of Social Justice Principles and Teaching Practices through Positioning Analysis
Afterword

About the author

Mostafa Nazari is a Postdoc Fellow in the Department of English and Communication, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. He obtained his PhD in Applied Linguistics in 2023 and has lectured in Second Language Teacher Education, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.

Product details

• Authors: Mostafa (The Hong Kong Polytechnic Univers Nazari
• Assisted by: Mostafa Nazari (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 29.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032795720
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3279572-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Routledge Research in Teacher Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Multicultural Education, EDUCATION / Bilingual Education, teacher training, Language teaching theory and methods, Language teaching and learning, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Primary & middle schools, Multicultural education, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), Bilingualism and multilingualism, Primary and middle schools, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Language Arts, Applied linguistics for ELT