The Role of Context in Language Teachers’ Self Development and Motivation - Perspectives from Multilingual Settings

This book unpacks data from conversations with bi-/multilingual EFL teachers to provide insights into the formation of ideal teacher selves. The author discusses the complexities surrounding the development of the teachers' selves and motivation, as well as their intertwinement with the sociopolitical realities of their individual contexts.

A propos de l'auteur

Amy S. Thompson is Professor of Applied Linguistics and Department Chair of World Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics at West Virginia University, USA. Her primary research interests involve individual differences in SLA and their interaction with multilingualism. She is the author of The Role of Context in Language Teachers' Self Development and Motivation: Perspectives from Multilingual Settings (2021, Multilingual Matters) and co-editor, with Ursula Lanvers and Martin East, of Language Learning in Anglophone Countries: Challenges, Practices, Ways Forward (2020, Palgrave MacMillan). She has published in a range of Applied Linguistics journals.

Résumé

This book unpacks data from conversations with bi-/multilingual EFL teachers to provide insights into the formation of ideal teacher selves. The author discusses the complexities surrounding the development of the teachers’ selves and motivation, as well as their intertwinement with the sociopolitical realities of their individual contexts.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Amy S. Thompson
• Edition: Ingram Publishers Services
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781800411180
• ISBN: 978-1-80041-118-0
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 13 mm
• Poids: 431 g
• Thèmes: Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching; Psychology of Language Learnin
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Psychologie, ésotérique, spiritualité, anthroposophie > Psychologie appliquée; Livres de conseils > Spiritualité > Esotérique; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Pédagogie > Général, dictionnaires; EDUCATION / General, Education, PSYCHOLOGY / Personality, The self, ego, identity, personality, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy