Theorizing and analyzing language teacher agency /edited by Hayriye Kayi-Aydar, Xuesong (Andy) Gao, Elizabeth R. Miller, Manka Varghese and Gergana Vitanova. - Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, (c)2019. - 1 online resource. - New perspectives on language and education ; 70 .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Language teacher agency : major theoretical considerations, conceptualizations, and methodological choices / Examining high school English language learner teacher agency : opportunities and constraints / "What if you don't have boots," let alone bootstraps? an ELL teacher's use of narrative to achieve and generate agency in the face of contextual constraints / Language teacher agency and high-stakes teacher evaluation : a positioning analysis / Using actor-network theory to problematize agency and identity formation of Filipino teachers in Japan / World language teachers performing and positioning agency in classroom target language use / Bi/multilingual teachers' professional holistic lives : agency to enact inquiry-based and equity-oriented identities across school contexts / English language teachers' agency and identity mediation through action research : a Vygotskian sociocultural analysis / Problematizing English language teaching in China through a local Chinese English teacher agency lens / Teacher authority and the collaborative construction of agency in second language writing instruction / Language teacher agency : a critical realist perspective / Volunteer teacher agency in a church-based ESL program : an ethnography / English language instructors, medium of education, and professional agency : an Indian perspective / Hayriye Kayi-Aydar -- Aliza Fones -- G. Sue Kasun, J. Spencer Clark, A. Jyoti Kaneria and Emmie Staker -- Amber N. Warren -- Alison Stewart -- Michele Back -- Patricia Venegas-Weber -- Emily Edwards -- Wenjing Li and Peter De Costa -- Patricia Mayes -- Karin Zotzmann -- Xia Chao -- Priti Sandhu.

"This volume examines the agency of second/foreign language teachers in diverse geographical contexts. It offers new understandings and conceptualizations through a variety of types of empirical data, as well as demonstrating the use of different methodologies to analyze the multidimensional, dynamic and complex nature of language teacher agency"--



9781788923927


English teachers--Training of--Social aspects.
English teachers--Training of--Research--Methodology.


Electronic Books.

PE1066 / .T446 2019