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Al-Issa, Ali – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2021
Historically and as a developing country, the Sultanate of Oman has always been culturally dependent on Britain to plan and implement its English Language Teaching (ELT) and in-service teacher education. This dependency has negatively affected preparing English language teachers with a new global professional identity capable of introducing change…
Descriptors: Foreign Policy, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Wyatt, Mark; Sargeant, Donald – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2021
Nurturing critically engaged and reflective English language teachers is vital if the educational systems they work in are to change dynamically in response to learners' evolving needs. Given that criticality involves constant reflexive questioning of both public discourse and one's own beliefs and assumptions, teacher educators have a…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Foreign Countries
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Allison, Desmond – English for Specific Purposes, 1996
Argues that it is misleading to represent pragmatism in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) as a unified discourse offering ideological support to an unexamined educational, academic, and sociopolitical status quo. The article appeals for reflectively pragmatic approaches towards formulating and investigating issues in EAP and all language…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Students, Context Effect, Discourse Analysis