Narratives of learning and teaching EFL / edited by Paula Kalaja, Vera Menezes, Ana Maria F. Barcelos.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kalaja, Paula.

Paiva, Vera Lúcia Menezes de Oliveira e.

Ferreira, Ana Maria (Ana Maria Barcelos)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

English language.

Physical Description:

xiii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Summary:

Narratives of Learning and Teaching EFL is a collection of research reports on lived experiences of the English language with a focus on the subjective meanings and emotions involved in English-as-a-Foreign-Language contexts of learning and teaching, including Japan, Brazil, and some European countries Contributors make use of fresh theoretical frameworks and innovative methods of data collection and analysis (including verbal and visual narratives). It works as a kaleidoscope, providing a variety of perspectives on learning and teaching EFL through narrative research. The intended audience consists of experienced scholars and also students about to begin their careers as researchers. The idea is to encourage others to try out some of the theoretical frameworks or narrative methodology in their own contexts of EFL or other foreign languages or by extending these to contexts of second languages. Narratives of Learning and Teaching EFL can thus function as a source of ideas - and also as a tool kit.

Contents:

1 Narrativising Learning and Teaching EFL: The Beginnings / Paula Kalaja, Vera Menezes, Ana Maria F. Barcelos 3

Part II Written Narratives

2 The Seeds of Agency in Language Learning Histories / Tim Murphey, Christopher Carpenter 17

3 Learning English: Students' Beliefs and Experiences in Brazil / Ana Maria F. Barcelos 35

4 Self-Observation and Reconceptualisation through Narratives and Reflective Practice / Deise P. Dutra, Heliana Mello 49

5 Brazilian EFL Teachers' Experiences in Public and Private Schools: Different Contexts with Similar Challenges / Laura Miccoli 64

Part III Self-Narratives

6 Turning the Kaleidoscope - EFL Research as Auto/Biography / Leena Karlsson 83

7 'To Speak English Is Tedious': Student Resistance in Japanese University Classrooms / Keiko Sakui, Neil Cowie 98

Part IV Oral Narratives

8 Passion and Persistence: Learning English in Akita / Sara Cotterall 113

9 Communities of Practice: Stories of Japanese EFL Learners / Garold Murray 128

10 EFL Narratives and English-Mediated Identities: Two Ships Passing in the Night? / David Block 141

11 Frequent Flyer: A Narrative of Overseas Study in English / Alice Chik, Phil Benson 155

Part V Multimodal Narratives

12 Using Photographs to Access Stories of Learning English / Tarja Nikula, Anne Pitkanen-Huhta 171

13 Self-Portraits of EFL Learners: Finnish Students Draw and Tell / Paula Kalaja, Riikka Alanen, Hannele Dufva 186

14 Multimedia Language Learning Histories / Vera Menezes 199

15 Narrativising Learning and Teaching EFL: Concluding Remarks / Vera Menezes, Ana Maria F. Barcelos, Paula Kalaja 217.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-250) and index.

ISBN:

0230545432

9780230545434

OCLC:

222666089