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</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000"><font size="3">Local
contextual influences on teaching: Narrative insights from ESL/EFL
professionals</font></font></span></b></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000"><font size="3">An
edited book by Dr Patrick NG, Dr Esther Boucher </font></font></span></b></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span style="font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US">Contextual factors can impinge
on language teaching in different ways. The teaching context such as schools
and classrooms are the sociocultural terrains in which the work of teaching is
conceptualized, implemented and evaluated (Freeman & Johnson, 1998). Barkuizen
(2008) provides the rationale for a context-sensitive approach to language teaching
by suggesting that “teachers teach best and students learn best in situations
that are compatible with their backgrounds, beliefs and expectations”
(Barkhizen, 2008, p.233). Kumaravadivelu (2006) calls for a ‘particularlity’ of
teaching which emphasizes a teaching pedagogy based on a context-sensitive,
location-specific pedagogy in response to local linguistic, social, cultural
and political particularities. However, </span><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN-US">the extent
local pedagogical traditions impinge on ESL/EFL teaching is largely unexplored.</span><span style="font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US"></span></font></font></font></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000"><font size="3">The book fills the gap on how
ESL/EFL teachers exercise their agency in teaching in response to local
contextual factors such as: the learning culture, national and school policies,
personal beliefs and attitudes towards pedagogy, the sociolinguistic context of
teaching, the school culture, the school syllabuses, and the wider
sociopolitical context in which learning and teaching takes place. </font></font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000"><font size="3">Through multiple narrative inquiries
involving different stakeholders (students, mentors, administrators,
departmental head etc), this edited book attempts to fill the gap in the
effects of local contextual factors on the teaching practice of ESL/EFL
practitioners. Narrative has been placed center stage in teacher education as
both a method in and an objective of inquiry. The in-classroom has been
identified the classroom where teachers exercise their agency in their teaching
practice. According to Connelly<span> </span>and
Clandinin (1995),</font></font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000"><font size="3">Classrooms are,
for the most part, safe places, generally free from scrutiny, where teachers
are free to live stories of practice. These lived stories are essentially
secret ones.</font></font></span></i></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span style="font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US">To unravel the mystery of how local
contextual factors shape the teaching practice of teachers,</span><span style="font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US"> w</span><span style="font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US">e invite ESL/EFL practitioners to share with us their stories
on their instructional practice. </span><span style="font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US"></span></font></font></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span style="font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US">This book is intended for ESL/EFL
practitioners, </span><span style="font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US">researchers,
policy makers, administrators, pre-service teachers and others who wish to
deepen their knowledge on teaching practice in different educational contexts.</span></font></font></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 1cm"><span style="font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span> </span>Reference: </font></font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 1cm"><span style="font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000"><font size="3">Barkhuizen,
G. (2008). A narrative approach to exploring context in language teaching. <i>ELT Journal</i> 62(3), 231-239.</font></font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 1cm"><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-US">Connelly, F.M.
& Clandinin, D.J. (1995). <i>Teachers’
professional knowledge landscapes.</i> New York: Teachers College Press</span><span style="font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US"></span></font></font></font></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><div style="border-width:medium medium 1pt;border-style:none none solid;border-color:currentColor currentColor windowtext;padding:0cm 0cm 1pt"><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 1cm;padding:0cm;border:currentColor;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000"><font size="3">Freeman, D & Johnson, K. (1998). TESOL Quarterly.
Reconceptualing the Knowledge-base of language teacher education. <i>TESOL Quarterly 32(3).</i> Research and
Practice in English language teaching, p397-417.</font></font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 1cm;padding:0cm;border:currentColor;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000"><font size="3">Kumaravadivelu, B. (2006). TESOL methods:
Changing tracks, challenging trends. <i>TESOL
Quarterly</i> 40 (19), 59-81.</font></font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000"><font size="3">CALL for CONTRIBUTIONS</font></font></span></b></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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contextual influences on teaching: Narrative insights from ESL/EFL
professionals</font></font></span></b></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US"><font size="3">Submission schedule </font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><font size="3"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US">April </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US">30</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US"> 2013: Teachers and researchers are invited to submit a
one-page outline clearly explaining their proposed theme and approach to the ESL/EFL
curriculum. <a href="mailto:Email%3Achin@unii.ac.jp">Email:chin@unii.ac.jp</a></span><b><span style="font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000">;</font></span></b><span style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000"> </font><a href="mailto:efboucher@wpi.edu"><span style="color:rgb(177,40,53)">efboucher@wpi.edu</span></a></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US"></span></font></p>
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</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font color="#000000">July 2013: Authors of accepted proposals will be notified
about the status of their proposal.</font></font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font color="#000000">December 15th 2013: Submission of Full article (5000-6000
words excluding bibliography)</font></font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000"><font size="3">February 31</font><font><sup>st<span>
</span></sup></font><font size="3">2014: Review of submitted articles</font></font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US">May 15th 2014:</span><span style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US">Compilation of</span><span style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US"> final
drafts and editing them. </span></font></font></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:"Century","serif"" lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font color="#000000">*The book is scheduled to be published in <b>August 2014</b>. </font></font></span></p>
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