Exploratory Practice for Language Learning and Teaching

This chapter first introduces the critical agenda of the teacher research movement in the 1960s and 1970s which challenged the taken-for-granted position of teachers as mere technicians, consumers of academic research and implementers of other people’s id

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Critical Issues in Teaching English and Language Education

Salah Troudi Editor

Critical Issues in Teaching English and Language Education International Research Perspectives

Editor Salah Troudi Graduate School of Education University of Exeter Exeter, UK

ISBN 978-3-030-53296-3    ISBN 978-3-030-53297-0 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53297-0 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and ­transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Maram_shutterstock.com This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

In memory of Amal Treki, an inspiring person and an excellent scholar

Contents

1 Critical Issues: An Introduction  1 Salah Troudi Part I Issues of Language in Education Policies   9 2 Effects of the English Medium Instruction Policy on Students’ Writing Experiences in Content Courses in a Public College in Oman 11 Sawsan Al-Bakri and Salah Troudi 3 The Effect of the Policy of English as Medium of Instruction on Arabic in Kuwait 41 Abdullah Alazemi 4 The EMI Policy in UAE Universities and Its Impact on Arab Students’ Identity and Faith in their Academic Arabic 67 Taghreed Masri

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Part II Issues in Critical Language Pedagogy  95 5 Linguistic Imperialism and Attitudes Towards Learning English in Lebanon: An Exercise in Critical Pedagogy 97 Reine Azzi 6 Global Citizenship in the English Language Classroom: Student Readiness for Critical Reform123 Alina Rebecca Chirciu 7 Critically Contextualizing Student Voice in the TNE Classroom153 Antonia Paterson 8 A Critical Discourse Analysis of Neoliberal Discourses in EAP Textbooks179 Mubina Rauf Part III Issues of Critical Language Teacher Education 207 9 Explorator