EFL Teachers' Beliefs about Reading and Reading Teaching Versus Actual Practices

A Complex Dynamical System Perspective
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-90-04-50653-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 13, 166 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 426 g

Reihe: Critical New Literacies: The Praxis of English Language Teaching and Learning

Language teachers are concerned with the relationship between what they know or believe and what they practice. In this book, Yang Gao thus addresses this gap. Using the complex dynamic system theory, he reports the characteristics of the Chinese EFL teachers’ belief system and highlights the complexity of the system, the non-linearity, and unpredictability of the subsystems. He further explores the relationships between the stated beliefs and the actual practices among the Chinese EFL teachers. One of the key contributions through the book is the conceptualized model in studying EFL teachers’ beliefs and practices.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yang, Gao

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens

Über Autor(innen)

Yang Gao, Ph.D., Xinghai Scholar, is Associate Professor of TESOL at Dalian Maritime University (DMU). Prior to DMU, he taught at San Jose State University and Kent State University in the United States. Yang studies TESOL and EFL teacher education.