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1	The role beliefs about language use play in the social construction of the EFL classroom
	Rabbidge, Michael. - : Sydney, Australia : Macquarie University, 2017
	Abstract: Theoretical thesis. ; Bibliography: pages 220-238. ; Chapter One. Getting serious, getting started -- Chapter Two. Monolingual assumptions and multilingual realities -- Chapter Three. Theoretical framework -- Chapter Four. Research design -- Chapter Five. Tracing the formation of assumptions, attitudes and beliefs about L1 and TL use in the classroom -- Chapter Six. The role of classroom language in the social construction of the classroom -- Chapter Seven. The influence of beliefs on the social construction of the classroom -- Chapter Eight. Conclusion -- References -- Appendices. ; This thesis presents an examination of the beliefs that non- native English speaker teachers had about using the first language (L1) and target language (TL) when teaching English, and how these beliefs influenced the social construction of the English classroom. The central idea for the thesis arose during the author's time as a teacher trainer in South Korea. During this time, it was noticed that despite government mandates supporting an English only approach to English learning, teachers were still reluctant to exclude their L1 completely. To investigate why teachers were resisting government mandates, beliefs were explored via a two-step series of intervirews which separated the development of beliefs into discrete stages to reveal the different influences acting on the formation of these beliefs. The stages were divided into initial assumptions about language use, tentative attitudes, and then firmer beliefs. Important influences that acted upon the participants included the language use of their own language teachers, when they attended training courses which espoused L1 exclusion theories, the influence of students in the classroom, as well as institutional influences. Once these beliefs were revealed, they were then linked to the classroom actions of the participants via an analysis of their classroom language use. This analysis employed a theoretical framework which had Basil Berstein's sociological theories of pedagogic discourse at its core. This framework revealed how teachers' beliefs influenced the recontextualization of teaching materials into the classroom, chamging the nature of the original social and power relations from the appropriated discourse with new, virtual-social and power relations of the classroom. It established that participants with strong beliefs about maximizing English exposure often positioned students so that they had less opportunity to assist in the co-construction of the learning environment compared to participants who valued a larger role for the L1. ; Mode of access: World wide web ; 1 online resource (267 pages)
	Keyword: English language -- --Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers -- Social aspects; English teachers -- Attitudes; L1 / target language; pedagogic discourse; sociolinguistics; teacher beliefs; teacher cognitions
	URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/1260799
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2	Exploring non-native English speaker teachers' classroom language use in South Korean elementary schools
	Rabbidge, Michael; Chappell, Philip. - : TESL-EJ, 2014
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3	Teaching story without struggle : using graded readers and their audio packs in the EFL classroom
	Rabbidge, Michael; Lorenzutti, Nico. - : U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, 2013
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