Current Challenges and Emerging Teaching English as a Foreign Language Practice

Contributions from Latin America

Yomaira Angélica Herreño-Contreras (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

255 Seiten

2025
Springer Nature Switzerland AG (Verlag)
978-981-96-1565-0 (ISBN)

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This book brings together contributions on current challenges in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) in Latin America. It examines various issues related to two areas within TEFL: first, in-class activities and innovative approaches, focusing on the development of intercultural competence, technology-based teaching and learning practices, grammar learning and digital life and its repercussions in English learning. Second, teacher education and professional development, analyzing aspects such as source-based writing skills, Lingua Franca and World Englishes, post-pandemic face-to-face instruction and literature in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Teacher Education Programs along with studies on job satisfaction, attrition and professional identity. Specifically, the chapters provide an overview of the EFL teacher and classroom in Latin America, and the demands, benefits and drawbacks observed in this sociocultural context. Each chapter also includes meaningful views from a Latin American context and contributes to the development of better EFL teaching and learning practices worldwide. This book is a useful reference for scholars, researchers, and educators who focus on EFL teaching and learning at any educational level in Latin America. It is also a helpful resource for trainee teachers delving further into their fields.

Yomaira Angélica Herreño-Contreras holds a B.A in Modern Languages (Universidad Surcolombiana, Colombia), and an M.A in Comparative Literature and Literary Translation (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain). She is currently a PhD candidate in Comparative Literature (University of Auckland, New Zealand), and a member of the research group DRIE (Doing Research to Improve Education). She is also an article reviewer for scholarly journals in Colombia and abroad. She has published two books, articles in research journals, and translations in literary reviews, and participated as a lecturer in various conferences worldwide. Yomaira’s areas of interest include literary translation, prose poetry, comparative literature, Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), English for specific purposes (ESP), higher-order thinking skills (HOTS), problematizing pedagogy and teacher education.

Developing Intercultural Competence Over the Horizon.- The Impact of Integrating Digital Tools Within Foreign Languages Teaching and Learning.- The Challenges of Citing from Multiple Sources for Writers.- Infusing English as a Lingua Franca and World Englishes in English Language Teacher Preparation.- Enhancing EFL Grammar Learning.- The Problems with Literature in English Language Teacher Education Programs in Argentina.- University Students and Their Digital Life in an Academic Setting.- English Teachers Job Satisfaction and Attrition in Mexico.- Navigating Acceptance and Rejection.- Going Back to Face to Face Instruction.

Erscheinungsdatum	09.04.2025
Reihe/Serie	English Language Teaching: Theory, Research and Pedagogy
Zusatzinfo	31 Illustrations, color; 6 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
Schlagworte	Development of Communicative Skill • Digital Narratives in the English classroom • English Teacher Identity • language education • Learning and Instruction • Material Design • Online Language Learning • teaching english as a foreign language • Teaching English as a Foreign Language in Latin America
ISBN-10	981-96-1565-8 / 9819615658
ISBN-13	978-981-96-1565-0 / 9789819615650
Zustand	Neuware