“I love foreigners’ attitudes towards life”: Reproducing lifestyles in an Iranian English language teaching context

Mirhosseini, Seyyed‐Abdolhamid; Sazvar, Azam; Rashed, Farnoosh

doi:10.1080/03057925.2016.1274880

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“…The English language had dominated my life, changed my thoughts and lifestyle, and was tangibly giving me a new identity and a new social personality. Learning a foreign language has always assisted learners with meeting new social and cultural features which gradually bring about latent slight shifts in their life and thinking style (Mirhosseini, Sazvar, & Rashed, 2017). Going back in 2006, income through teaching was enough to cover a single person's life.…”

Section: Teaching English My Best Suited Jobmentioning

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Teacher’s Autoethnography

Nasrollahi

Moharami

Daneshfar

2021

EIRJ

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Literature has explored education and its values, highlighting the significance of experience in learning. However, a paucity of research has investigated the importance of teachers’ lifelong experiences in shaping their views toward education. Employing a collaborative autoethnographic methodology, this study attempts to provide insights into the significance of teachers’ lifelong experiences in shaping their views and their teacher identity. The narratives highlight the influence of the living environment and life events in shaping worldviews, along with affirmation of the individual’s agency in self-regulation. A dynamic accumulation of various lifelong experiences like losing Author 1’s father, war, and harassment at school shaped his teacher identity. Understanding the significance of this process helps teachers to appreciate their experiences and recognise their role in shaping students’ views and identifies. In conclusion, teachers’ socially constructed identity shapes their educational perspectives, reminding them of teachers’ role in shaping students’ experiences. This knowledge could be valuable in future teacher education programs and developing educational material for learners.

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Section: Teaching English My Best Suited Jobmentioning

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Teacher’s Autoethnography

Nasrollahi

Moharami

Daneshfar

2021

EIRJ

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“…(Khajavy et al (2016) asserted that cooperation and communication are interrelated with learning inside the classroom (Khajavy et al, 2016), that is, higher cooperation among students means a higher level of proficiency in learning and speaking. A classroom is a context of different individuals gathered together with various backgrounds, lifestyles, and cultures; hence, it is a collection of various factors (Mirhosseini et al, 2017). When people sit close to each other and raise different ideas and attitudes, the atmosphere would be more fruitful friendly, and highly integrated into any educational setting; otherwise, an unfriendly atmosphere weakens communication and interaction.…”

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Online Communication versus Face-to-Face Interaction: the Effect of Chatting Communication on Iranian EFL Learners' Oral Performance

Suzani

2021

Vis. J. Lang. Foreign Lang. Learn.

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This study aimed to investigate the impact of chatting communication on Iranian EFL learners' oral performance. To this end, the author randomly selected fifty 17-to-18-year-old male Iranian EFL learners attending Top Notch communicative classes in language institutes in Shiraz. First, they applied the Oxford Placement Test as a proficiency test to homogenize learners, and then the learners were divided into experimental and control groups (n = 25 in each group). Both groups had a pretest to estimate their oral performance before applying treatment. The experimental group received instruction and materials via online context as treatment. However, the participants in the control group just received instruction via traditional teaching methods in the class. Finally, both groups had a post-test to measure the effect of treatment on their oral performance. The mean and standard deviation were calculated for two groups In the data collection and analysis, a paired samples t-test was conducted. Based on the results, between the two groups, there was a substantial disparity in terms of oral presentation skills., and the experimental group learners outperformed the control group's learners. The findings can be helpful for teachers to find practical ways to develop students' skills and their incentives.

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Mirhosseini

2020

Doing Qualitative Research in Language Education

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“I love foreigners’ attitudes towards life”: Reproducing lifestyles in an Iranian English language teaching context

Cited by 5 publications

References 29 publications

Teacher’s Autoethnography

Teacher’s Autoethnography

Online Communication versus Face-to-Face Interaction: the Effect of Chatting Communication on Iranian EFL Learners' Oral Performance

Data Analysis Through Coding

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