Decolonising English Language Teaching: Global North-South perspectives through project VETSDELT by Paula Rebolledo https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw Carlos Alberto Hildeblando Júnior, & Marina Orsini-Jones en-us 2023-02-03 18:01:46 UTC 2023-03-18 01:49:41 UTC hello@padlet.com 2. The VETSDELT project hildeblanc2 https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2477810461 This VE/COIL project aimed to provide students in English language teacher education (some pre- and some in-service) and English language teachers and trainers with the opportunity to re-examine and reflect on their existing belief systems about English and ELT. VEDSELT aimed in particular at deconstructing the ‘native-speakerism’ ideology (Holliday, 2006) through a dialogic intercultural exchange. ]]> 2023-02-12 13:15:51 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2477810461 1. Research aim hildeblanc2 https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2477819729 To investigate the potential of Virtual Exchange (VE)/Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) for stimulating a critical discussion on how to decolonise English Language Teaching (ELT), focusing mainly on the native-speakerism ideology (in the context of English teacher education at university)]]> 2023-02-12 13:33:51 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2477819729 hildeblanc2 https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2477823915 2023-02-12 13:41:01 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2477823915 Glossary: hildeblanc2 https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2477832058 Virtual Exchange is a postmodern approach to second language teacher education that fits well with Kumaravadivelu’s (2012) post-method principles of particularity (situational understanding of the teaching context), practicality (autonomous approach to theory and practice with teachers as agents of their own theorization from their own practice) and possibility (awareness of the socio-cultural factors affecting teachers’ circumstances and their ability to be/become agents of change). Virtual Exchange is also a fertile and decolonised Third Space (Bhabha & Rutherford, 2006), a transformative - and often challenging - experience in second language teacher education, that can help all participants with acquiring new competences and rethink their beliefs and worldview through a lens that is both local and global (Fuchs & Orsini-Jones, 2022; Orsini-Jones 2023*)

Native-speakerism is a pervasive ideology within ELT, characterized by the belief that ‘native-speaker’ teachers represent a ‘Western culture’ from which spring the ideals both of the English language and of English language teaching methodology (Holliday, 2005)

Third Space: a fertile ground for intercultural and decolonised encounters in Higher Education (Bhabha, 2006)

Breakout room: BoR

*Orsini-Jones, M. (forthcoming 2023) Defining VE for ELT TBC.
]]> 2023-02-12 13:57:04 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2477832058 hildeblanc2 https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2477835725 November and December 2022 - First Action Research Cycle]]> 2023-02-12 14:04:10 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2477835725 Four different Higher Education contexts: hildeblanc2 https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2477836456
  • 11 MA ELT students, two MA ELT staff + a researcher/trainer from Coventry University (CovUni), UK
  • 4 doctoral/master ELT students and e-mediators in BoRs from Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Brazil 
  • 8 BA TESOL students and one BA TESOL e-mediator from the National Institute of Business Management (NIBM), Sri Lanka
  • 16 BA Primary Education and 3 MA in Secondary Education students, and 1 ELT staff from La Florida Universitària (FU), Spain
    • ]]>     2023-02-12 14:05:43 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2477836456     4 live synchronous workshops on Zoom (60 minutes each) hildeblanc2 https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2477844454 2023-02-12 14:20:49 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2477844454 2.1 Live sessions outline hildeblanc2 https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2477846927 NB: 'Flipped' element - participants had to read a relevant academic journal before each session in preparation for the breakout room seminar/workshop - article available in the AULA Learning management System Area

    ]]>     2023-02-12 14:26:02 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2477846927     4.1. Word cloud feedback from the last session of the VETSDELT project hildeblanc2 https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2477862376 2023-02-12 14:53:40 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2477862376 4. Partial results and data analysis hildeblanc2 https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2477864817
  • The Virtual Exchange learning experience would appear to have provided a fertile online Third Space for decolonizing language ideologies and beliefs in ELT
  • It facilitated reflections on challenging beliefs about the 'canon' and language standards through global perspectives 
  • The discussions in the BoRs appeared to have a transformational impact participants' beliefs 
  • The intercultural dimension of ELT was brought to the fore in the VE and helped participants to reflect on ideologies and beliefs and the way they are shaped by cultural and social perceptions both locally and globally
  • However, some participants could not 'let go' of their beliefs on the superiority of the native speaker as English language teacher and of the 'Queen's English' as the standard to adhere to 
  • Development of participants’ speaking skills and their confidence in communicating in English with other English L2 speakers
  • Exposure to different varieties of English and accents
    • ]]>     2023-02-12 14:56:32 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2477864817     3.1. Methods hildeblanc2 https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2478763828  ]]> 2023-02-13 11:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2478763828 3. Methodology hildeblanc2 https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2478767578 The research involved multiple data sources to create a highly detailed account of action research (Burns, 2010; McNiff & Whitehead, 2010; Farrell, 2015). 
    • Identify a concern and develop a plan
    • Implement the plan 
    • Observe and think of possible alternatives
    • Modify practice in view of received feedback and insights 
    • Start a new cycle 
    ]]>     2023-02-13 11:29:11 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2478767578     Aula area hildeblanc2 https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2479155183 Aula is Coventry University's institutional teaching and learning platform to support students’ engagement in classes.]]> 2023-02-13 13:41:35 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2479155183 Padlet (Session 4) hildeblanc2 https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2479297616 2023-02-13 13:53:36 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2479297616 Padlet (Session 1) hildeblanc2 https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2479307055 2023-02-13 13:54:28 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2479307055 Live session (Session 2): Sample PowerPoint slide hildeblanc2 https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2479381752 2023-02-13 14:00:59 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2479381752 Microsoft form hildeblanc2 https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2479387003 2023-02-13 14:01:25 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2479387003 Padlet & Breakout rooms hildeblanc2 https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2479391208 2023-02-13 14:01:46 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2479391208 Development of classroom interactional competence (CIC) hildeblanc2 https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2479725550 Moorhouse, Li and Walsh (2021) identified three further areas of expertise required for successful online teaching: technological competencies, online environment management competencies, and online teacher interactional competencies]]> 2023-02-13 15:07:18 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2479725550 https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2479744151 2023-02-13 15:18:30 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2479744151 https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2480276301 2023-02-13 21:09:42 UTC https://padlet.com/Decentring2/9rr1t0j19duq58zw/wish/2480276301