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EFL Teachers’ Beliefs about Reading and Reading Teaching versus Actual Practices
A Complex Dynamical System Perspective
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Gao Yang
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2022
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About this book
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.
Author / Editor information
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.
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eBook published on:
December 6, 2021
eBook ISBN:
9789004506541
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Main content:
166
eBook ISBN:
9789004506541
Keywords for this book
Influx of Paradigm; Constructivism Paradigm; Subject Matter; Social Context; Non linerarity; Chinese Teachers; Mixed Methods Design; Teacher Beliefs; Teacher Education
Audience(s) for this book
All interested in language teacher cognition, psychology, or education in general. Anyone in social sciences and humanities interested in the complex dynamic system theory.
