ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION IN TIMES OF CHANGE : A PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN UNIVERSITIES
English language education (ELE) has been extensively studied in various contexts and from various perspectives including histories, curricula, policies, and practices. However, in recent years there has been an increasing body of work examining ELE in times of dramatic socio-economic change. T...
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| Language: | en |
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ACADEMIA INDUSTRY NETWORKS
2022
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/40006/3/ENGLISH%20LANGUAGE%20-%20Copy.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/40006/ http://myjms.mohe.gov.my/index.php/ijeap |
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| Summary: | English language education (ELE) has been
extensively studied in various contexts and from various
perspectives including histories, curricula, policies, and
practices. However, in recent years there has been an
increasing body of work examining ELE in times of
dramatic socio-economic change. The study presented in
this paper aimed to add to this body of work by
investigating the implementation of ELE in Southeast
Asian universities during these periods of transformation.
The study specifically investigated the major events that
took place during such periods and how these events
affected ELE, particularly English language teaching and
learning practices within the respective universities. A
survey with 47 English language educators from selected
Southeast Asian universities revealed that COVID-19 was
one of the major events that affected their ELE. A majority
of the participants reported having similar experiences
with such events and resorting to various common methods
in their English language lessons. Such similarities are
important as they help rethink the usual way ELE in the
era of change has been discussed. More importantly, these
similarities call attention to look beyond the differences to find commonalities in the implementation of ELE in times
of change, which may open up much-needed conversations
about how to support and strengthen the teaching and learning of English in today’s ever-changing and
challenging world. |
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