Profits or Professionalism: Issues Facing the Professionalization of TESL in Canada

Autor/inn/en	MacPherson, Seonaigh; Kouritzin, Sandra; Kim, Sohee
Titel	Profits or Professionalism: Issues Facing the Professionalization of TESL in Canada
Quelle	In: College Quarterly, 8 (2005) 2, (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1195-4353
Schlagwörter	Professional Associations; Foreign Countries; Language Teachers; English (Second Language); Professional Development; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Second Languages; Teaching (Occupation); Teacher Supply and Demand; Teacher Recruitment; Labor Needs; Professional Personnel; Ethics; Student Diversity; Accreditation (Institutions); Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Second language; Zweitsprache; Teaching; Lehrberuf; Lehrerbedarf; Lehrerrekrutierung; Labour needs; Arbeitskräftebedarf; Personalbestand; Ethik; Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Kanada
Abstract	TESL is a field in the process of professionalization. As TESL organizations in Canada struggle to gain professional stature for the field, market demands for ESL teachers in Canada and around the world increase exponentially. This creates a dilemma; whereas professionalization require making the field more difficult to access without specialized education and induction, this makes it difficult for individuals and programs to respond to short-term market demand fluctuations. Yet, at the same time, as the field becomes more exclusive, it becomes more attractive to high-quality candidates looking for more stable, secure, highly paid and respected employment. This article offers an overview of some current challenges to this process of professionalization, as viewed through the lens of three key interrelated areas of professional activities: TESL professional associations; TESL professionals; and TESL education. Using these three categories as an organizational framework, the authors offer both research and reasoned reflection to contribute to the wider discussions of the ESL teaching community in Canada on how to improve the stature and quality of this rapidly expanding and changing field of educational activity. (Contains 3 endnotes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10