EFL Teachers' Perspectives on the Role of English in Two Mexican Private Universities

Autor/in	Despagne, Colette
Titel	EFL Teachers' Perspectives on the Role of English in Two Mexican Private Universities
Quelle	In: PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 21 (2019) 1, S.43-57 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1657-0790
Schlagwörter	Language Teachers; Language Role; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; College Faculty; Universities; Language Attitudes; Ethnography; Case Studies; Private Colleges; Foreign Countries; Teacher Role; International Education; Social Discrimination; Cultural Maintenance; Multilingualism; Mexico + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Fakultät; University; Universität; Sprachverhalten; Ethnografie; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Privathochschule; Ausland; Lehrerrolle; Internationale Erziehung; Soziale Benachteiligung; Soziale Schließung; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Mexiko
Abstract	In Mexican higher education, the spread of English has become a tool in the internationalization process of universities. However, language has been sidelined in the discourses of globalization and internationalization. Hence, this ethnographic case study aims to look at the spread of English in Mexican higher education through two private universities. It focuses on the universities' internationalization process, and how English as a foreign language teachers perceive the role of English in this process. Findings show that while English as a foreign language teachers support linguistic ideologies that promote the spread of English as a natural and apolitical phenomenon, at the same time they also warn of ideological implications such as language hierarchies, cultural homogenization, and English linguistic discrimination. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01