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Globalisation of English

Implications for Research-at-work. Globalisation of English. TESOL Researchers Group School of Education UniSA. Dararat Khampusaen Professional position : A lecturer of English at Khon Kaen University

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Globalisation of English

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  1. Implications for Research-at-work Globalisationof English TESOL Researchers Group School of Education UniSA

  2. Dararat Khampusaen • Professional position: A lecturer of English at KhonKaen University • Research topic: Strategies in professional development using ICT in developing online course materials for foreign language teaching • Current research status: Near completion of her PhD program

  3. Dararat Khampusaen Hui Du Jenny Barnett Bayu Wicaksono John Walsh Jill Burton Anne Swan PenpornKoedsook Lyn Bray Monica Behrend Phiona Stanley Zheng Lin Darinthorn Inthapthim Ngoc Doan Virginia Hussin Tawatchai Chaisiri PhairinRugsakorn Raquel Tomasa R Ho SawitriSuwanaroa Xinqi Zhou SutidaNgonkum Supalux Sri-Sumang

  4. Presentation Outline Note: 3 – 5 min question time at the end of every session and sub-sessions in session 3. Session 1: Introduction (who we are & what we research and why) Session 2: English as an International Language (EIL) Session 3: Challenges for English language teaching Session 4: How the TR Group functions Session 5: Questions & Discussion

  5. English as an International Language (EIL) Ngoc Doan

  6. Ngoc Doan • Professional position: A lecturer of English at Hanoi National University of Education, Vietnam for more than 10 years • Research topic: English as an International Language (EIL) • Current research status: Starting collecting data for his EdD program

  7. Some facts English is now functioning as 1. Mother tongue (ENL) 2. Official second language (ESL) 3. Official foreign language (EFL) Three special roles of an international language. (Crystal, D 2003)

  8. Some facts 1.5 – 2 billion users Current wide spread of English around the world ¾ are in ESL & EFL (Strevens 1980; Graddol 1997; Crystal 2003)

  9. Some facts 4 countries: as Second language 11 countries: as Foreign language In East Asia (Kam & Wong 2003)

  10. How EFL model works British/American Native speakers (as model) Native ownership Native ‘received’ Native ‘teachers’ (the best) E.g. CLT Natives’ (Adapted from Burns 2005)

  11. Challenges to ELT in the region Quantitative vs Qualitative Continuity vs Change Cultural identity vsGlobalisation Challenges Traditional vs Modern Resource constraints vs Innovations (Adapted from Kam & Wong 2003)

  12. Questions Should the prevailing standard Englishes (i.e. Standard British English and General American) continue to be taught as models of correctness to learners needing English for international communication? (Tomlinson 2006) Do you think learners needing English for international communication should ‘develop their self-esteem as users of EIL?’ (Tomlinson 2006) How should English as an international language be taught to learners needing English for international communication? (Tomlinson 2006)

  13. Any questions for this session?

  14. Session 3 outline • Challenges for English language teaching • Language skills learning • Speaking • Listening • Writing • Supporting learners • On-line authentic listening materials • Learner autonomy • Self-correction in writing • Chinese new arrival learners

  15. Session 3 Outline (cont.) • English for Specific Purposes • Spoken English for Pharmacy students • Needs analysis for English for tourism • Teacher Professional Development (PD) • Teacher training on project-based approach • Teacher talk: language input in College English (C.E.) classrooms • The foreign teacher in Thailand

  16. Challenges for English Language Teaching • Language skills learning • Speaking • Listening • Writing

  17. SawitriSuwanaroa • Professional position: An English teacher at Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna, Tak campus in Thailand, from 2003 to 2006 • Research topic: Developing a training package (a more effective and efficient way) for listening and speaking skills for EIC students to maximize their English learning potential • Current research status: In her first year of her EdD program

  18. Sutida Ngonkum • Professional position: A lecturer of English at KhonKaen University, Thailand • Research topic: How listening strategies and group work affect Thai students’ listening skills improvement • Current research status: Analysing data

  19. Conventional listening instructions used in Thai context • Question-answer comprehension approach • Real-life comprehension approach ( adapted from Morley, 1999; Vandergrift, 2004)

  20. The proposed listening instructions model

  21. TawatchaiChaisiri • Professional position: A Thai teacher of English for almost 14 years, having experience in English teaching at primary, secondary and tertiary levels. He is currently a lecturer in the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi, Thailand • Research topic: Genre-based teaching of paragraph writing to Thai university students • Current research status: In his first year of his EdD program

  22. Any questions for this sub-session?

  23. Challenges for English Language Teaching • Supporting learners • On-line authentic listening materials • Learner Autonomy • Self-correction in writing • Chinese New Arrival learners

  24. BayuWicaksono • Professional position: Lecturer of English at the University of Muhammadiyah, Malang, Indonesia • Research topic: An investigation of possible different impacts of audio and video materials on English listening comprehension • Current research status: Just finished proposal

  25. Professional position: A lecturer of English at • Naresuan University, Phayao • Research topic: Learner autonomy and ways to • foster autonomous language learning • Current research status: Analysing data for her EdD • research program Darinthorn Inthapthim

  26. Raquel Tomasa R Ho • Professional position: A lecturer of English at Western Mindanao State University • Research topic: (Tentative) Language learning strategies and language proficiency of university students in Mindanao. • Current research status: Starting her EdD program.

  27. Xinqi Zhou • Professional position: An EFL teacher in China • Research topic: An investigation of the factors impacting on the English language learning of Chinese secondary students newly arrived in South Australia • Current research status: Developing his proposal for his EdD program

  28. Any questions for this sub-session?

  29. Challenges for English Language Teaching (Cont.) • English for Specific Purposes • Spoken English for Pharmacy students • Needs analysis for English for Tourism

  30. Virginia Hussin • Professional position: • 25 years experience in TESOL in Australia and abroad • More than 10 years teaching English for Specific Purposes to English as an Additional Language (EAL) Health Sciences students at both Flinders Uni. & UniSA • Current position: Lecturer B: Learning Adviser, EAL and International Students • Research topic: Interlanguage Pragmatics and the Negotiation of Meaning in Pharmacy Simulations • Current research status: Analysing data

  31. Professional position: A lecturer in the English Department, College of Tourism and Hospitality, Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya, Trang Campus, Thailand • Research topic: Needs analysis for English for Tourism • Current research status: Developing her research proposal for herEdD program PenpornKoedsook

  32. English for Tourism in Thai settings: A needs analysis focus Three proposed projects Project 1: Reviewing three main interconnected areas; tourism industry in Thailand; English for Tourism as part of EIL; and needs analysis for English for Tourism.

  33. English for Tourism in Thai settings: A needs analysis focus (cont.) Project 2: Investigating English language learning needs identified by tourism students in regard  to their practicum and future employment.

  34. English for Tourism in Thai settings: A needs analysis focus (cont.) Project 3: Investigating English language needs for tour operators as identified in the tourism industry.

  35. Any questions for this sub-session?

  36. Challenges for English Language Teaching (cont.) • Teacher Professional Development • Teacher training on Project-based approach • Teacher talk: language input in College • English (C.E.) classrooms • The foreign teacher in Thailand

  37. Professional position: An assistant professor at Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya in Songkhla, Thailand • Research topic: Teachers’ perceptions on implementing Project-based approach • Current research status: In her first year of EdD program PhairinRugsakorn

  38. Hui DU • Professional position: Associate Professor of China Pharmaceutical University, 22 years’ experience of teaching English in China • Research topic: Teacher talk as language input in College English classrooms • Current research status: Finishing data collection for his PhD program

  39. Lyn Bray • Professional position: Has taught ESL in Australia and EFL in several countries, and has lectured in TESOL at UniSA. • Research topic: The non-Thai teacher in Thailand and the learning that emerges from cultural differences between foreign teacher and local students. • Current research status: Identifying themes from her data.

  40. Any questions for this sub-session?

  41. How the TR Group Functions Dararat Khampusaen

  42. The aim of the TR Group is: to build community and develop a TESOL research culture at UniSA

  43. The TR Group provides the opportunity to become aware of each other’s work and share ideas about it clarify research ideas with others who have a similar research base share resources jointly contribute to the outside society.

  44. TR Group culture Globalisation TESOL cultures University cultures Country cultures

  45. Thank You

  46. Discussion time

  47. Anne Swan • Professional position: Part-time tutor in School of Education and School of Management, UniSA. • Research topic: Investigating and describing the linguistic and cultural expertise of bi- and multi-lingual teachers of English with the aim of suggesting ways of incorporating this expertise in English language teaching programs around the world. • Current research status: Beginning year 2 of 5 - writing literature review. Anne Swan

  48. BayuWicaksono • BayuWicaksono • Professional position: A lecturer of English at the University of Muhammadiyah, Malang, Indonesia. • Research topic: An investigation of possible different impacts of audio and video materials on English listening comprehension. • Current research status: Just finished proposal.

  49. Dararat Khampusaen • Dararat Khampusaen • Professional position: A lecturer of English at KhonKaen University. • Research topic: Strategies in professional development using ICT in developing online course materials for foreign language teaching. • Current research status: Near completion of her PhD program.

  50. Professional position: A lecturer of English at • Naresuan University, Phayao. • Research topic: Learner autonomy and ways to • foster autonomous language learning. • Current research status: Analysing data for her EdD • research program. Darinthorn Inthapthim

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