Publication:
Communicative competence in EFL teachers living and working in South Korea
Communicative competence in EFL teachers living and working in South Korea
dc.contributor.advisor | Soto Santiago, Sandra L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kage, Natalie | |
dc.contributor.college | College of Arts and Sciences - Art | |
dc.contributor.committee | Géliga Vargas, Jocelyn A. | |
dc.contributor.committee | Rivera, Rosita L. | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of English | |
dc.contributor.representative | Parés Matos, Elsie I. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-11T16:01:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-12-11T16:01:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-12-10 | |
dc.description.abstract | In today's globalized world where English is used as a lingua franca, there has been an increase in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teaching jobs in many countries over the past couple of decades (Bentley, 2023). The research in this study focused on the lives and experiences of four participants that have lived and worked in South Korea. Interviews were conducted with each of the participants about their lives before they moved to South Korea to become EFL teachers and their experiences during their time in that country. The data were analyzed through qualitative research methodologies to understand how each participant gained communicative competence and then in turn how that knowledge influenced their pedagogy. The participants have acquired significant knowledge about themselves as individuals and professionals and through their lived experiences have gained communicative competence which in turn influenced their pedagogy. | |
dc.description.abstract | En el mundo globalizado en el que vivimos hoy y en el cual el inglés se utiliza como lengua franca, en muchos países ha aumentado significativamente la demanda por docentes de inglés como idioma extranjero o EFL (por sus siglas en inglés) \en las pasadas décadas. Esta investigación se enfocó en las experiencias de vida de cuatro participantes que vivieron y trabajaron en Corea del Sur. Se realizaron entrevistas con cada participante sobre su vida antes de mudarse a Corea del Sur para enseñar inglés como idioma extranjero y sobre sus experiencias mientras vivió en ese país. Los datos se analizaron utilizando metodologías cualitativas para entender cómo cada participante adquirió competencia comunicativa y, en base a eso, cómo este conocimiento influyó en su pedagogía. Los participantes han adquirido conocimiento significativo sobre sí mismos como individuos y como profesionales y, a través de experiencias vividas, han ganado competencia comunicativa que paulatinamente ha influenciado su pedagogía. | |
dc.description.graduationSemester | Fall | |
dc.description.graduationYear | 2023 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11801/3595 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International | * |
dc.rights.holder | (c) 2023 Natalie Kage | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ | * |
dc.subject | Communicative Competence | |
dc.subject | EFL Teachers | |
dc.subject | South Korea | |
dc.subject | Linguistic Repertoire | |
dc.subject | Pedagogical Knowledge | |
dc.subject.lcsh | English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers | |
dc.subject.lcsh | English language - Study and teaching - South Korea | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Communication in learning and scholarship | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Culturally relevant pedagogy | |
dc.title | Communicative competence in EFL teachers living and working in South Korea | |
dc.type | Thesis | |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
thesis.degree.discipline | English Education | |
thesis.degree.level | M.A. |