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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.
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