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Teaching a skill or using a tool? : Studying Finnish EFL teachers’ beliefs about the teaching of reading and writing (2016)

Ruohotie-Lyhty, M., Ullakonoja, R., Moate, J., & Haapakangas, E.-L. (2016). Teaching a skill or using a tool? : Studying Finnish EFL teachers’ beliefs about the teaching of reading and writing. In A. Solin, J. Vaattovaara, N. Hynninen, U. Tiililä, & T. Nordlund (Eds.), Kielenkäyttäjä muuttuvissa instituutioissa (pp. 87-107). Suomen soveltavan kielitieteen yhdistys. AFinLAn vuosikirja, 2016. https://journal.fi/afinlavk/article/view/59721

JYU authors or editors

Publication details

All authors or editors: Ruohotie-Lyhty, Maria; Ullakonoja, Riikka; Moate, Josephine; Haapakangas, Eeva-Leena

Parent publication: Kielenkäyttäjä muuttuvissa instituutioissa

Parent publication editors: Solin, Anna; Vaattovaara, Johanna; Hynninen, Niina; Tiililä, Ulla; Nordlund, Taru

ISBN: 978-951-9388-63-2

Journal or series: AFinLAn vuosikirja

eISSN: 2343-2608

Publication year: 2016

Number in series: 2016

Pages range: 87-107

Number of pages in the book: 233

Publisher: Suomen soveltavan kielitieteen yhdistys

Place of Publication: Jyväskylä

Publication country: Finland

Publication language: English

Persistent website address: https://journal.fi/afinlavk/article/view/59721

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Delayed open access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/52578

Additional information: Suomen soveltavan kielitieteen yhdistyksen (AFinLA) julkaisuja ; 74, ISSN 0781-0318
Suomen soveltavan kielitieteen yhdistyksen AFinLAn vuotuinen syyssymposium, Helsinki 13.-14.11.2015 -tapahtuman kooste

Abstract

How teachers construct their beliefs about foreign language (FL) teaching in shifting educational contexts is an important, yet little known area. This study addresses this issue through a discourse analysis of research interviews conducted with 16 Finnish English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers about their views of teaching reading and writing. It identifies four different subject positions: ‘unaccountable’, ‘old-time’, ‘modern’ and ‘authentic’. The study shows that the participating teachers’ beliefs are contradictory and that although the teachers are aware of more recent discourses of language teaching, they find it difficult to link these with their teaching practice.

Keywords: foreign languages; English language; language teaching; reading; writing; language teachers; educational methods

Free keywords: teacher beliefs; teaching reading and writing

Contributing organizations

Ministry reporting: Yes

Reporting Year: 2016

JUFO rating: 1