Beyond Cognition to Commitment: English Language Teaching in South Korean Primary Schools

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 450-469

  Moodie, Ian ^a   Feryok, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

English language learning; English language teaching; Experienced and novice teachers; Korean English language teachers; Language teacher cognition; Language teacher commitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943376131     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/modl.12238     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. Ahn, K. (2009). Learning to teach within the curricular reform context: A sociocultural perspective on English student teachers' practicum experience in South Korea. (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA.
2. Barkhuizen, G., & Wette, R. (2008). Narrative frames for investigating the experiences of language teachers. System, 36, 372-387.
3. Borg, S. (2003). Teacher cognition in language teaching. Language Teaching, 36, 81-109.
4. Borg, S. (2006). Teacher cognition and language education. London: Continuum.
5. Brookfield, S. D. (1995). Becoming a critically reflective teacher. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
6. Burnett, J. (2011). Two case studies of secondary language teaching: A critical look at the intersection of management and the local and social realities that shape our classrooms. Modern Language Journal, 95, 4-26.
7. Choi, P. L., & Tang, S. Y. F. (2009). Teacher commitment trends: Cases of Hong Kong teachers from 1997 to 2007. Teaching and Teacher Education, 25, 767-777.
8. Crookes, G. (1997). What influences what and how second and foreign language teachers teach? Modern Language Journal, 81, 67-79.
9. Day, C., & Gu, Q. (2007). Variations in the conditions for teachers' professional learning and development: Sustaining commitment and effectiveness over a career. Oxford Review of Education, 33, 423-443.
10. Day, C., & Gu, Q. (2010). The new lives of teachers. London: Routledge.
11. Day, C., Stobart, G., Sammons, P., Kington, A., Gu, Q., Smees, R., & Mujtaba, T. (2006). Variations in teachers' work, lives, and effectiveness. Department of Education and Skills Research Report No. 743. Nottingham, UK: Department of Education and Skills. Accessed 7 July 2014 at https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/eOrderingDownload/RB743
12. Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (1985). Intrinsic motivation and self-determination in human behavior. New York: Plenum Press.
13. Freeman, D., & Johnson, K. E. (1998). Reconceptualizing the knowledge-base of language teacher education. TESOL Quarterly, 32, 397-417.
14. Gao, X., & Xu, H. (2014). The dilemma of being English language teachers: Interpreting teachers' motivation to teach, and professional commitment in China's hinterland regions. Language Teaching Research, 18, 152-168.
15. Hayes, D. (2005). Exploring the lives of non-native speaking English educators in Sri Lanka. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 11, 169-194.
16. Hayes, D. (2008). Becoming a teacher of English in Thailand. Language Teaching Research, 12, 471-494.
17. Hayes, D. (2009). Non-native English-speaking teachers, context and English language teaching. System, 37, 1-11.
18. Hayes, D. (2010). Duty and service: Life and career of a Tamil teacher of English in Sri Lanka. TESOL Quarterly, 44, 58-83.
19. Higgins, E. T. (1987). Self-discrepancy: A theory relating self and affect. Psychological Review, 94, 319-340.
20. Higgins, E. T. (1997). Beyond pleasure and pain. American Psychologist, 52, 1280-1300.
21. Hiver, P. (2013). The interplay of possible language teacher selves in professional development choices. Language Teaching Research, 17, 210-227.
22. Hong, J. Y. (2010). Pre-service and beginning teachers' professional identity and its relation to dropping out of the profession. Teaching and Teacher Education, 26, 1530-1543.
23. Huberman, M. (1993). The lives of teachers. New York: Teachers College Press.
24. Huberman, M., Thompson, C. L., & Weiland, S. (1997). Perspectives on the teaching career. In B. J. Biddle, T. L. Good, & I. Goodson (Eds.). International handbook of teachers and teaching (Vol. 1, pp. 11-78). Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Press.
25. Johnston, B. (1997). Do EFL teacher have careers? TESOL Quarterly, 31, 681-712.
26. Jung, S. K., & Norton, B. (2002). Language planning in Korea: The new elementary English program. In J. W. Tollefson (Ed.), Language policies in education: Critical issues (pp. 245-265). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
27. Kim, E.-G. (2009). Teacher policy: Procurement and disposition of qualitative teachers (Vol. 8). Seoul, South Korea: Korean Educational Development Institute.
28. Kim, E. J. (2008). In the midst of ELT curricular reform: An activity theory analysis of teachers' and students' experiences in South Korea. (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA.
29. Kubanyiova, M. (2015). The role of teachers' future self guides in creating L2 development opportunities in teacher-led classroom discourse: Reclaiming the relevance of language teacher cognition. Modern Language Journal, 99, 565-584.
30. Kubanyiova, M., & Feryok, A. (2015). Language teacher cognition in applied linguistics research: Revisiting the territory, redrawing the boundaries, reclaiming the relevance. Modern Language Journal, 99, 435-449.
31. Lortie, D. C. (1975). Schoolteacher. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
32. Markus, H. R., & Kitayama, S. (1991). Culture and the self: Implications for cognition, emotion, and motivation. Psychological Review, 98, 224-253.
33. Markus, H. R., & Nurius, P. (1986). Possible selves. American Psychologist, 41, 954-969.
34. Meyer, J. P., & Allen, N. J. (1991). A three-component conceptualization of organizational commitment. Human Resource Management Review, 1, 61-89.
35. Meyer, J. P., Becker, T. E., & Vandenberghe, C. (2004). Employee commitment and motivation: A conceptual analysis and integrative model. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89, 991-1007.
36. Meyer, J. P., & Herscovitch, L. (2001). Commitment in the workplace: Toward a general model. Human Resource Management Review, 11, 299-326.
37. Nias, J. (1981). Commitment and motivation in primary school teachers. Educational Review, 33, 181-190.
38. Nias, J. (1989). Primary teachers talking: A study of teaching as work. New York: Routledge.
39. Ochs, E., & Schieffelin, B. B. (1994). Language acquisition and socialization: Three developmental stories and their implications. In B. Blount (Ed.), Language, culture, and society: A book of readings (2nd ed., pp. 470-515). Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press.
40. Park, J.-K. (2009). 'English fever' in South Korea: Its history and symptoms. English Today, 25, 50-57.
41. Pennington, M. C. (1995). Work satisfaction, motivation, and commitment in teaching English as a second language. (Unpublished manuscript). University of Luton, Luton, UK. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. Ed. 404850).
42. Pop, M. M., & Turner, J. E. (2009). To be or not to be... a teacher? Exploring levels of commitment related to perceptions of teaching among students enrolled in a teacher education program. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 15, 683-700.
43. Read, C. (2007). 500 activities for the primary classroom: Immediate ideas and solutions. Oxford, UK: Macmillan Education.
44. Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2000). Intrinsic and extrinsic motivations: Classic definitions and new directions. Contemporary Educational Psychologist, 25, 54-67.
45. Searle, J. (1979). Expression and meaning: Studies in the theory of speech acts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
46. Searle, J. (1980). The intentionality of intention and action. Cognitive Science, 4, 47-70.
47. Searle, J. (2010). The making of the social world: The structure of human civilization. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
48. Seth, M. J. (2002). Education fever: Society, politics, and the pursuit of schooling in South Korea. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press.
49. Strauss, A., & Corbin, J. (1998). Basics of qualitative research: Techniques and procedures for developing grounded theory (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
50. Talmy, S. (2010). Qualitative interviews in applied linguistics: From research instrument to social practice. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 30, 128-148.
51. Troman, G., & Raggl, A. (2008). Primary teacher commitment and the attractions of teaching. Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 16, 85-99.