Exploring the Construction of Professional Selves of Non-native EFL Teachers at a Saudi Arabian University

This study aims to investigate the factors that develop the professional identity of Pakistani English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers in Saudi Arabia. This study is unique in the sense that there has been hardly any systematic investigation that has considered the professional identity of Paki...

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Main Authors:	Ahmad, Hussain, Fatmawati, Latada, Shah, Sayyed Rashid, Muhammad Nubli, Abdul Wahab
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description	This study aims to investigate the factors that develop the professional identity of Pakistani English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers in Saudi Arabia. This study is unique in the sense that there has been hardly any systematic investigation that has considered the professional identity of Pakistani EFL teachers in Saudi Arabia. This study has two considerations: the way EFL teachers' selves evolve and the personal, professional, social and pedagogical factors constructing a teacher’s professional identity. This study was conducted at the English Language Institute of Saudi Arabian University and the study employed a quantitative survey method. The quantitative data was collected from 41 Pakistani EFL teachers by using an online questionnaire. The findings from the research revealed that a number of intrinsic and extrinsic factors develop the professional identity of Pakistani EFL teachers. Among these factors are the participants' pre-Saudi Arabia lives and the decision to become EFL teachers, the decision to come to Saudi Arabia, the impact of their overseas EFL experience, and the social influence on their own professional identity. Moreover, other factors that develop these teachers' professional identities are: being non-native, their views on continuing professional development (CPD), interaction with other EFL teachers, and their professional futures.
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spelling	ump-135522020-08-06T02:22:49Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/13552/ Exploring the Construction of Professional Selves of Non-native EFL Teachers at a Saudi Arabian University Ahmad, Hussain Fatmawati, Latada Shah, Sayyed Rashid Muhammad Nubli, Abdul Wahab H Social Sciences (General) This study aims to investigate the factors that develop the professional identity of Pakistani English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers in Saudi Arabia. This study is unique in the sense that there has been hardly any systematic investigation that has considered the professional identity of Pakistani EFL teachers in Saudi Arabia. This study has two considerations: the way EFL teachers' selves evolve and the personal, professional, social and pedagogical factors constructing a teacher’s professional identity. This study was conducted at the English Language Institute of Saudi Arabian University and the study employed a quantitative survey method. The quantitative data was collected from 41 Pakistani EFL teachers by using an online questionnaire. The findings from the research revealed that a number of intrinsic and extrinsic factors develop the professional identity of Pakistani EFL teachers. Among these factors are the participants' pre-Saudi Arabia lives and the decision to become EFL teachers, the decision to come to Saudi Arabia, the impact of their overseas EFL experience, and the social influence on their own professional identity. Moreover, other factors that develop these teachers' professional identities are: being non-native, their views on continuing professional development (CPD), interaction with other EFL teachers, and their professional futures. AWEJ.org 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/13552/1/pbmsk-2017-nubli-Exploring%20the%20Construction%20of%20Professional%20Selves%20of%20Non-native%20EFL.pdf Ahmad, Hussain and Fatmawati, Latada and Shah, Sayyed Rashid and Muhammad Nubli, Abdul Wahab (2017) Exploring the Construction of Professional Selves of Non-native EFL Teachers at a Saudi Arabian University. Arab World English Journal (AWEJ), 8 (4). pp. 148-166. ISSN 2229-9327. (Published) https://dx.doi.org/10.24093/awej/vol8no4.10
spellingShingle	H Social Sciences (General) Ahmad, Hussain Fatmawati, Latada Shah, Sayyed Rashid Muhammad Nubli, Abdul Wahab Exploring the Construction of Professional Selves of Non-native EFL Teachers at a Saudi Arabian University
title	Exploring the Construction of Professional Selves of Non-native EFL Teachers at a Saudi Arabian University
title_full	Exploring the Construction of Professional Selves of Non-native EFL Teachers at a Saudi Arabian University
title_fullStr	Exploring the Construction of Professional Selves of Non-native EFL Teachers at a Saudi Arabian University
title_full_unstemmed	Exploring the Construction of Professional Selves of Non-native EFL Teachers at a Saudi Arabian University
title_short	Exploring the Construction of Professional Selves of Non-native EFL Teachers at a Saudi Arabian University
title_sort	exploring the construction of professional selves of non-native efl teachers at a saudi arabian university
topic	H Social Sciences (General)
url	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/13552/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/13552/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/13552/1/pbmsk-2017-nubli-Exploring%20the%20Construction%20of%20Professional%20Selves%20of%20Non-native%20EFL.pdf

Exploring the Construction of Professional Selves of Non-native EFL Teachers at a Saudi Arabian University

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