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The political aspects of positivist ELT research articles | ||
Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning | ||
مقاله 7، دوره 11، شماره 24، اسفند 2019، صفحه 155-176 اصل مقاله (792.73 K) | ||
نوع مقاله: Research Paper | ||
نویسندگان | ||
reza khani1؛ Mahmood Samaie2؛ Ali Khadivar* 3 | ||
1Assistant Professor, English department, Ilam university, Iran. | ||
2Associated Professor, English department, Ilam university, Iran. | ||
3PhD student, English department, Ilam university, Iran. | ||
چکیده | ||
Despite appealing notion of research based language teaching, we argue that scientific way of conducting research on English language teaching (ELT) is problematic since it ignores language learners’ subjectivity, instructors’ professionalism, practitioners’ culture and learning particularity. Positivists pedagogical arguments neglect the social nature of meaning making instructional practices and emphasize objectivity and measurability criteria which lead to instrumental rationality. A critical discourse analysis of practical arguments proposed in pedagogical implications section of empiricist research articles revealed that positivists assumptions manifest themselves as the rules and regulations of carrying out scientific research. These yardsticks give power to the neoliberal tendencies to present reasons as premises of arguments to restrict and control the agency of ELT teachers as well as to deprofessionalize them. Since there is a close affinity between this paradigm world views and neoliberal policies, positivists research articles lead to the domination of neoliberalism on TEFL discourse. This indicates the ideological function of the article genre and awareness of that is crucial for the sake of democratic and fair education. | ||
کلیدواژهها | ||
research articles؛ critique؛ practical argument؛ ideology؛ positivist؛ implications؛ normative؛ explanatory | ||
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