TY  - JOUR
TI  - ELF in the Context of Iran: Examining Iranian In-service Teachers' Attitudes
AB  - There is a change in the status of English from a foreign language to a common language ofcommunication among people with different mother languages. While the new profile of English as alingua franca (ELF) has important implications for language teaching, it is not yet clear how farlanguage teachers in different learning contexts have embraced them. The present study aims to addressthis issue by exploring the attitudes of in-service English language teachers towards different aspectsof ELF in the underexplored context of Iran. Fifty-four Iranian teachers of English from three Englishlanguage institutes participated in the study. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected through aquestionnaire and semi-structured interviews. The participants expressed their attitudes towardsdifferent ELF-related pedagogical issues. Findings showed that teachers’ attitudes were multifariousranging considerably in each domain. While the majority of the teachers favored native speakers’ normsin terms of teaching pronunciation, grammatical accuracy and the exclusive use of materials producedby native speakers, they displayed ELF-informed attitudes towards teaching multicultural awareness.Findings also showed divisions between participants’ attitudes towards the status of native speakerteachers and the use of nonnative materials in listening exams. The diverse attitudes of teachers towardsELF-related issues underscores the need for more fine-grained teaching training programs that areadjusted to instructors’ needs in different learning contexts.
AU  - Sarandi, Hedayat
PY  - 2020
JO  - Novitas-Royal
VL  - 14
IS  - 1
SN  - 1307-4733
SP  - 69
EP  - 86
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/361924
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