Description:
Abstract: "This
article
details
a
mixed
methods
study
conducted
during
the
2015
academic
year
at
Mandalay
University,
Department
of
English
in
Mandalay
Myanmar.
It
con
tributes
to
discourse
examining
contemporary
patterns
and
challenges
of
English
language
education.
Methodology
from
both
qualitative
and
quantitative
paradigms
was
systematically
combined.
A
survey
questionnaire
was
distributed
to
70
participants
and
ten
focus
group
interviews
were
conducted
with
33
participants.
A
second
set
of
participants
included
university
students
from
institutions
in
the
Mandalay
region.
Results
suggest
that
English
language
teaching
in
Myanmar
mirrors
other
Asian
contexts
in
terms
of
the
rising
influence
of
globalization
for
English
teaching,
a
concern
for
teachers?
English
proficiency,
and
the
disconnect
between
policy
and
practice.
Teacher
confidence,
disconnect
between
curriculum
and
preparation
of
students;
low
salary,
overreliance
on
the
transmission
model,
and
large
class
size
were
also
reported
as
challenges.
Recommendations
call
for
steps
toward
a
foundation
of
reflective
practice
using
action
research
as
a
starting
point
and
secondly
to
encourage
English
language
educators
representative
of
the
creative
class,
defined
by
Florida
(2002)
to
align
as
a
public
group
of
professionals.
Future
research
should
examine
the
elements
that
make
English
an
important
language
in
the
Myanmar
context
and
based
on
this,
consider
what
concept
of
English,
what
variety
of
English,
and
what
methodologies
of
English
language
teaching
are
most
productive
for
Myanmar
as
a
nation
in
transition.".....Paper delivered at the International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-26 July 2015.
Source/publisher:
International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-26 July 2015
Date of Publication:
2015-07-26
Date of entry:
2015-08-11
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