A recent global trend in the domain of self-access learning has been MOOCs (Massive Open Online C... more A recent global trend in the domain of self-access learning has been MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), enabling flexible participation and open access to online learning resources via the web. Educational institutes and universities across the world now offer MOOCs, including the self-accessed English language courses. FutureLearn a digital education platform—offers a handful of English language courses created by reputed universities in the United Kingdom, and also the British Council.
This paper explains why it is necessary to employ two apparently disparate qualitative methodolog... more This paper explains why it is necessary to employ two apparently disparate qualitative methodologies to address multidimensional research objectives of a complex phenomenon: non-native English-speaking teachers’ (NNESTs) professional identity. This paper proposes a combined methodology of narrative enquiry and hermeneutic phenomenological enquiry to construct understanding in terms of what NNESTs describe as their experiences of professional identity development and the researcher’s interpretations of their thickly layered data. This proposed methodology is the adopted version of the Methodology chapter of a confirmed Australian doctoral project. The purpose of this paper is to show how, by employing the two methodologies, the author intends to capture individual teachers’ meaning makings and their common phenomena of professional identity formation. With justification, the paper includes components of a qualitative research design: research paradigm, methodological approach, and th...
To determine whether second language (L2) proficiency and exposure to work environments influence... more To determine whether second language (L2) proficiency and exposure to work environments influence language learners’ pragmalinguistic knowledge of implicatures, I surveyed 76 native and non-native participants in Australia. Thirty non-native respondents were from working contexts and 31 from tertiary education institutes, and 15 native speakers were drawn from a university context. Analysis revealed no working context effect on understanding of implicature items but substantial L2 proficiency effect, and some length of residence effect on pragmatic knowledge of implicature. I concluded that formulaic implicature is more difficult to understand than idiosyncratic implicature in which the conversation’s principles are violated. This study has potential implications for policy making in the areas of Australian language, curriculum development, pedagogical approaches, and English teacher professional development and standardisations.
This paper explains why it is necessary to employ two apparently disparate qualitative methodolog... more This paper explains why it is necessary to employ two apparently disparate qualitative methodologies to address multidimensional research objectives of a complex phenomenon: non-native English-speaking teachers' (NNESTs) professional identity. This paper proposes a combined methodology of narrative enquiry and hermeneutic phenomenological enquiry to construct understanding in terms of what NNESTs describe as their experiences of professional identity development and the researcher's interpretations of their thickly layered data. This proposed methodology is the adopted version of the Methodology chapter of a confirmed Australian doctoral project. The purpose of this paper is to show how, by employing the two methodologies, the author intends to capture individual teachers' meaning makings and their common phenomena of professional identity formation. With justification, the paper includes components of a qualitative research design: research paradigm, methodological appr...
A recent global trend in the domain of self-access learning has been MOOCs (Massive Open Online C... more A recent global trend in the domain of self-access learning has been MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), enabling flexible participation and open access to online learning resources via the web. Educational institutes and universities across the world now offer MOOCs, including the self-accessed English language courses. FutureLearn a digital education platform—offers a handful of English language courses created by reputed universities in the United Kingdom, and also the British Council.
This paper explains why it is necessary to employ two apparently disparate qualitative methodolog... more This paper explains why it is necessary to employ two apparently disparate qualitative methodologies to address multidimensional research objectives of a complex phenomenon: non-native English-speaking teachers’ (NNESTs) professional identity. This paper proposes a combined methodology of narrative enquiry and hermeneutic phenomenological enquiry to construct understanding in terms of what NNESTs describe as their experiences of professional identity development and the researcher’s interpretations of their thickly layered data. This proposed methodology is the adopted version of the Methodology chapter of a confirmed Australian doctoral project. The purpose of this paper is to show how, by employing the two methodologies, the author intends to capture individual teachers’ meaning makings and their common phenomena of professional identity formation. With justification, the paper includes components of a qualitative research design: research paradigm, methodological approach, and th...
To determine whether second language (L2) proficiency and exposure to work environments influence... more To determine whether second language (L2) proficiency and exposure to work environments influence language learners’ pragmalinguistic knowledge of implicatures, I surveyed 76 native and non-native participants in Australia. Thirty non-native respondents were from working contexts and 31 from tertiary education institutes, and 15 native speakers were drawn from a university context. Analysis revealed no working context effect on understanding of implicature items but substantial L2 proficiency effect, and some length of residence effect on pragmatic knowledge of implicature. I concluded that formulaic implicature is more difficult to understand than idiosyncratic implicature in which the conversation’s principles are violated. This study has potential implications for policy making in the areas of Australian language, curriculum development, pedagogical approaches, and English teacher professional development and standardisations.
This paper explains why it is necessary to employ two apparently disparate qualitative methodolog... more This paper explains why it is necessary to employ two apparently disparate qualitative methodologies to address multidimensional research objectives of a complex phenomenon: non-native English-speaking teachers' (NNESTs) professional identity. This paper proposes a combined methodology of narrative enquiry and hermeneutic phenomenological enquiry to construct understanding in terms of what NNESTs describe as their experiences of professional identity development and the researcher's interpretations of their thickly layered data. This proposed methodology is the adopted version of the Methodology chapter of a confirmed Australian doctoral project. The purpose of this paper is to show how, by employing the two methodologies, the author intends to capture individual teachers' meaning makings and their common phenomena of professional identity formation. With justification, the paper includes components of a qualitative research design: research paradigm, methodological appr...
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