Comparing Omani student-teacher’s expressions of identities in traditional efl class-rooms and digital contexts
Other Title(s)
مقارنة تعبير الطلبة المعلمين العمانيين عن الهوية في الفصول الدراسية التقليدية و السياقات الرقمية لتعليم اللغة الإنجليزية كلغة أجنبية
Author
Source
Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies
Issue
Vol. 15, Issue 4 (31 Oct. 2021), pp.500-516, 17 p.
Publisher
Sultan Qaboos University College of Education
Publication Date
2021-10-31
Country of Publication
Oman
No. of Pages
17
Main Subjects
Languages & Comparative Literature
Abstract EN
This paper aims to investigate how virtual social spaces facilitate the expression of female and male Omani student-teachers’ identities, as compared to classroom contexts.
The study follows a qualitative research design that is grounded in an interpretivist/constructivist paradigm.
Focus group discussions and Language Learning Histories were used for data collection.
Fourteen Omani EFL student-teachers participat-ed in this study.
The findings are discussed in relation to Dörnyei’s L2 Motivational Self System (2009), the Self-Determination Theory (2002), and Yashima’s International Posture (2009).
The research data support the tripartite motivational model, with the expression of Omani-Islamic identity as a powerful motivation for Omani learners to participate in social media.
Significantly, the findings reveal that participants’ online iden-tity relates to their actual identity and, thus, bringing their offline identity to the digital context.
In a sense, what they consumed offline fed into their online identity.
Their online identity was filtered through the lens of English which facilitated their participation in virtual social spaces.
The paper argues that social and cul-tural platforms afford wealthy exposure to and participatory involvement in multicultural-oriented spaces, promoting extensive research of the digital context.
The findings of the research are topical as they resonate with the current thinking in the realm of motivation.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Wuhaybi, Suad. 2021. Comparing Omani student-teacher’s expressions of identities in traditional efl class-rooms and digital contexts. Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies،Vol. 15, no. 4, pp.500-516.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1340817
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Wuhaybi, Suad. Comparing Omani student-teacher’s expressions of identities in traditional efl class-rooms and digital contexts. Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies Vol. 15, no. 4 (2021), pp.500-516.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1340817
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Wuhaybi, Suad. Comparing Omani student-teacher’s expressions of identities in traditional efl class-rooms and digital contexts. Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies. 2021. Vol. 15, no. 4, pp.500-516.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1340817
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 514-516
Record ID
BIM-1340817