Workshops as an avenue of teacher development in a Language without Borders community in Southern Brazil

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  • William Kirsch Universidade Federal do Rio Grande
  • Simone Sarmento Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Instituto de Letras, Setor de Inglês

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/2178-3640.2018.2.31916

Keywords:

English as an Additional Language, teacher development, Languages without Borders.

Abstract

This paper discusses the use of “workshops” at a community generated by the program Languages without Borders as an avenue for the development of teachers of English as an Additional Language. Part of a larger research project aimed at elucidating the practices of teacher development in the community, this paper discusses field notes as well as transcriptions of a workshop held at the community, by two of its more experienced members. This paper corroborates evidence that workshops, despite often disputed by teacher development literature, is a good opportunity for teachers to share the results of their own reflections, as well as for the emergence of critical teacher development (Pennycook, 2001; Pessoa, 2014).

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Author Biographies

William Kirsch, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande

Professor adjunto de Língua Inglesa no Instituto de Letras e Artes da Universidade do Rio Grande (FURG). 

Simone Sarmento, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Instituto de Letras, Setor de Inglês

Professora Associada da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Orientadora de mestrado e doutorado no PPG LET UFRGS. 

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2019-01-15

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Kirsch, W., & Sarmento, S. (2019). Workshops as an avenue of teacher development in a Language without Borders community in Southern Brazil. BELT - Brazilian English Language Teaching Journal, 9(2), 395–408. https://doi.org/10.15448/2178-3640.2018.2.31916

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