Embroidering Growth: A Narrative Inquiry into an EFL Teacher’s Development through Linguistic Landscapes

Osman Solmaz

doi:10.5565/rev/jtl3.1343

Brodant el creixement: Una investigació narrativa del desenvolupament d’un professor EFL mitjançant paisatges lingüístics

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Osman Solmaz Dicle University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2983-1177

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Resum

Aquest estudi explora el desenvolupament professional orientat als Paisatges Lingüístics (PL) d’una professora d’anglès com a llengua estrangera (ILE) mitjançant una investigació narrativa. L’estudi capta les seves narratives personals per comprendre l’impacte de les activitats de PL en el desenvolupament professional. Utilitzant entrevistes, marcs narratius, una enquesta oberta i una presentació en línia, la investigació segueix la seva trajectòria des de l’aprenentatge del PL fins a la seva integració a l’ensenyament, la realització d’investigacions i la redacció d’una tesi. Les troballes es presenten en una narració mitjançant la metàfora de l’elaboració d’un tapís. L’anàlisi revela que la professora d’ILE va entreteixir hàbilment les pràctiques d’aula centrades en l’aprenentatge permanent i els coneixements de recerca i va crear un tapís intrincat del seu desenvolupament professional. L´estudi ofereix implicacions per al desenvolupament dels professors d´idiomes i recomanacions per a futures investigacions.

Paraules clau

Paisatge lingüístic, Anglès com a llengua estrangera, Formació del professorat, Desenvolupament professional

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Biografia de l'autor/a

Osman Solmaz, Dicle University

I am an associate professor of English language teaching at Dicle University, Türkiye. I received my Ph.D. degree from the interdisciplinary Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) doctoral program at the University of Arizona. My research interests include teacher education, linguistic landscapes, digital literacies, and the implementation of technology in second language teaching and learning.