Applied Research on English Language, Volume (1), No (1), Year (2012-9) , Pages (57-71)

Title : ( Crossing the threshold of Iranian TEFL )

Authors: Reza Pishghadam , Reza Zabihi ,

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Abstract

Teaching English in an Iranian and Islamic culture poses complex questions for both teachers and learners. In this paper, the authors intend to shed light on what it means to teach English as a foreign language (TEFL) in an Islamic-Iranian context. Having reviewed the colonial and postmodern views of English language teaching, the authors took a look beyond the current state of TEFL in Iran, which is marked by its continuing global tendency, and into the future with an emphasis on the importance of including the local specificities of the Iranian culture and religion. The status of the TEFL in Iran and the direction it should take in the future are accompanied by offering some solutions to inherent problems. Iranian TEFL is introduced as the successful assertion of Iranian local culture against the cultural and ideological domination of the West, which can be an antidote to the harshness of all marginalizations Iranians have suffered for centuries.

Keywords

globalization; colonialism; postcolonialism; linguistic imperialism; postmodernism; localization; Iranian TEFL
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title = {Crossing the threshold of Iranian TEFL},
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