Competing Goals in Second Language Education: How Teachers Build Meaningful Relationships in the L2 Classroom (Poster 12)

• In Event: AERA Virtual Poster Session 6
  In Poster Session: Teaching-Learning in Relationship

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to understand how second language (L2) teachers negotiate the potentially competing goals of speaking exclusively in the L2 and forming meaningful relationships with students simultaneously. In this mixed methods study, survey responses from 84 L2 teachers were used to conduct a hierarchical cluster analysis. A multivariate analysis of variance was then conducted with the clusters as the independent variable, followed by univariate analyses. Open ended responses were used to further describe the clusters. Finally, six participants were interviewed and served as exemplars for each cluster. A three-cluster solution revealed discrepancies in the way teachers approach and prioritize these goals based on their professional identities.

Authors

• Ryan Charles Palmer, Temple University

• Janelle M. Bailey, Temple University

• Avi Kaplan, Temple University

• Catie Duffield, Temple University