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AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY ON BELIEFS AND ATTITUDES OF SOME LARKANA TEACHERS OF ENGLISH

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-I).19      10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-I).19      Published : Mar 2023

An Ethnographic Study on Beliefs and Attitudes of Some Larkana Teachers of English

Abstract

    Many specialists agree that beliefs have a powerful impact on teachers’ practices. However, it should be taken into account that their attitudes affect their practices as well. This paper is about English language teachers´ attitudes and beliefs. The objective was to share some data from ethnographic research developed with a group of high school English teachers from Larkana. The research data endorsed our hypothesis of the existence of a relationship between belief and attitude, which, to us, until then, was a gap in the studies of Applied Linguistics. Although initially, we had in mind the idea that attitudes could generate beliefs, we verified that attitudes are part of beliefs as well as they are personal, contextual, and incidental, which we explain in this paper. The data were collected through an interview and a questionnaire, which made it possible, based on the teachers' statements, to figure out how beliefs and attitudes operate and converge. That is why a study such as this is relevant since it can contribute
    to the field so that teachers can understand even better their pedagogical settings.

    Beliefs, Attitudes, English, Teachers

    (1) Syed Sada Hussain Bukhari
    Assistant Professor of Education, Shaheed Muhtarma Benazir Bhutto Government College of Education, Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan.
    (2) Ajab Ali Lashari
    Lecturer, Education, Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Karachi, Pakistan.
    (3) Syed Abid Ali Shah Jilani
    Director (HR), Directorate General of HR & Training, Schools Education & Literacy Department, Government of Sindh, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Bukhari, S. S. H., Lashari, A. A., & Jilani, S. A. A. S. (2023). An Ethnographic Study on Beliefs and Attitudes of Some Larkana Teachers of English. Global Educational Studies Review, VIII(I), 222-230. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-I).19

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Bukhari, Syed Sada Hussain, Ajab Ali Lashari, and Syed Abid Ali Shah Jilani. 2023. "An Ethnographic Study on Beliefs and Attitudes of Some Larkana Teachers of English." Global Educational Studies Review, VIII (I): 222-230 doi: 10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-I).19

HARVARD

    HARVARD : BUKHARI, S. S. H., LASHARI, A. A. & JILANI, S. A. A. S. 2023. An Ethnographic Study on Beliefs and Attitudes of Some Larkana Teachers of English. Global Educational Studies Review, VIII, 222-230.

MHRA

    MHRA : Bukhari, Syed Sada Hussain, Ajab Ali Lashari, and Syed Abid Ali Shah Jilani. 2023. "An Ethnographic Study on Beliefs and Attitudes of Some Larkana Teachers of English." Global Educational Studies Review, VIII: 222-230

MLA

    MLA : Bukhari, Syed Sada Hussain, Ajab Ali Lashari, and Syed Abid Ali Shah Jilani. "An Ethnographic Study on Beliefs and Attitudes of Some Larkana Teachers of English." Global Educational Studies Review, VIII.I (2023): 222-230 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Bukhari, Syed Sada Hussain, Lashari, Ajab Ali, and Jilani, Syed Abid Ali Shah (2023), "An Ethnographic Study on Beliefs and Attitudes of Some Larkana Teachers of English", Global Educational Studies Review, VIII (I), 222-230

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Bukhari, Syed Sada Hussain, Ajab Ali Lashari, and Syed Abid Ali Shah Jilani. "An Ethnographic Study on Beliefs and Attitudes of Some Larkana Teachers of English." Global Educational Studies Review VIII, no. I (2023): 222-230. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-I).19