TORRES-ROCHA, Julio César. EFL Teacher Professionalism and Identity: Between Local/Global ELT Tensions. []. , 26, 1, pp.153-176. ISSN 0120-5927.  https://doi.org/10.19183/how.26.1.501.

This article of reflection considers socio-political issues such as linguistic imperialism, native speakerism, English as an International language, and appropriate teaching methodologies, which are currently contentious issues in the ELT community. Framed within a critical approach of applied linguistics, these issues are addressed in three sections (global/local tensions, teacher professional identity, and a new EFL professional identity) in order to argue that a dynamic, shifting, and multifaceted perspective of a globally-minded EFL teacher professional identity is needed so that Colombian EFL professionals can define or redefine their own identities in taking an informed and critical political stance.

: EFL professionalism; professional identity; critical applied linguistics; English as an international language..

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