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Researching in EFL classrooms is complicated and challenged by a number of factors: the position of English as a global language; global mobility and its impact on cultural identity; the call for greater communicative competencies in EFL learners; proliferation of innovative pedagogical repertoires in EFL teaching; as well as the demands of teacher accountability in relation to student performance.
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Araki, N., Senior, K. (2015). Making ‘Work’ Matter. In: Vicars, M., Steinberg, S., McKenna, T., Cacciattolo, M. (eds) The Praxis of English Language Teaching and Learning (PELT). Critical New Literacies. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-112-0_7
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