Prumel E. Barbudo
Yokohama City University
I am the current chapter president of West Tokyo JALT. I have been teaching for over 18 years in the Philippines and Japan in diverse contexts, and I hold an M.A. in English Education. Drawing from my experiences as a former Japanese Government Monbukagakusho scholar on teacher development research, I am a strong advocate of equal language teacher recognition and equity issues for nonnative English speaker teachers in Japan. My research interests include ethnography in education, task-based language teaching, and interlanguage pragmatics.
Sessions
Nonnative Teachers’ Cognition: A Duoethnography
This presentation explores how cognition and teaching context shape the mental lives of nonnative English teachers in Japan. Duoethnographic perspectives highlight the analysis of semi-structured conversations on three main themes: academic diaspora, lived experiences, and native speakerism in the workplace. This presentation aims to be a springboard for future directions that could help uplift the collective reputation of nonnative English teachers and promote educational equity.