POLICY BRIEF article
Front. Educ.
Sec. Teacher Education
Volume 10 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/feduc.2025.1588265
This article is part of the Research TopicEmerging Issues in English Language Education with Psycho-Emotional Traits in the Spotlight: Futurology in Language StudiesView all 9 articles
Change in Perspective, Change in Educational Policy
Provisionally accepted
- Talpiot College of Education, Holon, Israel
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This policy brief explores how a shift in perspective changed the educational environment for EFL educators to improve student teachers' oral performance 1 .• Grounded in action research, we present practice-based policies.• A key finding of action research 2 (Appendix 1 and 2) was the central role of socialemotional factors, specifically foreign language anxiety.• The department began a process of expansive learning to integrate the ACCESSES 3 framework (Autonomy, Collaboration, Communication, Empowerment, Scaffolding and Emotional Safety).• This shift fostered a collaborative culture, addressed emotional needs in language learning, and led to instructional redesign.• Core practices refined through ongoing professional development, transformed the departmental culture into a space of experimentation and applied theory.• We redefined our teaching and learning, becoming a model for broader institutional change.
Keywords: Educational policies, expansive learning, second language, applied linguistics, speaking, EFL teacher training
Received: 19 Mar 2025; Accepted: 06 Jun 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Telor Reize, Gluck and Ostrizki. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Dorit Telor Reize, Talpiot College of Education, Holon, Israel
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