Neoliberal common sense and Erasmus student mobility: how do prospective English language teachers construct their experiences?

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2024-01-01

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Çiftçi, Emrullah Yasin
Karaman, Abdullah Cendel

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Erasmus student experiences currently seem to be closely linked to the neoliberal common sense, meaning that market-oriented motivations and consumerist behaviours can often be found in students’ discourses and experiences. With this point in mind, in this qualitative inquiry, we focused on how a cohort of prospective English language teachers constructed their Erasmus experiences. Upon analysing a qualitative set of data, we argued that the participants constructed a polydimensional Erasmus experience marked predominantly by neoliberal elements, interspersed with discernible critical facets. We, then, offered recommendations aimed at ensuring a more balanced and transformative Erasmus experience for prospective English language teachers.

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Erasmus, language teacher education, Neoliberalism, reflexive thematic analysis, study abroad

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/110253

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Department of Foreign Language Education, Article