小学英语教师应对新课程改革的能动性发挥直接影响基础教育的英语教学质量和教师的职业发展。研究滇西北小学英语教师的能动性有助于揭示他们承担教学改革重任的能力。本研究采用质性访谈方式，运用定位理论分析种种矛盾所形成的话语张力。研究发现了一系列教师所面临的冲突，包括教学行为与能动性行为的交锋、教学实践中的理想与能动性冲突以及素养培养与英语单科教学之间的冲突。这些冲突反映了当地小学英语教师在教学权利和义务定位上的矛盾。研究提出，与小学英语教师的英语学科能力和外语教学技能相比，教师更需要重视尊重儿童全面发展的成长规律，注重学生的情感态度和社会实践能力。这 一研究结果对正确理解和尊重当地小学英语教师，促进他们的职业发展，具有一定意义。

The agency of primary school English teachers in the New Curriculum Reform has a great impact on the quality of English teaching and the professional development of teachers. Research on the agency of primary school English teachers in northwest Yunnan Province helps to reveal how they participate in teaching reform. This paper, based on the analysis of interview discourse within the framework of Positioning Theory, examines the tensions arising from various conflicts revealed by the teachers involved in the study. The analysis identifies several including the clash between teachers’ actual teaching behavior and their ideals, between their agency and their recognition of rights and duties; and between their understanding of students’ needs for overall development and specific needs in English learning. The findings suggest that primary school English teachers should focus more on children’s needs for overall growth, especially their socio-emotional development rather than solely on achieving a high level of expertise in English teaching. These research findings are significant for properly understanding and respecting local primary school English teachers, and promoting their professional development.