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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"language teacher cognition"”.
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Language Teacher Cognition on English Grammar Assessment: Investigating EFL Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices regarding Classroom-based Assessment in Public Higher-Educational Institutions in Saudi Arabia
This thesis investigates teachers’ beliefs about English grammar assessment (EGA) and how these are linked to their professional practices when writing their grammar exams in their educational contexts, in higher educational facilities in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The central focus of this study is …
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A qualitative inquiry into the construction of modern foreign language teachers’ beliefs and pedagogical content knowledge
… explores the construction of modern foreign language teacher cognition: beliefs and pedagogical content knowledge. It examines how teachers’ beliefs about grammar and the role of target language in language teaching have been constructed. The research design is set within a …
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Addressing EFL Teachers’ Cognitions and Practices About Oral Interaction Through Professional Learning Opportunities in Chile
… most recent reform to the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) curriculum in Chile. Teachers in elementary schools play a critical role in the successful implementation of this curriculum innovation yet little is known about what these teachers think, know and believe about oral interaction and …
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Written corrective feedback at a Saudi University : English language teachers’ beliefs, students’ preferences, and teachers’ practices
… work is threefold: (a) the relationship between teachers’ beliefs and practices regarding the provision of WCF on students’ L2 writing, (b) the factors that prevent teachers from enacting their beliefs into practices, and (c) the relationship between students’ preferences and teachers’ practices …
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Listening Instruction and Teacher Cognition Underpinning the Skill in Iranian Private English Institutes
… than empirical evidence. Exploration of second language teacher cognition has also attracted the attention of many researchers over the last four decades. The majority of studies in this area have focused on grammar and literacy, and teacher cognition has not adequately addressed the skill of …
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Orienting to pedagogical innovation: A case study of Vietnamese teachers' beliefs and practices regarding Task-based Language Teaching
Although research into language teacher cognition has become a well-established domain of inquiry for applied linguists over the past few decades, few in-depth studies have explored language teachers’ beliefs regarding task-based language teaching (TBLT). Furthermore, in the context of Vietnam, …
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Conceptualising ESL Language Teacher Identity: Changing Classroom Practice through Action Research
… to the world and others within it. Similarly, language teacher identity (LTI), a burgeoning area of inquiry within the field of language teacher cognition, is increasingly recognised as central to how language teachers navigate their personal and professional lives, and, more importantly, their …
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The teaching and learning of Hawaiian in mainstream educational contexts in Hawai‘i: Time for change?
… be fewer than 1,000 native speakers of Hawaiian language (ka ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i) in Hawai‘i. The majority of those who now learn Hawaiian do so in mainstream educational contexts and the majority of teachers of Hawaiian have learned the language as a second language in mainstream educational …
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The teaching and learning of English at secondary school level in South Korea: The curriculum and its implementation
… attitudes and practices of a sample of teachers of English in South Korean secondary schools in the context of a focus point-based analysis of the South Korean national curriculum and a sample of widely used textbooks. There has been widespread criticism of the teaching of English in …
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Constructing Learner Autonomy Through Control Shift: Sociocultural Implications of Teacher Cognition and Practice in a Chinese Secondary School
… through control shifts from school managers to teachers and from teachers to students. However, few empirical studies have closely examined the actual practices of managers and teachers in this regard, and their perceptions on their own practices as well as the nature of autonomy. This is the …
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The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: A critical analysis of its impact on a sample of teachers and curricula within and beyond Europe
… the Council of Europe began its deliberations on language and culture, deliberations that eventually led (in 2001) to the release of the current version of The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment (CEFR). Since then, the influence of the CEFR has …