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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"second language teacher education"”.
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“I know but I can’t explain.” The role of knowledge about English grammar in second language teacher education.
… for teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL). Despite this, due to English being the Lingua Franca of the world today (Crystal 2003), and the demand for English teaching high, short TESOL courses without KAG education dominate. In addition, KAG is not studied in UK secondary …
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ESL teacher education in British Columbia : experienced teachers' perceptions and preferences
… perceptions and preferences of experienced ESL teachers in British Columbia concerning their second language teacher education (SLTE). The study asked what skills and knowledge were important for SLTE in light of teaching experience, and what experiences and activities for training were …
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'What I Didn't Want To Do', 'What I Thought I Would Do', and 'What I Ended Up Doing': Novice EFL Teachers' Narratives of Experience in Learning to Teach
… been the subject of many studies in the field of second language teacher education. These have included looking at the impact of teacher education programs (Peacock, 2009) and student teachers’ experiences in them (Malderez, Hobson, Tracey & Kerr, 2007), exploring beginning teachers' issues and …
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Conversational Repair Strategies of Teachers of English as a Second Language
The results established a typology of second language teachers' conversational repair strategies. It included strategies involving nonverbal aspects such as gesture, prosody, turn-taking, and display of sympathy. The findings indicated that both student proficiency levels and instructional foci …
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The Potential of Dialogic Interaction as a Tool for Mediating Learning During Pre-service English Language Teacher Preparation
… interaction may be beneficial to pre-service second language teacher education that is conducted in the context of a UK University degree award. The qualitative research methodology draws on concepts of Action Research and employs tools from sociocultural and classroom discourse analysis, as …
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The use of the target language/second language and the use of the first language: four case studies of German and Spanish teachers in modern foreign language post-primary classrooms in the Republic of Ireland
… role and importance of teaching a modern foreign language mainly through the target language has been an issue of considerable debate. Current best practice suggests that use of the target language as the principal language of the classroom is an important element in creating an effective learning …
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Diverse Pathways, Common Themes: A Complexity-Informed, Human-Oriented Comparative Case Study of Teacher Candidates' Experiences of French Language Proficiency Development in Concurrent Teacher Preparation in Ontario
This dissertation explores the French-language-proficiency development experiences of diverse teacher candidates (TCs) in two concurrent teacher preparation programs in Ontario, Canada, where French is a minority language and many future teachers of French as a Second Language (FSL) use it as an …
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Developing L2 Writing Teacher Expertise: An Exploratory Study of MA TESOL Students’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Writing Across Three UK Programmes
… for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) with regards to the teaching of L2 writing. Drawing on data from interviews with participants across three UK universities, it explores how participants’ conceptualisations of L2 writing and L2 writing instruction relate to the …
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The impact of an English language learner professional development program on teacher perception of preparedness and practice
<p>The growing number of English language learners in classrooms today can be seen across the United States. Despite the increase of English language learners in our schools, few teachers have been formally trained to meet their academic and linguistic needs. Training is needed for teachers of …
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Curriculum Deliberation by Experienced EFL Teachers (A Case Study in the Indonesian College EFL Context)
… the processes of English as a foreign language (EFL) curriculum deliberation as carried out by six experienced EFL teachers in the Indonesian college EFL context. In particular, the study examined how these teachers defined curricular problems within this EFL context, how they addressed …