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Journal articles on the topic "English teacher practice"
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Nurkamto, Joko, and Teguh Sarosa. "Engaging EFL Teachers in Reflective Practice as A Way to Pursue Sustained Professional Development." International Journal of Pedagogy and Teacher Education 4, no. 1 (2020): 45. http://dx.doi.org/10.20961/ijpte.v4i1.26082.
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<p>Reflective practice has become a significant aspect in determining good teaching and learning practices and is an important part of professional practice and professional growth. However, English teachers in Indonesia has not been able to perform reflection on their teaching in order to improve their teaching practice. This study reports the results of an intensive training held by PKM UNS to help teachers develop a reflective teaching habit. The participants were 30 English teachers of Islamic Senior High School in Solo Raya. Observation field notes and teacher assignments were used as the main data collection method. From this program, it was found that the English teachers encountered plethora of challenges in developing reflective practice due to their lack of understanding of reflective teaching. However, the teachers show an improvement in implementing reflective teaching strategies after their participation in the training. Recommendations to include reflective practices in teacher professional development programs is drawn based on the findings.</p>
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Nur, Shakila. "Secondary English Language Teacher Capacity: Insights From Bangladesh." International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies 6, no. 4 (2018): 163. http://dx.doi.org/10.7575/aiac.ijels.v.6n.4p.163.
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Like other developing, non-English speaking countries in Asia, Bangladesh has shown a phenomenal attention towards English education through the school curriculum. The attention is demonstrated by revisiting and revising pertinent curriculum, personnel, materials, methods, and assessment policies of English education. This paper, within an exploratory, qualitative case study paradigm offers a modest, interpretive inquiry into secondary English teacher capacity, in terms of their recruitment, training and class performance. The data were collected from semi-structured interviews with secondary English teachers, school principals and teacher trainers, and classroom observations of secondary English teachers. The findings identified a set of generic issues around secondary English teacher capacity. These included inadequate provision of teachers, stigmatised practice of teacher recruitment, limited attention to teacher training and their impacts on the overall quality of English education. Reflecting upon the findings, the paper concludes with a set of recommendations for secondary English personnel policy and practice, which could be a point of reference for Bangladesh and beyond.
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Porras, Anthony. "EXAMINING INSTITUTIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM: ENGLISH TEACHER’S PERSPECTIVES AND PRACTICES." SAGA: Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics 1, no. 1 (2020): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.21460/saga.2020.11.7.
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The issue of what the role of grammar is and how it should be taught is still considered a dilemma among English teachers. Though various schools of thought and methodologies were discovered, the convincing postulations and effective practices in language learning are still in constant exploration. As an attempt to alleviate this dilemma, this research aims to identify teacher beliefs and practices when it comes to grammar. Utilizing a single case study method, perspectives and methodologies were studied from an English teacher in the Philippines. Findings revealed that grammar was still an important aspect in the language learning and teaching. However, fluency was greatly emphasized over accuracy. In practice, Communicative Language Teaching was the most commonly observed method utilized in teaching grammar. It is suggested that there should be a balance between form and function aspects of teaching grammar.
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Tiong, Ngee Derk. "The Weight of Our Words: Language and Teacher Agency from the Perspective of Gee’s ‘Cultural Models’." English Teacher 50, no. 2 (2021): 116–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.52696/bcgt8886.
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In this article, I suggest that one way to enhance teacher agency is to practise greater linguistic awareness in our professional conversations. Based on a conceptual framework utilising the idea of ‘cultural models’ (everyday theories expressed in language) I analyse primary data of Malaysian English-language teachers’ meetings to show two ways in which they have an impact on practice and agency. Based on the evidence, I claim that cultural models [1] function as problem-framing devices and [2] can support transformations in practice. The data in this paper comes from audiovisual recordings of teacher meetings, generated as part of a larger study on teacher collaborative discourse in professional learning communities (PLC), with English-language teachers at Malaysian national secondary schools. Based on these findings, I argue that teacher agency defined as the capacity to make a difference in the context of teachers’ work—is partly a function of how teachers speak about the relevant domains of their practice, be they students, subject or pedagogy. This offers practitioners who wish to be more agentic in their practice some relevant points for reflection.
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Karatsiori, Marianthi, Trisevgeni Liontou, and Makrina Zafiri. "Rethinking Teacher Education via Collaborative Learning." International Journal of Teacher Education and Professional Development 4, no. 2 (2021): 34–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijtepd.2021070103.
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This article focuses on peer online professional development methods for in-service English language teachers. In the digital era, teacher education is in constant change, and online collaborative professional development methods using social media, digital platforms, and tools can be an interesting way in which to create a community of practice where English teachers can engage in generating and jointly developing digital learning content, new conceptions, and models of teaching within an environment of trust. The selected examples will demonstrate how English language teachers can take the role of a teacher-coach and actively engage other English language teachers in tech integration that is deeply embedded in subject matter, as opposed to offering stand-alone lessons on how to use technology. The flipped classroom approach will be liaised with concrete techniques of developing ICT skills and enriching teachers' practices. The methods presented can be used to deliver refresher training, as well as to provide ongoing support and mentorship to hone and build English language skills.
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Winn, Maisha T. "Building a “Lifetime Circle”: English Education in the Age of #BlackLivesMatter." Urban Education 53, no. 2 (2017): 248–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042085917747114.
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This article argues that, to prepare teachers in the era of #BlackLivesMatter, there must be a radical reframing of teacher education in which teachers learn to disentangle their teaching from the culture of Mass Incarceration and the criminalization of Black and Brown people in the context of the United States in their practice. Using a restorative justice paradigm, I seek to understand in what ways, if any, teacher training, specifically of English teachers, can address issues of Mass Incarceration and how teacher preparation can support preservice teachers to resist colonizing pedagogies and practices that privilege particular ways of knowing and being that isolate particular youth.
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Sari, Indah. "The Effectiveness of English Teacher Education Practice." Budapest International Research and Critics Institute (BIRCI-Journal): Humanities and Social Sciences 4, no. 2 (2021): 2938–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.33258/birci.v4i2.2003.
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This study aimed to describe about the effectiveness of English teacher education practice in Medan. This study applied the descriptive qualitative design. The subjects of this study were 10 mentors and 30 participants of English teacher education practice. Furthermore, the questionnaire was administered in order to collect the data. The data analysis used the data condensation, data display and verification. The English teacher education practice in Medan was quite effective since most of respondents gave the “good” statement for socializing and coordinating of the program, coordinating the program preparation, and coordination of monitoring and evaluation of English teacher education practice. Meanwhile, most of them gave the “fair” statement for the obstacles during the program implementation preparation and the effort to overcome the problems by the related institution in the English teacher education practice. The result of the study proved that the English teacher education practice in Medan fulfilled the classification or indicators of the effectiveness in implementing the education practice for English teacher.
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Turvey, Anne Marie, and Jeremy Lloyd. "From pre-service to early-career English teacher in the UK: negotiating powerful myths." English Teaching: Practice & Critique 15, no. 2 (2016): 236–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/etpc-02-2016-0036.
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Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate contemporary pre-service English teacher education in the UK and the transition, for one individual, from pre-service into early-career English teacher. The investigation explores how standards-based education reforms are narrowing the scope of professional practice in UK schools, especially in regard to the creativity of teachers and students. Design/methodology/approach The authors use critical autobiography (Haug, 1992; Miller, 1995; Rosen, 1998) and dialogic storytelling strategies (Doecke and Parr, 2009; Parr et al., 2015), that are grounded in Bakhtinian (1981) theories of language, education and creativity. Findings The essay critically illustrates how standards-based reforms are narrowing the professional practice of English teachers in secondary classrooms in England and compares this with one account of pre-service teacher education in which prospective teachers are taught to appreciate the situated nature of teaching and learning and the power of creative practices to engage students in their learning and development. Originality/value The critical and creative use of dialogic storytelling strategies allows the authors to present rigorously contextualised accounts of English teacher education and English teaching in England. The reflexive accounts complement the increasing numbers of studies that are showing the injurious effects of standards-based education reforms on English teaching and learning in schools.
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Jazuly, Ahmad, Ninuk Indrayani, and Nostalgianti Citra Prystiananta. "The Teaching of English in Indonesian Primary Schools: a Response to the New Policy." Linguistic, English Education and Art (LEEA) Journal 3, no. 1 (2019): 17–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.31539/leea.v3i1.609.
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In this study, I investigated the teachers' current practice without curriculum of English lesson at primary schools and teacher's response to the new policy on English lessons in primary school. The participants of this study were 46 respondents which consist of 17 males and 29 females. The data was obtained by distributing an open-ended question to teachers who teach in a primary school in Jember district of East Java. The questionnaire was administered to the teacher to be filled in directly. The first finding showed that most of the teachers agreed that teachers should be qualified, teachers need appropriate teaching media for students, and most of the students are very enthusiastic in learning English. The second finding about the teacher's response to the new policy on English lessons in primary school showed that most teachers expected the government to return the English language policy to be taught in primary school as a compulsory subject. Conclusion, the current practices of teaching English in primary school are divided into three parts, 1) most the teachers who involve become sample in this study agreed that the teachers should be qualified in teaching English in primary school, 2) most the teachers needed teaching media appropriate for the students in primary school, 3) most the students were very enthusiastic about learning English.
 Keyword; Indonesian primary school, teacher, new policy.
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Too, Wei Keong, and Eka J. Saimima. "TEACHER BELIEF AND PRACTICE IN A SCHOOL-BASED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSROOM IN EASTERN INDONESIA." Journal of Nusantara Studies (JONUS) 4, no. 1 (2019): 211. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol4iss1pp211-231.
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This study examines an English language teacher’s beliefs and practices within the context of implementation of school-based curriculum in Eastern Indonesia. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between teacher belief and practice in the school-based curriculum through two research questions: “What are the teacher’s beliefs about teaching English in a school-based curriculum setting?” and “How does the school-based curriculum influence the teacher’s beliefs and practices?”. This case study adopts purposeful sampling involving a volunteered public junior high school English language teacher. It derives its qualitative data from semi-structured interviews, observation field notes and lesson plans. It identifies two themes of this teacher’s belief: “pragmatic views of teaching” and “conformity to practice”. When the beliefs were examined in relation to the practices, another two themes emerged, and they were “negotiation between expectations and practices” and “tension between conformity and practice”. The findings of this study indicate that negotiation was a constant practice while teaching within the context of the school-based curriculum. Although the teacher demonstrated autonomy in classroom management and teaching strategies, the freedom was not extended to the selection of teaching materials and activities. The identified tensions between conformity and practice highlight issues in teacher readiness and teacher support on the implementation of school-based curriculum. Keywords: Classroom practice, English language teacher, Indonesia, school-based curriculum, teacher belief. Cite as: Too, W. K. & Saimima, E. J. (2019). Teacher belief and practice in a school-based English language classroom in eastern Indonesia. Journal of Nusantara Studies, 4(1), 211-231. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol4iss1pp211-231
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "English teacher practice"
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RODRIGUES, RENATA LOPES DE ALMEIDA. "EXPLORATORY PRACTICE IN ENGLISH TEACHER EDUCATION: REFLECTION AND ETHICS IN PEDAGOGIC PRACTICE." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2014. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=24050@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO<br>COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR<br>PROGRAMA DE SUPORTE À PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO DE INSTS. DE ENSINO<br>A capacidade de se desenvolver e aprender com o outro e a natureza inacabada do ser humano são fatores motivadores desta tese. Este trabalho investigativo resgata um desejo de entender e refletir sobre questões relativas à construção reflexiva, ética e afetiva do professor de línguas, através do discurso, a partir da experiência e da interação social. Fundamentada pelos princípios da Prática Exploratória, tais como integrar todos no trabalho, trabalhar para o desenvolvimento mútuo, trabalhar para entender e priorizar a qualidade de vida na sala de aula, e pela teoria sócio-histórica-cultural de Vygotsky, portanto, essa pesquisa busca esses entendimentos sobre questões relativas à formação inicial do professor de línguas. É uma pesquisa qualitativa, dentro do paradigma participativo e colaborativo, realizada com professores em formação inicial que participam de um projeto de Iniciação à Docência, em uma universidade estadual, na cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Construtos da Sociolinguística Interacional, como as noções de enquadre, footing e pistas de contextualização são norteadores da microanálise de dados gerados a partir de gravações dos encontros do grupo em áudio e de relatórios escritos pelos futuros professores. Esses entendimentos apontam para a construção conjunta de saberes e práticas do professor de línguas como parte do desenvolvimento humano, que é construído na interação social com o outro. Os encontros analisados, os relatórios, a sessão reflexiva e pôsteres apresentados pelos alunos-professores mostram a relevância do trabalho reflexivo e cooperativo, mediado pela construção de andaimes emocionais e de conteúdo, para o desenvolvimento mútuo, de alunos-professores e professoras-orientadoras.<br>The capacity human beings have to develop and learn with others and the unfinished nature of the human being are factors which motivate this thesis. This investigative work rescues a desire to understand and reflect about issues concerning the reflective, ethical and affective construction of the language teacher, through discursive, experiential and social interaction. This research is based on the Principles of Exploratory Practice, such as integrating everybody, work for mutual development, work for understanding and prioritize quality of classroom life, and on Vygotskian socio-historical-cultural theory, thus aiming to enrich understandings of language teacher initial development. It is a qualitative research, within the participatory and collaborative paradigm, conducted with teachers who take part of a project for initial teacher education, in a state university in Rio de Janeiro. Constructs from Interactional Sociolinguistics, such as the notions of frame, footing and contextualization cues are used to analyze the data, which were generated from audio recordings of the group meetings and written reports. These understandings point to the construction of the language teacher identity as part of human development, constructed in the interaction with others. The meetings which were analyzed, the reports, the reflective session and the posters presented by the teacher-learners show the relevance of the reflective and cooperative work, mediated by the construction of emotional and content scaffoldings in order to provide teacher learners and teacher educators mutual development.
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Scherler, Kathy L. "Elementary music teachers instructing English language learners: Reflection on practice." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2005. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4933/.
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This qualitative study investigated four monolingual, English-only speaking Caucasian elementary music teachers and their reflections regarding instruction of English language learners (ELL). The purpose of this multiple case study was to investigate the teaching practice and curricular decisions of elementary music teachers who instruct Hispanic ELL students. The investigation was conducted during a nine-week period, and data collection included classroom observations, phenomenological interviewing, and teacher audio journals. None of the teachers had prior education or pre-service preparation in teaching music to ELL students. The major theoretical base from which the study was developed was the reflective teaching theory of Donald Schön (1983). The main research question was: "What are the participating teachers' reflections about their curricular and pedagogical decisions when teaching ELL students?" Following a description of the elementary music teachers' reflections on practice with ELL students, the study revealed that the majority of elementary music teachers had a lack of preparation and ELL music curriculum, and negative perceptions of the placement program for ESL students. Despite these factors, the teachers made attempts to include ELL students in all music activities. This study showed that while one teacher accommodated specifically for the ELL students' learning, three out of four teachers did not. This study also suggests that music is a subject by which strong interactions between peers, opportunity for language expansion, and other factors occur which have positive correspondence to recommended ELL instructional strategies. A cross-case analysis revealed that the life history and experience of the elementary music teachers had an influence on the teachers' awareness of ELL students. The analysis suggests a relationship between teacher awareness and accommodation. The study also recognized the need for further inquiry regarding ELL students and issues related to their school placement. This study has implications for music education research including suggestions for music teacher preparation in working with ELL students, ELL music resources and curriculum, and pre-service and in-service ELL music preparation.
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Thayne, Shelby Werner. "Facilitating Language Learner Motivation: Teacher Motivational Practice and Teacher Motivational Training." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2013. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4026.
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This study investigated the connection between teacher use of motivational strategies and observable learner motivated behavior in an adult Intensive English Program (IEP) in the United States. The question of whether teachers would find value in being specifically trained in the use of motivational strategies as part of teacher educations programs was examined. Eight teachers and 117 students were observed over the course of 24 classes using a classroom observation instrument, the motivation orientation of language teaching (MOLT), originally developed by Guilloteaux and Dörnyei (2008) and modified by the current researchers. The MOLT observation scheme allowed for real-time coding of observable learner motivated behaviors and teacher motivational behaviors based on Dörnyei's (2001) motivational strategy framework for foreign language classrooms. Postlesson teacher evaluations completed by both the observer and the teacher formed part of the measure of teacher motivational practice. Additionally, teachers attended up to two training sessions, responded to postlesson interview questions and completed a feedback survey. The results validate the previous findings that teacher motivational practice is strongly related to learner motivated behavior. Additionally, results show that teachers find value in motivational strategy training.
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Karakaya, Serafettin. "Teacher training : a comparison of English and Turkish theory and practice." Thesis, University of Leicester, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/35649.
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This study is a comparative analysis of systems and policies for teacher training in England, Wales and the Republic of Turkey. The introduction defines the terms of reference and sets up the framework of the recruitment, appointment and career expectations of trainee students in the two countries. The central sections of the study examine in details the structure and content of the teacher training curriculum in England, Wales, England and the Republic of Turkey. From this examination emerges a picture of two sharply contrasting approaches. The Turkish system is highly centralised with a strong emphasis placed upon students acquiring theories of knowledge. In England and Wales a very decentralised system is gradually becoming more centrally driven by Government and its related agencies. However, the thrust of central documentation and directives does not entirely negate the amount and extent of applied theory which English students acquire in the course of an increasingly school based training. The study concludes by examining the likely future direction of teacher training in the context of the Republic of Turkey joining the European Common Market. Centrally imposed policies, while providing clarity, will need to be tempered by some of the pragmatic flexibility which is a current feature of the English system. A fusion of the strengths of both systems will be necessary for the successful implementation of teacher training in both countries as the twenty first century draws closer.
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Carrera, Hazel Carolyn. "Enhancing Teacher Practice Through Coaching: A Case Study in an English Language Learner Environment." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2010. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/82542.
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Urban Education<br>Ph.D.<br>This study examines the use of instructional coaching in one urban school as a form of professional development for teachers. The use of instructional coaches in the classroom has become more and more popular in many school districts across the nation as they look for ways to improve student performance by improving the performance of their teachers. With higher academic standards placed on schools, there is greater demand on teachers to make certain that all of their students are successful. The need for professional development and coaching for teachers of English language learners (ELLs) is discussed.
The research site for this study, City View Middle School, is located in a large urban school district where approximately 176,000 students are English language learners. The participants include 1 principal, 14 teachers, and 2 coaches. At the school, all students are considered English language learners and 40% are also considered Students with Interrupted Formal Education (SIFE). This case study employed qualitative methods in the form of observations and interviews of each participant.
From the teachers' perspective, three themes emerged as their greatest challenges in working with English language learners. These included: student stressors related to adapting to a new country, the wide range of literacy levels in the classroom, and teaching academic language. Even with these challenges facing them, were teachers willing to work with coaches in an effort to improve their classroom practice? Were teachers receptive to the feedback they received from coaches? Were they willing to try new strategies? Were there any signs of teacher resistance? How were coaches able to create change?
The coaches offered a professional development program that included training in the following areas: vocabulary, reading, writing/lesson planning, and cooperative learning strategies. Two types of coaching were implemented at the school: 1) peer observations and group debriefing sessions in Teacher Learning Communities (TLCs); and 2) individualized coaching sessions, which included: a one-on-one pre-meeting, an observation, and a one-on-one debriefing session.
The results of this study suggest that there were several preconditions for change. In order for change to occur there were several interrelated factors that needed to take place in the coaching relationship. The professional and personal qualities of the coaches became key factors in how coaching was established at the school. These qualities affected the ways in which they established trust, how they set the tone for their work at the school, how they provided teachers feedback and opportunities for reflective dialogue, and how they created a supportive and nurturing environment. These elements of coaching allowed teachers to feel comfortable to: ask questions, seek help, change their perceptions about what works and what does not work with ELLs, and the confidence to try something new. The support from the principal was also a key element in creating change. Without the principal's support, coaches would not have been able to accomplish their goals with the teachers. This study contributes to our understanding of how schools can support teachers who are experiencing an increasing number of English language learners in their classrooms and do not have the credentials to effectively teach them.<br>Temple University--Theses
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Daoud, Sada Ahmad. "EFL/ESP teacher development and classroom innovation through teacher-initiated action research." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1999. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/34761/.
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This study is an investigation of the potential of teacher-initiated action research for EFL/ESP teacher development and classroom innovation. The Collaborative Academic Writing Research Project (CAWRP), on which it is based, was carried out at the ESP Centre, Damascus University, in 1996-1997. It was in two phases, Baseline and Main. The researcher, a teacher in the context, assumed a participatory and facilitating role. The pedagogic problem was the teaching of research paper writing to postgraduate students. The CAWRP was proposed to ease this problem and introduce classroom innovation through teacher-initiated action research, the long-term aim of which was continuous professional development. The baseline research aimed at articulating a picture of teacher and context needs and assessing project viability. The proposal was refined in the light of the findings, and a programme of teacher development activities was agreed with the participants. This was implemented in the Main Phase, which had three stages: Orientation, Research and Reporting, and Summative Evaluation and Follow-up. The role of the researcher was to facilitate the teachers to self-direct their professional learning and introduce needed pedagogic innovations. The thesis is in eight chapters and 32 appendices. Chapter One sets the scene and introduces the study. Chapter Two focuses on the baseline investigation: its methodology, findings, and their implications for the Main Phase study. Chapter Three is a review of the relevant literature in the fields of teacher development and classroom innovation. Chapter Four focuses on project design and methodology and gives more details on the principles, values, strategies, and procedures that guided project implementation and how they worked out in action. Chapter Five reports the findings, focusing on the contribution of the Orientation Stage activities to the development of the teacher group as a whole (a total of 20 out of 23 Centre teachers). Its main sources of data are recordings, feedback questionnaires, and participant observation. Chapter Six focuses on the teachers who carried out action research and reported on it (8 out of the 20 Orientation Stage participants). It presents two case studies of frill participants, starting with their entry points and showing how they developed in the Research and Reporting Stage. One case exemplifies the experienced teachers and those who did research individually, and the other the novices and those who worked in collaboration. Chapter Seven reports on the participants' sununative evaluation of the project and the effect of this evaluation on project continuity. Chapter Eight summarises the main findings and evaluates them with reference to the literature, on the one hand, and design principles and methodology, on the other. In this chapter, I have looked critically at the lessons learnt from the study, discussed its significance and limitations, and put forward some recommendations. The appendices include some of the materials and documentary evidence used in the research.
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Sulaiman, Nor 'Ain binti. "An investigation of student teacher development in pre-service English language teacher education in Malaysia." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2019. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/41058/.
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Research suggests that many factors contribute to the formation of the student teachers' reflective practice, including the nature of their teacher education, their experiences in a community of practice, and how they build their professional identity as adult learners. The purpose of this study is to investigate the significance and development of reflection and reflective skills for Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) student teachers from a major teacher education institute in Malaysia. The research addressed three questions: To what extent do student teachers use reflection in their lessons? In what ways do their capacities for reflective practice develop over the practicum? What facilitating factors and barriers exist in the development of their reflective practice? Adopting a purposive sampling approach, ten student teachers, three mentor teachers and a supervisor were selected. All of the student teachers were studying for a bachelor's degree in TESL. They attended three phases of semi-structured interviews during the three months of their final practicum; the interviews took place after classroom observations every month. Mentor teachers and supervisors were also interviewed. Adopting an interpretivist approach, the weekly reflective diaries of the student teachers and the transcripts from the final phase of the post-observation interviews provided highly personal information from which vignettes of the participants were drawn. Thematic analysis of the interview data revealed four significant issues affecting reflective practice: relational issues, such as how student teachers navigate issues arising within a community of practice; situational issues, for instance how they implement the curriculum; developmental issues, including how the quality of reflection may be judged; and experiential issues, which include how the student teachers construct their professional identities. The findings support most of the existing literature and provide valuable insights into the significance of reflection for these novice teachers, the extent to which they master reflective skills in their practice, and the factors that influence reflection. However, further analysis and discussion revealed that whilst the student teachers' use of reflection during their practicums is evident, the role and quality of this reflection is ambiguous. Similarly, whilst supervisors and mentor teachers may insist that reflection be actively encouraged, the rationale behind how and why it is used goes unexplored. The findings also highlighted the role that andragogy, communities of practice and experiential learning may play in partnership with reflection, serving to reconstruct reflective practice in teacher education. The study concludes by reviewing the implications of the research and putting forth ideas for further study.
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Wu, Kerong. "Professional Development and Change in Teachers' Beliefs and Practice for Teaching English Language Learners." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2021. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/9002.
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To provide quality education to all students, including ELLs, teachers need professional development designed and enacted according to best practice. However, a common problem for professional development is that teachers' practices often do not change. Implemented through the partnership collaboration with university, education, and public school faculty, the professional development designed in this study focused on educating teachers about needed content and engaging them in ways that would increase the likelihood they would enact such practices in their classrooms (Desimone, 2009; Opfer & Pedder, 2011; Penuel et al., 2007). The professional development program comprised six courses that adhered to the Utah State Office of Education's standards for the education of the teachers of ELLs. The study examined the teachers' beliefs and their classroom practices. A total of 197 teachers were surveyed on their beliefs toward teaching ELLs, and a subset of 23 teachers' classroom practices were videotaped. Factor analyses were conducted on the pre- and post-survey. The videos were coded using a protocol based on the SIOP model (Echevarria et al., 2013), and latent variables were created to measure the change of the survey score and practice score. The analysis revealed that teachers' beliefs or knowledge in particular changed from when they began the course of second language acquisition to the time they completed it. In addition, teachers' practice changed from the time they started the professional development program to the time they completed it. However, even though teachers' beliefs and practices changed, there was no correlation found between the belief change and the practice change. This study adds to the literature that educating teachers about second language learning and research-based practices (Baker et al., 2014) using professional development that attends to teachers' practices as well as their beliefs (Desimone, 2009; Opfer & Pedder, 2011; Penuel et al., 2007) resulted in positive changes in teacher's beliefs and practices for teaching ELLs. Future research should add a variable of teacher's beliefs about the context of their teaching practice into the study for this can be a confounding variable that affects the correlation between the change of beliefs and the change of practices.
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Dela, Cruz-Yeh Aiden. "Facilitating teacher professional development in online learning environments : a study of Taiwanese English teachers in private language supplementary schools." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2011. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/3099/.
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This longitudinal research study looks into the attitudes and current practices of Taiwanese teachers in supplementary schools (buxibans) toward professional development. Using the method of triangulation, data from two case studies, survey questionnaire (2004 and 2008), and electronic discourse were gathered and analyzed. A five-point likert scale was used to measure the teachers’ attitudes, Cronbach alpha to measure reliability, Chi-square to test the strength of the correlations between variables, and T-Tests to compare the responses from surveys 1 and 2. An online teacher professional development (oTPD) framework, that integrated the principles of cognitive apprenticeship and informal mentoring in online environments, was used to facilitate 1) the delivery of oTPD over a period of time, 2) the transfer and construction of teacher knowledge and skills that would have direct implications on teachers’ practice and on students’ learning, and 3) the social interaction and collaborative efforts of international teacher-experts (invited mentors) in the oTPD process. Despite some challenges faced during the implementation of new learning activities and/or learning materials adapted from their participation in the oTPD, the results show that teachers who took part in this study benefitted from oTPD through the construction of new knowledge and skills and a positive engagement in professional development.
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Kirsch, William. "Teacher development in a community of practice in southern Brazil." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/172932.
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This dissertation study explored the practices that foster teacher development in a community of practice (Wenger, 1998, 2010) of teachers of English as an Additional Language in a large federal university in the south of Brazil. The community is part of a big internationalization effort in Brazilian universities, named Languages without Borders (LwB). In summary, the goal of the program is to teach additional languages for university students, faculty and staff. For that, the local LwB center has fifteen student teachers, from sophomore to senior year, who are pursuing a teaching certification in English as an Additional Language. Although the community has teaching as its end goal, and not teacher development, teacher development has emerged as an epiphenomenon, for student teachers need to learn how to teach in order for the community’s goals to be attained. The objective of this study was to observe, describe and analyze the practices that foster professional development for these student teachers in order to understand in what ways (and if) the experiences in their everyday life of the community become professional learning. While previous research has shown that communities of practice (Lave & Wenger, 1991; Wenger, 1998) can be sites of learning, and has explored communities among teachers and students in a variety of contexts, there is a scarcity of studies about community among these additional language teachers (Costa, 2013; Merril, 2016) With the theoretical framework of Practice Theory (Wenger, 1998; Young, 2009; Ortner, 1983), this interpretative study (Erickson, 1990) examined history-in-person interviews with focal participants as well as intensive participant observation – recorded in the form of field notes, audio recordings and photographs – and collection of artifacts. The research participants consist of fifteen student teachers, two former student teachers, three Fulbright English Teaching Assistants, and two of the three coordinators of the program at this university. Out of these, five student teachers were chosen for the interviews. Results revealed that this community has both formal and informal practices that cultivate teacher development. The formal practices are planned by the coordinator and enacted in weekly pedagogical meetings, and include practices such as microteaching, workshops and lectures. The informal practices emerge from teachers’ everyday interactions in the teachers’ room, and include practices such as sharing materials, requesting help, sharing classroom stories, sharing specialized concepts and literature in the field of AL teaching, and planning classes together. In conclusion, the landscape of practices that student teachers experience throughout their trajectory in the program helps them develop as teachers through the profession (Nóvoa, 1992) and integrate both technical and practical aspects of the job.
Books on the topic "English teacher practice"
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From trainee to teacher: Reflective practice for novice teachers. Equinox Pub. Ltd, 2016.
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Schulz, Renate. Interpreting teacher practice: Two continuing stories. Teachers College Press, 1997.
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Hüttner, Julia Isabel. Theory and practice in EFL teacher education: Bridging the gap. Multilingual Matters, 2011.
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Goodwyn, Andrew. Information technology in English in initial teacher training: A survey of practice. National Council for Educational Technology, 1991.
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Ray, Ruth E. The practice of theory: Teacher research in composition. National Council of Teachers of English, 1993.
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Osborn, M. Policy, practice and teacher experience: Changing English primary education ; findings from the PACE project. Continuum, 2000.
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Voices from the classroom: Educational practice can inform policy. ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, University of Oregon, 1989.
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Abdullah-Sani, Azizah Siti Zaleha. An analysis of the development of teacher belief constructs during teaching practice and in the novice year of teaching: A case study of English language teachers in the Malaysian context. typescript, 2000.
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Ur, Penny. Grammar practice activities: A practical guide for teachers. Cambridge University Press, 1996.
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Nguyen, Minh Hue. "Theory, Practice and Research on L2 Teacher Learning and Professional Experience." In English Language Teacher Education. Springer Singapore, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9761-5_2.
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Miller, Inés K., and Maria Isabel Azevedo Cunha. "Exploratory practice." In The Routledge Handbook of English Language Teacher Education. Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315659824-39.
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Miller, Inés K., and Maria Isabel Azevedo Cunha. "Exploratory practice." In The Routledge Handbook of English Language Teacher Education. Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315659824-45.
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Xu, Yueting. "English Language Teacher Assessment Literacy in Practice." In Second Handbook of English Language Teaching. Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58542-0_22-1.
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Xu, Yueting. "English Language Teacher Assessment Literacy in Practice." In Second Handbook of English Language Teaching. Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02899-2_22.
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Jiang, Yuhong. "English Teacher Learning in Communities of Practice." In A Study on Professional Development of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language in Institutions of Higher Education in Western China. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53637-7_8.
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Farrell, Thomas S. C. "Reflective practice in L2 teacher education." In The Routledge Handbook of English Language Teacher Education. Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315659824-4.
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Howard, Anne McLellan. "Bangladeshi English Language Teachers’ Use of Transnational Teacher Training." In Mobility of Knowledge, Practice and Pedagogy in TESOL Teacher Education. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64140-5_4.
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Farrell, Thomas S. C. "Reflective Practice as Innovation in SLTE." In International Perspectives on English Language Teacher Education. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137440068_12.
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Chan, Cheri. "Interrogating Collaboration: Discourse and Practice." In School-University Partnerships in English Language Teacher Education. Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32619-1_2.
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Becker, Daniel, Ralf Gießler, and Janine Schledjewski. "Cognitive apprenticeship as a tool for materials development in an EFL teacher education project." In Fifth International Conference on Higher Education Advances. Universitat Politècnica València, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/head19.2019.9364.
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A major problem in teacher education is the gap between theory and practice. Engaging student teachers in materials development is one way to integrate theory and practice in EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teacher education. It is during the complex process of materials development that student teachers start to envision learning processes and outcomes of specific language learning tasks. However, materials development does not take care of itself. It is argued that methods of cognitive apprenticeship can be a tool to support student teachers in the complex process of materials development. Cognitive apprenticeship is about modelling and verbalizing the internal cognitive processes underlying complex problem-solving tasks such as adapting authentic materials and writing rubrics. This paper reports how these methods are applied in an EFL teacher education project on materials development. Engaging student teachers in materials development can be a worthwhile opportunity-to-learn in university-based teacher education for any subject whatsoever.
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Nguyen, Thi Phuong Lan. "TERTIARY ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION IN VIETNAM: FROM POLICY TO PRACTICE." In 12th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation. IATED, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.21125/iceri.2019.0636.
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Hadiyanto, Mr, Mr Syahrial, Akhmad Habibi, Nunung Fajaryani, Ms Masbirorotni, and Ms Failasofah. "Lecturers' Instructional Practice based on Students' Core Competencies Development: A Study Conducted at English Education Department." In International Conference on Teacher Training and Education 2017 (ICTTE 2017). Atlantis Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/ictte-17.2017.27.
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Ní Riain, Isobel. "Teaching in unusual surroundings - Dún Chíomháin, a house in the countryside." In Learning Connections 2019: Spaces, People, Practice. University College Cork||National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.33178/lc2019.01.
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I teach the Irish language in University College Cork (UCC), Ireland. I lead weekend courses in Dún Chíomháin which is a house owned by UCC in West Kerry. The area in which the house is located forms part of the Gaeltacht, i.e. an Irish speaking area. The goal of the weekends is for the students to speak Irish to each other in an amenable language environment. In Dún Chíomháin, a kitchen, a sitting room and a dining room make up the primary teaching spaces. The learning and teaching is conversational (Baker et al. 2002). The students and teacher interact naturally and without ceremony over cornflakes and toast. The meals are cooked by the students as the Irish words for utensils and tea towels and a host of unforeseen language needs all bubble up amongst the chaos of meal preparation. In Dún Chíomháin, students realise that they don’t know the words for several everyday objects. Such words have never been taught to them, and they have never felt the need to know them before. It is not always easy for students (first years of 18 or 19 years of age usually) to start speaking Irish to their peers when they habitually speak to them in English. I have been observing these problems for some years now and wondered what could be done to help students to make the switch from English to Irish.
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Sofendi. "Framing New Model Teaching Practice in IR4.0 for In-Service English Teachers Engaging in Teacher Profession Education Program." In 4th Sriwijaya University Learning and Education International Conference (SULE-IC 2020). Atlantis Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201230.125.
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Gamarli, Saida, and Diana Ukleyn. "TEACHER ROLES IN CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT." In Proceedings of the XXVII International Scientific and Practical Conference. RS Global Sp. z O.O., 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.31435/rsglobal_conf/25032021/7465.
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This paper deals with teacher roles in classroom management. It begins with two outlines used in teaching process. They concern the teacher, what they can do, and aspire to, and a discussion of classroom management techniques. The outlines are followed by an expansion of many of the points made. Classroom management is included in a course on ESP because most of students will, at some point in their lives, teach English in school. The material is based on our own personal experience of struggling to become a teacher, and our interaction with students and our colleagues. Teacher’s roles take account of teacher’s classroom language, teacher’s responsibilities, and the criticism and the evaluation of teacher’s performance. The teacher who makes great activation of his roles in classroom, tends to be the top and the most first factor that improves classroom management and enriches learners’ knowledge. Quantitative method has been chosen because it provides statistical data from English teachers using questionnaire. Factual information was collected and arranged in graphs. The results were analyzed and compared with previous studies. The participants’ responses provided supportive evidence and were fully consistent with this study
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Sitorus, Mei Lusiana. "Non-Native English Teachers Interpretation of Rubrics Used for Assessing Students’ Writing." In International Conference on Future of Education. The International Institute of Knowledge Management, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.17501/26307413.2020.3202.
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The benefits of rubrics as teaching learning tools have been identified specifically for performance-based assessment in language. In Indonesia, the ability to produce quality written work has become a necessity to complete higher education but it remained unclear how learning and assessment on this area were conducted. This paper focused on exploring the use of rubrics by four non-native teachers’ working for a private ESL school in Indonesia for assessing students’ writing tasks. The study investigated how the teachers’ current practice and how they approached rubrics for assessing writing by means of both closed and open-ended surveys. Additionally, an analysis of the assessed essay against the rubrics was conducted to identify interrater reliability. The results showed that the teachers had positive attitude towards rubrics, used rubrics regularly and approached rubrics in a similar fashion which was to use them as an assessment tool but not learning tool. There was an identified interrater inconsistency in the scoring results. Additionally, the teachers put a lot more focus on Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation category than on the other two categories (Function & Content, and Cohesion & Coherence). The implication of the study calls for more effective use of rubrics as teaching and learning tools by the teachers as well as the provision of teacher training which enable the teachers to do so and consequently resulting in improvement of interrater reliability. Keywords: rubrics, interpretation of rubrics, non-native teachers, English writing, writing assessment
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GRECULESCU, Anca, and Liliana-Luminita TODORESCU. "Bridging the Gap Between the Real and the Ideal English Teacher in Romanian Technical Higher." In 12th LUMEN International Scientific Conference Rethinking Social Action. Core Values in Practice RSACVP 2019, 15-17 May 2019, Iasi, Romania. LUMEN Publishing house, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.18662/lumproc.160.
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Motloung, Amos, and Lydia Mavuru. "TEACHING LIFE SCIENCES USING SECOND LANGUAGE: HOW DO TEACHERS COPE?" In International Conference on Education and New Developments. inScience Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36315/2021end007.
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Language plays a pivotal role in science teaching and learning as it serves as both the medium through which the teachers and learners think and also communicate in the classrooms. Science and Life sciences in particular comprises of a unique scientific language register with a lot of technical words and terms borrowed from other languages other than English. Previous researchers acknowledged the difficulty teachers face when teaching science in a language different from their own and that of the learners. Consequently, the current study explored the various ways in which English-second-language Life Sciences teachers taught Life Sciences in order to mitigate language difficulties for themselves and those of their learners. The study was guided by the research question: how does English as a second language influence teacher practices when teaching Life Sciences to grade 12 learners? Using a qualitative research design, six Life Sciences teachers with various levels of teaching experience, two novices, two relatively experienced and two very experienced teachers, were purposefully selected from six different schools. The assumption was that teachers at various levels of experience may have different experiences of teaching the subject in a second language. Each teacher was observed once whilst teaching the same topic to grade 11 Life Sciences learners to establish their teaching practices. Incidences of learner engagement with the content, teacher-learner and learner-learner interactions were captured and scored using the Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol rubric. Lesson observations were suitable for data collection as they allowed the researcher to examine even non-elicited behaviour as it happened. The findings indicated that language difficulties were prevalent and affected both teachers and learners in engaging with the concepts at hand. For instance, most of the teachers whether experienced or not, struggled to explain and elaborate vital Life Sciences concepts in a comprehensible manner due to lack of proficiency in the language of instruction. The teachers mostly utilised code-switching as it enabled them to explain and elaborate scientific terms and processes in both English and their home languages. Because learners were allowed to express themselves in their home languages, the level of interaction also increased. In addition, teachers used transliteration and demonstrations as teaching strategies that also reduced the challenges of using English as a medium of instruction. The study informs both pre-service and in-service teacher development programmes.
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Osmonbaeva, Zhypargul, and Damira Pakhirova. "IMPACT OF PROPER QUESTIONING IN TEACHING AND LEARNING." In Proceedings of the XXVI International Scientific and Practical Conference. RS Global Sp. z O.O., 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.31435/rsglobal_conf/25022021/7422.
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The paper attempts to share some of the experiences regarding the proper questioning and literature review on this topic. The paper is based upon the outcomes of proper questioning in teachers’ lessons and impacts of those questions on their teaching and students’ learning. Main importance is given to teacher’s role in proper questioning in teaching English. Significance of the study is questioning can be used in different types of classroom and it helps students develop thinking skills, language skills and shaped closed relation and interaction between student-to- student and student-to- teachers. Interview was used for data collection. The purpose of using interview was to listen to the views on the proper questioning which can impact on their teaching and students’ learning. Findings suggest that teachers’ often usage of different types classroom questioning which demand higher order thinking answers can be the indicative of a change in their approaches to and attitudes towards teaching and students learning.
Reports on the topic "English teacher practice"
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Matera, Carola. Incorporating Scaffolded Dialogic Reading Practice in Teacher Training: An Opportunity to Improve Instruction for Young Dual Language Learners in Transitional Kindergarten. Loyola Marymount University, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.15365/ceel.policy.4.
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Findings from a joint collaborative between the Center for Equity for English Learners (CEEL) at Loyola Marymount University and the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) to provide professional development and coaching to Transitional Kindergarten (TK) teachers on the Scaffolded Dialogic Reading (SDR) are presented in this policy brief. SDR is a method to enhance language skills through dialogue and research-based scaffolds between teachers and small groups of children mediated through repeated readings of storybooks. The purpose of this brief is to: 1) state the opportunity to ensure Dual Language Learner (DLL) support within California’s TK policy; 2) provide a synthesis of research findings; and 3) provide TK professional learning and policy recommendations that would allow for the inclusion of professional development on evidence-based practices purposefully integrated with DLL supports. Policy recommendations include: 1) utilize professional learning modules such as SDR in 24 ECE unit requirement for TK teachers; 2) include individuals with ECE and DLL expertise in the ECE Teacher Preparation Advisory Panel; and 3) allocate additional funds in the state budget for training on SDR, in-classroom support for TK teachers of DLLs, and evaluation of these efforts.
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Dodici, Adria. The Relationship Between Teachers' Multicultural Attitudes and Their Instructional Practice with English Language Learners: A Mixed Method Study. Portland State University Library, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.15760/etd.141.
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Grossman, Pam, Susanna Loeb, Julia Cohen, et al. Measure for Measure: The relationship between measures of instructional practice in middle school English Language Arts and teachers' value-added scores. National Bureau of Economic Research, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w16015.
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Cilliers, Jacobus, Brahm Fleisch, Janeli Kotzé, Nompumelelo Mohohlwane, Stephen Taylor, and Tshegofatso Thulare. Can Virtual Replace In-person Coaching? Experimental Evidence on Teacher Professional Development and Student Learning in South Africa. Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.35489/bsg-rise-wp_2020/050.
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Virtual communication holds the promise of enabling low-cost professional development at scale, but the benefits of in-person interaction might be difficult to replicate. We report on an experiment in South Africa comparing on-site with virtual coaching of public primary school teachers. After three years, on-site coaching improved students' English oral language and reading proficiency (0.31 and 0.13 SD, respectively). Virtual coaching had a smaller impact on English oral language proficiency (0.12 SD), no impact on English reading proficiency, and an unintended negative effect on home language literacy. Classroom observations show that on-site coaching improved teaching practices, and virtual coaching led to larger crowding-out of home language teaching time. Implementation and survey data suggest technology itself was not a barrier to implementation, but rather that in-person contact enabled more accountability and support.
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Armas, Elvira, and Magaly Lavadenz. The Observation Protocol for Academic Literacies (OPAL); A Tool for Supporting Teachers of English Language Learners. CEEL, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.15365/ceel.article.2011.1.
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Schools and school systems are experiencing an instructional support gap that results in limited opportunities for educators to analyze, reflect on and improve research-based practices for ELLs so that outcomes for culturally and linguistically diverse students can change. To address this need, an inter-disciplinary research team from the Center for Equity for English Learners, comprised of educational leaders, teachers, researchers, and content experts developed a classroom observational instrument—the Observation Protocol for Academic Literacies (OPAL). The OPAL is intended for teachers, educational leaders, coaches, and others to conduct focused classroom observations for three potential purposes: research/evaluation, professional development, and coaching. In this article the authors introduce the OPAL’s research base, describe how to use the OPAL tool, and provide examples of the applied use of the OPAL to support professional learning and evaluate a three-year school reform effort.
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Lavadenz, Magaly, Sheila Cassidy, Elvira G. Armas, Rachel Salivar, Grecya V. Lopez, and Amanda A. Ross. Sobrato Early Academic Language (SEAL) Model: Final Report of Findings from a Four-Year Study. Center for Equity for English Learners, Loyola Marymount University, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.15365/ceel.seal2020.
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The Sobrato Early Academic Language (SEAL) Model Research and Evaluation Final Report is comprised of three sets of studies that took place between 2015 and 2019 to examine the effectiveness of the SEAL Model in 67 schools within 12 districts across the state of California. Over a decade ago, the Sobrato Family Foundation responded to the enduring opportunity gaps and low academic outcomes for the state’s 1.2 million English Learners by investing in the design of the SEAL Model. The SEAL PreK–Grade 3 Model was created as a whole-school initiative to develop students’ language, literacy, and academic skills. The pilot study revealed promising findings, and the large-scale implementation of SEAL was launched in 2013. This report addresses a set of research questions and corresponding studies focused on: 1) the perceptions of school and district-level leaders regarding district and school site implementation of the SEAL Model, 2) teachers’ development and practices, and 3) student outcomes. The report is organized in five sections, within which are twelve research briefs that address the three areas of study. Technical appendices are included in each major section. A developmental evaluation process with mixed methods research design was used to answer the research questions. Key findings indicate that the implementation of the SEAL Model has taken root in many schools and districts where there is evidence of systemic efforts or instructional improvement for the English Learners they serve. In regards to teachers’ development and practices, there were statistically significant increases in the use of research-based practices for English Learners. Teachers indicated a greater sense of efficacy in addressing the needs of this population and believe the model has had a positive impact on their knowledge and skills to support the language and literacy development of PreK- Grade 3 English Learners. Student outcome data reveal that despite SEAL schools averaging higher rates of poverty compared to the statewide rate, SEAL English Learners in grades 2–4 performed comparably or better than California English Learners in developing their English proficiency; additional findings show that an overwhelming majority of SEAL students are rapidly progressing towards proficiency thus preventing them from becoming long-term English Learners. English Learners in bilingual programs advanced in their development of Spanish, while other English Learners suffered from language loss in Spanish. The final section of the report provides considerations and implications for further SEAL replication, sustainability, additional research and policy.
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Matera, Carola, Magaly Lavadenz, and Elvira Armas. Dialogic Reading and the Development of Transitional Kindergarten Teachers’ Expertise with Dual Language Learners. CEEL, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.15365/ceel.article.2013.2.
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This article presents highlights of professional development efforts for teachers in Transitional Kindergarten (TK) classrooms occurring throughout the state and through a collaborative effort by researchers from the Center for Equity for English Learners (CEEL) at Loyola Marymount University. The article begins by identifying the various statewide efforts for professional development for TK teachers, followed by a brief review of the literature on early literacy development for diverse learners. It ends with a description of a partnership between CEEL and the Los Angeles Unified School District to provide professional development both in person and online to TK teachers on implementing Dialogic Reading practices and highlights a few of the participating teachers. This article has implications for expanding the reach of professional development for TK teachers through innovative online modules.
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Lavadenz, Magaly, Elvira Armas, and Rosalinda Barajas. Preventing Long-Term English Learners: Results from a Project-Based Differentiated ELD Intervention Program. CEEL, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.15365/ceel.article.2012.1.
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<p>In this article the authors describe efforts taken by a small southern California school district to develop and implement an innovative, research-based English Language Development program to address a growing concern over long-term English Learners (LTELs) in their district. With support from the Weingart Foundation this afterschool program served 3<sup>rd</sup> and 7<sup>th</sup> grade LTELs between 2008–2011 to accelerate language and literacy acquisition and prevent prolonged EL status. Program evaluation results indicated that the intervention was associated with improved English language proficiency as measured by the California English Language Development Test. Results also showed a heightened awareness of effective practices for LTELs among the district’s teachers and high levels of satisfaction among the participants’ parents. This intervention program has implications for classroom-based intervention including project-based learning for LTELs, for targeted professional development, and for further research for the prevention of LTEL status.</p>