Building Teachers’ Collective Efficacy: An Insight from a Language Teacher Education Program in China

2019 ◽  
pp. 1195-1211
Author(s):  
Miao Pei ◽  
Tony Loughland ◽  
Wei Jin ◽  
Hoa Thi Mai Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Collective Efficacy ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Language Teacher Education ◽  
Language Teacher

scholarly journals Assessment of English Learning in a Language Teacher Education Program

2019 ◽  
pp. 193-214
Author(s):  
Leonardo Herrera Mosquera ◽  
Lilian Cecilia Zambrano Castillo
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Education Program ◽  
English Language ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Language Teacher Education ◽  
Language Teacher ◽  
Course Syllabi ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive

The purpose of this study is to characterize the assessment process in an English Language Teacher Education Program (ELTEP, hereafter) at a Colombian public university. Following a qualitative-descriptive approach, we identified the perceptions of teachers and students facing this process, reviewed some official documents such as course syllabi and test samples, and observed some classes to respond to the main inquiries of the present study. As data collection instruments we used interviews, questionnaires, field diaries, and documentary records, which allowed for the corresponding triangulation of the information. Once the information was collected, we proceeded to its respective analysis through a methodology of descriptive statistics and qualitative analysis with the support of a computer program for the codification and categorization of information. The results of this study allow us to conclude that in spite of the general guidelines proposed by the institution in terms of assessment of learning, and some good evaluative practices implemented by the teachers of the aforementioned Program, the consolidation of an approach is required. An approach understood as criteria and pedagogical procedures that guide both teachers and students, and one that promotes more formative, fair and democratic assessments.

scholarly journals The Role of Situational Context and Linguistic Context when Testing EFL Vocabulary Knowledgde in a Language Teacher Education Program: A Preliminary Approach

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Patricia Franco ◽  
Hector Alejandro Galvis
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Education Program ◽  
English Language ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Vocabulary Knowledge ◽  
Linguistic Context ◽  
Language Teacher Education ◽  
Language Teacher ◽  
Situational Context ◽  
Basic Vocabulary

This research aims to provide a preliminary approach on to what extent linguistic and situational contexts are conducive to successfulvocabulary recognition in discrete-item testing in the context of a language teacher education program in Bogotá. This study resorted to the useof four different types of vocabulary tests administered during a one-semester period to two different classes. The data collected revealed thatstudents had more success in a test of productive vocabulary (L2 to L1 translation) than in other types of tests, namely, productive vocabulary(L2 to L1 translation/multiple choice), L2 to L1 translation provided with linguistic context and cued situational context. The findings of thisresearch suggest that the participating pre-service teachers had not reached the basic vocabulary knowledge of the English Language at thetime of this study. It was also found that vocabulary items devoid of contextual cues are more accurately identified than those embedded withina linguistic context and a cued situational context.

scholarly journals A Practice-Based Approach to Foreign Language Teacher Preparation: A Cross-Continental Collaboration

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malba Barahona ◽  
Kristin J. Davin
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Education Program ◽  
English Language ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
The United States ◽  
Language Teacher Education ◽  
Language Teacher

The international trend towards a practice-based approach in teacher education has permeated foreign language teacher education and English language teaching. A practice-based approach is based on the understanding that teachers learn to teach a language by engaging in “actual” teaching rather than “talking” about teaching. We report on the implementation of a practice-based approach in two different contexts: an initial English teacher education program in Chile and an initial foreign language teacher education program in the United States. We provide practical recommendations and areas of caution for future enactments. The findings demonstrate that incorporating a practice-based approach into the university classroom offers a useful affordance for examining and illuminating the complexities of foreign language teaching practice across contexts.

scholarly journals Challenges of Using a Blended Learning Approach: A Flipped Classroom in an English Teacher Education Program in Mexico

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Edgar Emmanuell Garcia-Ponce ◽  
Irasema Mora-Pablo
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Language Teacher Education ◽  
Language Teacher ◽  
Or Practice

Objectives: The objective of the study was to understand the views, experiences, and challenges that preservice English teachers perceived in a flipped classroom, which was implemented in a language teacher education program following our institution’s desire to promote blended learning. Method: Two focus groups were conducted with the students (19). We analyzed the data using thematic analysis. Results: The results show that the students perceived flipped practices as innovative and beneficial for their learning. However, their responses also reveal that the autonomy required from them and taking more responsibility for their own learning were particularly challenging because of their lack of familiarity with the approach and their past learning experiences rooted in traditional teaching and learning. Implication for Theory and/or Practice: Our argument is that prior to implementing blended learning approaches, language teacher education and higher education should examine students’ readiness for such approaches and provide them with support for carrying out those practices.

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