scholarly journals LITERACIES AND DIGITAL GAMING: NEGOTIATING MEANINGS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (01) ◽  
pp. 153-168
Author(s):  
Vanderlei J. Zacchi
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
English Language ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Digital Games ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Language Teacher Education ◽  
Digital Gaming

Digital epistemologies in the area of literacies and language teaching are becoming increasingly important, due to the radical transformations that our society is undergoing as a result of the advent of the new technologies of communication and of processes linked to globalization. It is a quite relevant and pressing issue, since children and the youth are coming to school in possession of a great deal of knowledge about and competence with digital tools and discourses. On the other hand, there are still a great number of students that lack digital literacy and face difficulties in reading from the screen. Taking into account the fact that the research on digital games and language teaching in Brazil is very incipient, the aim of this project is to examine ways that literacies and digital games can be combined to improve English language teaching in Sergipe and Brazil. Connecting all these topics may bring innovative results with potential to be applied to English language teaching and teacher education and solidify the research in this area.

Arguing for a knowledge-base in language teacher education, then (1998) and now (2018)

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Teacher Language ◽  
Language Teacher Education ◽  
Language Teacher ◽  
Professional Confidence

This article examines how the concept of a knowledge-base in language teacher education has changed since the 1998 proposal. Arguing that a knowledge-base evolves in two ways: through changes in the field of knowledge, and through changes driven by the work that knowledge supports, I describe two problems: ‘translating’ theory into practice and the ‘positionality’ of those defining what counts as knowledge. The 1998 proposal outlined a work-driven framework in response to the former without fully acknowledging the latter: who is doing English language teaching, with whom, and to what ends. Revising the knowledge-base now depends on taking that positionality into account. With this in mind, I suggest three concepts – of teacher language use (English-for-Teaching), participation and agency, and professional confidence as a measure of outcome – as work-driven alternatives to our present thinking.

scholarly journals Global Englishes and language teaching: A review of pedagogical research

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heath Rose ◽  
Jim McKinley ◽  
Nicola Galloway
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
World Englishes ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Language Teacher Education ◽  
Language Classrooms ◽  
Global Language ◽  
Pedagogical Research

Abstract The rise of English as a global language has led scholars to call for a paradigm shift in the field of English language teaching (ELT) to match the new sociolinguistic landscape of the twenty-first century. In recent years a considerable amount of classroom-based research and language teacher education (LTE) research has emerged to investigate these proposals in practice. This paper outlines key proposals for change in language teaching from the related fields of World Englishes (WE), English as a lingua franca (ELF), English as an international language (EIL), and Global Englishes, and critically reviews the growing body of pedagogical research conducted within these domains. Adopting the methodology of a systematic review, 58 empirical articles published between 2010 and 2020 were shortlisted, of which 38 were given an in-depth critical review and contextualized within a wider body of literature. Synthesis of classroom research suggests a current lack of longitudinal designs, an underuse of direct measures to explore the effects of classroom interventions, and under-representation of contexts outside of university language classrooms. Synthesis of teacher education research suggests future studies need to adopt more robust methodological designs which measure the effects of Global Englishes content on teacher beliefs and pedagogical practices both before and throughout the programme, and after teachers return to the classroom.

scholarly journals Promoting teacher–learner autonomy through and beyond initial language teacher education

2010 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ema Ushioda ◽  
Richard Smith ◽  
Steve Mann ◽  
Peter Brown
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
English Language ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Language Teacher Education ◽  
Language Teacher ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Language Studies ◽  
The University

With the growing international market for pre-experience MA in ELT/TESOL programmes, a key curriculum design issue is how to help students develop as learners of teaching through and beyond their formal academic studies. We report here on our attempts at the University of Warwick to address this issue, and consider wider implications for research and practice in initial language teacher education. At the Centre for Applied Linguistics at the University of Warwick, we run a suite of MA programmes for English language teaching professionals from around the world. Most of these courses are for students with prior teaching experience, but our MA in English Language Studies and Methods (ELSM) programme is designed for students with less than two years’ experience and, in fact, the majority enrol straight after completing their undergraduate studies in their home countries.

scholarly journals Teletandem and telepresence: Rethinking the cultural component in language teaching and language teacher education

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 781-800
Author(s):  
Ana Cristina Biondo SALOMÃO
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Learning Context ◽  
Language Teacher Education ◽  
Language Teacher ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Cultural Experiences ◽  
Cultural Component

ABSTRACT This articles discusses some of the results of a qualitative ethnographic research on foreign language teacher's conceptions of culture in an extension course for continuing education in the virtual collaborative learning context of "Teletandem Brazil: foreign languages for all", UNESP. The results have implications for the fields of language teaching and learning mediated by new technologies and teacher education. They suggest that telepresence in teletandem provided a means for dialogically undergoing the complexities of cultural experiences. Grounded in real world interaction, these experiences can lead to the change of the knowledge base of language teacher education for intercultural communication and the teaching and learning of culture. Culture can, then, be dissociated from the idea of a homogeneous, fixed and transparent body of knowledge.

scholarly journals |Vol. 6| No. 1|Year 2019

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 188-192
Author(s):  
Editorial Team
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
English Education ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Language Education ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Multilingual Education ◽  
Learning Language ◽  
Language Teaching And Learning

Edukasi: Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pengajaran provides a vital forum for exchanging ideas in order to enrich the theories and practices of English education in Indonesia and across the globe. The journal focuses, but not limited to, on the following topics: English language teaching, language teaching and learning, language teaching methodologies, pedagogical techniques, teaching and curricular practices, curriculum development and teaching methods, program, syllabus, and materials design, second and foreign language teaching and learning, language education, teacher education and professional development, teacher training, cross-cultural studies, bilingual and multilingual education, translation, language teaching for specific purposes, new technologies in language teaching, and testing and evaluation. It provides an academic platform for teachers, lecturers, and researchers to contribute innovative work in the field.

scholarly journals In-Service LTE Program for Chinese Private Institute English Teachers

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 80-90
Author(s):  
Xiaojing Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Reflective Practitioner ◽  
Language Teacher Education ◽  
Language Teacher ◽  
Trainee Teachers ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Program Schedule ◽  
Training Courses

This paper describes a half-year in-service Language Teacher Education (LTE) program, targeting the trainee teachers who work in Chinese private English institutes. This is to better prepare them at the outset of their career. Primarily intending to build the trainee teachers’ professionalism and raise their awareness, an overall illustration of adopted training courses and choice of activities are introduced in this paper. Focusing on integrating instructional knowledge from ESL and English language teaching, the LTE program schedule will allow majority of readers to implement during their daily teaching and research activities. Principles underpinning this program design are illustrated one by one. A course like this may not foster all teachers to become professionals at once, but to be a reflective practitioner can be a reachable goal, as accumulation of professional expertise is based on teachers’ capability of understanding how to reflect on teaching.

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