scholarly journals When future teachers meet real learners through telecollaboration: an experiential approach to learn how to teach languages online

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Marco Cappellini ◽  
Yu-Yin Hsu
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Small Groups ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Future Teachers ◽  
Experiential Approach ◽  
Training Teacher ◽  
Integration Of Technology

The integration of technology in language teaching has been one important topic in language education and teacher training. Teacher education has been one of the aims of telecollaboration since the beginning of the 2000’s. While the first pioneers worked with small groups of students (Develotte, Mangenot, & Zourou, 2005; MüllerHartmann, 2006), more recent projects are widening the application of telecollaboration for teacher education (Baroni et al., 2019). In the present article we present an adaptation of the model of Le Français en (Première) Ligne (hereafter F1L) proposed by Develotte et al. (2005) in two telecollaborative projects aiming at developing trainees’ techno-semiopedagogical competences.

scholarly journals Developing Communicative Competence of Future Teachers on the Basis of Ethnic and Cultural Values Intrinsic to Highlanders of the Ukrainian Carpathians

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 240-244
Author(s):  
Maria Stakhiv
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Native Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Training System ◽  
Future Teachers ◽  
Mountain Areas ◽  
Mountain Area

The article presents challenges and methods of teacher training activities aimed todevelop communicative competence and prepare teachers for work in mountain area schools in theUkrainian Carpathians. Research shows that specifics of social and cultural environment should betaken into account in the process of teaching native language and developing communicativecompetence of future teachers. Sociocultural approach defines language teaching strategies in thelight of national culture, traditions of ethnic regions and the Ukrainian Carpathians in particular.Teacher training programs should include studies on material, cultural and spiritual values ofhighlanders. Such topics can be incorporated in the main native language course. Study andanalysis of fiction pieces, especially those that reflect the socio-cultural peculiarities of linguisticcommunity of the Ukrainian Carpathians can be of great value in achieving the goal. Small classesin mountain schools also place a demand upon educators to constantly upgrade approaches, formsand methods of teaching.The article offers an integral teacher training system aimed at developing communicativecompetence and preparing teachers to work in the mountain areas schools. A special place in thissystem is given to folk pedagogy, which accumulates the national and regional spiritual values.The author presents the components of communicative and socio-cultural competence of futureteachers. The suggested algorithm for training primary school teachers insures reaching anappropriate level of socio-cultural, historical, linguistic and communicative competenciesnecessary for language teaching at primary schools in mountain regions of the UkrainianCarpathians.

scholarly journals Formação de professores em Modelagem e a escola: que caminhos perseguir?

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-22
Author(s):  
Ana Paula Dos Santos Malheiros ◽  
Régis Forner ◽  
Lahis Braga Souza
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Mathematics Teacher ◽  
Paulo Freire ◽  
Mathematical Education ◽  
Future Teachers ◽  
Initial Formation ◽  
Current Context ◽  
Prescribed Curriculum ◽  
Permanent Formation

Resumo: Buscamos, com este texto, discutir possibilidades para a formação de professores em Modelagem, considerando o contexto no qual eles atuam ou irão atuar: as escolas. Em um ensaio teórico, pautado no paradigma qualitativo, e com base em pressupostos freireanos, nosso debate se dá pelo viés das potencialidades da formação de professores frente ao contexto atual em que estamos inseridos, no qual impera um currículo prescrito. Imbricados nesse cenário e a partir de nossas vivências como formadores, defendemos que a escola se constitui como um lócus privilegiado para a formação dos professores e que as pesquisas desenvolvidas podem colaborar com a prática daqueles que estão diretamente envolvidos com os alunos, assim como com os futuros professores. Nessa dinamicidade, advogamos em favor da Modelagem enquanto uma possível abordagem passível de contribuir para a formação e para a prática do professor de Matemática, além de outros significados matemáticos para os alunos em uma perspectiva emancipadora e transformadora.Palavras-chave: Educação Matemática; Formação Inicial de Professores; Formação Permanente de Professores; Paulo Freire. Formation of teachers in Modeling and school: which ways to go?Abstract: With this text, we seek to discuss possibilities for teacher training in Modeling, considering the context in which they work or will work: schools. From a theoretical essay, in a qualitative paradigm and based on Freire’s assumptions, our debate is based on the potential of teacher education in the current context in which we are inserted, in which a prescribed curriculum prevails. Imbricated in this scenario and from our experiences as formators, we defend that the school constitutes as a privileged locus for the formation of the teachers and that the research developed can collaborate with the practice of those directly involved with students, as well as with future teachers. In this dynamism, we advocate in favor of Modeling as a possible approach that can bring ways for the formation and practice of the Mathematics teacher, in addition to other mathematical meanings for students in an emancipatory and transformative perspective.Keywords: Mathematical Education; Initial Formation of Teachers; Permanent Formation of Teachers; Paulo Freire. 

Inclusion and foreign language education

2016 ◽  
Vol 167 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heiko Motschenbacher
Keyword(s):  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Foreign Language Education ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Special Environment ◽  
Educational Inclusion

Prompted by the increased visibility of inclusive pedagogies, the present article discusses the concept of “inclusion” in relation to foreign language teaching from a linguistic perspective. The foreign language classroom constitutes a special environment that poses specific language-related challenges to inclusive education. In an effort to face these challenges, the present article elaborates how linguistic research and insights can contribute to an implementation of inclusive foreign language education. In terms of theorisation, the narrower and broader senses of educational inclusion are outlined, the notion of “linguistic barrier” is introduced, and various ways in which linguistic exclusion may manifest itself are identified. It is argued that purely cognitivist approaches to second language acquisition are insufficient for achieving higher levels of inclusivity, as they do not cater for the social and contextual aspects that shape practices of exclusion and inclusion. Alternative approaches such as sociocultural theory are shown to be better equipped for this purpose. Various prominent exclusion-related dimensions are discussed with respect to their repercussions in language and linguistic practices, among them exclusion related to learners with special needs, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and non-native language users. Suggestions are made of how to proceed methodologically in linguistic investigations of exclusionary practices, with the aim of creating effective, linguistically based inclusion strategies. It is suggested that typological, discourse analytic and ethnographic linguistic approaches are most promising in this respect. The concluding section recapitulates central aspects that have surfaced in the theoretical and methodological discussion, calls for inclusion-oriented changes in foreign language teaching and highlights conspicuous parallels between the inclusive EFL classroom and English as a lingua franca communication.

scholarly journals Fostering Professional Ethical Competence During Teacher Training Practice

Pedagogika ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 118 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Purificación Pérez-García ◽  
María José Latorre-Medina ◽  
Francisco Javier Blanco-Encomienda
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Ethical Principles ◽  
Future Teachers ◽  
Ethical Awareness ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Ethical Competence ◽  
Training Practice

Professionals who have undergone their training at university should possess not only the knowledge-base necessary to practice in their chosen profession, but also the ethical principles that ensure responsible professional practice and the corresponding benefits for society. The research project addressed in the present article aimed to contribute to fostering ethical competence and commitment amongst future teachers. During the experience the participants had the opportunity to design tasks that stimulated reflection, critique and ethical awareness.

scholarly journals L1 Use in Language Tests – Investigating Cross-Cultural Dimensions of Language Assessment

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-133
Author(s):  
Jarosław Krajka
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Language Assessment ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Language Teacher ◽  
Teacher Trainees ◽  
L1 Use

Abstract Objective: Assessment is a crucial part of language teaching, with great effect on learners’ motivation, willingness to study and learning success. Since language assessment is rooted in local policies and cultures of learning, it seems pertinent to look at how opinions on assessment can differ depending on the country of teacher training. The purpose of the paper is to compare Polish and Turkish teacher trainees’ on L1 use and translation in testing. Methodology: The methodology applied in the paper is a qualitative action research study, where the groups of teacher trainees from Poland and Turkey participating in a telecollaborative project were prompted for reflection on different aspects of cultural appropriacy of language assessment. The data were collected via private diaries and public discussion forums. The corpus of student reflections was subject to qualitative analysis for key concepts, recurrent themes, similarities and differences across the two countries involved in analysis. Findings: The effect of the local setting in which language instruction is to take place on assessment beliefs and strategies is stronger than that of teacher training. The language testing procedures of the Communicative Approach vary in the two countries under consideration (Poland and Turkey) due to a differing role and status of English in the country, cultural orientations of the society, preferred learning styles and habits, country openness to the Western culture and values as well as societal expectations towards the language teacher. Despite much standardization in language teacher education, significant variation in the shape of language teaching methodology can be attributed to the effect of cultural differences. Value Added: Telecollaboration in teacher training is promoted as an instructional technique enabling expansion of teacher trainees’ intercultural competence, intercultural communication skills, awareness of the effect of cultural differences on preferred ways of learning and teaching. The cultural appropriacy of language assessment can be achieved through filtering testing methods and techniques to adapt them to the cultural, political and social reality of target users. Recommendations: The telecollaborative exchange as described in the present paper proves to be an effective vehicle to achieve the purpose of increasing internalization of teacher education and creating better skilled professionals. Since language teaching has become a largely multicultural and multilingual experience, it is necessary to increase teacher trainees’ awareness of cultural appropriacy of its different aspects, including assessment, throughout the teacher training programme.

Research in language teaching and learning in Austria (2011–2017)

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (02) ◽  
pp. 201-230
Author(s):  
Christiane Dalton-Puffer ◽  
Klaus-Börge Boeckmann ◽  
Barbara Hinger
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Language Teaching And Learning

AbstractThis overview of seven years of research on language learning and teaching in Austria reflects a period of steady growth for the language teaching and learning research community, a development due to a national policy agenda aiming for a stronger research base in teacher education. The target languages of the teaching and learning processes investigated are primarily German, English, French, Italian, Spanish as well as several Slavic languages, reflecting the geographical, sociolinguistic and language policy situation of this increasingly multilingual country. This multilingualism means there are clearly many more first languages (L1s) than only German involved in the learning situations investigated. While all the studies reviewed here illustrate research driven by a combination of local and global concerns in connection with different theoretical frameworks, some specific clusters of research interest emerge. These are: societal and individual multilingualism, language education policy, language teacher education, language(s) in other subjects, early language learning, language acquisition and learning, literature and culture, testing and standardisation, digital media, and teaching materials.

Foreign Language Education Through Online Communities of Practice

2021 ◽  
pp. 141-165
Author(s):  
İlknur Yüksel ◽  
Banu Cicek Basaran Uysal
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
High School Level ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Teaching Context ◽  
English Classes

COVID-19 affected some facets of daily lives including politics, finances, and education. Increasingly, educational institutes turned to online education following the pandemic. Due to this sudden shift, the stakeholders were not ready to fulfill the outcomes and face the challenges that it brought. Foreign language teaching context poses separate challenges to the learners and the teachers due to limited language input and output. Considering the significance of teachers and the effect of teacher education on student achievement, this study focuses on the reflections of teacher candidates on online language teaching practices in an EFL context. The participants attended an online practicum course where they observed online English classes offered at the high school level for 14 weeks and designed tasks to improve pedagogical practices. By analyzing the reflections and the tasks designed for language teaching, the study offers the challenges of online EFL classes and presents practical tasks to address them. The study also offers implications for online language teacher education.

Innovation in Teacher Development

1992 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 260-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. G. Widdowson
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
Teacher Development ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Macro Level ◽  
Teacher Role ◽  
Language Teacher Education ◽  
Language Teacher ◽  
Micro Level

All of the issues dealt with in the preceding sections of this volume clearly carry with them implications for language teaching and call for a reconsideration of the teacher role, the nature of pedagogic competence which such a role requires, and how people might be most effectively prepared to enact it. In the case of national curricula, as discussed in Section 1 of this volume, whatever proposals are made at the macro-level of educational policy depend for their effectiveness on the interpretation by teachers at a micro-level of pedagogic practice and their abilities to carry out the proposals. So whatever is proposed for language education as policy carries clear implications for language teacher education as well. This might seem to be all too self-evident, but it is easy to cite instances where policy decisions have been made and proposals imposed without taking such implications into account.

scholarly journals ELT Teacher Trainees Attitudes Towards Environmental Education And Their Tendency To Use It In The Language Classroom

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 47-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esim Gursoy ◽  
Gulderen T. Saglam
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
English Language Learners ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Global Issues ◽  
Teacher Trainees ◽  
Language Classroom

With the change of focus in language teaching from grammar-based approaches to more communicative approaches, contextual language learning gained importance and found body in the English Language classroom. Global issues constitute one of the most popular contexts for purposeful language learning and meaningful language use. Increasing number of ELT (English Language Teaching) course books involve global issues in their content. Within the scope of socially responsible teaching (SRT) it is believed that it is the teachers responsibility to help their learners develop awareness on these issues. From this perspective current research aims to shed some light into ELT teacher education process by investigating teacher trainees attitudes and tendencies towards environmental education and their inclusion in the ELT lessons. Data for the research is collected from 224 third year ELT teacher trainees via a questionnaire prepared by the researchers. The reliability of the questionnaire was tested by using Cronbachs alpha and found to be .821 . As a result, it was found that third year ELT teacher trainees have mildly positive attitudes on environmental education. In addition, there were no statistically significant differences among the participants sex and their membership at environmental organizations on their attitudes towards environmental education and their tendency to use them in language education. The result of this study is significant for numerous stakeholders, including teacher education programs, Ministry of Education, state leaders and surrounding communities and families of English language learners in relation with the efforts to integrate environmental education to the ELT curriculum.

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