scholarly journals Construction of EFL Student Teachers’ Beliefs about Method: Insights from Postmethod

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Zhengping Zeng
Keyword(s):  
Student Teachers ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Teaching Beliefs ◽  
Theoretical Base ◽  
Teaching Behaviors ◽  
Teaching Practicum ◽  
Teachers Beliefs

Student Teachers’ beliefs and their teaching behaviors are interactive and closely related. Student teachers’ any adoption of teaching methods in micro-teaching or teaching practicum is largely hidden behind their beliefs. In this paper, starting with the origin and changes of methods in language teaching method era, the author explains certain terms such as method and postmethod, sorts out the theoretical base of this study which contains postmethod condition and postmethod pedagogy and proposes the idea that postmethod is the heritance, transcendence and development of method. Finally, the author discusses the ways to help student teachers construct their own proper teaching beliefs about method.

scholarly journals The roles of the instructors in an ESP-task based language teaching course

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
José Miguel Vargas Vásquez ◽  
Maciel Moya Chaves ◽  
Carolina Garro Morales
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Graduate Program ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Teaching Practicum ◽  
The Times ◽  
The University

The graduate program in Teaching English at the University of Costa Rica offers yearly English courses to satisfy the language learning needs at different departments, research centers, or similar institutions. The objective of this article was to analyze the extent to which a group of student teachers fulfilled the roles of the instructors in the Task Based Language Teaching method used in the graduate program.  The study used a mixed-methods approach and the subjects were three instructors during their teaching practicum. The roles of the instructors were assessed by the practicum supervisors, fellow students in the practicum, the students in the course, and the instructors themselves through rubrics, observation sheets, surveys, and teaching journals. The results from the different instruments using different scales pointed to the instructors fulfilling the roles of sequencing tasks and motivating the learners a majority of the times. The roles of preparing the learners for tasks and raising consciousness were fulfilled to a lesser extent, which indicated that the instructors needed to work further on these areas. The study concluded with recommendations for improving the roles that revealed weaknesses, notably aimed to provide a manageable numbers of vocabulary items and grammar structures in the pretask, as well as to provide prompt feedback, and to elicit students’ knowledge for the development of lessons.

scholarly journals Comments and Analysis of the Main Schools of Modern Foreign Language Teaching Methods

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Yin Hua
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Level System ◽  
Teaching System ◽  
Chinese Characteristics ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Language Teaching Methods

<p>Modern foreign language teaching method is a diversified, multi-dimensional and multi-level system. It is helpful in improving the level of foreign language teaching in China and establishing a foreign language teaching system with Chinese characteristics to comment on and analyze some of the most influential foreign language teaching schools.</p>

scholarly journals Teaching Practicum in Pre-Service Teacher Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Dwiyani Pratiwi
Keyword(s):  
Student Teachers ◽  
Cooperating Teachers ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Teaching Practicum ◽  
Teachers Beliefs ◽  
University Cooperation ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Pre Service Teacher ◽  
Process Product

<p>This paper presents a review of the research literature on practicum. Since there have been changes in trends in Teaching Education since the 1960s that also influenced the shift of research topics on practicum, this paper first gives a short review of the research trends in general TE, changing from the teaching process-product paradigm to the investigation of teachers’ mental lives or cognition. Then the actual review will focus on the studies related to the teachers’ beliefs, perspectives, perceptions, understanding, and reasoning, and follows under these topics: student teachers learning, cooperating teachers, and school-university cooperation in the practicum. At the end of this paper, some future studies on teaching practicum are suggested.  </p>

scholarly journals FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING METHOD

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 2041-2046
Author(s):  
Akmaral A. Batayeva Et al.
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Native Speaker ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
New Methods

     There are various teaching methods when teaching a foreign language, it is necessary to pay attention to new ways to stimulate the speech of students.  However, numerous classical schools still try to teach by the old methods and from the old books.  There will always be problems, and you will never speak the foreign language well.  By using new methods, it is easy to learn to speak English and improve at it.  You will be able to speak like a native speaker.

scholarly journals On the Application of Situational Language Teaching Method to Mongolian English Majors

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 98
Author(s):  
Juan Du
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
English Class ◽  
Language Knowledge ◽  
English Majors ◽  
Role Of Teachers

The traditional English teaching method has gradually been replaced by new teaching methods in English class. Situational Language Teaching Method is a way to activate the teaching of language knowledge through the design of authentic and concrete situation. A survey is carried out in Inner Mongolia University for Nationalites. It investigates the practical application of Situational Language Teaching Method among Mongolian English majors in this university. Through the analysis of the questionnaire results, the paper reveals the obstacles existing in the application of the method, namely: passive participation due to improper text parsing; weakening role of teachers; and ineffective transfer among language, image and meaning. At the same time, it puts forward appropriate strategies to solve the problems during the application of SLT to Mongolian English majors. 

De Dinokrokusmethode

1996 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 117-125
Author(s):  
Noelle Uilenburg ◽  
Frans X. Plooij
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
First Language ◽  
Effect Study ◽  
Second Language Teaching ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Acquisition Processes ◽  
Language Teaching Methods

In this article the 'Dinocroc method', the rationale behind the method and the principles on which the method has been constructed are described in some detail and a clear picture is given of how the method is used in the classroom. With this method a real effort is made to integrate natural first language acquisition processes into a second language teaching method. An explanation is given of the research set-up concerning the effect study of the 'Dinocroc method' when compared to more regular second language teaching methods. At this stage of the research it is not yet possible to provide the reader with the conclusions of this study, only a very general and cautious remark can be made about the effects of the method.

scholarly journals Beliefs on the teacher professionalism and teaching models in initial teacher education

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rocío Serrano Rodríguez ◽  
Alfonso Pontes Pedrajas ◽  
Elisa Pérez Gracia
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Initial Teacher Education ◽  
Teacher Professionalism ◽  
Training Curriculum ◽  
Teaching Models ◽  
Teachers Beliefs

ABSTRACT The aim of this paper is to know student teachers’ beliefs on the teaching profession as well as its relation with diverse teaching methods. A Likert scale questionnaire collected the opinions of 361 students enrolled in the master’s degree in secondary education teacher training. A descriptive methodology was applied through a questionnaire in order to collect the data. The most extended beliefs concerning the teaching profession are identified, emphasising future teachers’ interests in more practical teaching and student-centred approach. This investigation highlights the importance of including within the curriculum of pre-service secondary education teachers, activities that enable students reflect about their own beliefs regarding the teaching profession for the reasons that they are decisive to introduce changes in the teacher training curriculum.

EXPLORING ENGLISH TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS ON USING SITUATIONAL LANGUAGE TEACHING METHOD IN TEACHING VOCABULARY

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-293
Author(s):  
Yuliar Masna ◽  
Syarifah Dahliana ◽  
Nurul Aulia Martaputri
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Course Material ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Language Teaching Methods ◽  
English Subject

The research was accomplished to investigate the perceptions of elemantary- school teachers on using Situational Language Teaching method in teaching vocabulary. The aims of this study were to examine the advantages of using situational language teaching method in teaching vocabularies and to investigate English teachers’challenges of using Situational Language Teaching method in teaching vocabulary. This research was completed by using a qualitative approach and the reseachers employed a semi-structured inteview to collect the data. The research participants were five English teachers who teach English subject at elementary schools in Aceh Barat. The results of this research indicate that the advantages of using this method were enhancing students’ motivation ,and creating an effective teaching-learning process. Then, the challenges of using Situational Language Teaching methods in teaching vocabulary were preparing course material and dealing with students’ boredom.

scholarly journals Current Teaching Methods Used for English Language Teaching in Upper Elementary School and the Preferred Ones for the Lower Grades

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Shereen Alhindi ◽  
Maha Halabi
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
English Language ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Upper Elementary ◽  
Elementary Grades ◽  
English Language Teachers

There is no doubt that the teaching method has a significant effect on the student`s outcome and the responsibility for choosing the right method falls on the teacher. With experience, the teacher will be able to decide which method will fit the student’s needs. This research examines the most popular teaching methods and materials for teaching the English language in Saudi public schools, particularly in the upper elementary grades. It also aims to explore the perceptions of English language teachers of the methods and materials they consider to be the most effective in the teaching of lower elementary grades in Saudi public schools, who will be exposed to the English language for the first time. The sample of the study comprised 44 English teachers in Saudi public schools. The findings show that the majority of the English language teachers use Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) either alone or with other teaching methods. Moreover, most of them are willing to use it with the low grades of elementary. The findings also show that the most used materials in the classroom are videos, pictures, audiovisuals and the least used are written texts. These were the same materials that the teachers would like to use (with the same order of preference) for teaching the lower elementary grades. The findings have implications for current English language teachers who are willing to change their way of teaching and future teachers who would benefit from being aware of the effective methods of teaching the elementary grades in particular.

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