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Aram Ali Ahmed; Christine Montecillo Leider – TESOL Journal, 2024
"Teacher talk" is one of the key instructional components in English language teaching classrooms. This study used reflective practice and stimulated recall to investigate teacher beliefs and practices about teacher talk. Data came from two participants who teach English as a second language (ESL) courses at a private university in the…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Beliefs, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Practices
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Andrzej Cirocki; Pariwat Imsa-ard – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2024
The concept of reflection is probably as old as educational discourse itself. It is an inextricable element of teaching and learning that enables teachers to identify and solve problems related to their teaching practice or learn more about various aspects of their profession. Therefore, to fully prepare reflective language practitioners, it is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Reflection, Undergraduate Study
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Nicholas Bremner; Mingyu Li – Cogent Education, 2024
The purpose of this study was to explore teachers' experiences of a novel teacher education tool: the take-home timeline activity. A total of 25 English language teachers from four countries were invited to produce a visual timeline of how their beliefs and practices had changed over time. They were then asked to present and discuss their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Elementary Secondary Education
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Keenan Fagan – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2025
Despite the large numbers of Chinese students in Western TESOL and English language teacher (ELT) programs, very little research has been conducted on these students and we know little about their practicum teaching. This qualitative research study addresses this knowledge gap by investigating the student teaching and post-lesson reflections of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Influences, Intention, Student Teachers
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Rajab Esfandiari; Mohammad Hossein Arefian – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Computer-assisted language assessment literacy (LAL) has gained momentum in English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching since computer-based education became particularly common in language education. As EFL teachers play a critical role in administering computer-assisted language assessments, Iranian EFL teachers need to learn, relearn, and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Watson, Missy – Composition Studies, 2018
Research in sociolinguistics offers important understandings of the social dynamics impacting how language is acquired, used, perceived, and treated in the U.S. and beyond. It provides opportunities to critically examine societal structures and attitudes surrounding language (including personal beliefs) that create and uphold social and racial…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Graduate Students, Language Research, Language Teachers
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Barahona, Malba; Davin, Kristin J. – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2021
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…
Descriptors: International Cooperation, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Barnard, Roger, Ed.; Burns, Anne, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2012
This book presents a novel approach to discussing how to research language teacher cognition and practice. An introductory chapter by the editors and an overview of the research field by Simon Borg precede eight case studies written by new researchers, each of which focuses on one approach to collecting data. These approaches range from…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Cognitive Processes, Educational Practices, Second Language Instruction
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Fisher, Linda; Kim, Deoksoon – Language Learning Journal, 2013
This article explores the use of blogs for pre-service language teacher education in two national settings, the UK (University of Cambridge) and the US (University of South Florida). Taking two approaches to blogging and to learning through blogging (one based on self-reflection and a constructivist approach and one based on social and…
Descriptors: Web 2.0 Technologies, Technology Uses in Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Context Effect
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Burke, Brigid M. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2013
An experiential approach to professional development (EPD) allowed Spanish teachers opportunities to improve their practice through demonstration, observation, collaboration, fieldwork, and reflection. As result of "experiential" professional development, Burke (2012) found that teachers' knowledge about communicative language teaching…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Faculty Development, Training Methods, Models
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Rodríguez, Alma D. – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2013
This article presents the results of a study conducted to identify the perceptions of bilingual and ESL pre-service teachers regarding the integration of a collaborative service learning project in a key course of their teacher preparation program. Pre-, process, and final reflective essays were written by participants as they engaged in the…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Bilingual Teachers, Teacher Collaboration, Self Concept
Morrissey, Gwynne E.; Coolican, Maria J.; Wolfgang, David F. – Online Submission, 2011
The Ann Arbor Languages Partnership (A2LP) between Ann Arbor Public Schools and the University of Michigan's School of Education recruits Spanish-speaking undergraduates from many academic majors to teach Spanish in the district's 3rd and 4th grade classrooms during the academic year. The partnership allows the district to offer students a world…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Teacher Recruitment, Grade 3