Raising the language awareness of pre-service english teachers in an EFL context
European Journal of Teacher Education, cilt.32, sa.3, ss.271-287, 2009 (Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 32 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2009
- Doi Numarası: 10.1080/02619760802572659
- Dergi Adı: European Journal of Teacher Education
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.271-287
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Language awareness training, Practicum, Student teachers, Teacher development, Teacher education
- Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
This study investigates the challenges that non-native pre-service English teachers (Haluk, Gaye, Selin, Öznur and Serkan) experience in their target language use when they do their practicum in actual language classrooms. This study found that the common difficulties the student teachers encounter related to certain grammatical structures, explaining unknown words to students, modifying language according to students' level, and authenticity of the classroom language. During this study, the target language awareness training session was offered by the university supervisor in order to improve the student teachers' target language use in the classroom. The training sessions included classroom observations, feedback sessions, semi-structured interviews, retrospective protocols and discussion meetings with the student teachers. The findings indicated that the language awareness training had a positive impact on the target language use of the pre-service English teachers. Furthermore, this study discusses the curriculum and the requirements of the language teacher education programme in an EFL setting and makes suggestions for the professional development of non-native preservice language teachers. © 2009 Association for Teacher Education in Europe.