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Teacher Beliefs as a Complex System: English Language Teachers in China

Author : Hongying Zheng
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319230093
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)

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Book Synopsis Teacher Beliefs as a Complex System: English Language Teachers in China by : Hongying Zheng

Download or read book Teacher Beliefs as a Complex System: English Language Teachers in China written by Hongying Zheng and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume is a practical introduction to the ways in which the teachers deal with classroom events in the context of change for researchers, teachers, administrators who wish to implement curriculum reform to EFL in schools. The author provides insights into the beliefs of Chinese teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL), and their pedagogical choices in the context of the National English Curriculum Reform. The complex nature of EFL teachers’ beliefs about EFL teaching and learning are exposed, how their beliefs interact with mental and actionable processes triggered by classroom practice, and how their beliefs co-adapt with contexts to maintain the stability of the teachers’ belief systems. This is the first study to present complexity theory in a narrative context of education, exploring the non-linear and unpredictable features of the relationship between the teachers’ beliefs and practices. Integrating complexity theory with interpretivist, ecological and sociocultural perspectives, this book contributes to the research agenda by providing a systematic framework for examining teacher beliefs as a whole, and examining the extent to which western theory may be applied to Chinese educational contexts.

Teaching Reading and Teacher Beliefs

Author : Xinyu Mo
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030471705
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)

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Book Synopsis Teaching Reading and Teacher Beliefs by : Xinyu Mo

Download or read book Teaching Reading and Teacher Beliefs written by Xinyu Mo and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores language teacher beliefs in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) reading instruction in the context of Chinese university English instructors. Since the 1990s, there has been a renewed interest on teacher beliefs in the domain of language teacher cognition. However, most studies in this area aim at investigating the relationship between particular aspects of teacher beliefs and classroom practices, largely ignoring the complexity of teacher beliefs. This study explores the issue from an alternative perspective by conceptualizing teacher beliefs as a complex, dynamic and multi-faceted system. By adopting five rounds of interview and four classroom observations, the year-long study reveals seven key features of the belief system shared among six participants. It calls for the holistic, complex and insider view to examine teacher beliefs in relation to the sociocultural and historical contexts where the teachers work and live.

Teaching Writing in English as a Foreign Language

Author : Huan Zhao
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030999912
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)

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Book Synopsis Teaching Writing in English as a Foreign Language by : Huan Zhao

Download or read book Teaching Writing in English as a Foreign Language written by Huan Zhao and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-05-30 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores teachers’ cognitions about the teaching of writing in English as a foreign language (EFL) and their teaching practice, as well as factors influencing the formation and reformation process of their cognition. Taking stock of Bakhtin’s dialogism as the theoretical framework, the authors argue that the formation and reformation of teacher cognition is a dialogic process. A systematic analysis of participating teachers’ cognition formation and re-formation process suggests the highly individual nature of teachers’ cognitions. EFL researchers and teachers, teacher educators, teacher education policymakers, university administrators and EFL textbook writers could draw on the findings of the study to provide better resources to implement the teaching of EFL writing more effectively. The study has adopted a mixed-methods approach, whose quantitative results show the patterns and differences of teacher cognition among teachers of different backgrounds and with different schooling, education and working experiences. The qualitative findings show in detail teachers' cognition formation and reformation processes and the factors contributing to such processes, revealing convergence and divergence of teachers’ stated cognitions, with a focus on the discrepancy between teacher cognition and teaching practice. These are useful lenses through which researchers and teachers will find significant implications for offering EFL writing instruction more effectively.

EFL Teachers' Beliefs about Reading and Reading Teaching Versus Actual Practices

Author : Yang Gao
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789004506541
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (65 download)

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Book Synopsis EFL Teachers' Beliefs about Reading and Reading Teaching Versus Actual Practices by : Yang Gao

Download or read book EFL Teachers' Beliefs about Reading and Reading Teaching Versus Actual Practices written by Yang Gao and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-06 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Language teachers are concerned with the relationship between what they know or believe and what they practice. In this book, Yang Gao thus addresses this gap. Using the complex dynamic system theory, he reports the characteristics of the Chinese EFL teachers' belief system and highlights the complexity of the system, the non-linearity, and unpredictability of the subsystems. He further explores the relationships between the stated beliefs and the actual practices among the Chinese EFL teachers. One of the key contributions through the book is the conceptualized model in studying EFL teachers' beliefs and practices"--

Understanding the Impact of INSET on Teacher Change in China

Author : Ming Li
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811333114
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (113 download)

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Book Synopsis Understanding the Impact of INSET on Teacher Change in China by : Ming Li

Download or read book Understanding the Impact of INSET on Teacher Change in China written by Ming Li and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-12-18 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pivot considers the impact of INSET courses on EFL teachers practicing under the national curriculum reform in China. Providing context-specific findings on the policy and implementation of INSET as well as its impact on teacher education initiatives in both China and similar contexts, it explores the limitations of one off training events such as INSET and the inconsistency between teacher learning results and their classroom practices. The book argues that teachers, when returning to pre-INSET teaching, are influenced by their prior deeply-rooted beliefs largely considered more powerful than newly-learnt theories. Addressing the rarely discussed fact that the complex and dynamic characteristics of teacher learning change over time and support the construct of teacher learning as a social event rather than a one-off event, the book also offers practical solutions on how to improve teacher education and enhance the long-term INSET impact on teacher development, with the ambition of promoting education reform for both teachers and students alike.

Language Teacher Motivation, Autonomy and Development in East Asia

Author : Yuzo Kimura
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030934675
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)

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Book Synopsis Language Teacher Motivation, Autonomy and Development in East Asia by : Yuzo Kimura

Download or read book Language Teacher Motivation, Autonomy and Development in East Asia written by Yuzo Kimura and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-05-16 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume highlights unique features of L2 teachers’ motivation, autonomy and career development in Far East counties (including Japan, South Korea and China), using diverse methodological research approaches incorporating both quantitative and qualitative paradigms. While much of current research focuses on students’ psychology, this volume looks into EFL teachers’ motivation and autonomy. Both discussions of theoretical issues of teacher motivation and autonomy and practical, classroom-based investigations are included and written to appeal to researchers, as well as applied teacher audiences. The theoretical chapters give readers a solid grounding in the issues of interest to the field. The practical chapters offer cutting edge insights and can also serve as templates on which postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers can base future studies. This helps the book to offer a dual service to the research community, addressing both issues of theorization of research and the practice of conducting research investigations.

Design Solutions for Adaptive Hypermedia Listening Software

Author : Turel, Vehbi
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1799878783
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (998 download)

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Book Synopsis Design Solutions for Adaptive Hypermedia Listening Software by : Turel, Vehbi

Download or read book Design Solutions for Adaptive Hypermedia Listening Software written by Turel, Vehbi and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2021-06-18 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adaptive hypermedia listening software enables materials writers to combine and deliver a wide range of digital elements on the same digital computer platform more efficiently. Such a combination and delivery provides a multidimensional, multi-sensory digital environment in which rich, efficient, instant, comprehensible, optimum, and meaningful input and feedback can be presented effectively and efficiently. Moreover, language learners’ attention can be drawn to forms and meanings in input. Such aspects correspond with different theories and hypotheses of language learning and teaching. This presents users/learners with an environment that is easy to use, tension-free, and optimal during self-study. However, to be able to design and develop cost effective and professional adaptive hypermedia listening software, there are certain scientific educational findings and implications that need to be implemented at every single stage. To have access to such vital findings is not so easy, and research must address this area. Design Solutions for Adaptive Hypermedia Listening Software explores how to design and create technically and pedagogically sound and efficient interactive adaptive hypermedia listening software for language learners in any language. The chapters will cover learner strategy tools, the effectiveness of this technology, best practices in adaptive hypermedia listening software, and the benefits and challenges of this technology for language learning. It is ideal for companies, institutions, teachers, policymakers, academicians, researchers, advanced-level students, technology developers, and decision-making pertinent government officials interested in designing and developing multimedia listening environments for language learners.

Language Teacher Cognition

Author : Li Li
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 1137511346
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Book Synopsis Language Teacher Cognition by : Li Li

Download or read book Language Teacher Cognition written by Li Li and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-10-11 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the topic of teacher cognition, making use of sociocultural theory as a framework to understand what teachers know, think, believe and do in their professional contexts through ‘applied’ conversation analysis. The author examines what teaching and learning mean to teachers by analyzing the interactional work they do with their students, considering when and why teachers make interactive decisions as well as how they utilize new technological tools to address their pedagogical objectives. After discussing how teachers construct identities and display emotions in the classroom, she presents suggestions for language teacher education and development, pedagogy improvement and teacher knowledge. This book will be of interest to language teachers and teacher trainers, as well as students and scholars of applied linguistics and sociocultural theory.

Learning to teach in post-apartheid South Africa

Author : Yusuf Sayed
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
ISBN 13 : 1928357970
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (283 download)

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Book Synopsis Learning to teach in post-apartheid South Africa by : Yusuf Sayed

Download or read book Learning to teach in post-apartheid South Africa written by Yusuf Sayed and published by AFRICAN SUN MeDIA. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teacher education programmes seek to provide student teachers with the knowledge and expertise to provide qualtiy teaching and learning in a diverse and challenging school context. Learning to Teach in post-apartheid South Africa: Student Teachers' Encounters with Initial Teacher Education addresses the complexities of teacher education programmes in preparing students to teach. It adds to the knowledge about teacher education, contributing critical understanding of education and the schooling system. The book provides important insights to deepen researchers, academics, teacher education providers, policy-makers, and students' understanding of the importance to address equity, redress, and quality in South African educaiton in a post-apartheid era. This book further helps to build student teachers' capacities to work creatively and to become active and critical agents of transformation. It ultimately outlines the challenges face in designing and delivering successful Inital Teacher Education programmes, and the impact this has on delivering equitable and qualtiy education.

Constructivism and Teachers in Chinese Culture

Author : Zitong Wei
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811326916
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (113 download)

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Book Synopsis Constructivism and Teachers in Chinese Culture by : Zitong Wei

Download or read book Constructivism and Teachers in Chinese Culture written by Zitong Wei and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-11 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a refreshing look at kindergarten teachers’ practical knowledge and their context-specific reasoning of the usefulness of constructivism from a culturally emic perspective. Examining the similarities and differences between constructivism and Confucianism from both instructional and moral perspectives, it provides a unique contribution to teaching and teacher education. An understanding of the compatibility between constructivism and Confucianism is valuable in cross-cultural exchange and learning, and as such the book is a great source for educational researchers in a time of globalization.

EFL Teachers' Beliefs about Reading and Reading Teaching Versus Actual Practices

Author : Gao Yang
Publisher : Critical New Literacies: The P
ISBN 13 : 9789004506534
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (65 download)

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Book Synopsis EFL Teachers' Beliefs about Reading and Reading Teaching Versus Actual Practices by : Gao Yang

Download or read book EFL Teachers' Beliefs about Reading and Reading Teaching Versus Actual Practices written by Gao Yang and published by Critical New Literacies: The P. This book was released on 2021-12-02 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the complex dynamic system theory, Yang Gao reports the characteristics of the Chinese EFL teachers' belief system and further explores the relationships between the stated beliefs and the actual practices among the Chinese EFL teachers.

Using Language Learning Materials

Author : Claudia Fernández
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527580857
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Book Synopsis Using Language Learning Materials by : Claudia Fernández

Download or read book Using Language Learning Materials written by Claudia Fernández and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2022-07-15 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume centres on the domain in materials research that is the least investigated: how language teachers and learners use materials. Issues such as how the use of materials by teachers and learners inform materials writers, whether and how teachers’ perspectives influence how they perceive and enact materials, and what are the factors that contribute to teachers’ use of both traditional and innovative textbooks are discussed here. The volume also addresses some of the theoretical frameworks that inform materials use, and will advance the readers' understanding of this promising area of materials research. It will appeal to postgraduate students, teachers, materials developers, and researchers.

The role of teacher-developed materials in fostering english language skills

Author : Astrid Núñez Pardo
Publisher : U. Externado de Colombia
ISBN 13 : 9587728335
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (877 download)

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Book Synopsis The role of teacher-developed materials in fostering english language skills by : Astrid Núñez Pardo

Download or read book The role of teacher-developed materials in fostering english language skills written by Astrid Núñez Pardo and published by U. Externado de Colombia. This book was released on 2018-02-21 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the compilation of eight research studies conducted by students from the Master's in Education with Emphasis on English Didactics at the School of Education in Universidad Externado de Colombia, and one study carried out by the professors from the same Emphasis. The articles focus on the role of teachers as materials developers in their English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context and the importance of developing contextualized materials to promote students' learning processes. These issues comprise several themes such as teacher-developed materials in a Master's programme in Education with Emphasis on English Didactics, helping high-intermediate students develop argumentative skills in writing, enhancing undergraduates' reading comprehension through the awareness of reading strategies, digital storytelling to foster EFL writing, the effect of combining two corrective feedback strategies on written errors correction, self and peer assessment on students' oral performance (CALLA), communicative games to foster oral interaction in the EFL classroom, and promoting the reading process through collaborative strategic reading (CSR). This book is divided into eight chapters. Each chapter explains the corresponding research process undergone by the students. It describes their theoretical considerations, instructional and research designs, data analysis and findings, and conclusions in relation to their concern.

Classroom Writing Assessment and Feedback in L2 School Contexts

Author : Icy Lee
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811039240
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Book Synopsis Classroom Writing Assessment and Feedback in L2 School Contexts by : Icy Lee

Download or read book Classroom Writing Assessment and Feedback in L2 School Contexts written by Icy Lee and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-03-28 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While assessment and feedback tend to be treated separately in the L2 writing literature, this book brings together these two essential topics and examines how effective classroom assessment and feedback can provide a solid foundation for the successful teaching and learning of writing. Drawing upon current educational and L2 writing theories and research, the book is the first to address writing assessment and feedback in L2 primary and secondary classrooms, providing a comprehensive, up-to-date review of key issues, such as assessment for learning, assessment as learning, teacher feedback, peer feedback, portfolio assessment, and technology enhanced classroom writing assessment and feedback. The book concludes with a chapter on classroom assessment literacy for L2 writing teachers, outlines its critical components and underscores the importance of teachers undertaking continuing professional development to enhance their classroom assessment literacy. Written in an accessible style, the book provides a practical and valuable resource for L2 writing teachers to promote student writing, and for teacher educators to deliver effective classroom writing assessment and feedback training. Though the target audience is school teachers, L2 writing instructors in any context will benefit from the thorough and useful treatment of classroom assessment and feedback in the book.

Supporting Self-Regulated Learning and Student Success in Online Courses

Author : Glick, Danny
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1668465019
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (684 download)

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Book Synopsis Supporting Self-Regulated Learning and Student Success in Online Courses by : Glick, Danny

Download or read book Supporting Self-Regulated Learning and Student Success in Online Courses written by Glick, Danny and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2023-03-07 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students who self-regulate are more likely to improve their academic performance, find value in their learning process, and continue to be effective lifelong learners. However, online students often struggle to self-regulate, which may contribute to lower academic performance. Likewise, less experienced online teachers who are in the process of implementing—or have implemented—a shift from in-person to distance learning may struggle to enable their students to employ effective self-regulation techniques. Supporting Self-Regulated Learning and Student Success in Online Courses examines current theoretical frameworks, research projects, and empirical studies related to the design, implementation, and evaluation of self-regulated learning models and interventions in online courses and discusses their implications. Covering key topics such as online course design, student retention, and learning support, this reference work is ideal for administrators, policymakers, researchers, academicians, practitioners, scholars, instructors, and students.

Translanguaging in EFL Contexts

Author : Michael Rabbidge
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429799705
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)

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Book Synopsis Translanguaging in EFL Contexts by : Michael Rabbidge

Download or read book Translanguaging in EFL Contexts written by Michael Rabbidge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to promote the value of translanguaging in EFL teaching contexts. To date, translanguaging has been discussed mostly in regards to US and European contexts. This book will examine the teaching beliefs and practices of teachers within a South Korean elementary school context to evaluate the practices of current teachers who use translanguaging strategies when teaching. This examination utilizes sociological theories of pedagogic discourse to discuss the consequences of language exclusion policies on the peninsula. Using these theories, it presents an argument for why EFL contexts like South Korea need to reevaluate their current policies and understandings of language learning and teaching. By embracing translanguaging as an approach, the author argues, they will transform their traditional notions of language learning and teaching in order to view teachers as bilinguals, and learners as emerging bilinguals, rather than use terms of deficiency that have traditionally been in place for such contexts. This book's unique use of sociological theories of pedagogic discourse supports a need to promote the translanguaging ideology of language teaching and learning.

Teaching Chinese in the Anglophone World

Author : Danping Wang
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031354753
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (313 download)

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Book Synopsis Teaching Chinese in the Anglophone World by : Danping Wang

Download or read book Teaching Chinese in the Anglophone World written by Danping Wang and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a comprehensive overview of Chinese language teaching in New Zealand, in light of the declining interest in foreign language learning in Anglophone countries. While existing scholarly works have discussed Chinese language education in other Anglophone countries, this book is the first to provide an in-depth examination of the landscape of Chinese language teaching in contemporary, multicultural New Zealand, featuring insights from leading experts. The book consists of 21 chapters written by 29 contributors, including research students, experienced teachers, and leading scholars in every educational sector, from preschool to university and from mainstream education to community schools. As the first volume to focus on this subject, the book provides both historical perspectives and multilevel analyses of critical milestones, based on the latest data, policy changes, and politico-economic conditions shaping the future direction of Chinese language education in New Zealand. Its purpose is to offer insights and an overview of the New Zealand case that can help policymakers, programme leaders, researchers, teachers, and learners in the Anglophone world and beyond, to better respond to the rapidly changing and challenging environments they face. In addition to the Foreword by Patricia Duff and the Epilogue, the book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in Chinese language education in New Zealand, and serves as a catalyst for further discussion and research on this topic.