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Title: Building a nation's communication and employment opportunities by developing preservice ESL teaching practices
Authors: Hudson, Peter
Hudson, Sue
Conference Name: Language And Nationhood : Confronting New Realities : International Conference
Keywords: English language -- Study and teaching
Conference Date: 2003-12-16
Conference Location: Putrajaya Marriot Hotel
Abstract: Building a nation will require enhancing communication opportunities. The current grow1h of English in the world necessitates more developed ESL education, which requires educating preservice ESL teachers to a higher level of ESL teaching competence. This study involves 19 Hong Kong preservice ESL teachers in a six-week course at a regional Australian university for teaching English as a second language. The ESL preservice teaching course focused on providing pedagogical knowledge and content knowledge for teaching English as a second language in the primary school context. Data collected through observation, interviews, university assessments on professional experiences, and the participants' reflective transcripts provided a means for analysing their development as potential ESL teachers. Results indicated that effectively-designed short-term courses can sufficiently develop pedagogical knowledge and content knowledge for teaching English as a second language and substantially enhance the confidence of preservice ESL teachers for teaching English as a second language. This may lead towards more effective ESL teaching and learning, and a way to strengthen communication between nations and enhancing employment opportunities.
Pages: 84
Call Number: P35.I554 2003 n.1 sem
Publisher: School of Language Studies and Linguistics, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Appears in Collections:Seminar Papers/ Proceedings / Kertas Kerja Seminar/ Prosiding

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