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Title:	Investigating pre-service teachers knowledge on CALP and BICS and their teaching strategies in ESL primary classroom
Authors:	Salma Abdul Razak (P71693)
Supervisor:	Melor Md. Yunus, Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Keywords:	English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia -- Dissertations Dissertations, Academic -- Malaysia
Issue Date:	12-Jan-2018
Description:	The objective of this study was to investigate pre-service teachers’ knowledge on Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP) or academic language and Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) or social language and their teaching strategies in ESL primary classroom. The study was done in regards to the need to understand the difference between CALP and BICS when English language learners (ELLs) who are fluent in spoken language are mistakenly assumed to be proficient in their academic language too. Limited range of studies was done involving primary school context. In this mixed method research study, online questionnaire and observation checklists were used to collect data from 36 teacher trainees enrolling Degree in Teaching TESL from Institute of Teacher Education Dato’ Razali Ismail Campus (IPGKDRI). Data collected were analysed quantitatively and qualitatively. The study found that the pre-service teachers have an average level of CALP and BICS understanding which would help them determine their pupils’ performance in English as a Second Language (ESL) classroom. Their increased awareness on the language abilities would help them to monitor their instructional language for they had employed various teaching strategies including verbal and non-verbal communication to teach English language and thus develop their pupils’ academic and social language abilities. There are two implications derived from the findings of this study. First, it draws the pre-service teachers’ attention on their basic knowledge of CALP and BICS hence they will be encouraged to seek for more information on CALP, BICS and second language acquisition (SLA) independently to improve their own teaching practice. Second, it provides teacher trainers with the idea that they could improve their practicum mentoring skills by sharing input about effective teaching strategies for CALP and BICS with their teacher trainees. Hence, the study was proven to be beneficial for teacher training program as a whole.,“Certification of Master's/Doctoral Thesis” is not available,Master of Education
Pages:	185
Call Number:	PE1128.A2S255 2018 tesis
Publisher:	UKM, Bangi
Appears in Collections:	Faculty of Education / Fakulti Pendidikan

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