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Linguistically Inclusive Tesol Course Design And Its Effect On Pre-Service Teacher Education, Dylan Thibaut, Irina Mclaughlin

Northwest Journal of Teacher Education

Lack of linguistic awareness prevents teachers from catering to English learners. This study proposed a new linguistically inclusive course and compared pre-service teacher knowledge of the linguistic features of five frequently spoken languages in the course versus standard courses. Odds of a correct answer on linguistic questions increased significantly in 28% of the areas tested. The inclusive course showed increased linguistic awareness compared to standard courses.

Difusión Del Proyecto Nacional De Escritura De Los Ee. Uu. En El Ámbito Hispano, Maria Teresa Mateo Girona

Revista Electrónica Leer, Escribir y Descubrir

Se pretende difundir en el ámbito hispano el Proyecto nacional de escritura de los EE. UU., mediante el relato de actividades del Proyecto de la Costa Sur de escritura (Universidad de Santa Bárbara). El relato se basa en la experiencia de un docente español en tres actividades formativas: el Instituto de verano en Composición y Alfabetización Crítica, el Primer retiro del Proyecto SCWriP Pathway y el módulo del SCWriP. El conocimiento de principios, metodología y evaluación de estas actividades pone de manifiesto dos problemas para explicar el proyecto en el ámbito hispano: los docentes de las diferentes asignaturas son responsables …

Analysis Of Linguistic Inclusion In Tesol Courses For Teacher Candidates, Dylan Thibaut, Irina Mclaughlin

Journal of English Learner Education

According to TESOL standard 1, teacher candidates are required to have knowledge about language including: having knowledge in foreign language grammar and how English develops in ELLs (standard 1a), comprehension of language acquisition and how L1 influences learning (standard 1b), and understanding of the language process where an interlanguage develops as ELLs become comfortable using English (standard 1c) (TESOL International Association, 2018). To identify whether teacher candidates in TESOL courses are prepared to meet TESOL standards 1a, 1b, and 1c, a study was conducted to test one hundred teacher candidates’ knowledge of basic linguistic features of English and the five …

A Second Look At Literacy Leadership Preparation Practices, Laurie A. Sharp, Roberta D. Raymond, Rebekah Piper

The Reading Professor

Abstract

In today’s schools, PreK-12 classroom teachers must be literacy leaders. The purpose of the current study was to examine how literacy teacher educators prepare future PreK-12 classroom teachers for literacy leadership. Using the International Literacy Association’s Standards 2017 publication as a framework and concepts of distributed leadership and teacher leadership as theoretical lenses, the current study employed a cross-sectional survey research design to ascertain current preparation practices. Qualitative data were collected among 86 literacy teacher educators who were affiliated with university-based teacher education programs located throughout the United States. Data were analyzed using a three-level classification diversity analysis and …

Empowering English Language Teachers Through History, Eun-Young Julia Kim

International Journal of Christianity and English Language Teaching

TESOL training programs typically offer courses in methods and pedagogy, along with other classes to equip future English language teaching (ELT) professionals with essential teaching skills and knowledge. Not as frequently offered or required, however, is a course focusing on critically examining political and philosophical aspects of ELT. This article discusses why I believe it is important for TESOL curriculums to include topics on the diachronic development and synchronic variations of the English language and to engage students in topics that would allow them to critically examine embedded power relations in ELT. By reflecting on my own classroom experience as …