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ESOL Preservice Teachers; Role of Background; Teacher Cognition and Growth
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Understanding How Esol Pre-Services Teachers' Prior Experiences And Background Shape Their Processes Of Becoming L2 (Reading) Teachers, Eudes H. Aoulou
Understanding How Esol Pre-Services Teachers' Prior Experiences And Background Shape Their Processes Of Becoming L2 (Reading) Teachers, Eudes H. Aoulou
Middle-Secondary Education and Instructional Technology Dissertations
We know little about how English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) preservice teachers’ prior experiences and beliefs shape their learning process in teacher preparation programs, particularly in the area of second language (L2) reading instruction although research on preservice teachers’ antecedents has offered insights into our understanding of how they learn to become teachers (Johnson, 1992, 1994; Wilson, Floden, & Ferrini-Mundy, 2001). This inquiry was designed to contribute to such knowledge.
The participants were nine ESOL pre-service teachers enrolled in an ESOL program of a large urban university in the southeastern region of the United States. Using modified versions …