Perceptions of and Preferences for English Language Teaching among Pre-service Teachers of EFL

• 영문명: Perceptions of and Preferences for English Language Teaching among Pre-service Teachers of EFL
• 발행기관: 팬코리아영어교육학회(구 영남영어교육학회)
• 저자명: Hoo-Dong Kang Jeong-Bae Son Seong-Won Lee
• 간행물 정보: 『영어교육연구』제18권 4호, 25~49쪽, 전체 25쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 교육학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2006.12.01

영문 초록

  Pre-service teachers’ beliefs and perceptions of teaching can influence their future teaching in schools. In this respect, it is important for teacher trainers to understand how pre-service teachers think about themselves as teachers and guide them to have more positive views on teaching. At present, however, little is known about perceptions of Korean pre-service teachers of English as a foreign language (EFL). This article reports the results of a study, looking at the similarities and differences between elementary and secondary pre-service English teachers’ perceptions of teaching in Korea. A total of 137 pre-service teachers from a teachers’ college and a college of education responded to a questionnaire about their motivations for becoming a teacher and their perceptions of teaching. The findings of the study suggest that, while the two groups had similar motivations for becoming a
teacher and goals of EFL teaching, the two groups showed statistically significant differences in the following areas: their roles in choosing teaching materials, the consideration of students’ individual differences, the importance of teachers’ speaking and comprehension skills in English, the teaching of culture of English-speaking countries, the use of the Internet for teaching EFL, the consideration of some instrumental factors in designing an English course and their selection of certain teaching activities.

목차

Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION
Ⅱ. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Ⅲ. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS
Ⅳ. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Ⅴ. CONCLUSION
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pre-service teachers teachers’ perception of EFL