Improving Student's Performance in English as Language of Learning and Teaching in Teacher Pre-Service Education

Autor/inn/en	Hibbert, Liesel; Foncha, John Wankah
Titel	Improving Student's Performance in English as Language of Learning and Teaching in Teacher Pre-Service Education
Quelle	In: Journal of English as an International Language, 14 (2019) 2, S.29-43 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1718-2298
Schlagwörter	Student Improvement; Preservice Teachers; Preservice Teacher Education; Foreign Countries; Language of Instruction; Self Efficacy; Research Projects; Academic Language; English (Second Language); Communities of Practice; Inquiry; South Africa (Cape Town) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Ausland; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Forschungsvorhaben; Academic; Language; Languages; Akademiker; Sprache; Wissenschaftssprache; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Community
Abstract	This paper explores the necessity of a good knowledge of the language of teaching and learning (LOLT) in English for student-teachers in South Africa. The study reported in the paper focuses on communication skills and academic reading and writing skills: with defamiliarization as a research method. Defamiliarization creates a space free from fear and anxiety in which students can express themselves. Third-year students were asked to write a report based on their experiences in their major teaching subjects which form the data in this study. Students were also asked to write a needs analysis and state what they learnt during the report writing project. Multilingual glossing was a compulsory component in order to match the realities of school classrooms which had various language groups. The results showed that students engaged and participated; leading to conscious critical awareness and development. Student performance improved in English as language of learning and teaching (LOLT) in teacher pre-service education, and in their specialised teaching subjects. The study concludes that defamiliarization did create a space for student's ability for reading and responding to texts as well as building self-confidence in their ability to synthesise information. It is therefore envisaged that through a community of inquiry framework (Garrison et al., 2000), students can collaboratively develop problem-solving techniques. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/2/04