Teaching linguistics to low-level English language users in a teacher education programme : an action research study

Banegas, Darío Luis (2017) Teaching linguistics to low-level English language users in a teacher education programme : an action research study. Language Learning Journal. ISSN 0957-1736

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    Abstract

    The aim of this study is to investigate the outcomes of teacher educator-initiated action research (AR) process at a teacher education institution in southern Argentina. This process was triggered by a challenge which emerged in the 2016 academic year: how to teach a linguistics module through English to low-level English language users in the first year of a programme designed for teaching English as a foreign language at primary and secondary schools in Argentina. Such a situation became a pedagogical opportunity to engage in AR with a group of studentteachers during a whole academic year. Framed in qualitative research, data collection included journals, teaching and learning artefacts, and interviews. Results show that the integration of content and language learning helped student-teachers develop their language proficiency and strengthen their awareness as language users and future teachers.

    Author(s):Banegas, Darío Luis ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0225-0866
    Item type:Article
    ID code:70094
    Keywords:English teaching, linguistics, English language education, action research, teacher education, Content and Language Integrated Learning, CLIL, Education (General), English, Education, Linguistics and Language, Language and Linguistics
    Subjects:Education > Education (General)
    Language and Literature > English
    Department:Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Education > Education
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:14 Oct 2019 14:12
    Last modified:16 Jan 2020 23:51
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/70094
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