Pre-Service Teachers’ Beliefs about Teaching English to Primary School Children
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2012
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This paper is a part of an ongoing doctoral research on ‘Teacher Talk in ESL
Classrooms’. The idea for this was gained through the hypothesis that teachers’
beliefs about English teaching may also mould their talk. The researcher intends
here to analyse and comment on teachers’ English teaching beliefs. It is generally
accepted that teaching is greatly affected by the belief systems of its practitionersteachers. Teachers’ beliefs influence their consciousness, teaching attitude,
teaching methods and teaching policies, and finally, learners’ development.
Horwitz (1987) also states rightly that the formation of teachers’ educational
beliefs in language teaching/ learning process will influence, though indirectly, on
forming effective teaching methods and will bring about the improvement of
learners’ language learning abilities. In Indian context, there is dearth of research
evaluating teachers’ beliefs about English teaching. This study explores teachers’
beliefs regarding teaching English to children and tries to explore whether medium
of instruction makes any difference in their beliefs. It also intends to determine
what similar and different beliefs might be held by in-service teachers from two
different mediums. A total of 100 pre-service teachers are the subjects of this
study. In order to recognize these teachers’ specific beliefs in a more systematic
way, a research instrument, The Questionnaire of Primary School Pre-service
English Teachers’ Teaching Beliefs was developed. Almost all of these preservice teachers expected to have training regarding how to make their talk
effective and relevant in classrooms.
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International Journal of Instruction
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Shinde, M. B. & Karekatti, T. K. (2011). Pre-Service Teachers’ Beliefs about Teaching English to Primary School Children . International Journal of Instruction , 5 (1) , . Retrieved from https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/eiji/issue/5140/70044
