Pre-Service English Teachers' Perceptions of an Overseas Field Experience Programme

Autor/in	Yang, Chi Cheung Ruby
Titel	Pre-Service English Teachers' Perceptions of an Overseas Field Experience Programme
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 36 (2011) 3, S.92-104 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0313-5373
Schlagwörter	Interviews; Language Teachers; Teaching Experience; Teacher Educators; English (Second Language); Preservice Teachers; Student Attitudes; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Field Experience Programs; Foreign Countries; Study Abroad; Partnerships in Education; Canada; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Teacher education; Education; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Schülerverhalten; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Praxisnahes Lernen; Ausland; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Kanada; Hongkong
Abstract	This paper aims to present a small group of pre-service English teachers' perceptions towards the overseas field experience programme jointly organised by a university in Canada and the teacher trainer institute in Hong Kong. The study involved seven Canadian Year 3 and 4 B.Ed. TESL students who participated in the investigated eight-week overseas field experience programme to Hong Kong. A purely qualitative method was adopted in which a semi-structured interview was conducted and the participants were asked to keep fieldwork logs to obtain their views of the programme. The results of the study show that the participants were highly positive about this overseas field experience because they could understand more about the nature of Chinese ESL students through their teaching experience in Hong Kong. The paper concludes by suggesting that an effective collaboration and communication among the partnership universities and the linking schools is particularly important because it can make the participants benefit most from the programme. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Edith Cowan University. Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, West Australia 6050, Australia. Web site: http://ajte.education.ecu.edu.au
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10