Distance ELT Tutors in China's Radio and Television Universities: Professional Development

Autor/inn/en	Xiao, Junhong; Zhao, Cuifang
Titel	Distance ELT Tutors in China's Radio and Television Universities: Professional Development
Quelle	In: Open Learning, 26 (2011) 1, S.51-66 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0268-0513
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Tutors; Language Teachers; Television; Distance Education; Surveys; Faculty Development; Researchers; Teacher Education; English (Second Language); Interviews; Educational Technology; Radio; Open Universities; Higher Education; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Förderlehrer; Lehrender; Tutor; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Fernsehen; Fernsehtechnik; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Researcher; Forscher; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Unterrichtsmedien; Offene Universität; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen
Abstract	Foreign language teacher education is an extensively researched subject. Nevertheless, the research focus is on classroom teachers, despite the fact that distance language learning is burgeoning today. In the light of this, a survey was carried out among distance English language teaching (ELT) tutors at the Chinese radio and television universities (RTVU) with the aim of exploring their professional development needs, as well as identifying possible ways of catering for such needs. Survey findings indicate that the overall scenario for Chinese tutors' professional development was not promising. Accordingly, recommendations are made to improve the quality and availability of professional development for ELT tutors at RTVUs. It is hoped that this study, which deals with a very different distance language teaching context, may form a useful addition to the findings from other researchers. (Contains 5 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10