The Internet in EFL Teacher Education: Investigating the Possibilities and Challenges in a Pre-Service Teacher Education Programme

Autor/in	Abdallah, Mahmoud Mohammad Sayed
Titel	The Internet in EFL Teacher Education: Investigating the Possibilities and Challenges in a Pre-Service Teacher Education Programme
Quelle	8 (2011) 1, (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Student Teachers; Interviews; Guidelines; Foreign Countries; Content Analysis; Language Teachers; Internet; Vocational Education; Teacher Educators; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); Computer Uses in Education; Technology Integration; Educational Technology; Egypt + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehramtsstudent; Lehramtsstudentin; Referendar; Referendarin; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Richtlinien; Ausland; Inhaltsanalyse; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Teacher education; Education; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Computernutzung; Unterrichtsmedien; Ägypten
Abstract	The paper reported on a small-scale qualitative study on EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teacher education with a two-fold objective, investigating the possibility of integrating the Internet for academic purposes in the context of a pre-service English teacher education programme in Egypt, and suggesting some guidelines based on the specific context of Assiut University College of Education. Semi-structured interviews were conducted online with some student teachers (n = 10) and teacher educators (n = 10) at the university to identify their personal viewpoints, experiences and concerns regarding integrating the Internet into this teacher education context. For triangulation purposes, content analysis was conducted on 12 online documents. Results reveal some difficulties, challenges and concerns related to the process and some new forms of literacy needed for this context. Based on this, some guidelines are suggested for integrating the Internet into pre-service EFL teacher education programmes with special reference to the Egyptian context. Semi-Structured Interviews are appended. [This article was published in "Sino-US English Teaching" v8 n1 Jan 2011.] (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10