A Practice-Based Approach to Foreign Language Teacher Preparation: A Cross-Continental Collaboration
The international trend towards a practice-based approach in teacher education has permeated foreign language teacher education and English language teaching. A practice-based approach is based on the understanding that teachers learn to teach a language by engaging in “actual” teaching rather than...
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2021-01-01
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| description | The international trend towards a practice-based approach in teacher education has permeated foreign language teacher education and English language teaching. A practice-based approach is based on the understanding that teachers learn to teach a language by engaging in “actual” teaching rather than “talking” about teaching. We report on the implementation of a practice-based approach in two different contexts: an initial English teacher education program in Chile and an initial foreign language teacher education program in the United States. We provide practical recommendations and areas of caution for future enactments. The findings demonstrate that incorporating a practice-based approach into the university classroom offers a useful affordance for examining and illuminating the complexities of foreign language teaching practice across contexts. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d52efca92cd046a286a67d47ffa8161f2025-08-20T02:19:58ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaProfile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development1657-07902021-01-0123118119610.15446/profile.v23n1.85326A Practice-Based Approach to Foreign Language Teacher Preparation: A Cross-Continental CollaborationMalba Barahona0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4587-5794Kristin J. Davin1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3590-7086Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileUniversity of North CarolinaThe international trend towards a practice-based approach in teacher education has permeated foreign language teacher education and English language teaching. A practice-based approach is based on the understanding that teachers learn to teach a language by engaging in “actual” teaching rather than “talking” about teaching. We report on the implementation of a practice-based approach in two different contexts: an initial English teacher education program in Chile and an initial foreign language teacher education program in the United States. We provide practical recommendations and areas of caution for future enactments. The findings demonstrate that incorporating a practice-based approach into the university classroom offers a useful affordance for examining and illuminating the complexities of foreign language teaching practice across contexts.https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/85326foreign language teachinghigh-leverage practicespractice-based approach |
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| title | A Practice-Based Approach to Foreign Language Teacher Preparation: A Cross-Continental Collaboration |
| title_full | A Practice-Based Approach to Foreign Language Teacher Preparation: A Cross-Continental Collaboration |
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| title_sort | practice based approach to foreign language teacher preparation a cross continental collaboration |
| topic | foreign language teaching high-leverage practices practice-based approach |
| url | https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/85326 |
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