Describing Teacher Thinking in an EFL Reading Course:

Moving Towards a Teacher Training Program at Hasanuddin University

 

 

Etty Bazergan

Hasanuddin University

 

 

 This paper reports the result of a research on 15 Indonesian apprentice teachers' thinking in teaching a reading course at Hasanuddin University. The purpose of the research was to describe teacher thinking about their reading course in terms of their teaching objectives, selection of teaching materials, and classroom activities, in order to identify the teachers' beliefs about reading and their enacted beliefs through their teaching practices. The results of the research were intended to inform the extent to which the teachers' beliefs and practices had helped them achieve the aim of the reading course, i.e. to enable students to read English texts. This report first describes the research background. Then, methods of collecting and analyzing data will be explained. Following this, major findings will be discussed. Three factors are focused on in the discussion of the teachers' thoughts of their reading courses, i.e.: 1) teaching objectives, 2) selection of teaching materials, and 3) classroom activities. A conclusion will be drawn by highlighting some factors that have constrained the full application of the teaching of the reading course, the implication of which is a recommendation for training in the teaching of reading that these teachers need to explore.

 

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Bazergan, E. (2006, December). Describing teaching thinking in an EFL reading course: Moving towards a teacher training program at Hasanuddin university. Paper presented at the 54th TEFLIN International conference, Salatiga, Indonesia.

 

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