ERIC Number: EJ1404061
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 13
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0033-6882
EISSN: EISSN-1745-526X
Inspiring Pre-Service English Language Teachers to Become ELF-Aware
Soruç, Adem; Griffiths, Carol
RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, v54 n3 p603-615 2023
As English as a lingua franca (ELF) continues its global expansion, the need to deal with related pedagogical questions becomes more urgent. Although there have been some studies on ELF-aware students, there is also a need for inspiring ELF-aware teachers, especially at the pre-service stage so that they begin their professional lives with an ELF-aware mindset. The study reported here aimed to explore the views of a group of pre-service teachers (N = 24) after exposure to a variety of awareness-raising tasks. Data gathered by interviews and a questionnaire suggested that good ELF-aware teachers have seven main characteristics: they give less value to error correction and more to intelligibility, they respect linguistic and cultural identity, and they are open-minded, tolerant, willing to allow choice, and realistic about language use in the real world. These characteristics are exemplified and discussed, and recommendations are made for on-going development of the ELF-aware teacher.
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Metalinguistics, Self Concept, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Teacher Characteristics, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Teacher Effectiveness, Error Correction, Intelligibility, Cultural Background, Language Variation, Teacher Student Relationship, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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