ERIC Number: EJ1414678
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 29
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ISSN: ISSN-1017-7108
EISSN: EISSN-2671-9312
Primary Teachers' Knowledge Base of Pronunciation Instruction: Their Content Knowledge, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, and Technical Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Jiyeon Kim
English Teaching, v78 n4 p83-111 2023
This study investigated primary teachers' knowledge of pronunciation instruction, and its manifestation in classroom practices in Korean EFL contexts. To this end, the questionnaire data collected from 47 teachers were quantitatively analyzed. The emerging themes from 5 teachers' interviews were qualitatively analyzed, based on content analysis. Findings revealed that they had an appropriate knowledge base of pronunciation teaching, equipped with the better understanding of content knowledge (CK), followed by pedagogical content knowledge (PCK), and technical pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK). No statistically significant difference was found in teachers' knowledge between males and females, and also between the 4 groups with different teaching experience. They manifested their knowledge mainly acquired from the past course lectures into classroom practices, employing controlled and free practices such as listening and repeating, shadowing, songs, chants, games, and role play, including different types of corrective feedback. Most notably, they integrated role play effectively into classroom practices to improve young learners' pronunciation in interest-provoking and enjoyable ways.
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Technological Literacy, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Pronunciation Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Classroom Techniques, Gender Differences, Role Playing, Error Correction, Speech Communication, Feedback (Response), Singing, Educational Games, Listening
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Korea
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