Malay Pre-Service Teachers' Conceptions of ELT Materials for Language Classrooms
Keywords:
Teachers, Language Classrooms, ELT Materials, Pedagogical, Teaching and LearningAbstract
Research in the area ofteacher cognition has shown a steady growth in the past ten years. In recent years though, these studies do not aim to identify the characteristics of effective teachers but seek to gain insights and understanding of the teaching process, teachers' assumptions about teaching and learning, their beliefs and attitudes in teaching, their role as decision-makers and their pedagogical content knowledge (Halkes and Olsen, 1 990; Woods, 1 996; Gatbonton, 2000; Mullock, 2006). Studies in the respective area have also shown that teachers' beliefs, assumptions and decision-making differ according to the subject matter they taught, curricular factors, pre-service teacher education, teachers' subculture and experience (Yaakobi and Sharan, 1985; Hashweh, 1996; Woods, 1996; Almarza, 1 996; Golombek, 1 998; Borg, 2003).
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Bailey, K.M., Berthgold,B., Braunstein,B., Jagodzinski Fleishcman, N., Holbrook, Pa, Tuman, L, Waissbluth,X., & Zambo., L.J. 1996. The Language Teacher's Autobiography: Examining the Apprenticeship of Observation." In D. Freeman & J.C. Richards (Eds.), Teacher Learning in Language Teaching (pp.1 1-29). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Borg, S., 1999. "Teachers' Theories in Grammar Teaching." EL TJournal 53 (3): 157 - 167.
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Calderhead, L, 1991. "The Nature and Growth of Knowledge in Student Teaching." Teaching and Teacher Education." 7, 532-535.
Clandinin, D.L & Connelly, F.M., 1987. "Teachers' Personal Knowledge: What Counts as Personal in Studies of the Personal. Journal ofCurriculum Studies, 19, 487-500.
Clarks, C.M. & Peterson, P.L, 1986. "Teachers' thought Processes." In M. Wittcock (Ed.), Handbook of Research in Teaching (3rd ed.). (pp. 255-296). New York: Macmillan.
Dunkin, MJ., 1996. "Types of Errors in Synthesizing Research in Education." Review of Educational Research. 66(2), 87-97.
Freeman, D, 2002. The Hidden Side of the Work: Teacher Knowledge and Learning to Teach." Language Teaching, 35, 1-13.
Freeman, D., 2001. "Teacher Learning and Student Learning in TESOL." TESOL Quarterly 35 (4): 608 - 609.
Freeman, D. and J. C. Richards, 1993. "Conceptions of Teaching and the Education of Second Language teachers," TESOL Quarterly 27 (2): 193 - 216.
Freeman, D. and Richards, J. C., 1996. "Prologue: A Look at Uncritical Stories. In Freeman, D. & Richards, J. C. (Eds.), Teacher Learning in Language Teaching (pp. 1 - 9). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Gass, S M . & Mackey, A, 2000. Stimulated Recall Methodology in Second Language Research, London Routledge.
Gatbonton, E, 2000. 'Investigating Experienced Teachers' Pedagogical Knowledge." Canadian Modern Language Review, 56, 585-616.
Golombek, P.R., 1998. "A Study of Language Teachers' Personal Practical Knowledge." TESOL Quarterly, 32, 447-464.
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Halkes, R. & Olson, LK., 1990. "Teacher Thinking: A New Perspective on Persisting Problems in Education. In C. Day, M. Pope, & P. Denicolo. Insights Into Teachers' Thinking and Practice. Hampshire: The Palmer Press.
Harmer, J., 2001. "Coursebooks: A Human, Cultural and Linguistic Disaster?" MET, 8(4), 5-10.
Hashweh, M. Z, 1996. "Effects of Science Teachers' Epistemological Beliefs in Teaching."Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 33, 47-63.
Howard, J. & Major, J., 2011. Guidelines for Designing Effective English Language Teaching Materials. Retrieved 20 August 2011 from http://www.paaljapan.org/resources/proceedings/PAAL9/ pdf/Howard.pdf
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Johnson, K.E., 1996. "The Vision Versus the Reality: The Tensions of the TESOL Practicum." In D. Freeman & J.C.Richards (Eds.), Teacher Learning in Language Teaching (pp. 30-49). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Kagan, D., 1992. Professional Growth Among Pre-Service and Beginning Teachers." Review of Educational Research, 60, 419-469.
Kasper, L.F., 2000. Content-Based College ESL Instruction. New Jersey: Lawrence Eerlbaum Associates, Publishers.
Leinhardt, G., 1988. "Situated Knowledge and Expertise in Teaching." In J. Calderhead (Ed.), Teachers' Professional Learning (pp. 146-68). London: The Falmer Press.
Lortie, D., 1975. Schoolteacher: A Sociological Study. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Mullock, B., 2006. "The Pedagogical Knowledge Base of Four TESOL Teachers. The Modern Language Journal, 90, 48-66.
Nisbett, RE. & Ross, L., 1980. Human Inference: Strategies and Shortcoming of Social Judgment. Englewood Cliff, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Numrich, C., 1996. "On Becoming a Language Teacher: Insights from Diary Studies." TESOL Quarterly. 30, 131-153.
Peacock, M., 2001. "Preservice ESL Teachers' Beliefs About Second Language Learning: A Longitudinal Study." System, 29, 177-195.
Pajares, M.F., 1992. "Teachers' Beliefs and Educational Research: Cleaning Up a Messy Construct."
Review of Educational Research, 62, 307-32.
Podromou, L, 2002. "The Great ELT Textbook Debate." MET, 1 1(4), 25-33.
Richards, J. C, 1998. Beyond Training: Perspectives on Language Teacher Education. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Richards, J. C. & Nunan, D. (Eds.), 1990. Second Language Teacher Education. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Senden, F & Roberts, L, 1998. Orhan: "A Case Study in the Development of a Student Teacher's Personal Theories." Teachers and Teaching : Theory and practice, 14, 229-244.
Shavelson, R.J. & Stern, P., 1981. "Research on Teachers' Pedagogical Thoughts, Judgements and Behaviours." Review ofEducational Research, 51 , 455-98.
Shulman, L.S., 1987. Knowledge and Teaching. Foundations of the New Reform. Harvard Educational Review, 57, 1-22.
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Tomlinson, B., 1998. Materials Developmentin Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Wallace, M. L, 1991. Training Foreign Language Teachers: A Reflective Approach. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Woods, D., 1996. Teacher Cognition in Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Wubbels, T., 1992. "Taking Accounts of Student Teachers' Preconceptions." Teaching and Teacher Education, 8(2), 137-149.
Yaakobi, D., & Sharan, S., 1985. "Teacher Beliefs and Practices: The Discipline Carries the Message. Journal of Education for Teaching, 1 1, 187-199.
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Mohd Ariff Albakri, I. S., Ismail, N., Omar, A., Raja Harun, R. N. S., & Janan, D. (2012). Malay Pre-Service Teachers’ Conceptions of ELT Materials for Language Classrooms. Jurnal Peradaban Melayu, 7, 51–67. Retrieved from https://ojs.upsi.edu.my/index.php/JPM/article/view/3194
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