| "An
Investigation on Taiwanese EFL Teachers' Attitudes towards TPD and
Teaching Practices in Private Language Supplementary Schools in
Taiwan."
In progress PhD Research, University
of Birmingham
Supervisor: Judith
Lamie, PhD
My Blog, click here
Taiwanese EFL Teachers's Yahoogroups, click
here
Taiwanese
EFL Teachers' [in Supplementary Schools] Professional Development
Training
Program
Description
The
training sessions will run for a period of 6 months. Online
meetings and activities are scheduled depending on the teachers'
and online guests' availability. The sessions will involve
classroom research and professional development activities:
- hands
on approach
- dynamic
activities
- a
chance to experience and try out new strategies and techniques
in a supportive learning environment
- learn
and develop teaching skills to gain confidence and enhance
teachers' morale
- teacher
development through exploring classroom processes:
- Journals
[Weblogs]
- video
recording of lessons
- Action
Research
- Planning
- Action
- Observation
- Reflection
Program
Outline
- Online
Discussions [Asynchronous through Yahoogroups]
on the following topics:
- Exploring
teachers' beliefs about learning and teaching
- Roles
of the teacher
- Language
use in the classroom
Online
Conference [Alado and/or Tappedin]
- Language
teaching Methods and Approaches [Skills and Techniques]
- how
to teach speaking and listening
- how
to teach reading and writing
- teaching
young learners
- Using
games and music
- classroom
management
- Lesson
Planning
- Understanding
the nature of language learning activities
References:
Cohen, L.
and Manion, K. 1989. A Guide to Teaching Practice.
UK: Routledge
Celce-Murcia,
M. 2001. Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language,
3rd. Ed., US: Heinle & Heinle.
Orstein,
A. 1990. Strategies for Effective Teaching. US: HarperCollins
Publishers, Inc.
Randall,
M. and Thornton, B. 2001. Advising and Supporting
Teachers. UK: Cambrdige
Richards,
J. and Lockhart, C. 1996. Reflective Teaching in Second
Language Classrooms. UK: Cambridge University Press.
Richards,
J. and Rodgers, T. 1986. Approaches and Methods in Language
Teaching, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Ur, P. A
Course in Language Teaching. UK: Cambridge
Wajnryb,
R. 1992. Classroom Observation Tasks. UK: Cambridge
Widdowson,
H.G. 1990. Aspects of Language Teaching. UK: Oxford
University Press.
This survey
is now closed.
There
are two ways to participate in this survey:
1:
Download a .doc version of the survey [click
here]. Answer it. Once you're done answering it, send it to
me by email at aidenyeh@yahoo.com.
2:
Land-based survey. I will go to your workplace and administer the
survey myself. In which case, please email to me your school address
and contact telephone number for appointments.
Professional
development activities are underway and if you are interested in
partaking in any of the activities please do not hesitate to write.
Some of the
activities that teachers will be doing as part of my PhD study are:
-Creating, writing
and maintaining journals [online blogs] for personal reflections
on teachings
-Online conferences with international guest speakers on topics
ranging from teaching methodology to motivation
-classroom research
- etc.
Please take
note that these activities are only to those who will volunteer
to take part in my research. In which case, you will be engaged
in learning and professional advancement.
Thank you so much and I look forward to
hearing from you.
Join Taiwanese
EFL Teachers' Yahoogroups, an email list-serv for Aiden Yeh's PhD
Research. Please click
here.
January 23, Brainstorming
for TPD Workshop Outline
January 23, 2005, Collected
questionnaire
January 20, 2005, created
my blog for this research
December 07, 2004 Survey
is out.
October 10, 2004, Final
Draft, Survey
Research Proposal [submitted
Spring, 2003]
Research
Map [submitted Winter, 2003]
Revised Draft Sept. 19,
2004
Contact: aidenyehatyahoo.com
Updated 1/23/2005
Created: September 18, 2004 |
