Language Background & Professional Competencies in Teaching ESOL

Title
Language Background & Professional Competencies in Teaching ESOL
Publication Date
2004
Author(s)
Ellis, Elizabeth M
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7936-7651
Email: eellis4@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:eellis4
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
English Australia
Place of publication
Australia
UNE publication id
une:3292
Abstract
Little attention has been paid to ESOL teachers' second language Learning experience, despite much research in teacher cognition on the importance of teachers' knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and experience as contributors to their teaching. The paper identifies elements of the development of ESL and EFL in Australia to show how and why English continues to be taught monolingually, thereby rendering teachers' other languages irrelevant. Through an examination of teacher education curricula and statements of TESOL teacher competency in Australia and other English-speaking countries, the author shows that L2 experience does not feature as a necessary or desirable attribute. The paper argues for the recognition of bilinguality and L2 learning experience as key contributors to the formation of ESOL teachers' linguistic and sociolinguistic knowledge, and calls for research to illuminate such contribution.
Link
Citation
EA Journal, 21(2), p. 55-71
ISSN
1444-4496
Start page
55
End page
71

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