Abstract

TAGLE OCHOA, Tania et al. Beliefs Concerning the Roles of Teacher and Learner Held by Pre-Service Teachers of English from two Chilean Universities. Folios [online]. 2017, n.45, pp.113-126. ISSN 0123-4870.

This article was derived from a research study whose purpose was to identify student teachers' beliefs concerning the teacher's and learner's roles. The participants were 24 subjects enrolled in their last year of professional preparation at English language pedagogy programs offered by two Chilean universities. The techniques used to gather data were non-participant observation concerning an English lesson implemented by the research subjects and a stimulated-recall semi-structured interview focused on their observed teaching performance. A content analysis procedure regarding the interview was employed, using codes and categories provided by qualitative analysis software, Atlas.ti. The results indicate that the participants hold beliefs concerning the teacher's and learner's roles based on a constructivist and traditional approach to teaching and learning English. Initial teacher training programs should consider these findings in order to improve the process of preparation of teaching professionals.

Keywords : Teacher training; beliefs; teacher's role; learner's role; language teaching.

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