College English Teachers&#x02019; Beliefs about Effective Language Teaching

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Asian Journal of English Language Teaching ›› 2014, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (1) : 97-120.

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College English Teachers’ Beliefs about Effective Language Teaching

Maoying XIANG¹, Simon BORG²

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This study examined the beliefs about effective language teaching held by a group of Chinese College English teachers. The extent to which teachers felt their classroom practices reflected these beliefs was also studied together with an analysis of the factors that, according to the teachers, limited the realization of their beliefs in their teaching. The findings show that while the teachers felt that their teaching reflected their beliefs, there was a significant difference between the value assigned to particular teaching behaviors and practices and the extent to which these were reported to occur in teachers’ work. In explaining the reasons for this mismatch, teachers felt that student factors, institutional factors, and teacher factors were influential.

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Maoying XIANG, Simon BORG. (2014). College English Teachers’ Beliefs about Effective Language Teaching.Asian Journal of English Language Teaching , 24(1): 97-120

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