Developing and validating the effectiveness and feasibility of training courses in English language teacher proficiency

本研究通过文献综述、对在职教师的访谈以及对在职和职前教师的问卷调查，对专业英语教师应具备的基本技能和能力进行了初步研究。在此基础上，作者提出了专业英语教师应具备的素质和技能。在此基础上，编制了本科英语教学法课程教学大纲。为了检验课程的有效性，收集了教学日志、学生的反应纸和DVD上的课堂记录等数据。数据仍在分析中，但迄今为止，数据表明，培训班没有预期的那么有效。其中一个原因似乎是学生和教师之间存在着认知差距，特别是学生报告说通过合作学习到的东西之间存在着认知差距。 ...更多信息 另一方面，教师认为他所教的内容。同样的一组信息被用作检查课程中是否涵盖了教学实习所需的技能的检查表。对问卷答复的深入分析表明，他们认为课堂教学中需要的内容与课程中教授的内容之间存在差距，上述结果表明，需要作出更大努力，使本科课程的内容对教师（包括职前和在职教师）有用。为了找到实现这一目标的线索，曾试图在国际会议和个别磋商中征求该领域专家的意见。部分结果的报告，这表明，在日本的教师培训课程需要提供与未来的教师类型的知识是实用的，但基于强大的理论。整个数据集和信息尚待分析和解释，其结果将在适当时候公布。少

Preliminary research was conducted to identify the basic skills and competence that are required of professional EFL teachers by means of literature review and interviews with in-service teachers and questionnaires with in-service and pre-service teachers. Based on the information, a range of qualities and skills that professional EFL teachers have to possess were identified. Based on the list of skills and qualities, a syllabus was developed for undergraduate EFL teaching methodology courses. In order to examine the effectiveness of the course, the data were gathered including the teaching log, students' reaction paper and the recording of the classes on DVD. The data are still in the process of being analyzed, and yet it has indicated so far that the course was not as effective as had been expected. One of the reasons for this seems to be that there is a perception gap between students and teachers, particularly the one between what the students reported having learned through the co … More urse on the one hand and what the teacher thought he had taught.The same set of information was used as a checklist for examining if the skills needed for teaching practicum were covered in the course. In-depth analyses of the questionnaire responses indicated that there was a gap between what they felt needed in the teaching in classrooms and what had been taught in the course.The above results show that greater efforts need to be made to render the content of the undergraduate course serviceable for the teachers, both pre-service and in-service. In order to do find a clue to that end end, an attempt was made to consult experts in the field at international conferences and individual consultations. Part of the outcomes are reported, which show that teacher training courses in Japan need to provide with the would-be teachers the type of knowledge which are practical but based on robust theory. The whole data sets and information are yet to be analyzed and interpreted, the results of which will be published in due time. Less