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Reforming Pre-Service English Language Teacher Training Using Professional Community of Learning

Reforming Pre-Service English Language Teacher Training Using Professional Community of Learning
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Author(s): Abdulmalik Yusuf Ofemile (University of Nottingham, UK)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 28
Source title: Handbook of Research on Curriculum Reform Initiatives in English Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Christopher Denman (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman)and Rahma Al-Mahrooqi (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5846-0.ch017

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Abstract

In the English language teaching context in Nigeria, teacher training-institutions often use theoretical and outdated curriculum with little emphasis on the acquisition of communicative language teaching (CLT) skills or content mastery. This does not adequately prepare teachers for work in basic and secondary schools. This chapter focuses on the potential of using professional community of learning to train pre-service teachers of English in CLT approaches. Two groups of teachers with similar pre-service training were evaluated during teaching practice, with one group being exposed to CLT approaches. Results suggest that pre-service teachers that were exposed to CLT approaches performed better in class than those who were not. Following these results, the potential for replication and integration into the national teacher-training curriculum in Nigeria is explored.

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