Teachers Learning to Teach English Learners in an Online Community of Practice in an Urban District

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Author(s): Karla del Rosal (Southern Methodist University, USA), Paige Ware (Southern Methodist University, USA)and Nancy Montgomery (Southern Methodist University, USA)
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 15
Source title: Handbook of Research on Integrating Technology Into Contemporary Language Learning and Teaching
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Bin Zou (Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China)and Michael Thomas (Liverpool John Moores University, UK)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5140-9.ch002

Keywords: Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference / Literacy and Language Studies / Media & Communications

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This chapter reports on a study that investigated the knowledge and skills for teaching English learners (ELs) that in-service teachers displayed during their participation in an online community of practice. Teachers' conversations were analyzed using a priory and inductive codes. Findings showed that teachers demonstrated an understanding of practices that support ELs in overcoming language demands that disciplinary content standards in the U.S. pose, including promoting ELs' participation, teaching language within content and in the four modes, assessing ELs' progress during instruction, and offering differentiated language scaffolds. The online community of practice offered in-service teachers an environment in which they engaged in learning tasks related to theories that they had learned and to their practice. Online communities of practice can facilitate information flow, peer collaboration, and content application in teacher preparation programs. However, tasks need to leverage technology tools affordances and to establish equitable participation expectations.

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