Reflection in Action: Increasing Teacher Awareness of the Learning Needs of Specific Socio-Cultural Groups.

Ainscough, Valerie

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ERIC Number: EJ558292

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Reflection in Action: Increasing Teacher Awareness of the Learning Needs of Specific Socio-Cultural Groups.

Ainscough, Valerie

System, v25 n4 p571-79 Dec 1997

Examines the issue of appropriate methodology for teaching English as a foreign language for differing sociocultural contexts. The article, based on the experiences of a team of teachers from a wide variety of teaching backgrounds, also examines the extent of the need for awareness raising in relation to learner backgrounds and teachers' varying experiences of teaching and training. (13 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Cultural Context, English (Second Language), Inservice Teacher Education, Second Language Instruction, Sociocultural Patterns, Sociolinguistics, Teaching Experience, Teaching Methods, Team Teaching

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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