Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ638377
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Changing Values: What Use Are Theories of Language Learning and Teaching?
MacDonald, Malcom; Badger, Richard; White, Goodith
Teaching and Teacher Education, v17 n8 p949-63 Nov 2001
This questionnaire study examined the beliefs of undergraduate and graduate preservice teachers of English as a Second Language about language learning. Although students tended to denigrate the value of theory in their preparation program, many of their expressed beliefs changed significantly during their theoretical courses on second language learning, while beliefs of a control group showed no such change. (SM)
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Graduate Study, Higher Education, Language Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Student Teacher Attitudes, Student Teachers, Theory Practice Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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