Prospective teachers' self-efficacy in English language teaching: Implications for teacher education in Hong Kong

Prospective teachers' self-efficacy in English language teaching: Implications for teacher education in Hong Kong

Developments in higher education

• Chan, Wai David
• Tang, Lai Yiu Eunice
• Lee, Chi Kin John
• Chun, Ka Wai Cecilia

• Albertson, M. L.

Hauppauge

Nova Science Publishers, Inc

2009

• F Learning & Teaching
  • FD Application of Communicative Media, IT in Learning & Teaching
• G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  • GB English Language
• M Teachers & Education for Teachers
  • MA Professional Education for Teachers

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education

Self-efficacy beliefs regarding the teaching of English language in reading, writing, listening, and speaking were assessed in a sample of 55 prospective Chinese teachers who were trained to teach English as a second language in Hong Kong. These teachers reported that their sense of self-efficacy in teaching speaking and writing seemed to go together, whereas their sense of self-efficacy in teaching reading emerged as relatively distinct. Prospective teachers with teaching-practice experience did report significantly higher scores on self-efficacy in teaching speaking-writing than those without teachingpractice experience. Implications of the findings for efforts to enhance teaching performance through enhancing teaching self-efficacy are discussed. The use of information technology such as blog-based teaching portfolio is suggested to provide an avenue through which prospective teachers' self-efficacy beliefs could be closely examined to provide insights into the changes of self-efficacy in relation to teaching effectiveness. Copyright © 2010 by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved.

• English

Book Chapters

• 9781608761135

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/81a79068

2018-04-16