A study of pre-service teachers’ perceptions of task-based language teaching via metaphor analysis in a Chinese context
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21494446 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jie Li (0000-0002-5131-4769, East China Normal University), Li Jie (0000-0001-6935-3291, East China Normal University), Weicheng Zou (0000-0001-8812-4988, East China Normal University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 508-520 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-20 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Education for Teaching International Research and Pedagogy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0260-7476 • E-ISSN: 1360-0540 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02607476.2021.1989287 |
| OpenAlex | W3206032133 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 26 |
In spite of the fact that task-based language teaching (TBLT) has been extensively researched in both experimental and authentic contexts, there is a scarcity of research on TBLT in the area of pre-service teaching. Our current study seeks to help fill this gap via the examination of the attitudes of thirty-nine pre-service teachers – after an eight-week period of instruction – towards the understanding of TBLT in a Chinese context. This research also sheds light on what factors may be contributing to these attitudes. The data were collected via the means of a metaphor elicitation questionnaire, followed by in-depth interviews. Findings reveal that pre-service teachers primarily hold neutral (with a tendency towards the positive) attitudes towards TBLT, while their understandings are basic and also still shallow and narrow due to individual and contextual factors. The study finally highlights a few implications for pre-service EFL teacher education programmes
Language education · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Metaphor · Pedagogy · Perception · Scarcity · Teacher education · Teaching method · Education Practices and Challenges · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Engineering · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Psychology
Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions of TBLT and the Introduction of Rap Battles in Foreign Language (FL) Teaching
Reconciling the evolving conceptualisations of language teacher cognition from an activity theory perspective
English learners’ beliefs about L2 speaking fluency
Comparing metaphor elicitation models
In Defense of Tasks and TBLT
Techniques and principles in language teaching
Cognition and tasks
Task complexity, cognitive resources, and syllabus design
Researching and Applying Metaphor
Teacher education
Handling Qualitative Data
Teacher cognition in language teaching
Exploring Language Pedagogy through Second Language Acquisition Research
Second language teacher education
Issues in Teachers' Reinterpretation of a Task-Based Innovation in Primary Schools
The Subjectivity Problem
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |