Pre-Service Teachers’ Cognition on Student Understanding in the EFL Language Classroom

ÇELİK, Mehmet | KORKUT, Perihan

The way language teachers respond to learners’ failure to internalize language may considerably vary. Some teachers may prioritize making the language in their classrooms understood in its entirety, contrary to their teacher education in which roughly-tuned input is advised rather than finely-tuned input. Considering that teachers’ practices are often influenced by their cognitions, this study set out to uncover teacher cognitions on student understanding during their teacher education. The participants were 13 pre-service EFL teachers doing their practicum at high schools in Turkey. Participa ...Daha fazlası