The Relations between Vietnamese EFL Students' and Teachers' Language Learning Beliefs

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4438-4934-0
Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 205 Seiten

This book examines the relationships between foreign language learning beliefs and learning preferences of two English language learners and the beliefs and teaching practices of two Native English-speaking teachers in the EFL context. In such an environment, the learners were not satisfied with learning English in their public school; they paid a great deal of money to attend a private school and had many expectations regarding the course and the teachers. On the other hand, the teachers had to satisfy their students without any personal experience in learning English as a foreign language.

Practically, the book will help private schools and other similar contexts to enhance their competitiveness in the market and serve their learners better. In addition, the book will also help EFL teachers to raise their awareness of the nature and effects of the relationship between teachers’ and students’ beliefs. Theoretically, this book contributes to the current literature on this subject by relating not only learners’ beliefs and preferences, but also teachers’ beliefs with their on-going practices.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nguyen, Truong Sa

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Interkulturelle Kommunikation & Interaktion
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Literatur, Deutsch, Fremdsprachen (Unterricht & Didaktik)

Über Autor(innen)

Nguyen, Truong Sa
Truong Sa Nguyen holds a BA in English Teaching from Hue Pedagogy University in Vietnam, an MA in Applied Linguistics from Latrobe University, and a doctorate researching Applied Linguistics and TESOL from Leicester University. His experience as an EFL teacher came from teaching English and managing English programs in a number of private English schools in Vietnam. He has taught courses ranging from Children English to Teenager English, General English, and Business English and IELTS, TOEIC, and TOEFL courses. Truong Sa is currently a Lecturer in Ho Chi Minh University of Industry where he is in charge of training new teachers of English. His teaching and researching interests are language teaching and learning methodology, second language acquisition, cross-culture communication, and classroom and action research.

Truong Sa Nguyen holds a BA in English Teaching from Hue Pedagogy University in Vietnam, an MA in Applied Linguistics from Latrobe University, and a doctorate researching Applied Linguistics and TESOL from Leicester University. His experience as an EFL teacher came from teaching English and managing English programs in a number of private English schools in Vietnam. He has taught courses ranging from Children English to Teenager English, General English, and Business English and IELTS, TOEIC, and TOEFL courses. Truong Sa is currently a Lecturer in Ho Chi Minh University of Industry where he is in charge of training new teachers of English. His teaching and researching interests are language teaching and learning methodology, second language acquisition, cross-culture communication, and classroom and action research.