Reflections on Varieties of English in an Audiovisual Media-Based Online Teacher Training Course
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This paper reports on a classroom-based research study aiming at raising EFL pre-service teachers’ awareness of varieties of English by means of listening journals in an online teacher training course. 143 journals which were written (bi-)weekly by the trainees throughout the course term served both as a pedagogical tool and a research instrument. Their reflections on the web-based audiovisual materials of their choice revealed that the journals have been influential in realising the research aim in that the trainees were exposed to various English uses through these materials. As the course which comprised reading articles on native speakerism, standard English versus World Englishes, reflection tasks, presentations and classroom discussions progressed, they expanded the range of English uses in their web-based audiovisual materials. They started with more Centre-based uses of English specific to Inner-Circle-called countries such as the UK, the USA, Canada and developed a growing interest in the emerging uses of English in the Expanding and Outer Circle-called countries in the upcoming weeks. Drawing on the conclusions from their reflections in the listening journals, I will discuss the points which they have become mindful of and touch on practical implications and suggestions for future research.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Varieties of English, Audiovisual media, Web-based instruction, Journals, EFL pre-service teachers.
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