Towards a More Effective English Language Teacher Education Programme

TTowards a More Effective Initial English Language Teacher Education Programme presents a case for change and proposes innovation in initial English language teacher education (IELTE) programmes of the developing world. It urges through analysis of a programme curriculum that the major problem in most initial teacher education programmes of the developing world which results to in-effectiveness of the programmes as demonstrated by prospective teacher trainees' low proficiency and low teaching competence on graduation is a result of weak programme content and the actual training process: the content lacks some basic courses necessary for effective language teaching, and the training approach does not enhance deep learning and transfer of training-room learning into the real classroom teaching. It then presents the proposed revised programme (content and methodology) as a way forward to an effective initial teacher education programme and discusses the rationale for the changes. It lastly raises and discusses innovation issues and implementation strategies for implementing the proposed innovation.

Auteur

Dr. Michael Baffoka is a professional English language teacher and teacher educator. For over two decades, he has been teaching English, training teacher of English language, and conducting research in the field of English language teacher education. Currently, he is an A/Professor of English Language Teacher Education in University of Juba.