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ERIC Number: EJ675618
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0742-051X
Learning To Teach English Language during the First Year: Personal Influences and Challenges.
Farrell, Thomas S. C.
Teaching and Teacher Education, v19 n1 p95-111 Jan 2003
Examined the role that support from the school and colleagues played as one teacher developed during his first year as a secondary English as a Second Language teacher in Singapore. Data from observations and interviews indicated that the teacher considered collegial support the most important school-based support during that first year. The paper recommends including this type of support in the formal school induction process. (SM)
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Collegiality, English (Second Language), Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, Reflective Teaching, Secondary Education, Teacher Collaboration
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Singapore; Teacher Socialization