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Trainee teachers' understanding of content/language connections

National Institute of Education, Singapore, rita.silver{at}nie.edu.sg

The developing understandings of teacher-trainees of language and content connections in `subject' teaching in Singapore's bilingual primary schools are explored in this article. I narrate the development of the project, the trainee responses, and my own reflections on the process. Throughout, I take an Exploratory Practice (Allwright, 2003) stance by attempting to understand teacher-trainee understanding, to adopt a more collegial attitude in the teacher-trainer/teacher-trainee relationship, and to integrate appropriate research methods with relevant teacher training activities.

Key Words: content-based language teaching • exploratory practice • language across the curriculum • language awareness • practitioner research • teacher training

Language Teaching Research, Vol. 12, No. 1, 105-123 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1362168807084498


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