Preparing linguistically responsive teachers through experiential foreign language tasks: A phenomenological study

Importance of culturally and linguistically responsive teaching escalates as globalization and immigration increase the student diversity in classrooms. Although culturally responsive teaching has been studied in detail, the literature on linguistically responsive teaching is largely theoretical, wi...

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Main Author: Güliz Turgut Dost
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-12-01
Series:Cogent Education
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2016.1169614
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description Importance of culturally and linguistically responsive teaching escalates as globalization and immigration increase the student diversity in classrooms. Although culturally responsive teaching has been studied in detail, the literature on linguistically responsive teaching is largely theoretical, with limited research-based practices. This article reports a phenomenological study of four prospective teachers’ experiences with four foreign language tasks. The purpose of the study was to propose and examine a research-based practice to raise awareness about preparing linguistically responsive teachers in teacher education programs. Data were collected through written participant reflections and analyzed using phenomenological analysis. Findings reveal that the tasks assisted participants to become aware of the linguistic, cognitive, and emotional hard work encountered while learning a new language. Participants also reported being empathetic toward English language learners. Implications for teacher education programs and teacher educators are presented.
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spelling doaj.art-8838e960a066470ca9f602e9f3e7c24e2023-09-02T15:52:40ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Education2331-186X2016-12-013110.1080/2331186X.2016.11696141169614Preparing linguistically responsive teachers through experiential foreign language tasks: A phenomenological studyGüliz Turgut Dost0Adnan Menderes UniversityImportance of culturally and linguistically responsive teaching escalates as globalization and immigration increase the student diversity in classrooms. Although culturally responsive teaching has been studied in detail, the literature on linguistically responsive teaching is largely theoretical, with limited research-based practices. This article reports a phenomenological study of four prospective teachers’ experiences with four foreign language tasks. The purpose of the study was to propose and examine a research-based practice to raise awareness about preparing linguistically responsive teachers in teacher education programs. Data were collected through written participant reflections and analyzed using phenomenological analysis. Findings reveal that the tasks assisted participants to become aware of the linguistic, cognitive, and emotional hard work encountered while learning a new language. Participants also reported being empathetic toward English language learners. Implications for teacher education programs and teacher educators are presented.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2016.1169614pre-service teacher educationlinguistically responsive teachingenglish language learnersexperiential learningempathyphenomenology
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Preparing linguistically responsive teachers through experiential foreign language tasks: A phenomenological study
Cogent Education
pre-service teacher education
linguistically responsive teaching
english language learners
experiential learning
empathy
phenomenology
title Preparing linguistically responsive teachers through experiential foreign language tasks: A phenomenological study
title_full Preparing linguistically responsive teachers through experiential foreign language tasks: A phenomenological study
title_fullStr Preparing linguistically responsive teachers through experiential foreign language tasks: A phenomenological study
title_full_unstemmed Preparing linguistically responsive teachers through experiential foreign language tasks: A phenomenological study
title_short Preparing linguistically responsive teachers through experiential foreign language tasks: A phenomenological study
title_sort preparing linguistically responsive teachers through experiential foreign language tasks a phenomenological study
topic pre-service teacher education
linguistically responsive teaching
english language learners
experiential learning
empathy
phenomenology
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2016.1169614
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