Korean Elementary English Teachers' Perception of Readers’ Theatre
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This study explores a group of 69 elementary English teachers' experiences with readers’ theater (RT) during a Teaching English in English (TEE) intensive teacher training program at the Seoul Educational Training Institute in the fall of 2014. The research was designed to investigate teachers' perceptions of RT, which has been suggested by a number of researchers as an effective tool for improving literacy development, not only in L1 settings but also in ESL and EFL contexts. To localize the strategy to the Korean context, teacher questionnaires were administered and two semi-structured interviews were conducted with the instructor to collect data. Results showed that 96 percent of teachers wanted to use RT in and affective factors such as interest, self-confidence, and cooperation. Follow-up teacher training programs their classes; likewise, they recognized thepositive effects of RT on young learners' language proficiency and RT-related material development were strongly suggested as ways to localize the strategy.
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This study explores a group of 69 elementary English teachers' experiences with readers’ theater (RT) during a Teaching English in English (TEE) intensive teacher training program at the Seoul Educational Training Institute in the fall of 2014. The research was designed to investigate teachers' perceptions of RT, which has been suggested by a number of researchers as an effective tool for improving literacy development, not only in L1 settings but also in ESL and EFL contexts. To localize the strategy to the Korean context, teacher questionnaires were administered and two semi-structured interviews were conducted with the instructor to collect data. Results showed that 96 percent of teachers wanted to use RT in and affective factors such as interest, self-confidence, and cooperation. Follow-up teacher training programs their classes; likewise, they recognized thepositive effects of RT on young learners' language proficiency and RT-related material development were strongly suggested as ways to localize the strategy.
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