An Investigation into Chinese College English Teachers' Beliefs of Students' Web-Based Informal Language Learning

Autor/in	Jiang, Jiahong
Titel	An Investigation into Chinese College English Teachers' Beliefs of Students' Web-Based Informal Language Learning
Quelle	In: International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 12 (2016) 3, S.26-37, Artikel 3 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1550-1876
DOI	10.4018/IJICTE.2016070103
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; College Faculty; English Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Beliefs; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); College Students; Web Based Instruction; Second Language Learning; Electronic Learning; Informal Education; Teaching Methods; Instructional Effectiveness; Educational Practices; Questionnaires; Outcomes of Education; Qualitative Research; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Fakultät; English language lessons; Teacher; Teachers; Englischunterricht; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lehrerverhalten; Belief; Glaube; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Collegestudent; Web Based Training; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Unterrichtserfolg; Bildungspraxis; Fragebogen; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Qualitative Forschung
Abstract	With the rapid development of information and technology, language learners have more ways to acquire the target language. Recently, WILL has gained popularity, for informal web-based learning of English has been depicted as a process driven by the purpose of communication. Thus, teachers have many challenges when teaching learners who have experienced informal online language learning. Therefore, teachers may change their teaching strategies in order to achieve their teaching effectiveness. The present study investigated 30 Chinese in-service college English teachers' beliefs of WILL in order to provide for teachers the insight into the current consciousness language teachers should have of these practices. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01