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Utilisation of constructivist discourse to enhance English as a Second Language proficiency in teacher education
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2017.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/62888 Utilisation of constructivist discourse to enhance English as a Second Language proficiency in teacher education Engelbrecht, Alta bmlotsa@yahoo.com Slabbert, Johannes A. Mlotsa-Mngomezulu, Faith Busisiwe ESL proficiency Context-embedded communication Discourse analysis Facilitating learning UCTD Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-08 Education theses SDG-10 Education theses SDG-16 Education theses SDG-17 Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2017. The study explored teacher educators’ utilization of constructivist education practices to develop ESL in a teacher training institution and student teachers’ engagement in the instructional practices. In light of Chomsky’s proposition in his Universal Grammar (UG) (Cook & Newson 2007) all humanity, under normal conditions, is wired with a language acquisition device (LAD), which is activated in any real-life context when individuals experience exposure to any language. In the formal learning context; teacher education in particular, student teachers experience academic language which presents challenges, resulting in poor academic performance. Cummins (2009) proposes context embedded communication to afford acquisition of academic language. This learning environment is supported for pedagogy in constructivist learning settings, thus constructivist theories of learning provided the study’s theoretical framework. This was a qualitative case study utilising lesson observations of a class of 150 first year student teachers and 4 of their teacher educators. The 4 educators and 5 of the student teachers also attended to open-ended survey questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, including reflective journals for the latter. Data were analysed through a discourse analysis approach to determine educators’ education practices and student teachers’ meta-learning actions. Findings indicated that student teachers could identify their ESL incompetence but rated it incorrectly. An overarching ESL challenge was with the writing mode. Teacher educators utilised student teachers’ real-life experiences but partially immersed them in independent exploration of tasks to foster meta-learning actions and acquire disciplinary discourses, thus the students relied heavily on their educators’ assistance than independent learning. mi2026 Humanities Education PhD Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth SDG-10: Reduced inequalities SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals 2017-10-24T09:14:05Z 2017-10-24T09:14:05Z 2017-09-07 2017 Thesis Mlotsa-Mngomezulu, FB 2017, Utilisation of constructivist discourse to enhance English as a Second Language proficiency in teacher education, PhD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/62888> S2017 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/62888 en © 2017 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | ESL proficiency Context-embedded communication Discourse analysis Facilitating learning UCTD Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-08 Education theses SDG-10 Education theses SDG-16 Education theses SDG-17 Utilisation of constructivist discourse to enhance English as a Second Language proficiency in teacher education |
| title | Utilisation of constructivist discourse to enhance English as a Second Language proficiency in teacher education |
| title_full | Utilisation of constructivist discourse to enhance English as a Second Language proficiency in teacher education |
| title_fullStr | Utilisation of constructivist discourse to enhance English as a Second Language proficiency in teacher education |
| title_full_unstemmed | Utilisation of constructivist discourse to enhance English as a Second Language proficiency in teacher education |
| title_short | Utilisation of constructivist discourse to enhance English as a Second Language proficiency in teacher education |
| title_sort | utilisation of constructivist discourse to enhance english as a second language proficiency in teacher education |
| topic | ESL proficiency Context-embedded communication Discourse analysis Facilitating learning UCTD Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-08 Education theses SDG-10 Education theses SDG-16 Education theses SDG-17 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/62888 |