Series | SAIL
Edited book | Policies and Practices for Linguistic Education, Multilingualism and Intercultural Communication
Chapter | I futuri insegnanti d’inglese alla scuola primaria

I futuri insegnanti d’inglese alla scuola primaria

Un’indagine sulla percezione delle competenze

Abstract

In this paper we explore primary school trainee teachers’ perception of their linguistic-communicative competence in EFL and of their training as language teachers. 44 questionnaires were administered and 17 semi-structured interviews were conducted with Italian trainee teachers. The findings revealed that the respondents considered themselves only partly ready to handle pluralistic approaches for teaching in a plurilingual, multicultural and socially fluid context. In fact, while they expressed confidence in their general pedagogical knowledge, they perceived their linguistic-cultural education and training insufficient to enable them to teach English for interactional purposes. A few suggestions are put forward at the end of the paper.


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Submitted: Oct. 16, 2020 | Published May 24, 2021 | Language: it

Keywords Primary schoolCommunicative competenceLinguistic competenceTeacher trainingTrainee teachers


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