Learning Strategies of English Language Teachers for Professional Development
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Joshi, Kumari Damayanti
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Department of English Education
Abstract
The present study entitled, “Learning strategies of English Language Teachers
for Professional Development” aims to identify the learning strategies of
English language teachers and the benefits they got from those strategies for
their better professional development. The research study is mainly based on
the primary sources of data which was collected from the forty- five English
language teachers teaching in different colleges of Kathmandu valley. The
colleges were selected by using non-random purposive sampling procedure.
The data obtained from the respondents with the help of the questionnaire have
been analyzed and interpreted using simple statistical tools. The study shows
that teachers’ own teaching experience, self- monitoring, workshops,
conferences, seminars, learning from colleagues’ peer observation and team
teaching are the most common learning strategies that have been practiced by
the English language teachers and the strategies like mentoring, refresher
courses, teaching portfolios, resource and teacher activity centers, reflective
logs and analysis of critical incidents are less common learning strategies
among the English language teachers teaching in different colleges of
Kathmandu valley. The study is divided into four chapters and other sub-chapters. The first chapter
deals with general background, importance of English language and English
language teaching in Nepal, learning strategies, concept of professional
development, professional development of English language teachers, need of
professional development for teacher, learning strategies of English language
teachers for professional development, review of related literature, objectives
and significance of the study. The second chapter deals with the methodology
used in the study i.e. the sources of data, population of study, sampling
procedure, tools, process of data collection and limitations of the study. The
third chapter which is the main part of the study consists of the analysis and
interpretation of the data. The fourth chapter deals with the major finding and
recommendations made on the basis of the analysis and interpretation of the
data