Probing into novice and experienced teachers’ knowledge, perceptions, and practices in the EFL classroom

YANAN HUA; JING ZHANG

doi:10.30827/portalin.vi2023c.29628

Autores/as

YANAN HUA HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, CHINA (Corresponding author)
JING ZHANG XI'AN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY, CHINA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30827/portalin.vi2023c.29628

Palabras clave:

Maestro EFL, maestro principiante, maestro con experiencia, andamio

Resumen

Debido al inestimable papel de los andamios en el entorno de la enseñanza de idiomas, hasta la fecha se han realizado varios estudios de idiomas sobre esta construcción. Sin embargo, el papel de la experiencia docente en la comprensión e implementación de prácticas de andamiaje en los contextos de inglés como lengua extranjera (EFL) ha sido raramente explorado. Para llenar este vacío, este estudio investigó las percepciones, el conocimiento y las prácticas de andamiaje de los profesores de EFL novatos y experimentados en China. Al hacerlo, 487 maestros chinos de EFL completaron un cuestionario seguido de una entrevista semiestructurada con 22 participantes. Los resultados del análisis temático revelaron que los profesores de EFL novatos y experimentados tienen diferentes percepciones de los andamios y sus prácticas en el aula. Además, los resultados de la prueba t de muestras independientes revelaron una diferencia estadísticamente significativa entre las percepciones, el conocimiento y las prácticas de andamiaje de los profesores principiantes y experimentados de EFL en el contexto chino, con el grupo experimentado teniendo puntuaciones más altas. Se discuten las posibles implicaciones para los maestros y capacitadores de EFL para aumentar su comprensión de la teoría y práctica de andamios.

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YANAN HUA, HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, CHINA (Corresponding author)

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR

School of Foreign Studies, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, Henan China

JING ZHANG, XI'AN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY, CHINA

Graduate School, Xi'an International Studies University, Xi'an 710128, Shaanxi China

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