SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THE LIGHT OF REFLECTIONS OF POLISH PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS: ON THE BASIS OF THE CASE STUDY OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION STUDENTS Cover Image

Fremdsprachenlehren und -lernen im Fokus der Reflexionen von polnischen angehenden Lehrenden: Am Beispiel der Studierenden der Frühpädagogik
SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THE LIGHT OF REFLECTIONS OF POLISH PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS: ON THE BASIS OF THE CASE STUDY OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION STUDENTS

Author(s): Krzysztof Nerlicki
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Comparative Linguistics, Psycholinguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: pre-service second language teachers; learner beliefs; early childhood second language learning

Summary/Abstract: Pre-service second language teachers often keep in mind and orient themselves by their own experiences and beliefs acquired as learners during second language classes at school. The paper offers a presentation of experiences and beliefs of 25 Polish early childhood education students and identifies which of these beliefs changed after the students attended the second language teaching methodology course. Two areas where the change of beliefs occurred are discussed: a) attitude towards errors and their correction, and b) attitude towards the use of language in class. From the didactic point of view it is argued that university students should be confronted during their professional education with their own learning experiences as well as those of others, and that their false beliefs should be modified in order to, on this basis, train them to be reflective teachers.

  • Issue Year: 2024
  • Issue No: 33
  • Page Range: 141-162
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: German
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