In Afghanistan university context, English Departments focusing on preparing or educating EFL teachers’ candidates are of two types; the Education Colleges’ (ECED) and Literature (LCED). The purpose this research is to investigate extent which teacher preparation institutions in universities educate efficacious teachers so as teach at public schools. It also aims comparing teaching efficacy lev...

Teacher supervision plays a pivotal role in the improvement of education system and the way in which teachers and student teachers perceive it. Consequently language teacher supervisors can utilize appropriate supervisory models to keep teachers update and promote them professionally. The present study investigated the role of language teacher supervisors in student teachers and in-service teac...

For EFL teacher education, it’s important to polish pre-service teachers’ pronunciation and their teaching skills. Currently, the training for teachers in China only focuses on improvement lacks element of education so that its efficacy still needs improvement. This paper points out rationale applying Learning-Oriented Assessment (LOA) teachers. Then author discusses evaluation approaches integ...

BACKGROUND Expiratory flow limitation (EFL), determined by the negative expiratory pressure (NEP) technique, can exhibit overlapping patterns in COPD, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and non-OSA obesity. We assessed the ability of a quantitative method to assess EFL to discriminate COPD from obese and OSA patients during NEP (-2 to -3 cm H(2)O) testing. METHODS EFL was quantified by measuring t...

The profession of second language teaching has experienced fundamental fluctuations in both theory and practice. With its own proponents and opponents, the postmethod was considered as the practical and reasonable solution to the limitations of the confining concept of the method. The purpose of this qualitative study was to elicit nonnative EFL teachers’ viewpoints and perceptions regarding po...

EFL teachers’ professional identity is a multi-dimensional and complicated concept. It is influenced by many other issues in the educational context such as reflective practice. This study intended to explore the relationship between professional identity and reflectivity of Iranian EFL teachers. It also aimed to examine how high and low reflective teachers perceive the professional identity co...

As more states begin to adopt teacher evaluation systems based on value-added measures, legal challenges have been filed both seeing to limit the use of value-added measures (Cook v. Stewart) and others seeking to require more robust evaluation systems (Vergara v. California). This study reviews existing teacher evaluation systems and examines validity evidence supporting the use value-added sc...

The participant in this study was an English teacher who also held the position of vice principal, and researchers investigated complications involved construction a teacher's identity for Indonesia, representing expanding number instructors. This used integrated perspective to investigate development identities, drawing insights from Barcelos' (2015) theory relationship between beliefs, identi...

This  paper  describes  how  English  as  a  Foreign  Language  (EFL)  teachers  can  bring  reliable, valid, user-friendly assessment into their classrooms, and thus improve the quality of learning that  occurs  there.  Based  on  the  experience  of  the  author  as  a  an  EFL  teacher  and  teacher-trainer, it is suggested that the promotion and development of autonomy, intrinsic motivation...