Training multilingual English language teachers: challenges for higher education. (27th December 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: van der Walt, Christa
• Is Part Of: ELT journal. Volume 76:Number 2(2022)
• Page Start: 218
• Page End: 226
• Publication Date: 2021-12-27
• Subjects: multilingual teacher education -- multilingual CLIL -- higher education -- English as a language of learning and teaching; English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers -- Periodicals; 428.0071
• DOI: 10.1093/elt/ccab088
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0951-0893

Abstract

Abstract: In South Africa, English is used as a language of learning and teaching for most students from Grade 4 onwards. National policies have requirements for all teachers regarding language proficiency in English, and they also require all teachers from Grades R (pre-school) to 6 to be English language teachers. Because most teachers are not English home language speakers, it is necessary to build academic language proficiency across school subjects along the lines of multilingual content and language integrated learning (MCLIL). National policy documents show little awareness of this and constrain teacher education for multilingual contexts.