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The Pursuit of Quality Over Quantity in TESOL Teacher Education: Coursework Versus Test Only
Author(s) -
Sehlaoui Abdelilah Salim,
Shinge Manjula
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
tesol journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.468
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 1949-3533
pISSN - 1056-7941
DOI - 10.1002/tesj.53
Subject(s) - coursework , psychology , licensure , test (biology) , mathematics education , teacher education , test of english as a foreign language , quality (philosophy) , language assessment , pedagogy , medical education , medicine , paleontology , philosophy , epistemology , biology
The purpose of this study was to examine whether licensed in‐service teachers of English for speakers of other languages ( ESOL ) in K–12 schools are more knowledgeable in the area of applied linguistics than their nonlicensed counterparts, and whether the ESOL ‐licensed teachers who have taken courses toward their licensure are more knowledgeable in applied linguistics than their counterparts who have not taken any courses before being licensed. Data were collected from 201 PK –12 in‐service teachers in Kansas. A chi‐square statistical test was used to analyze the association between and among the above‐mentioned variables. The results of this study suggest that teachers who are ESOL licensed and also those who have taken ESOL coursework are more knowledgeable in applied linguistics than teachers who are not ESOL licensed or those who have not taken any ESOL courses.