Help Questionnaire: TESOL Courses and real teaching;Greece
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:29 pm
Dear all
Questionnaire
I am Mihaela Dascalu, the head trainer of one of the pre-service teacher training centres in Greece. At the TESOL Greece conference this year I am doing a workshop on the issues raised by a number of ex-trainees of ours concerning the differences between what they learnt on a TEFL course and the requirements of an EFL teaching job in Greece.
Your input would be a most invaluable source of information which I will use to write a report which will be presented at the conference to serve as a starting point of discussion during the workshop.
It will also serve to tailor the teacher training courses to the trainees' individual employment needs as far as possible.
Thank you in advance.
1. When did you take your TEFL/TESOL Certificate?
2. What teaching approach were you trained to use?
3. How long did you/have you been working as an English teacher in Greece?
4. What area of Greece have you worked/did you work in?
5. What ages/level did you teach?
6. Were there any differences between your teaching expectations when you finished the course and the realities you had to face in your English classes in Greece? Please, give details.
7. What would be the positive and negative points of teaching English in Greece according to you?
8. If you left Greece and would consider coming back here, what changes would you expect to happen so that you feel more comfortable teaching English in the school/s where you worked?
9. Any other comments?
Thank you!
Questionnaire
I am Mihaela Dascalu, the head trainer of one of the pre-service teacher training centres in Greece. At the TESOL Greece conference this year I am doing a workshop on the issues raised by a number of ex-trainees of ours concerning the differences between what they learnt on a TEFL course and the requirements of an EFL teaching job in Greece.
Your input would be a most invaluable source of information which I will use to write a report which will be presented at the conference to serve as a starting point of discussion during the workshop.
It will also serve to tailor the teacher training courses to the trainees' individual employment needs as far as possible.
Thank you in advance.
1. When did you take your TEFL/TESOL Certificate?
2. What teaching approach were you trained to use?
3. How long did you/have you been working as an English teacher in Greece?
4. What area of Greece have you worked/did you work in?
5. What ages/level did you teach?
6. Were there any differences between your teaching expectations when you finished the course and the realities you had to face in your English classes in Greece? Please, give details.
7. What would be the positive and negative points of teaching English in Greece according to you?
8. If you left Greece and would consider coming back here, what changes would you expect to happen so that you feel more comfortable teaching English in the school/s where you worked?
9. Any other comments?
Thank you!
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