Abstract

DONOSO, Eladio  and  GOMEZ, Romina. Chilean EFL Teacher Trainees’ Beliefs Regarding the EFL Teacher Competences. Educare [online]. 2021, vol.25, n.2, pp.191-202. ISSN 1409-4258.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15359/ree.25-2.11.

There is abundant literature regarding second language (L2) or foreign language (FL) teachers’ beliefs. However, there exists very little literature on this matter that involves L2/FL teacher trainees. This study aims to find out Chilean EFL teacher trainees’ beliefs regarding the competences EFL teachers should have for their professional performance. Three competence domains are under scrutiny: (1) English linguistic competence and English culture, (2) English teaching didactics, and (3) professional attitude. A Likert scale questionnaire was used to collect data from 208 EFL teacher trainees of four Chilean universities. These trainees are in their first (N=129) and fourth year (N=79) of an EFL teacher training program. General results show that the most important competence domain for the participants is the professional stance, especially for fourth year students.

Keywords : Teachers’ beliefs; EFL teacher training; EFL teacher training programs in Chile; English as a foreign language..

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