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Research paper thumbnail of Internationalization for Nurturing Intercultural Communicative Competencies in Pre-Service Teachers

BRILL eBooks, Feb 3, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of A Cross-Culture Examination of Preservice Teachers' Technology Integration Self-Efficacy

Routledge eBooks, Sep 1, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Waldman, T. and Harel, E. (2015). Participating in a technology enhanced internationalization project to promote students’ foreign language motivation. In D. Schwarzer (Ed.) Internationalizing Teacher Education: Successes and challenges within domestic and international contexts. Lexington Books:...

Research paper thumbnail of Verb‐Noun Collocations in Second Language Writing: A Corpus Analysis of Learners’ English

Language Learning, 2011

The present study investigates the use of English verb‐noun collocations in the writing of native... more The present study investigates the use of English verb‐noun collocations in the writing of native speakers of Hebrew at three proficiency levels. For this purpose, we compiled a learner corpus that consists of about 300,000 words of argumentative and descriptive essays. For comparison purposes, we selected LOCNESS, a corpus of young adult native speakers of English. We retrieved the 220 most frequently occurring nouns in the LOCNESS corpus and in the learner corpus, created concordances for them, and extracted verb‐noun collocations. Subsequently, we performed two types of comparisons: learners were compared with native speakers on the frequency of collocation use and learners were compared with other learners of different second‐language proficiencies on the frequency and correctness of collocations. The data revealed that learners at all three proficiency levels produced far fewer collocations than native speakers, that the number of collocations increased only at the advanced lev...

Research paper thumbnail of Intercultural exchanges among pre-service teachers in Israel and Sweden as a path of introduction into the epistemology and practice of teaching

CALL and professionalisation: short papers from EUROCALL 2021

This paper presents the outcomes of a short intercultural exchange project involving pre-service ... more This paper presents the outcomes of a short intercultural exchange project involving pre-service English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teacher training establishments in Sweden and Israel. The project comprised three online meetings recorded in Zoom in which student teachers gave feedback on each other’s project assignments involving lesson planning and the use of spoken English in the classroom. The sessions were moderated by a highly experienced teacher trainer with contributions from other teacher trainers in the institutions involved. With restrictions imposed on physical meetings and student mobility by the Covid-19 pandemic, the exchange helped to shed light on a number of perennial issues in English language teaching methodology and offers a feasible model for future sustainable virtual exchanges in EFL teacher training.

Research paper thumbnail of Getting their feet wet: trainee EFL teachers in Germany and Israel collaborate online to promote their telecollaboration competence through experiential learning

New directions in telecollaborative research and practice: selected papers from the second conference on telecollaboration in higher education, Nov 28, 2016

T he paper presents a telecollaboration project between 54 preservice teachers of English as a Fo... more T he paper presents a telecollaboration project between 54 preservice teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) studying at a teacher training college in Israel and a university in Germany. The telecollaboration involved a collaborative Project Based Learning Task (PBLT) in which the students compared and evaluated the ways EFL is taught in their respective contexts. The purpose of this ongoing study is to provide pre-service EFL teachers with an apprenticeship of learning ways that technology can be used to transcend classroom walls for virtual mobility and cooperation. It specifically intends to determine how such an apprenticeship can strengthen student teachers' belief in their ability to implement telecollaboration in their own teaching. Data for the study were gathered through a pre-post quantitative survey. The findings indicate that telecollaboration experience integrated into teacher training can raise students' perceived self-efficacy to implement telecollaborative exchange projects into their future teaching.

Research paper thumbnail of Beliefs versus Declared Practices of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Teachers Regarding Teaching Grammar

World Journal of English Language, 2020

This study investigated English as Foreign Language (EFL) teachers' beliefs, perceptions and ... more This study investigated English as Foreign Language (EFL) teachers' beliefs, perceptions and declared practices of teaching grammar within a communicative language teaching (CLT) framework. Participants included 221 EFL teachers, who were teaching during the years 2013-2018 in different grades and schools throughout Israel. Participants were graduates of teacher training programs in colleges and universities and included Non-Native English Speaking Teachers (NNEST) and Native English Speaking Teachers (NEST). An on-line, self-report survey designed specifically for this study contained three closed questions and two open-ended questions. One-way ANOVA statistics, and mean scores of all the responses were performed on the quantitative data. Qualitative data were grouped, analyzed, and coded. Results show a discrepancy between EFL teachers' perceptions and declared practices of teaching grammar in classrooms. Results further reveal significant differences between NEST and NNE...

Research paper thumbnail of When Students Can Choose: Online Self-Study or In-College Learning of English for Academic Purposes

World Journal of English Language

This study aimed to better understand what motivations drive students to select a self-study mass... more This study aimed to better understand what motivations drive students to select a self-study massive open online course (MOOC) or an in-college course with an instructor. The students were enrolled in one of three level courses of English for Academic Purposes (EAP), which was an accredited course required for the completion of their Bachelor's Degree, at three teacher education colleges in Israel. The study applied a mainly quantitative data collection method, with a qualitative component. The researchers distributed a survey to 236 students studying in one of the two conditions. They compared survey results between the two groups to examine student background, motivations, and perceptions in relation to choice of preferred learning style. Findings indicated that demographic factors had little effect on the students’ choice. In terms of student motivations, while some differences were found between the two groups in learning preferences, the greatest motivations for selecting a...

Research paper thumbnail of Extended telecollaboration practice in teacher education

European Journal of Language Policy

Research paper thumbnail of Internationalization for Nurturing Intercultural Communicative Competencies in Pre-Service Teachers

BRILL eBooks, Feb 3, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of A Cross-Culture Examination of Preservice Teachers' Technology Integration Self-Efficacy

Routledge eBooks, Sep 1, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Waldman, T. and Harel, E. (2015). Participating in a technology enhanced internationalization project to promote students’ foreign language motivation. In D. Schwarzer (Ed.) Internationalizing Teacher Education: Successes and challenges within domestic and international contexts. Lexington Books:...

Research paper thumbnail of Verb‐Noun Collocations in Second Language Writing: A Corpus Analysis of Learners’ English

Language Learning, 2011

The present study investigates the use of English verb‐noun collocations in the writing of native... more The present study investigates the use of English verb‐noun collocations in the writing of native speakers of Hebrew at three proficiency levels. For this purpose, we compiled a learner corpus that consists of about 300,000 words of argumentative and descriptive essays. For comparison purposes, we selected LOCNESS, a corpus of young adult native speakers of English. We retrieved the 220 most frequently occurring nouns in the LOCNESS corpus and in the learner corpus, created concordances for them, and extracted verb‐noun collocations. Subsequently, we performed two types of comparisons: learners were compared with native speakers on the frequency of collocation use and learners were compared with other learners of different second‐language proficiencies on the frequency and correctness of collocations. The data revealed that learners at all three proficiency levels produced far fewer collocations than native speakers, that the number of collocations increased only at the advanced lev...

Research paper thumbnail of Intercultural exchanges among pre-service teachers in Israel and Sweden as a path of introduction into the epistemology and practice of teaching

CALL and professionalisation: short papers from EUROCALL 2021

This paper presents the outcomes of a short intercultural exchange project involving pre-service ... more This paper presents the outcomes of a short intercultural exchange project involving pre-service English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teacher training establishments in Sweden and Israel. The project comprised three online meetings recorded in Zoom in which student teachers gave feedback on each other’s project assignments involving lesson planning and the use of spoken English in the classroom. The sessions were moderated by a highly experienced teacher trainer with contributions from other teacher trainers in the institutions involved. With restrictions imposed on physical meetings and student mobility by the Covid-19 pandemic, the exchange helped to shed light on a number of perennial issues in English language teaching methodology and offers a feasible model for future sustainable virtual exchanges in EFL teacher training.

Research paper thumbnail of Getting their feet wet: trainee EFL teachers in Germany and Israel collaborate online to promote their telecollaboration competence through experiential learning

New directions in telecollaborative research and practice: selected papers from the second conference on telecollaboration in higher education, Nov 28, 2016

T he paper presents a telecollaboration project between 54 preservice teachers of English as a Fo... more T he paper presents a telecollaboration project between 54 preservice teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) studying at a teacher training college in Israel and a university in Germany. The telecollaboration involved a collaborative Project Based Learning Task (PBLT) in which the students compared and evaluated the ways EFL is taught in their respective contexts. The purpose of this ongoing study is to provide pre-service EFL teachers with an apprenticeship of learning ways that technology can be used to transcend classroom walls for virtual mobility and cooperation. It specifically intends to determine how such an apprenticeship can strengthen student teachers' belief in their ability to implement telecollaboration in their own teaching. Data for the study were gathered through a pre-post quantitative survey. The findings indicate that telecollaboration experience integrated into teacher training can raise students' perceived self-efficacy to implement telecollaborative exchange projects into their future teaching.

Research paper thumbnail of Beliefs versus Declared Practices of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Teachers Regarding Teaching Grammar

World Journal of English Language, 2020

This study investigated English as Foreign Language (EFL) teachers' beliefs, perceptions and ... more This study investigated English as Foreign Language (EFL) teachers' beliefs, perceptions and declared practices of teaching grammar within a communicative language teaching (CLT) framework. Participants included 221 EFL teachers, who were teaching during the years 2013-2018 in different grades and schools throughout Israel. Participants were graduates of teacher training programs in colleges and universities and included Non-Native English Speaking Teachers (NNEST) and Native English Speaking Teachers (NEST). An on-line, self-report survey designed specifically for this study contained three closed questions and two open-ended questions. One-way ANOVA statistics, and mean scores of all the responses were performed on the quantitative data. Qualitative data were grouped, analyzed, and coded. Results show a discrepancy between EFL teachers' perceptions and declared practices of teaching grammar in classrooms. Results further reveal significant differences between NEST and NNE...

Research paper thumbnail of When Students Can Choose: Online Self-Study or In-College Learning of English for Academic Purposes

World Journal of English Language

This study aimed to better understand what motivations drive students to select a self-study mass... more This study aimed to better understand what motivations drive students to select a self-study massive open online course (MOOC) or an in-college course with an instructor. The students were enrolled in one of three level courses of English for Academic Purposes (EAP), which was an accredited course required for the completion of their Bachelor's Degree, at three teacher education colleges in Israel. The study applied a mainly quantitative data collection method, with a qualitative component. The researchers distributed a survey to 236 students studying in one of the two conditions. They compared survey results between the two groups to examine student background, motivations, and perceptions in relation to choice of preferred learning style. Findings indicated that demographic factors had little effect on the students’ choice. In terms of student motivations, while some differences were found between the two groups in learning preferences, the greatest motivations for selecting a...

Research paper thumbnail of Extended telecollaboration practice in teacher education

European Journal of Language Policy