Identifying Pre-Service Teachers' Beliefs About Teaching EFL and Their Potential Changes

• Prif Awduron: Sergio Andrés Suárez Flórez (Awdur), Edwin Arley Basto Basto (Awdur)
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• Cyhoeddwyd: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Pynciau: article
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• Notes: 10.15446/profile.v19n2.59675; 1657-0790
• Keywords: Beliefs; English as a foreign language; pre-service teachers; teaching practicum; Education; L; Theory and practice of education; LB5-3640
• Source: Profile Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, Vol 19, Iss 2, Pp 167-184 (2017)

This study aims at identifying pre-service teachers' beliefs about teaching English as a foreign language and tracking their potential changes throughout the teaching practicum. Participants were two pre-service teachers in their fifth year of their Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Languages program in a public university in Colombia. Data were gathered through a modified version of Beliefs about Language Learning Inventory before the practicum, eight weekly journal entries administered during ten weeks, and two semi-structured interviews at the end of the teaching practicum. The findings revealed that most of the pre-service teachers' beliefs changed once they faced the reality of the classroom.