Teacher cognition of grade 8 teachers on teaching speaking in English as a foreign language in The Faroe Islands and its impact on teachers’ pedagogical praxis: seven case studies

• Main Author: Vijayavarathan-R, Kalpana
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: AU Library Scholarly Publishing Services 2018
• Subjects: Teacher cognition; teaching speaking; EFL; Core and peripheral beliefs; qualitative case studies; semi-structured interviews; educational research; teacher knolwedge; teacher belief; teacher thinking; 'teaching-speaking cycle'; classroom interaction; non-native speakers of English; teacher self-efficacy; Borg; Faroe Islands
• Online Access: https://ebooks.au.dk/aul/catalog/book/287; https://doi.org/10.7146/aul.287.201

Abstract Teaching is influenced by myriad factors and a significant player in this context is the teacher and his/her cognition. Teacher cognition is ‘the unobservable cognitive dimension of teaching – what teachers know, believe, and think’ (Borg, 2003). In recent decades, much research has been co...