In-service professional support system for rural EFL teachers

Design · All designs
Evidence · no claims cited

Description

After training, a professional support system was constructed involving an expert group, English teaching specialists, education bureau directors, headmasters, core EFL teachers and ordinary EFL teachers, with core teachers connecting all actors. "A learning community of 5 to10 people was built up in central school districts" carrying out weekly face-to-face teaching-research activities, plus a virtual platform (http://www.mtevideo.cn) with regularly-updated resources and a forum. The system was intended to reduce frustration when teachers met difficulties in teaching practice.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• Core EFL teachers to convene weekly learning-community activities
• Access to teaching resources such as workbooks, cards, CDs and course-wares, and an online platform for virtual communication

Constraints

• The website was closed four years later after fulfilling its responsibilities, and most rural schools have only one English teacher, limiting local oral-English practice opportunities

Target Learners

• In-service rural primary EFL teachers

Learning Goals

• Sustained professional development in English teaching
• Applying phonics in classroom practice

Claims

Related Designs

• Cascade training model for scaling EFL teacher development
• Phonics-oriented teacher training program with five content sections

Examples

-

Key Sources

• Kang, Y., & Liang, L. (2018). The Effect of EFL Teachers’ Training in Rural West China: Evidence From Phonics-oriented Program. English Language Teaching, 11(3). https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v11n3p40

Page metadata

Field	Value
type	design
id	rural-efl-professional-support-system
title	In-service professional support system for rural EFL teachers
description	After training, a professional support system was constructed involving an expert group, English teaching specialists, education bureau directors, headmasters, core EFL teachers and ordinary EFL teachers, with core te...
status	review
generated	by process:settle-candidates on 2026-11-03
trust	unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content
sources	1 — kang-2018

Frontmatter is the page's machine-readable record — see the Schema & Guide.