Assessing the Readiness of Pre-service Teachers to Teach English to ESL Learners in Fijian Secondary Schools

A Study of Their Language Learning Experiences and Perceptions

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https://doi.org/10.15448/2178-3640.2023.1.44931

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English as a Second Language (ESL), Pre-service teachers, culturally responsive and inclusive, cultural awareness, language learning experiences, readiness to teach

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Josaia Tulomana, Universidad Nacional de Fiji (FANU), Lutoka, Fiji.

Estudiante de posgrado en Diploma de Postgrado en Enseñanza de Inglés como Segunda Lengua (TESL), Escuela de Comunicación, Lengua y Literatura, Universidad Nacional de Fiji (FNU), Lautoka, Fiji.

Varanisese Tagimaucia, Universidad Nacional de Fiji (FANU), Lutoka, Fiji.

Investigador académico, Universidad de Mangalore, India; Profesor asistente de Educación y Educación Deportiva, Departamento de Educación Secundaria y Deportiva, Facultad de Educación, Facultad de Humanidades y Educación, Universidad Nacional de Fiji (FNU), Lautoka, Fiji.

 

 

Satish Prakash Chand, Universidad Nacional de Fiji (FANU), Lutoka, Fiji.

Profesor asistente de Educación, Departamento de Educación Primaria y de Primera Infancia, Facultad de Educación, Facultad de Humanidades y Educación, Universidad Nacional de Fiji (FNU), Lautoka, Fiji.

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2023-12-12

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Tulomana, J., Tagimaucia, V., & Chand, S. P. (2023). Assessing the Readiness of Pre-service Teachers to Teach English to ESL Learners in Fijian Secondary Schools: A Study of Their Language Learning Experiences and Perceptions. BELT - Brazilian English Language Teaching Journal, 14(1), e44931. https://doi.org/10.15448/2178-3640.2023.1.44931

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