Initial English language teacher education programmes in Saudi Arabia: An Australian comparison

Brendan MITCHELL; Brian LEWTHWAITE; Margaret Anne CARTER

Initial English language teacher education programmes in Saudi Arabia: An Australian comparison

Brendan MITCHELL^*, Brian LEWTHWAITE, Margaret Anne CARTER

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The research described in this article focuses on an investigation into the pathway to become an English language teacher in Saudi Arabia. Through a comparison of the pathway to becoming a graduate teacher and the content of initial teacher education programmes in Australia, the research identifies the shortcomings and strengths in the content of initial English language teacher education programmes in Saudi Arabia: content; English proficiency levels; and teacher registration requirements and process.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	79-100
Number of pages	22
Journal	Malta Review of Educational Research
Volume	15
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - Jun 2021
Externally published	Yes

Bibliographical note

Faculty of Education©, UM, 2021

Keywords

Initial teacher education
Saudi Arabia
pathways
methodology
Australia

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