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- Title
Becoming a French Second Language Teacher: Supporting Confidence and Competence.
- Authors
Le Bouthillier, Josée; Kristmanson, Paula
- Abstract
This study explores the development of linguistic competence and confidence of preservice French as a second language (FSL) teachers enrolled in a teacher education program in New Brunswick, Canada. In addition to their regular program requirements, participants in the study engaged in a series of language support sessions. We collected French oral proficiency assessment results pre- and post-session, as well as focus group interview data. The analysis shows that participants' language proficiency increased over the course of the sessions and the program. Interview data reveal professional identity-related themes such as confidence, and the importance of safe spaces for interaction and mediation. Implications for FSL teacher recruitment and retention are given, specifically with regard to teacher candidates' need for certain types of support.
- Subjects
NEW Brunswick; FRENCH language teachers; TEACHER competencies; TEACHER education; CONFIDENCE
- Publication
Second Language Teacher Education (SLTE), 2023, Vol 2, Issue 1, p21
- ISSN
2752-4655
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1558/slte.24011