What makes a good languages teacher? Your views matter!

[Sherryl Saunders]

Dear MLTAQ Colleagues,

 

I hope this email finds you well - hopefully on the verge of finding some time for personal respite.

 

I am emailing to thank those members who have responded to my invitation to complete an important survey into your views about what makes a good languages teacher, which will contribute to my research. From the responses so far, it is clear that many of you have definite views about the necessary qualities of languages teachers. It is so important to capture the voices of languages teachers. 

 

And I want to let you know that the survey is still open. If you haven’t participated, I hope that you might find time, over this break, to this survey. Your participation is voluntary and confidential.  An information sheet is attached.

 

The survey has three (3) parts; A, B and C.

 

Part A: Views on languages teaching. I seek:

• your perspective on the degree of importance of various aspects of languages teaching;
• examples of how you describe languages teaching working in your context.

 

The survey will ask you to respond to a statement about languages teaching and its importance to you, using a Likert scale response (required). Then, you will have the option to provide examples from your own practice (optional). Allow up to 45 minutes to complete Part A, if you choose to complete both the required and optional questions.

 

Part B: Demographic information. I seek:

• a profile of languages teachers.

 

Part C: Early career languages teachers. I:

• seek information about early career languages teachers
• offer an invitation to participate in a case study

 

You can save your responses, exit and return to the survey at a later time.  Also, you can return to previous pages in the survey, by pressing a back button. The whole survey should take no more than 50 minutes to complete.

 

To raise concerns about this research or for more information, please feel free to contact me, or my supervisor by email.

Sherry Saunders

sherryl.a...@student.uts.edu.au

 

Professor Lesley Harbon (principal research supervisor)

Lesley...@uts.edu.au

 

To speak with someone not directly associated with this research, please contact the UTS Research Ethics Officer, and quote the ethics research reference number below.

Ph: 02 9514 9772

Researc...@uts.edu.au

 

Reference Number: HREC REF NO. ETH19-4501

 

I appreciate your time in considering this research project and look forward to your responses.

 

Regards

Sherryl

 

Sherryl Saunders

PhD candidate

Schools of International Studies and Education

 

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

T +61 409 878 091

PO Box 123. Broadway NSW 2007 Australia

 

uts.edu.au