What does competence mean during the transition to language teaching? Insights from future-oriented identities of Filipino NLTs

• Main Authors: Quinto, Edward Jay M., Kwon, Eunbi, Gaerlan, Marianne Jennifer M.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2020
• Subjects: English teachers—Rating of—Philippines; Teacher effectiveness—Philippines; Language and Literacy Education; Teacher Education and Professional Development
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/11085
• Institution: De La Salle University

Beliefs about one’s competence have hounded individuals during normative life transitions. In this paper, we attempt to answer the question: What does competence mean among new language teachers (NLTs) as they transition into their role as English language teachers? To address this, we explored the...