On the Effectiveness of Team Teaching in Promoting Learners' Grammatical Proficiency

Collaborative practice by two teachers in planning, teaching, and evaluating the educational program is known as co-teaching. The present study aimed to examine how co-teaching may affect the learning process. To do so, a group of 58 first-grade students was assigned to two classes. In one group, le...

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Published in:Canadian journal of education 2013-11, Vol.36 (3), p.5-22
Main Authors: Aliakbari, Mohammad, Nejad, Ali Mansouri
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Collaborative learning
College instruction
Collegiality
Comparative Analysis
Control Groups
Education
Educational Environment
Elementary school students
English (Second Language)
English teacher education
English teachers
Experimental Groups
Foreign Countries
Grammar
Iran
Junior High School Students
Language Proficiency
Learning
Learning Processes
Males
Pretests Posttests
Quasiexperimental Design
Scores
Second Language Instruction
Special education
Statistical Analysis
Studies
Study and teaching
Teacher Collaboration
Teacher education
Teachers
Teaching
Teaching aids & devices
Teaching Methods
Teaching models
Team Teaching
Textbooks
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Summary:Collaborative practice by two teachers in planning, teaching, and evaluating the educational program is known as co-teaching. The present study aimed to examine how co-teaching may affect the learning process. To do so, a group of 58 first-grade students was assigned to two classes. In one group, learners received grammar instruction from co-teachers, while in the other group grammar instruction was delivered by a single teacher. The findings revealed that the difference in method of grammar instruction did not lead to a significant difference in the participants' performance. This finding implies that the appropriateness of co-teaching in educational systems, at least for teaching grammar in an EFL context, is doubtful, and that co-teaching classes should be used cautiously.
ISSN:0380-2361
1918-5979
1918-5979