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Questionnaire for EFL Teachers Trained in the U.S.

Gergana Vitanova <gvitanov@mail.ucf.edu>
University of Central Florida
515 Colbourn Hall
Orlando, FL 32816-1348

Thank you for agreeing to participate in this study! Before you respond to the questions, please tell me about your background.

What is the highest degree you have achieved?

In which area(s) is your academic training?

Are you currently taking TEFL/TESL courses?

Where are you currently teaching?

In which country (ies) have you taught or are you teaching English as a foreign language?

1) Have you taught in (or know) both ESL and EFL contexts.
Yes No
What did you find were the main differences between the two?
2) What are some of the difficulties you have experienced as an English as a second language teacher (i.e., in the States)?
3) What are the major difficulties you have experienced as an English as a foreign language teacher (any possible aspects)?

4) When you were teaching in an EFL context, did you feel prepared for this challenge?
Yes No

In what ways did your TESOL program prepare you or did not prepare you?

5) Did you find you could apply what you had learned here, in the States, about TESL to the EFL classroom you were in?
Yes No
Please provide any specific details or examples.
6) Have you found that you need to use different methods in the two contexts?
Yes No
Please share the details.
7) Did you have to adjust any of the methods/techniques you studied in your TESL program to the new EFL environment?
Yes No
Please explain how you did this.
8) What do wish to have known before you went to teach EFL?
9a) What do you think English teachers, educated in the U.S., should know before going to teach English as a foreign language abroad?

9b) What courses do you think are essential?
10) Did your TESOL program prepare you to teach English as a lingua franca/international language?
Yes No
In what ways it did or didn't?
11) Please share any other comments on the topic.

Thank you very much for your feedback. Your views are very important to us and they help all teacher educators to improve the quality of their training for EFL instructors!

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