Autonomy in learning English pronunciation: the role of portfolios

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Autonomy in learning English pronunciation: the role of portfolios

Original language description

The article discusses portfolio-based autonomous learning of English pronunciation in the context of initial English language teacher education in the Czech Republic. More specifically, it introduces one possible conceptualisation of the portfolio as it was used at the University of Pardubice. This particular implementation reflects the socio-constructivist paradigm and also the reflective practitioner model of the teacher. Portfolios were deployed as a tool to strengthen coherence and integration among courses and, especially, to promote autonomy in the development of student teachers’ English pronunciation. During a one-semester course they were expected to collect evidence documenting their autonomous learning, i.e. the learning tasks which they accomplished in order to improve selected aspects of their pronunciation. The content analysis of the portfolios revealed that the student teachers targeted both segmental and suprasegmental features of English pronunciation through a considerable variety of tasks. Moreover, the analysis revealed a critical lack of autonomy, especially in relation to goal-setting and feedback strategies. In conclusion, the study acknowledged the potential of the portfolio to enhance autonomous learning of English pronunciation and also suggested possible changes in subsequent implementations of this tool.

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Hradec Králové Journal of Anglophone Studies

ISSN

2336-3347

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Volume of the periodical

4

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

33-43

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