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Knowledge Base of English as a Second Language Teachers

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The teaching of English as a second language as opposed to as a foreign language has usually been a professional activity that is experienced by, if not reserved for, people usually referred to as native English speakers. As there are now more nonnative speaking ESL teachers than before, the field of ESL, when compared to other academic subjects, has become quite diverse in terms of what its teaching staff takes with them into the teaching situation. One aspect of ESL teachers' background that has a great impact on student learning is ESL teachers' knowledge.

A plethora of studies in general education have explored the nature and effect of the knowledge teachers possess, who are a rather uniform group within each subject area. Thus, efforts in the teaching of English as a language seem relatively lacking.

Recognizing the diversity in ESL teachers' knowledge, this proposed study hopes to fill the gap and contribute to a better understanding of the composition of teacher knowledge and its effect on ESL learning and teaching.

In the remainder of this proposal, I will first discuss educational research in general as well as in language education, which is given by a detailed discussion of the research design for the proposed study.