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Knowledge about Language and Testing THE CONTEXT The Role of Knowledge About Language (KAL) in Teacher Education

المؤلف:  Clover Jones McKenzie

المصدر:  Applied Linguistics and Language Teacher Education

الجزء والصفحة:  P314-C18

2026-09-08

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Knowledge about Language and Testing

THE CONTEXT

The Role of Knowledge About Language (KAL) in Teacher Education

Jamaican teacher education institutions require language teachers to complete courses in Applied Linguistics. The hope is that knowledge about second language acquisition, communication competence and new approaches to the teaching of English will assist in increasing the Jamaican students’ level of proficiency in the use of English. The knowledge gleaned from these courses would also mean that students would be spared the boring tasks of completing endless grammatical exercises and reading uninteresting comprehension passages. The English classes should be transformed into a buzz of activity requiring students to practice communicating in real life situations depicting aspects of their culture while exposing them to new experiences. These changes would serve to motivate the students to want to learn English. The question is whether the KAL that teachers received in their applied linguistics courses is used when it comes to testing the students’ achievement in language learning.