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The English Language Teacher Development Project |
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The English Language Teacher Development Project is a British Council Project, funded by the Malaysian Ministry of Education, which aims to provide a sustainable development and support system for Malaysian primary teachers of English in Malaysia
Project Aim
This project aims to enhance primary English teachers’ ability to plan and deliver quality English lessons based on the new National English Language Curriculum in 600 schools across East Malaysia and to set up support structures that will facilitate the teachers’ continuing professional development.
Project Approach
ELTDP is different in that it involves one-to-one mentoring to help teachers explore and reflect on their own professional practice. They will develop approaches themselves, which they own in order to bring about long-term change.
Project Objectives
Objective 1
To improve classroom teaching and learning as demonstrated through classroom observations, mentor- and self-assessment.
Objective 2
To improve the English language proficiency of the participating teachers as shown through mentor and self-assessment.
Objective 3
To improve the participating teachers’ ability to source, assess, develop and utilise a range of appropriate teaching and learning materials that can be used inside and outside the classroom for both students and teachers.
Objective 4
To sustain ongoing development by encouraging participation and relationship building amongst pupils, teachers, parents, the wider school community and education authorities.
Facts and Figures
The project employs 120 mentors working with 1200 teachers in 600 schools across Sarawak, Sabah and Labuan. Last Year the project mentors delivered over 90,000 hours of professional development input to project teachers.
Towards Sustainability
Having supported a cohort of Malaysian teachers and trainers to deliver high quality Primary English and Literacy education in challenging contexts, the project aims to then facilitate skills development and mentoring within the wider teacher population. The long term goal is to improve the quality of English language education to the pupils particularly in Stage 1 of primary education (years 1-3).
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