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Using methodology notebooks on in-service teacher-training courses
Felicity Breet has taught EFL/ESL in England, Nigeria, and the People's Republic of China. She is at present employed by the British Council as English Teaching Adviser in North West Cameroun. Sarah Hundleby holds a Master's Degree in TEFL from the University of East Anglia and has taught in Britain and the People's Republic of China.
In 1984 we were recruited by the British Council to run two one-year in-service teacher-training courses at the University of Nanjing in the People's Republic of China. The students on these courses were experienced Chinese teachers of English from universities and colleges throughout the country. This article illustrates one practical solution to the problem of teacher-training courses in which the timetable emphasizes language improvement rather than the teaching of methodology.