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ELT Journal 2006 60(4):328-335; doi:10.1093/elt/ccl023
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© The Author 2006. Published by Oxford University Press; all rights reserved.

Collaborative EFL teaching in primary schools

David Carless

David Carless is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education, Hong Kong University. He has worked as a teacher and teacher educator in England, France, and Hong Kong. His main research interests are in classroom-based research, task-based teaching, and assessment for learning

Email: dcarless{at}hkucc.hku.hk

This paper discusses an innovative programme of collaborative EFL teaching in Hong Kong primary schools, involving team-teaching shared between imported native-speaking English teachers and their local counterparts. First it analyses the way in which the scheme has evolved from previous experiences. The paper then draws on an open-ended questionnaire survey, email and face to face interviews, and classroom observations of team-teaching in action. It focuses on findings related to the three main objectives of the scheme: impact on pupils, innovative teaching, and professional development. More positive outcomes were reported for the first issue than the other two. Some implications for collaboration and the deployment of native-speaking English teachers are discussed.


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