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This paper reports on the results of a survey conducted in 2000 on the education needs of community language teachers in Auckland, New Zealand and suggests why autonomous learning would be an important component of any teacher education programme for them. In New Zealand community language teacher education is virtually non-existent. Institutions provide language teacher education mainly for ESOL teachers and this is not necessarily appropriate for teachers who do not have the pre-requisites to enter such a programme or who have little desire to teach English in a competitive, exam oriented environment. Most teachers of community languages are voluntary and conduct language classes in the evenings and weekends. All have a commitment to the teaching and learning of a language other than English for pragmatic, cultural, religious or personal reasons.
Author(s): Shameem N
Editor(s): Hobbs, M.
Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
Publication status: Published
Conference Name: UNITEC Autonomous Learning Symposium
Year of Conference: 2002
