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For some time, change has been the driving force in language teaching and learning. This seems to be even truer today than it was in the past, and seems set to be even more so in the future, which raises the questions of how to identify what is known and what is needed by teachers managing the changes, and how to address any needs. In this study, we asked 35 experienced secondary school teachers of English in Hong Kong to rate their own change-related knowledge, skills and personality characteristics, to find out how they would rate themselves in the various areas, and to consider whether such information can be of use in identifying change-related support needs. The results show that the teachers self-assessed some of their change-related knowledge, skills and personality characteristics as more and some less developed than others. Reasons are put forward to explain these different ratings, and ways in which such information might be used to identify teachers' change-related needs are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a study that investigates on the reflective teaching and professional development through the practice of English as a second foreign language (EFL) by implementing three professional development procedures such as journals, videotaping, and teaching portfolios. The author relates that these professional development procedures enable the teachers to promote reflective teaching and to evaluate the needed improvement in its procedures. He added that its primary aim is to promote professional development in reflective teaching through collaborative approach.

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