TEE on the Web: A Program Development Case Study

This Teaching English in English (TEE) study describes the process of developing and revising a TEE: online teacher support program. Since the year 2001, teaching English in English has been implemented in primary and secondary schools in Korea, and for the last decade, numerous research in TEE has been carried out with respect to teachers,’ and/or students’ perceptions, teacher evaluation criteria, etc. However, despite much rigorous research, the implementation of TEE in the actual classroom seems to be quite far from successful, with one of the major reasons being the lack of ample TEE preparation materials available. In this context, this study is designed to develop an online TEE self-study material which takes the form of an online community site with YouTube. Data was collected from current secondary school teachers; a questionnaire was administered to twelve middle/high school teachers, and among the twelve, in-depth interviews were carried out with two middle school teachers. Throughout the survey and the interview data analyses, the current TEE: Online Teacher Support Program was revised and upgraded to a teacher assistance program for TEE. The program is expected to be used as a stepping stone for a number of online TEE support programs.