Cebu International EFL Conference

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Author

Prof Carlo Magno
De La Salle University
Chief Editor
Philippine ESL Journal

Title
Developing Contemporary Teaching Perspectives for EFL Teachers

 Author
Carlo Magno
De La Salle University, Manila

Abstract
The article focuses on contemporary perspectives in psycholinguistics that EFL teachers need to develop in order to teach effectively. A perspective explains much on how EFL teachers implement their teaching.

These perspectives include: (1) Knowing how language is acquired to teach the language effectively; (2) being aware that what is known about learning in general may be different for learning EFL; (3) holding specific beliefs about learning EFL influence the teaching of EFL; and (4) teaching is assessed by EFL by looking at teachers attitudes about teaching and learning. Given the perspectives, recommendations are provided for EFL teachers.

About the author:
Dr. Carlo Magno is presently a faculty of the Counseling and Educational Psychology Department at De La Salle University-Manila where he teaches courses in measurement and evaluation, educational research, psychometric theory, and statistics. He took his undergraduate in De La Salle University-Manila with the degree Bachelor of Arts major in Psychology. He took his Masters degree in Education major in Basic Education teaching at the Ateneo de Manila University. He received his PhD in Educational Psychology major in Measurement and Evaluation at De La Salle University-Manila with high distinction. He was trained in Structural Equations Modeling at Freie Universität in Berlin, Germany.

In 2005 he was awarded as the Most Outstanding Junior Faculty in Psychology by the Samahan ng Mag-aaral sa Sikolohiya and in 2007 he was the Best Teacher Students’ Choice Award by the College of Education in DLSU-Manila. In 2008, he was awarded by the National Academy of Science and Technology as the Most Outstanding Published Scientific Paper in the Social Science. Majority of his research uses quantitative techniques in the field of educational psychology. Some of his work on teacher performance, learner-centeredness, measurement and evaluation, self-regulation, metacognition, and parenting were published in local and international refereed journals and presented in local and international conferences. He is presently a board member and the Chairman of the Psychometrics and Statistics Dividion of the Philippine Educational Measurement and Evaluation Association.