Bio Data
David Jeffrey is an English teacher at the Centre for English Language
Education of Asia University in Tokyo, Japan. Teacher diaries have wide-ranging
applications for professional development, as they give teachers an
increased sense of responsibility and the confidence to seek new ways
of improving their teaching.
Abstract
In this article, David Jeffrey shares his personal experience of undertaking
a teacher diary study that led to an awareness of the need to promote
and internalise the ownership of international English among his students.