Page No 81-83
P. Bhaskaran Nair
Pondicherry University, Pondicherry
14-83-85Corresponding to the developments in the realm of educational psychology in general and
second language acquisition (SLA) research in particular, quality improvement in teaching
profession has been of greater concern to educationists. English Language Teacher
Empowerment Programme (ELTEP), a project intended to empower the second language
teachers identified four stages in professional improvement namely, training, education,
development and empowerment. While the first two were found effective as pre-service
programmes, the last two were found more effective as inservice programmes. Nurturing of
self- esteem has been identified as the key factor in empowerment programmes, following the
cues form sociological studie
second language acquisition (SLA) research in particular, quality improvement in teaching
profession has been of greater concern to educationists. English Language Teacher
Empowerment Programme (ELTEP), a project intended to empower the second language
teachers identified four stages in professional improvement namely, training, education,
development and empowerment. While the first two were found effective as pre-service
programmes, the last two were found more effective as inservice programmes. Nurturing of
self- esteem has been identified as the key factor in empowerment programmes, following the
cues form sociological studie