Does the Latest English Language Teacher Education Curriculum Develop Student Teachers’ Professional Competencies?

Subject Areas : Journal of Teaching English Language Studies

Mohammad Ranjbari ¹ , Hossein Heidari Tabrizi ² , Akbar Afghari ³

1 - Department of English, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
2 - Department of English, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
3 - Department of English, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.

Received: 2019-02-06 Accepted : 2019-03-10 Published : 2019-03-01

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