A Study on the Development of a Co-Teaching Training Program Model for Elementary School English Teachers.

The purpose of this study is to develop a model for a co-teaching training program aimed at enhancing Korean elementary school English teachers' communicative competence and instructional expertise. The program seeks to maximize teachers’ ability to collaborate and communicate with native English-speaking teachers through the cultivation of co-teaching skills. To better understand the needs of teachers, an online survey was conducted with participants in a co-teaching training program, and the results were analyzed.<br/> The findings indicate that the development of an effective co-teaching training program would enhance Korean elementary English teachers’ English proficiency and their instructional expertise in English classes co-taught with native English-speaking teachers. Moreover, if the co-teaching training model is appropriately developed and efficiently implemented alongside a teacher training program focused on classroom English proficiency, it would help foster Korean English teachers as professionals equipped with both English literacy and effective instructional capabilities.