• Saiful Islam Ahmad Sukri

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Indisputably, linguistically proficient English teachers play an instrumental role in supporting
students English language learning. However, lately, it has been discovered that the majority of
the English teachers in non-English speaking countries are linguistically deficient in the
command of the target language and to resolve this malady, there have been a number of inservice
language training programmes implemented but reportedly of little avail. This therefore
brings to the aim of the paper to uncover Malaysian English teachers’ perceptions of the
professional up skilling programme of English teachers (Pro-ELT henceforth) focusing on its
contents, among the core features of teacher professional development programme. To this
end,the study utilised survey questionnaires distributed to 111 respondentsand to better
understand the issue studied, individual semi-structured interview was conducted with 10
participants. The findings revealed that the majority of them perceived the contents of Pro-ELT
positively. Nevertheless, they put forth several suggestions to optimize the efficacy of the Pro-
ELT contents.Implications and suggestions for future research were also discussed.

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