So what are recommendations for TT, based on real-life classroom experiences? Team-teaching has not
proven to be an effective teaching tool, at least in the opinion of this author. It should be phased out and teams
dissolved. The recent proliferation and growth of large-scale, nationally funded teacher ‘exchange’ programs
testifies to an intensifying effort throughout the region to improve students’ linguistic competence, communication
skills and cross cultural awareness to facilitate integration into a rapidly shrinking world (Meerman, 2003). Has this
been money and time well spent though? This is an area where much research is still to be collected and analyzed.
TT or Co-teaching has been cited as extremely beneficial by many scholars and researchers. Research has
shown that team teaching is an effective way of constructing deep learning of concepts while learning alternative
ways to teach the same subject-matter (Jang, 2006). “Specifically, compared to the traditional classroom where the
non-native English teacher alone was responsible for all of the instruction process, a collaborative team work in
which language teachers with different linguistic and cultural backgrounds is able to better respond to students’ need
or interests” (Jui-min Tsai, 2007). The author states the actuality of present day research into TT or Co-teaching;
Jeon, (2010).