scholarly journals Enhancing Pre-Service EFL Teachers’ Teaching Skill through Teacher Training: A Case Study of a University in Thailand

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Anamai Damnet
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Training Course ◽  
Efl Teacher ◽  
Efl Teachers

EFL teacher training for pre-service teachers plays a vital role in second language teacher education (SLTE). In Thailand, pre-service EFL teacher training benefits in helping student-teachers gain confidence before going to their practicum. This study investigates the effects of the pre-service EFL teacher training in a university in Thailand. The pre-service teachers’ perceptions towards the EFL training were also examined. Participants were 30 pre-service teachers currently studying in English Learning Management Program in the university at the research site. Research method applied training program evaluation (Owen & Rogers, 1999), and a 24-hour EFL training program was implemented. An experienced trainer in EFL was invited to provide the EFL training during the whole training course. Data collection gained was from: 1) an evaluation form, 2) a questionnaire, and 3) a student reflection sheet. Data analysis employed percentage, means, and S.D. for quantitative whereas grounded theory (Strauss & Corbin, 1999) was applied for qualitative data. Three major findings revealed that: 1) the effects of the pre-service EFL teacher training was very high; 2) the participants showed changes in all areas of EFL knowledge and experience provided after the training; and 3) the participants viewed five factors which included training contents, knowledge and experience, training activities, training process, and the trainer that affected the training. However, the findings indicated that the critical problem of the study was time limitation of the training course. This study has shed light on the significant role of EFL training for pre-service EFL teachers before their practicum as the findings showed positive change in their motivation and attitude for their teaching practice.

scholarly journals An Evaluation Model of Teaching Practicum of Pre-Service EFL Teachers at the Faculty of Education and Teacher Training in Higher Education

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arab World English Journal ◽  
Syamsudarni ◽  
Sahraini
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Teaching Skills ◽  
Teaching Practicum ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Faculty Of Education

This research generates a product, namely the guiding book for the evaluation of micro teaching of student teachers at the Faculty of Education and Teacher Training of IAIN Palopo (State Islamic Institute) Indonesia, and the instruments used to evaluate the practice of micro teaching at the faculty. The following research questions were addressed: 1. How was the evaluation model of mirco teaching practice at the Faculty of Education and Teaching Training of IAIN Palopo? 2. How were the constructed instruments used to evaluate the practice of micro teaching at the Faculty of Education and Teaching Training of IAIN Palopo? The aim of the study is to produce a guiding book for the evaluation of micro teaching of pre-service teachers at IAIN PAlopo.The book comprises of procedures and guidelines for performing the evaluation of the practice of micro teaching, as well as ways to analyze the results of the evaluation. On the other hand, the instruments generated were employed to evaluate the basic competence of the student teachers’ teaching performance. This book is beneficial for the lecturers teaching micro teaching skills and other related subjects. It can be an ideal handbook for both the lecturers and preservice teachers in that the instruments created have been validated and tested; hence, it is valid and reliable. Also, teaching practice is one of the core topics that the students are supposed to undertake before they jump into the placement, or teaching practicum placed in some schools. Therefore, the provision of this book will significantly help lecturers, students, not to mention the education instution because it can be used either in the classroom or micro teaching lab at the Islamic institute.

scholarly journals An investigation of English student-teachers’ constraints during teaching internship program

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 358-378
Author(s):  
Salviana Salviana ◽  
Asnawi Muslem ◽  
Bukhari Daud
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Class Participation ◽  
Class Management ◽  
Training Institutions ◽  
Teachers Training

The teaching internship is designed to smooth the transition from teacher to student. At the same time the teaching internship assignment gives the teachers training institutions an opportunity to evaluate the students teaching capabilities. It  is one of the most important components of the teacher training program. It is an opportunity for student teachers to put their theoretical studies into practice. The objective of this study is to investigate the constraints faced by student teachers during teaching internship program. The qualitative method was employed in this study. The study involved 26 students who participated in the teaching internship program in 2016/2017 session, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, University of Syiah Kuala. Covenience sampling technique was used to select the sample. The instruments used to collect data was questionnaire. The data collected was analyzed by using Miles and Huberman’s qualitative data analysis. Based on the questionnaire the result showed that there were fourteen constraints faced by student teachers during teaching internship program. The constraints were mainly in the domains of personal, class participation, class management, instructional, emotional, adjusting to students, and supervision. As teaching practice is an important component of teachers training program, considerable attention must be given to make it more effective and fruitful. Therefore, this study suggests that the cooperation of the faculty and schools in terms of supervision need to be improved in order to optimize the outcome of the program.

Enhancing EFL Teachers’ Pronunciation Pedagogy Through Professional Learning: A Vietnamese Case Study

RELC Journal ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 003368822095247
Author(s):  
Loc Tan Nguyen ◽  
Jonathan Newton
Keyword(s):  
Professional Learning ◽  
Classroom Practice ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Teaching Skills ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Teacher Professional ◽  
Teachers Professional Development ◽  
The Impact

The role of teacher professional learning (TPL) in assisting teachers to teach pronunciation in English as a second/foreign language (ESL/EFL) contexts has received little attention. The study reported in this paper extends this line of research by investigating how six EFL teachers at a Vietnamese university transform and integrate the pronunciation pedagogical knowledge they received from a TPL workshop into teaching practice. It then examines the teachers’ perceptions of the impact of the workshop on their knowledge gains and pronunciation teaching skills. Data were collected from seven lesson plans designed by the teachers, video recordings of 24 subsequent classroom observations, and six individual semi-structured interviews. The study adopted a content-based approach to qualitative data analysis. The findings show that the teachers were all able to translate TPL into classroom practice of pronunciation teaching. The findings further show that workshops designed and implemented in accordance with research-based TPL principles can be effective for promoting teachers’ knowledge of pronunciation pedagogy and refining their pronunciation teaching skills. The study has implications for ESL/EFL teachers’ professional development in pronunciation teaching.

scholarly journals Promoting pre-service EFL teacher reflection: An investigation of reflection levels in Thai context

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosukhon Swatevacharkul
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Teaching Techniques ◽  
Teaching Improvement ◽  
Efl Teacher ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Past Experiences ◽  
Professional Teaching ◽  
Program Data

Reflection is essential for the teaching practice course since it enhances life-long professional teaching development of the teachers. Capacity to reflect needs to be developed. The objectives of this study were 1) to investigate the levels of learning reflection of pre-service EFL teachers at the end of the teaching practice course, and 2) to explore how reflection contributes to changes of the reflection levels.  This study took the form of an embedded experimental mixed methods research design using a close and open-ended questionnaire and semi-structured interview to collect data from 13 international students at an MA ELT program.  Data analysis was performed by a t-test and thematic content analysis.  The findings revealed that 1) on average, the level of Habitual Action, Understanding, and Critical Reflection at the beginning and the end of the course was not significantly different. However, the level of Reflection was significantly different at the end of the course.  Three themes: 1) Revision of past experiences for teaching improvement; 2) Thinking and writing skills development, and 3) Change of beliefs and teaching techniques were generated causing such reflection capacity changes.  Recommendations were provided for further research in this area.

scholarly journals Stylistic Analysis of Poetry: A Perspective from an Initial Training Course in TEFL

1995 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayse Akyel
Keyword(s):  
Student Teachers ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Stylistic Analysis ◽  
Language Awareness ◽  
Initial Training ◽  
Training Course ◽  
Efl Context ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Practice Teaching ◽  
Efl Classrooms

This article describes a five-week (4 hours a week) stylistic analysis component added to a one-semester initial training course for the use of literature in an EFL context. The aim of this experimental component was to help the student teachers explore the effectiveness of applying stylistic analysis of poetry to the design of language activities for use in EFL classes. The class consisted of 24 student EFL teachers, five male and 19 female. All were native speakers of Turkish. Discussions with the student teachers and observations of the lessons they had prepared were systematically carried out. The student teachers stated that stylistic analysis was an effective tool for preparing their own language awareness activities. Moreover, they reported that they could use these language activities successfully in EFL classrooms for practice teaching.

Exploring identity construction of student teachers practicing ELF pedagogy in a microteaching course

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 321-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nugrahenny T. Zacharias
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Teacher Identity ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Native Speaker ◽  
Standard English

This paper reports on the results of a qualitative study that explored the experiences of a group of student-teachers (STs) in Indonesia as they undertook a microteaching course as part of their undergraduate teacher training program. Grounded in the notions of ‘teacher identity as the process of becoming’ (Britzman, 2003) and ‘identity in practice’ (Varghese et al., 2005), the present paper examines how participation in a microteaching course that oriented STs to ELF pedagogy affected the formation of teacher identities amongst one group of STs in Indonesia. Data were gathered from three post-mini lesson interviews with individual STs and STs’ mini lessons. The findings show a positive relationship between ELF pedagogy, STs’ perception of their teacher role and their identity construction. Many STs’ identity construction appears to be informed by their concerns of the hegemonic presence of English in the local community and their role primarily as a revival of Indonesian cultures. Although the majority of STs showed a general agreement towards the need to construct a teacher identity independent of native-speaker norms, a few STs continued to believe the importance of teachers to speak Standard English due to its marketability potential.

scholarly journals Teachers’ Professional Development to Enhance ELT: Needs Analysis for Developing Teacher Training Program in an EFL Context

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 40-53
Author(s):  
Janak Singh Negi
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Training Program ◽  
New Teacher ◽  
Learning Context ◽  
Teacher Training Program ◽  
Efl Context ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Teachers Professional Development ◽  
Context Specific

Developing any new teacher training program for Teachers’ Professional Development (TPD) should start from where the teachers are and what they actually need, which is very essential to bring out innovation and improvement in the field of ELT. The present study represents teachers’ voices from Far Western and Mid-Western part of Nepal based on the survey data collected from EFL teachers. The researcher reached to the conclusion that teachers should be trained and given opportunities on how to put the existing knowledge in to practice according to the learning context, needs and available resources creating their own context specific methodology keeping oneself up to date with global practices including the integration of ICT in the field of ELT. Journal of NELTA, Vol. 21, No. 1-2, 2016, Page:40-53

scholarly journals A critical look at the portfolio as a tool for teacher cognition at pre-gradual level: perceptions of students

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 71-85
Author(s):  
Zuzana Straková
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
School Context ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Lesson Plans ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Teaching Aids ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Specific Duty

Abstract Trainees in teacher training programmes experience a variety of courses focusing on helping them to master the basic skills as future language teachers. The most important issue in the entire training is the appropriate balance between the input they receive from the trainer and the hands-on experience in which they learn through experience. One of the best hands-on activities during teacher training is indisputably teaching practice, i.e. real experience of trainees in the school context. Teaching practice offers to trainees first experience with teaching English lessons with holding responsibility for planning, carrying out the lessons as well as learning from this experience, maintaining a good rapport with students and many other aspects. Since trainees work in the external setting without the presence of their Methodology course trainers, it is often a custom to ask trainees to keep a portfolio with lesson plans or material they used during teaching as well as some reflections on the first teaching experience, so that the trainers could create a picture of how their trainees succeeded “out there”. Such a portfolio serves as a useful tool not only for the trainee since the portfolio offers a record of how they managed to carry out specific duty at a specific time; portfolio of this type can provide the trainer with a plastic picture of how trainee managed to apply what they had learned in their Methodology courses. There are many elements which can be included in the teaching practice portfolio such as lesson plans, reflections, various case studies, textbook evaluations, sample teaching aids prepared by the trainee, etc. However, the biggest benefit that portfolio provides the trainee with is the reflection itself – thinking about how successfully something has been mastered and thinking about how things could be done better. EPOSTL (European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages) where trainees focus on self-evaluation of their own teaching skills is one of the tools that can help to focus the trainee on specific skill the teacher needs to master. This article tries to answer the question whether trainees are aware of the beneficial effects of such reflection, whether they perceive a tool like the EPOSTL as something that can help them to develop or they consider it rather a duty to be carried out as a part of training. Based on the experience with a group of trainees who used EPOSTL during their teaching practice this case study analyses possible strengths and weaknesses of including such a complex material as EPOSTL in pre-service teacher training.

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