ENRICHING MICROTEACHING IN TEACHING ENGLISH TO YOUNG LEARNERS (TEYL): AN ACTION RESEARCH
This action research is conducted upon noticing the need to provide pre-service teachers of English with a deeper insight into their microteaching demonstrations in TEYL course, which takes place in third year of the teacher training program before the practicum. Regarding the microteachings in T...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Informascope
2015-01-01
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| Series: | International Online Journal of Education and Teaching |
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| Online Access: | http://iojet.org/index.php/IOJET/article/view/75/103 |
| Summary: | This action research is conducted upon noticing the need to provide pre-service teachers of
English with a deeper insight into their microteaching demonstrations in TEYL course,
which takes place in third year of the teacher training program before the practicum.
Regarding the microteachings in TEYL course, the pre-service teachers complained about
not being sure how children learn, think and act. Their concerns and dissatisfaction about the
performance and feedback stages of microteaching sessions were also acknowledged by the
researchers. Thus, 71 pre-service teachers were required to re-conduct their storytelling with
target age children and complete a reflection questionnaire. The qualitative analysis of the
data reveals that microteachings had some drawbacks in preparing pre-service teachers to
the teaching profession. Actual practices with children enabled the pre-service teachers
experiencing the natural atmosphere of teaching and developing understanding how children
think, learn and react. |
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| ISSN: | 2148-225X 2148-225X |