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Pak Hei Chan; Scott Aubrey – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2024
Dialogue journals are written conversations in which two partners communicate regularly. When practiced between a teacher and student, dialogue journaling has the potential to engage students in writing, and can lead to improved teacher-student rapport. In this "Innovations in Practice" article, we evaluate the use of structured dialogue…
Descriptors: Diaries, Teacher Student Relationship, Student Teachers, Language Teachers
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Malba Barahona; Flor Toledo-Sandoval – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2025
This study was designed to understand the multi-layered aspects and conflicts that shaped the identity development of English language pre-service teachers in Chile. This longitudinal, multiple case study research investigated the identity trajectories of seven EFL Chilean pre-service teachers over an 18-month period. Data were drawn from a range…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Barros-del Río, María Amor; Mediavilla-Martínez, Beatriz; Nozal, Carlos López; Catarino, Fernando – Teaching English with Technology, 2020
Practicum is an essential and meaningful form of teacher training but due to the great diversity of educational programs worldwide, their nature and quality depend too much on each particular situation. For this reason, an Interactive Digital Notepad (IDN) prototype, based on Kanban and powered up by Trello, is presented as a solution to the…
Descriptors: Lesson Plans, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Practicums
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Aguirre-Garzón, Edgar; Ubaque-Casallas, Diego – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2022
This narrative study analyzes two mentors' experiences in their mentoring practices with language student-teachers in a private university in Bogotá (Colombia). Employing life-story interviews and drawing on ways of thinking and theorizing from praxis as a standpoint to enact decoloniality, we approach mentors' narratives from the notion of crack.…
Descriptors: Mentors, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Celen, K. Merve; Akcan, Sumru – Journal of Teacher Education and Educators, 2017
This study aims to evaluate the English Language Teacher Education practicum offered at a state university in Turkey to discover (1) the strengths and weaknesses of the programme and (2) the needs and problems experienced by student teachers. Data were collected through an adapted version of the Survey of Teacher Education Programs (STEP)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Supervisors
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Mutlu-Gülbak, Gizem – Educational Process: International Journal, 2023
Background/purpose: The significant role of mentor teachers during practicum studies necessitates training that specifically addresses mentoring expectations in the teaching context. Drawing on critical constructivist teacher education, this study aims to investigate the expectations of student teachers, mentor teachers, and university supervisors…
Descriptors: Mentors, Preservice Teacher Education, Constructivism (Learning), Practicums
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Baimbetova, Zhanar; Çakir, Cemal – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2021
The current paper reports the findings of a comparative study about the curricula designed for the English language teacher education programs (ELTEPs) in two countries, namely Kazakhstan and Turkey. The comparative analysis of the curricula focuses on the specific courses taken by the prospective teachers of English in each country. The courses…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Curriculum, Comparative Education, Teaching Methods, Student Teachers
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Villacañas de Castro, Luis S. – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2020
This article describes the progress and findings of a research project, organized in the context of a university Masters course in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), which aimed at translating the student-teachers' (STs) funds of identity into worthwhile curricular proposals for the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subject. The…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Masters Programs
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Masoumpanah, Zahra; Tahririan, Mohammad Hassan; Afzali, Katayoon; Alibabaee, Ahmad – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2019
This study was an attempt to evaluate practicum courses at Farhangian University. Since practicum is a significant component of teacher education which links theory to practice and prepares student-teachers for their work, this study was intended to explore the extent to which (1) the practicum objectives stated in the 'Curriculum Document of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Course Evaluation, Practicums, Preservice Teacher Education
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Kamhi-Stein, Lia D.; Jacob, Sharin Rawhiya; Herrera, Ana; Seaborne, Robert – CATESOL Journal, 2021
Immigrant adults in the United States often have limited opportunities to learn English. To address this issue and to strengthen the preparation of future English language teachers, a practicum course offered in a Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MA TESOL) program in California was modified to engage student…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Darwin, Stephen; Barahona, Malba – Educational Action Research, 2019
Action research methodology is commonly used in initial teacher education programmes as a pedagogical strategy to enhance student teacher learning. Action research is most often used in tandem with school-based practicum components in the latter stage of programmes as a means of bridging the theory-practice divide. It is also frequently used as a…
Descriptors: Action Research, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Orsdemir, Esra; Yildirim, Rana – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2020
Attention to the crucial role of mentors in preparing student-teachers for their future profession has significantly increased in the past few years. However, most teacher education programmes tend to assign mentors from the present pool of teachers in schools without any special preparation (Okan & Yildirim, 2004). This leads to mentoring…
Descriptors: Mentors, Student Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Practicums
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Bener, Esra; Yildiz, Senem – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2019
Informed by the theories of critical reflection and community of practice, this study aimed to explore the integration of blogs to promote reflection among eighteen pre-service English language teachers registered in a practicum course at a public university in Turkey. Fourteen blog activities were designed and implemented to guide the reflective…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Köksal, Dinçay; Genç, Gülten – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2019
Teaching practicum of English language teachers has been the heart of many studies in the recent years. However, most of those studies focused on the graduates of teacher training programs. In Turkey, graduates of English Language and Literature (ELL) departments are also qualified to be an English teacher as long as they have a teaching…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Foreign Countries, English Teachers, English (Second Language)
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Hsiao, Cheng-hua – Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 2018
Teacher identity has been an important issue in teacher education because teacher identity influences teachers' professional development. However, little has been explored in preservice teachers' identity formation within the EFL context of language teaching. In this study, the early influence on EFL student teachers' identity formation in…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Practicums, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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