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http://dx.doi.org/10.5392/JKCA.2015.15.10.669

Teaching Practices for English Language: Exploring Students' Perceptions and Peer Feedback about Practicum  

Lee, Younghwa (선문대학교 영어학과)
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The Journal of the Korea Contents Association / v.15, no.10, 2015 , pp. 669-678 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aims at investigating students' perceptions and peer feedback to practicum for teaching English in the English Department at a Korean university. The participants were forty-two students at an elective course, 'Method for teaching English', and the data comprised questionnaire, 12 teams of practicum, and 15 sets of PF. A 'Word Count System (WCS)' was adopted to analyze the data. The findings show that students regarded 'practicum' (52.4%) as more important than 'teacher's lectures' (42.8%), and most students (80%) applied more than 70% of lesson plans to their practicums. The practicum gave them experience of a teacher, development of confidence, recognition on their weaknesses and values of teaching. While the strengths shown in PF were mainly 'teaching methods and technique', 'use of multimedia', and 'teaching materials', the weaknesses were 'classroom interactions', 'teaching methods and techniques' and 'use of blackboard'. Overall praises were 1.8 times more than the matters which needed to be developed. The conclusion suggest that the students had their own insights toward teaching practices and how learners can be motivated.
Keywords
Practicum; Perceptions; Peer Feedback; Methods for Teaching English; Word Count System;
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