Online Teaching Practice Experiences of Pre-Service English as a Foreign Language Teachers

Abstract

This study adopted phenomenology, one of the qualitative study patterns, to investigate the pre-service English as a foreign language teachers' opinions about online practicum in terms of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) of online teaching practice. To reach the aim, 24 preservice English as a foreign language teachers who attended an online practicum for 12 weeks, and each conducted at least 4 online English lessons using the lesson plans they prepared, were involved in the study. All the pre-service teachers who voluntarily accepted to participate in this study were senior students at the department of English language teaching of a foundation university in Gaziantep, Turkey. The researchers collected the data through focus group interviews on the Zoom platform. The participants who formed 3 focus groups with 8 participants were asked about the online practicum's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The meetings were recorded and transcribed word by word by the researchers. Both researchers reviewed the data for reliability and validity until the results reached saturation (Huberman & Miles, 2002). Content analysis was used to analyze the data, and several themes and codes emerged from the qualitative data. The results were discussed in detail with the implications and suggestions for teacher education programs.

Efl Pre-Service Teachers’ Anxiety During Teaching Practice

“…Peer Feedback Evaluation through writing is also beneficial for reducing pre-service teacher anxiety. Sivaci (2020) conducted this study, which yielded positive results in the classroom. However, this form of evaluation might not be beneficial, as there might be incidents of falsifying evaluation reports.…”

An Analysis of the Level of Students’ Anxiety on Their Writing Skills

“…In learning process, writing can transform passive knowledge in students' minds in their own language (Imsa'ard, 2020). According to Sivaci (2020), writing is one of the essential skills that get significant attention in language learning. Adas and Bakir (2013) also added that writing is a complex and complicated task.…”