JOURNAL ARTICLE

Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions of Teaching English

Akiko Takagi

Year: 2022 Journal:   The Language Teacher Vol: 46 (4)Pages: 3-10

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine pre-service teachers’ perceptions of teaching English and the reasons behind these perceptions, based on positive and negative learning experiences prior to starting their pre-service teacher education program. The participants were 200 Japanese pre-service teachers in an English teaching methodology course from five cohorts at a private university between 2015 and 2019. These individuals recorded their reflections on their prior learning experiences in the personal statement section of the JACET SIG on English Language Education’s (2014) reflection tool, The Japanese Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages. The results of a thematic analysis revealed seven categories of learning experience. Moreover, the reasons participants cited for evaluating their experiences as being either positive or negative involved affective, cognitive, and linguistic factors. Teacher educators working in teacher preparation programs would benefit from taking into account the nature of student teachers’ preconceptions about teaching before encouraging reflection on and development of their didactic knowledge. 本研究の目的は、英語科教員養成課程を履修する前の肯定的及び否定的な経験に基づき、教員養成課程の学生の英語教育に対する認識とその背後にある理由について調査することであった。参加者は、2015年から2019年に、私立大学で英語科教育法特論の授業を受講した5グループ200名の学生であった。彼らは、『成長のための省察ツール:言語教師のポートフォリオ』(JACET教育問題研究会,2014)の「自分自身について」のセクションにおいて、学習経験を振り返り記述した。テーマ分析の結果、学習経験について7種類のカテゴリーが明らかになった。また、参加者が経験を肯定的または否定的と評価する理由として,感情的、認知的、言語的要因が挙げられた。教員養成課程に携わる教師教育者が、履修生の教育に対する先入観を考慮した上で、教授法の知識についての省察と向上を促すことは意味があるであろう。

Keywords:
Perception Psychology Thematic analysis Mathematics education Portfolio Pedagogy Teacher education English language Qualitative research Sociology

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EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
Social Sciences →  Arts and Humanities →  Language and Linguistics
Second Language Learning and Teaching
Social Sciences →  Arts and Humanities →  Literature and Literary Theory
Student Assessment and Feedback
Social Sciences →  Social Sciences →  Education

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