ERIC Number: EJ1218401
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Apr
Pages: 12
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Teaching Practice in UK ELT Master's Programmes
Papageorgiou, Ifigenia; Copland, Fiona; Viana, Vander; Bowker, David; Moran, Edward
ELT Journal, v73 n2 p154-165 Apr 2019
Despite the fact that UK ELT Master's programmes are numerous, diverse, and financially important, very little research has been conducted on whether they deliver teaching practice (TP) or micro-teaching (MT), and on what students' expectations of these modules are. The present paper addresses this gap by examining how many ELT-related Master's programmes in the UK offer TP/MT modules and by investigating students' expectations of these modules. Drawing on data from document analysis, we show that only 34 out of the 141 UK ELT-related Master's programmes offer a TP module and 12 offer an MT module. Data from pre-/post-study questionnaires and focus groups indicate that students consider practical teaching experience an important part of their programmes, and report that they would like more course time to be spent on it. Based on these findings, we recommend that UK ELT Master's programmes should provide students with ways to gain such practical experience.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Masters Programs, Teacher Education Programs, Microteaching, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Graduate Students, Expectation, Student Teaching, Teacher Education Curriculum
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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