Online ELT training in the 2020 pandemic: Pre-service English teachers’ experiences
Abstract: The main goal of the study was to investigate tertiary students’ experiences with English Language Teaching 2 online classes during the 2020 pandemic, which they attended as pre-service co-teachers (group presentations), pre-service teachers (microteaching sessions) and students. The sample comprised N=14 participants (m=2, f=12), who completed the Online pre-service training questionnaire, devised to determine the participants’ perceptions of online ELT training. Overall, all the participants found this experience valuable, most of them were initially nervous and worried, and surprised that “everything turned out fine” in the end, they felt comfortable with their peers’ teaching, they were engaged in the learning process. The main reported advantages were working from home, flexibility and creativity, and disadvantages, a lack of human contact or in-person interaction, and technical issues. Although online teaching was imposed upon these students, they managed to benefit from it, and apply their previously acquired knowledge successfully.
engleski
2022
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Keywords: ELT training, online teaching, pre-service English teachers, student engagement