Micro-teaching videos in EFL teacher education methodology courses: Tools to enhance English proficiency and teaching skills among trainees

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2012-06-07

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Savaş, Perihan

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The main goal of the study presented in this paper was to investigate the opinions of 40 prospective English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers about the effectiveness of micro-teaching videos in two English language teaching methodology courses. The study was conducted at a state university in Turkey and the data collection was mainly done via a questionnaire. Quantitative data analysis done on participants' responses to the questionnaire items show that absolute majority of participants believed in the usefulness of micro-teaching videos. The paper reports and discusses the English proficiency and English teaching skills enhanced by micro-teaching videos in detail.

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English as a foreign language, Digital videos, Micro-teaching, Teacher education

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/43093

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.09.558

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P. Savaş, “Micro-teaching videos in EFL teacher education methodology courses: Tools to enhance English proficiency and teaching skills among trainees,” 2012, vol. 55, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/43093.