Practicum: Microteaching for Non-Native Speaking Teacher Trainees

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Cover photo of English Teaching Forum 2007, Volume 45, Number 4 showing a waterfall

In situations where it is not possible for trainees to practice teaching in local schools, teaching short lessons to their peers—called microteaching--can provide beneficial experience and feedback to teachers-in-training. The article includes guidelines for presenters, observers, and teacher trainers as well as a sample practicum class schedule and microteaching lesson. Students experience microteaching both in small groups and with the whole class.

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Jeremy D. Slagoski

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Teachers Teacher Educators Teacher Training
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Cover photo of English Teaching Forum 2007, Volume 45, Number 4 showing a waterfall

English Teaching Forum 2007, Volume 45, Number 4

This issue showcases the U.S. National Park System. The feature article is coupled with a lesson plan on environmental preservation or “going green.” Other articles cover replacement performance role-plays, the paradigm shift from paper-and-pencil tests to performance-based assessments, using story-