Exploring Pre-service Language Teachers⿿ Perceptions and Actual Practices of Giving Feedback in Micro-teaching

• Published in: Procedia, social and behavioral sciences social and behavioral sciences, 2016-10, Vol.232, p.421-429
• Main Authors: Koc, Burcu, Ilya, Ali
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Feedback; micro-teaching practices; perceptions; pre-service language teachers
• ISSN: 1877-0428; 1877-0428
• DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.10.058

Feedback has considerably been acknowledged as a significant component of language teaching. Although there are several studies on the effectiveness of giving feedback to pre-service language teachers to improve their teaching practices by their instructors or their peers, the actual feedback provided by them during their micro-teaching practices has not received adequate attention. Therefore, the aim is twofold: to investigate the perceptions of pre-service language teachers regarding their oral feedback providing practices during their micro-teaching implementations, and to carry out content analysis of their micro-teaching practices to determine the frequency and variety of the feedback provided by them during their micro-teaching practices. The study was carried out with 40 pre-service language teachers at Sakarya University. An open ended questionnaire with eight questions was employed in order to determine pre-service language teachers⿿ perceptions. For the actual practices, pre-service language teachers were asked to video record their micro-teachings, and two researchers watched them. The findings of the study have not been finalized yet. With the current study, similarities and differences between pre-service language teachers⿿ perceptions and their actual practices will be investigated.