Pre-Service English-as-a-Foreign-Language Teachers' Views on Their Experiences of Project Preparation for Young Learners: "I Felt Like a Real Teacher". Issue 3 (July 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Koşar, Gülten
• Is Part Of: International journal of educational reform. Volume 30:Issue 3(2021)
• Page Start: 183
• Page End: 203
• Publication Date: 2021-07
• Subjects: English language learning -- initial English language teacher training programs -- pre-service English-as-a-foreign-language teachers -- project-based learning -- teaching English to young learners; Educational change -- Periodicals; Educational change -- United States -- Periodicals; Education and state -- Periodicals; Education and state -- United States -- Periodicals; Education, Secondary -- Periodicals; Periodicals; 379
• DOI: 10.1177/10567879211015947
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2631-9675

Abstract

This study targets unveiling junior pre-service English-as-a-foreign-language teachers' ( N = 80) perceptions of the process they went through as preparing projects for young learners and their views about the effect of project-based learning on teaching English to young learners. The data gathered from a qualitative survey and semistructured interviews were analyzed using an inductive content analysis. The results indicated that while the participants encountered a number of difficulties in the preparation process, they believed the use of project-based learning could promote young learners' English language learning, and preparing projects for young learners made them feel like a real teacher.