Hou, Heng

Skinner, B

English

This project explores differences in, and similaritiesbetween, university supervisors’ and host teachers’perspectives of trainees’ practical teaching practiceperformance. Specifically, the project investigatesthe ways in which university supervisors and hostteachers take into account evaluative judgementsof non-native English speaking teacher trainees’(NNESTTs) teaching practice (TP) performance.The context is a vocational Masters in TESOL ata UK university where trainees carry out a teachingpractice in Hungarian primary or secondary schools.Specifically, the study examines the perceptions thatthe supervisors and host teachers have when judgingthe performance of four overseas TESOL trainees,who are NNESTTs from Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Taiwanand Bangladesh. Findings show firstly that hostteachers take a ‘soft’ approach compared with the‘hard’ approach of university supervisors, secondly,that host teachers and supervisors seem to prioritisedifferent variables when evaluating TP performanceand thirdly, that both groups of participants see thebenefit of working together to create reliablejudgements of NNESTTs’ performance

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The evaluation of non-native speaking English language trainee teachers’ practice: unfolding university supervisors’ and host teachers’ perspectives on judging performance

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The evaluation of non-native speaking English language trainee teachers’ practice: unfolding university supervisors’ and host teachers’ perspectives on judging performance

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