The Implications of Simulations in Language Teacher Training: Teaching Practice in the English Teaching Material & Method Class

情境模擬之於語言教師訓練－英語教材教法課程之學生教學演練

開一心(I-Hsin Kai)

《Hwa Kang Journal of English Language & Literature》 2期 (1996/07) Pp. 3-33

https://doi.org/10.7109/HKJELL.199607.0003

摘要

本系所開予大四選修之英語教材與教法一科，旨乃在於提供日後有志於從事英語教學工作同學一整合理論與實務之機會。然因本系並非一般教育學院制度下之英語文相關科系，故而無法提供同學實際教學場所以供實習；同學唯一得以演練教學之機會為利用本課程之上課時間，進行課室內之教學練習。而又因選修學生人數衆多，每名學生得以進行教學演練之機會極微，且每次教學演練時間亦受限制，教學演練之成效難以發揮。為解決上述困擾，語言教學模擬情境為可行方法之一。本文旨在報告語言師資培訓理論現況，及引介此教學法。文末並附教學活動設計二則。

並列摘要

The English Language Teaching Material and Method course in our department aims at providing an opportunity for students who are interested in teaching English to integrate the theories they acquire in the lectures to actual classroom practice. However, unlike the English Departments of normal universities or teacher's colleges in this country, our department offers our students, i.e., the prospective teachers, neither a curriculum of 20-credit-hour in education, nor a practicum of 8-credit-hour in language teaching, let alone a one-year internship practice in classroom teaching in regular school systems. Therefore, the only chance for students in the Material & Method class to practice teaching is in the class. However, due to the large number of students and the limited class time, each student receives very little instruction of as well as the time allowed for practice in the particular course. During the past two years, the individual student got only one or two chances, of only five to fifteen minutes, in practicing teaching, which really undermined the purpose of setting up the course. This paper proposed solving the problem through integrating sonic teacher training simulations into the regular class schedule of this particular course, because a teacher training simulation offers a practice-based training experience with focus on peer learning, learning by doing, self-direction and self-actualization, and reflective teaching. A well-designed teacher training simulation helps maximize the effectiveness of the course with respect to teaching practice. Two example designs are attached at the end of the paper for reference.