1. design an effective plan with target English learners in mind;
2. collaborate with others to team teach in any given classroom;
3. gauge the instructional effectiveness from both the teacher’s and the learner’s perspective;
4. manage the classroom with proper behavior modification strategies, so that the order of the classroom is well maintained;
5. engage students in the initial warm-up stage and maintain student attention throughout the lesson;
6. reflect on the previously delivered lesson and use the retrospective thoughts to keep fine-tuning one’s planning, instructing and managing skills as an EFL teacher.

1. design an effective plan with target English learners in mind;
2. collaborate with others to team teach in any given classroom;
3. gauge the instructional effectiveness from both the teacher’s and the learner’s perspective;
4. manage the classroom with proper behavior modification strategies, so that the order of the classroom is well maintained;
5. engage students in the initial warm-up stage and maintain student attention throughout the lesson;
6. reflect on the previously delivered lesson and use the retrospective thoughts to keep fine-tuning one’s planning, instructing and managing skills as an EFL teacher.

This practicum is offered as a field work conjunction to the TEFL Method course. This practicum hour provides MA students ample opportunities to get the actual teaching experience at the nearby middle school, An-He Junior High School. On a weekly basis, students will teach an hour of English class there. In the spring semester, the students will use the English reading package designed for An-He middle-schoolers to instruct the hour-long lesson. It is often times carried out as a team work teaching. Four to five students will form a team to split the various teaching/assisting responsibilities among the team members. For every session, there will a lead teacher with the assistance from the assisting teacher. The other two members will either be an observer or a camera man/woman. From time to time, the recorded practicum session will be review in class to allow retrospective thoughts on improving teaching and enhancing learning effectiveness.

This practicem is offered as a field work conjunction to the TEFL Method course. This practicem hour provides MA students ample opportunities to get the actual teaching experience at the near by middle school, An-He Junior High School. On a weekly basis, students will teach an hour of English class there. In the spring semister, the students will use the English reading package designed for An-He middle-schoolers to instruct the hour-long lesson. It is often times carried out as a team work teaching. Four to five students will form a team to split the various teaching/assisting responsibilities among the team members. For every session, there will a lead teacher with the assistance from the assisting teacher. The other two members will either be an observer or a camera man/woman. From time to time, the recorded practice session will be review in class to allow retrospective thoughts on improving teaching and enhancing learning effectiveness.

There is no finite set of course materials for the practicum. However, from time to time, the instructor will distribute various observation/refection/commenting sheets to facilitate the reflective practice of teaching among student teachers.

There is no finite set of course materials for the practice. However, from time to time, the instructor will distribute various observation/refection/commenting sheets to facilitate the reflective practice of teaching among student teachers.