Open AccessTraining Pre-Service Language Teachers
Author(s) -
Janez Skela
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
elope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2386-0316
pISSN - 1581-8918
DOI - 10.4312/elope.1.1-2.157-170
Subject(s) - syllabus , reflection (computer programming) , context (archaeology) , process (computing) , component (thermodynamics) , training (meteorology) , service (business) , the arts , mathematics education , pedagogy , computer science , teacher education , psychology , art , visual arts , business , paleontology , physics , thermodynamics , marketing , meteorology , biology , programming language , operating system
This article considers some ways of tackling input in pre-service teacher training. First, it highlights the context and structure of a pre-service course currently provided by the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Then it goes on to describe the process of designing a syllabus for the course capitalizing on its methodology component which draws on a wide range of current reflection-oriented models and approaches to teacher training. From these models, a teacher-training activities ‘generator’ is derived, which allows for the formation of many teacher-training procedures. It is argued that such methodology, besides giving trainees the opportunity to examine their attitudes, beliefs and assumptions, also echoes classroom practice