<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The theme of the paper is to reveal how well-prepared pre-service teachers think they are. It aims at reviewing the 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 cohorts studying for a BA in TEFL at a university by examining the impact and the effectiveness of four- -year pre-service English education in a Chinese university context, and what needs to be improved and maintained from the perspective of trainees. Questionnaires were used, followed by semi-structured interviews. The questionnaires were completed by 300 participants, 200 of whom were then randomly chosen as interviewees. Despite finding some inconsistency in the four-year BA TEFL program, the result obtained from investigation of the cohort of student teachers is still satisfying.</p></abstract>

The theme of the paper is to reveal how well-prepared pre-service teachers think they are. It aims at reviewing the 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 cohorts studying for a BA in TEFL at a university by examining the impact and the effectiveness of four- -year pre-service English education in a Chinese university context, and what needs to be improved and maintained from the perspective of trainees. Questionnaires were used, followed by semi-structured interviews. The questionnaires were completed by 300 participants, 200 of whom were then randomly chosen as interviewees. Despite finding some inconsistency in the four-year BA TEFL program, the result obtained from investigation of the cohort of student teachers is still satisfying.

An Evaluation of the preservice English teacher education in a university in China: Pros and cons from an insider’s journey of learning

Jiaxing University College of Foreign Languages 56 Yuexiu Road (South) Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province 314001 China

Journal of Pedagogy

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The theme of the paper is to reveal how well-prepared pre-service teachers think they are. It aims at reviewing the 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 cohorts studying for...

An Evaluation of the preservice English teacher education in a university in China: Pros and cons from an insider’s journey of learning

Published Online: Jul 24, 2015

Page range: 151 - 174

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jped-2015-0008

Keywords
evaluation, insiders’ perspective, BA English education programs, a university in China

© by Wang Ping

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

An Evaluation of the preservice English teacher education in a university in China: Pros and cons from an insider’s journey of learning

Published Online: Jul 24, 2015

Page range: 151 - 174

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jped-2015-0008

Keywordsevaluation, insiders’ perspective, BA English education programs, a university in China

© by Wang Ping

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
evaluation, insiders’ perspective, BA English education programs, a university in China