Pre-Service English Language Teachers’ Views on Their Attainment in Community Service Practices Course
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine prospective English language teachers’ views on their attainment in community service practices course. The sample included 28 prospective English language teachers majoring in English Language Teaching in the Faculty of Education at a foundation university; namely Maltepe University in İstanbul, Turkey. The data were collected during the spring term of the 2011-2012 academic year. The participating prospective English language teachers were asked to write reports which involved details about their practices and their personal views on their own performances, the processes they had been through and their attainment. Content analysis was used in the interpretation of the reports obtained from the participants. It was found that some personal, professional, emotional and social attainments in community service practices course were reported by the participants.
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