The impact of EFL trainee teachers’ concern levels on their tutoring practices

Authors : Eda ÜSTÜNEL, Merve MUTLU

Pages : 302-321

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Publication Date : 2017-12-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Normal 0 false false false TR X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:`Table Normal`; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:``; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-ansi-language:TR;} This study aims to find out about the factors affecting foreign language trainee teachers’ concern levels in an ELT department in Turkey. The participants are 31 junior non-native trainee teachers in the ELT department in Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University. A mixed design method has been chosen and in order to collect the data three instruments have been used; the Student Teacher Concern Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(STCS);, which was developed in a Turkish context insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Alpan, Özer, Erdamar, Subaşı, 2014);, observation of trainee teachers during a tutoring session for prep-school students and semi-structured interviews. The quantitative data has been analyzed to initiate the qualitative data and the semi-structured interviews were analyzed through the Constant Comparative Method. According to the analysis, four main themes emerged to have an influence on trainee teachers’ concern levels; past experiences of trainee teachers, the facts of students, the facts of trainee teachers and the impact of being observed. All the factors are presented with details and supported with extracts from the interviews with the trainee teachers.
Keywords : trainee teacher, tutoring practice, EFL, foreign language teaching concern