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

• Main Author: Ping Wang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sciendo 2015-06-01
• Series: Pedagogický Časopis
• Subjects: evaluation; insiders’ perspective; ba english education programs; a university in china
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1515/jped-2015-0008

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.