Coaching Pre-Service Teachers in Planning and Teaching English Online

Abstract

Before the outbreak of Covid 19, the pre-service teachers at the university where my colleague and I are teaching used to have a two-month teaching training session at schools to expand their knowledge, skill, and experiences in teaching face-to-face in the physical classroom. However, in this 2020/2021 academic year, the pre-service teachers’ training program is arranged online and guided by teacher-educators. Through the online system, we found a great chance to train the pre-service teachers to plan and teach English online. Hence, this study investigates how the pre-service teachers plan and perform their online teaching during the coaching sessions. This study worked on a qualitative case study; the data were collected from the pre-service teachers’ lesson plans, teaching practice videos, documentation of teaching activities in the Google Classroom. The findings reveal some issues encountered by the pre-service teachers in planning and performing their online teaching activities. Meanwhile, feedbacks from the teacher-educator help them to develop their skills in planning and managing online teaching.