Training Pre-Service English Teachers With ICT in English Education : How Will it Affect Their Perceptions?

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The current study explored the ways to implement an ICT trainingcourse for pre-service English teachers in the college of education andinvestigated how they perceive of the course. The previous researchrecognized the necessity of providing ICT training for pre-serviceteachers, but no research was found which provided them with a fullsemester ICT training course examining its effects. This study,therefore, describes how a course named ‘Using ICT for EnglishEducation’ was implemented to 20 pre-service English teachers in anational university in Korea. In addition, their perceptions wereinvestigated using a survey questionnaire. The course instructor preselectednine topics, provided reading materials and questions, and hadgroup discussions and presentations. For some topics, experts wereinvited. Finally, the pre-service teachers were engaged in the finalproject of creating an online video by using various ICT tools they hadlearned. It was found that they were satisfied with the course contentand procedure/approach. Particularly, they liked actual experience ofusing various ICT tools the most. It is concluded that it would beimportant to provide an ICT training course continuously in the collegeof education and let pre-service teachers accumulate their experience andknowledge on ICT. Some of the limitations and implications for thecollege of education are presented.

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