Preservice Teacher Intercultural Experience During International EYL Teaching Practicum

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10.2991/978-2-494069-67-1_5How to use a DOI?

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international; EYL; teaching practicum; children; preservice; intercultural; experience

Abstract

This article describes the intercultural experience of the Dutch preservice English for young learner (EYL) teachers during their international teaching practicum abroad. The focus was to explore the student-teachers intercultural learning target, the support they received, the challenges they faced, and how to deal with them. This descriptive qualitative study involved seven Dutch student-teachers who taught English in an Indonesian elementary school in Indonesia. The data were taken from the student-teachers reflection notes, evaluation sheets, and focus group discussions. The result showed that the student-teachers intercultural learning targets were to get cultural and professional learning experiences. The study showed that the ITP helped them gaining both professional and intercultural learning experiences. The supporting human resources factors were supervising lecturers from the host university, the mentoring teachers at school, and the tutors. The supportive activities were training and consultation sessions before the teaching practicum and feedback provided by supervising lecturers and mentoring teachers. The cultural challenges reported related to school rules/norms, equipment/facilities, teaching-learning process, and the children. They employed strategies and approaches such as creativity, positive mindset, appreciation, and seeking help when they faced problems.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Lusi Nurhayati
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/24
TI  - Preservice Teacher Intercultural Experience During International EYL Teaching Practicum
BT  - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Education Research, and Innovation (ICERI 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 33
EP  - 43
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-67-1_5
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-67-1_5
ID  - Nurhayati2022
ER  -