Exploring the Use of Videos of Teaching Models in a TEFL Course: a Case Study

Hasan Zainnuri, Gunarso Susilohadi

Abstract

One of the competencies that has to be achieved by students of the English Department in a college is to understand principles or theories on language learning and teaching. In particular, they have to be able to explain learning and teaching concepts and their implementation in the teaching and learning process in the classroom. Based on the classroom observation in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) course in the English Department of a state university, in general, students find it difficult to reach the maximum level of this competence since they do not have any teaching experience yet. The lecturer’s teaching experience has shown that his current teaching approach is not maximally effective. This low degree of effectiveness of the teaching approach is assumed to be due to the nature of language and language learning principles; they are abstract and need real examples for students to really understand them. The use of videos of teaching models is theoretically effective to improve students’ understanding of learning and teaching concepts underlying practices of teaching English as a foreign language. This article is a report of a case study with the aim of empirically finding out in what ways videos of teaching models can be used effectively in improving college students’ understanding of language learning and teaching concepts underlying practices of Teaching English as a Foreign Language.

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principles, language learning, language teaching, TEFL

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20961/eed.v7i2.35820

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