EFL Trainee-Teachers’ Reflective Practice Contents During Practicum: Arba Minch College of Teacher Education in Southern Ethiopia in Focus

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to assess pre-service EFL trainee teachers’ reflective practices during practicum at Arba Minch College of Teacher Education, southern region. To this end, qualitative research was employed to conduct the study.  The subjects of the study were 8 EFL trainee teachers in the year 2019/2020 G.C. Two data collection tools were used, namely interview and document analysis. Interviews was conducted to get in-depth data from the respondents regarding their reflective practice contents during practicum.Document review was made to collect supplementary data and to check the data gathered through interview. To this end, the data were analyzed thematically. The findings from reflective interview revealed that EFL trainee teachers were mainly interested in to reflect on contents like teaching practice, the practicum arrangements, the support they have been acquired, the instructional process and classroom management. The finding from documents like EFL trainee teachers’ general reflection list and lesson plan also supported the findings from reflective interview.