Short Descriptions

Being a mentor of a teacher-to-be, I realized that a mentee needs so much more than what is being taught in class or from lesson observations. It is interesting to find out from the mentees' reflective writings that they do have some worries or issues that refrain them from feeling comfortable and confident standing in a classroom and teaching in front of students. If we can identify these issues, it would be helpful for us to better design teaching materials for the mentees' specific needs and we could improve the way we coach our mentees in conducting teaching practice.

Possible Benefits

MAILE is a relatively new developed programme; it is obvious that it can be expanded further as we see a need for teacher training in the market. If we could provide more than theories from textbooks and offer customized help/coaching to our mentees, they will have more confidence in us. It will be good to see that our Center is not only a center that teaches Languages; but also a center that trains good language teachers.

Deliverables

Deliverable 1: Provide feedback to the coordinator by analyzing the reflective writing of four mentees (Three from Teaching English stream+ One from Teaching Chinese stream) Deliverable 2: Make suggestions on the implementation of the MAILE internship programme. Deliverable 3: Present the results in EYE programme.