A study on blended learning model for teaching practice course in pre-service English language teacher training program

The aim of the present study is to develop a model based on blended learning for pre-service teaching practice course in English Language Teacher Training Program at Anadolu University. It is supposed that providing a blended learning environment for teaching practice course would improve the practice and contribute to the professional growth of pre-service teachers. Since it will increase the contact hours among students and university supervisors and facilitate peer feedback among pre-service teachers, which in turn, create a productive learning environment for them.Within the framework of `pedagogical action research? design, 18 fourth year students participated in the present study. Various data gathering techniques including a survey on participants? attitudes towards the Web (computer) based instruction and a survey on the participants? satisfaction with the blended teaching practice course were used. Additionally, in order to perform an in-depth analysis of the findings, standardized open-ended interviews were conducted with participants.The analysis of the data revealed that participants had positive attitudes towards the Web component of blended teaching practice course and all of the participants were satisfied with the blended teaching practice course since they reported that it met their expectations. It was also found that there was not a relationship between the participants? participation to the asynchronous discussions and their overall satisfaction levels of blended teaching practice course. The findings indicated that the pre service teachers thought that participating in a course level blended teaching practice course increased their teaching skills, primarily their skills on preparing lesson plans and the skills on performing their teaching practices.Although results of the present study indicated that blended learning environment was perceived positively by students, there is a need for further research to determine if the similar results could be obtained at other courses in different settings.