02419nam a2200217Ia 4500 CTU_233366 210402s9999 xx 000 0 und d 370.7 Tr106 8140111 Lý, Thị Minh Trang Vietnamese EFL pre-service teachers’ perceptions of the effects of teaching practicum experiences on their professional identity development : Master of education program: Principles and methods in English langguage education Lý Thị Minh Trang ; Trần Thị Thanh Huế (Hướng dẫn khoa học) Cần Thơ Trường Đại học Cần Thơ 2019 This study explored Vietnamese English as a foreign language (EFL) pre-service teachers’ perceptions of the effects of teaching practicum experiences on their professional identity development. Particularly, the study aimed to find out the supports and challenges of teaching practicum that affect the development of the professional identity of English teachers of pedagogy. Currently, the training of educational human resources, especially English teachers, plays a huge role in the implementation of the national language project. However, studies on the professional identity of English pre-service teachers still remain scarce in the Vietnamese context. Therefore, this paper reports a descriptive research to explore the perceptions of Vietnamese EFL pre-service teachers on the development of professional identities before and after English teaching practicum at high schools in Mekong Delta. The study employed semi-structured interviews and document analysis to collect data from 10 pre-service teacher participating on teaching practicum at high schools. The findings provide deep insights into the English pre-service teachers’ practicum experiences which provided a perceived enhancement in their own professional identities. The study has an important contribution to research on teachers’ professional identities as well as recommendations for pre-service teachers and stakeholders to improve the effectiveness of teaching practicum in the professional development and professional competencies of pre-service teachers in Vietnam. Phương pháp giảng dạy,Teaching methods tvtrong Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ