{"title":"The impact of microteaching on preservice EFL teachers: Addressing foreign language teaching anxiety and professional development","authors":"Eun-Young Jeon","doi":"10.1016/j.tate.2025.105153","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examined the impact of microteaching on reducing foreign language teaching anxiety, identified phase-specific sources of anxiety, and explored perceived learning outcomes among Korean preservice English teachers. Employing a mixed-methods design, data were collected from 43 participants through surveys, reflection papers, and interviews. Although the quantitative results were not statistically significant, large effect sizes suggested meaningful reductions in teaching anxiety. Notably, pre-teaching anxiety was most prominent. Qualitative findings highlighted the role of feedback and experiential learning in fostering professional growth. These results underscore the value of microteaching in teacher education, emphasizing the importance of phase-specific support and iterative practice.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48430,"journal":{"name":"Teaching and Teacher Education","volume":"165 ","pages":"Article 105153"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Teaching and Teacher Education","FirstCategoryId":"95","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0742051X25002306","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This study examined the impact of microteaching on reducing foreign language teaching anxiety, identified phase-specific sources of anxiety, and explored perceived learning outcomes among Korean preservice English teachers. Employing a mixed-methods design, data were collected from 43 participants through surveys, reflection papers, and interviews. Although the quantitative results were not statistically significant, large effect sizes suggested meaningful reductions in teaching anxiety. Notably, pre-teaching anxiety was most prominent. Qualitative findings highlighted the role of feedback and experiential learning in fostering professional growth. These results underscore the value of microteaching in teacher education, emphasizing the importance of phase-specific support and iterative practice.
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Teaching and Teacher Education is an international journal concerned primarily with teachers, teaching, and/or teacher education situated in an international perspective and context. The journal focuses on early childhood through high school (secondary education), teacher preparation, along with higher education concerning teacher professional development and/or teacher education. Teaching and Teacher Education is a multidisciplinary journal committed to no single approach, discipline, methodology, or paradigm. The journal welcomes varied approaches (qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods) to empirical research; also publishing high quality systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Manuscripts should enhance, build upon, and/or extend the boundaries of theory, research, and/or practice in teaching and teacher education. Teaching and Teacher Education does not publish unsolicited Book Reviews.