How is teaching practice (TP) organized?
TP is a two-hour block and takes place every day. Trainees are divided into two TP groups (with a maximum size of 6 trainees), and each TP group, with one trainer, is responsible for a particular class of students for a two-week period. Halfway through the course, the group changes to a different class at a different level. Trainees teach initially for periods of about 40 minutes more or less every other day, then towards the end of the course, give two 60-minute lessons with longer gaps between. While you are not teaching yourself, you are required to observe each other. There is a considerable amount of lesson planning guidance from the trainers in the early stages of the course. As the course progresses however, the formal support decreases, since you are expected to be able to plan independently by the end of the course. Trainers will still make themselves available to answer questions and give advice, however, even at this later stage. The students you teach are fully aware that t
