EFL Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions about the Advantages and Disadvantages of Peer Team Teaching Experiences

Abstract

            This study aimed at investigating perceptions of EFL pre-service teachers (PTs) towards the advantages and disadvantages of their Peer Team Teaching (PTT) experiences. The sample consisted of 52 participants, with equal numbers of males and females from the English Language Department of the College of Education at Seiyun University. Qualitative and quantitative techniques were employed for the purpose of gathering the data: reflective reports and a questionnaire. The findings proved that PTT has numerous benefits for PTs. The most five common advantages included increasing confidence, correcting the mistakes of one another, preparing a better lesson plan, exchanging experiences, skills and knowledge, and overcoming challenging situations in teaching. On the other hand, some PTs held negative opinion towards PTT. The most five significant disadvantages included disagreement among team members; reliance of some members on the other members to do the work on their behalf; not following the lesson plan; late completion of the work due to disagreement among the team members; and unequal division of work among the members. The findings also indicated that there are no significant gender-based differences in the perceptions of PTs towards the advantages and disadvantages of PTT.