{"pk":35999,"title":"The Observational Practicum: A Stepping-Stone to Praxis in TESOL","subtitle":null,"abstract":"While a practicum is usually regarded as a place to practice\nteaching, or as a place to turn what one has learned in the\nclassroom into real practice, an observational practicum\ncan also substantially further one’s professional growth.\nIndeed, an observational practicum can be an ideal site for\nnovice ESOL practitioners to develop the groundwork of\npraxis, which requires reflection and action in teaching to\nprovide students with meaningful L2 learning. Drawing\nfrom scholastic literature in TESOL and her own observational practicum experience, the author advocates conducting an observational practicum as a means to practice\nseeing teaching before intensively doing teaching.","language":"eng","license":null,"keywords":[],"section":"CATESOL Exchange","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3r46q1qt","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Ayaka","middle_name":"","last_name":"Ihara","name_suffix":"","institution":"San Francisco State University","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2017-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/catesoljournal/article/35999/galley/26851/download/"}]}