methodology, ELT, teacher-trainee, feedback, teaching practice

The presented paper deals with the incongruity between the current language teacher trainee university programs and the secondary school didactic, psychological and proficiency requirements. The author will present analysis of secondary school teachers? feedback on the performance of undergraduate students of teaching primarily English, but also German, Spanish, French and other foreign languages to secondary school students elaborated at the end of their 20 lesson teaching practice. The data was collected from 2010 to 2015 at secondary schools in the region of North Moravia and provided a great insight into the expectations placed by secondary schools onto university graduates. The supervisors commented mainly on trainees? acquired skills and abilities, language competence, methodology of teaching the particular foreign language but also pinpointed some professionally preferred personal qualities and most importantly rendered useful tips for the students? self-improvement and feedback for the teacher trainers at Ostrava University. This interconnection of secondary and tertiary levels of education is what makes the study topical especially with regard to the increasing demands placed on the teaching profession nowadays.

The presented paper deals with the incongruity between the current language teacher trainee university programs and the secondary school didactic, psychological and proficiency requirements. The author will present analysis of secondary school teachers? feedback on the performance of undergraduate students of teaching primarily English, but also German, Spanish, French and other foreign languages to secondary school students elaborated at the end of their 20 lesson teaching practice. The data was collected from 2010 to 2015 at secondary schools in the region of North Moravia and provided a great insight into the expectations placed by secondary schools onto university graduates. The supervisors commented mainly on trainees? acquired skills and abilities, language competence, methodology of teaching the particular foreign language but also pinpointed some professionally preferred personal qualities and most importantly rendered useful tips for the students? self-improvement and feedback for the teacher trainers at Ostrava University. This interconnection of secondary and tertiary levels of education is what makes the study topical especially with regard to the increasing demands placed on the teaching profession nowadays.