Ying Xiao

Abstract: English as the primary language in the world has evidently played crucial role in language communication, as well as in social and cultural content for several decades. English language teaching and English teacher education has continuingly been important and would be even more significant in the following years. One of the major elements of English teacher education program is the practicum course focusing on providing senior pre-service English teachers to observe and practice in real classrooms in advance in order to prepare them for actual teaching programs. In recent years, massive researches have aimed at recognizing the practicum stress of pre-service and in-service English teachers to explore solutions for this and provide suggestions for target groups who need to cope with this stress at teaching practicum.

Keywords: Language Teaching; curriculum practice; teaching practice

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