THE ROLE OF SELF-REFLECTION FOR THE PERMANENT FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS: THE SELF-REFLECTION FOR THE PERMANENT FORMATION OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS

ABSTRACT The importance of creating opportunities and means for the students to reflect on their own teaching practice is clearly seen in the results obtained by the students majoring in English at the University of Holguin. These students like the language and cherish the idea of becoming translators and interpreters but do not think the same about becoming teachers. It is, therefore, a hard task to motivate them to learn as much as possible from their practical teaching experience and seek for pre-professional development. Making the student- teachers aware of their strengths and weaknesses by a continuous reflection process on the teaching-learning process outcomes has proven its effectiveness. The results of a pilot study applied during the last three years are presented in this paper. KEYWORDS: pre-service teaching practice; self-reflection; teacher development. &nbsp