APPLYING MICRO - TEACHING TO IMPROVE INSTRUCTIONAL SKILLS FOR PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI

Equipping pre-service teachers with quality of instruction, specifically instructional skills, is of great importance in teacher education. In the context of educational reforms, teacher educators need to investigate and apply a wide range of updated teacher training approaches. This paper presents a research project on the training of pre-service teachers/ student teachers’ instructional skills at the University of Languages and International Studies, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (ULIS - VNU). The authors pinpoint key issues of instructional skills, the concept of micro-teaching method, current training programs of pre-service teachers’ instructional skills as well as suggestions to improve the quality of preservice teacher education. The authors further discuss micro-teaching as an effective approach in training instructional skills for 30 pre-service teachers at ULIS - VNU, which can be applied in similar teacher education contexts.