The Efrect of Teaching Practice on Student-Teachers Conception of Lesson Planning

reaching is a hard ,,.- .,.::t ::tlnog,itn pupits who havedifferent skills, levels of knowledge, interest and individualdifferences. Giving a successful lesson is the aim of every teacher.As such, a teacher should try his/her best to make pupilsunderstand the lesson easily and quickly. To bring about such anaim, the teacher is advised to plan the lessons in advence bcforestepping into the classroom. Careful preparation for lessons aidsthe teacher in dealing well with different problems and situationsas they arise in the class. It also makes the teacher feel moresecure in front of the class.The current research aims to investigate 4th year EFL universitystudents conception of lesson planning before and after theteaching practice period. A two-part questionnaire was designedas an instrument to answer the research questions of this study.The data obtained by means of the questionnaire were computedusing the calculated mean, the standard deviation, and the T-test.The results indicate that 4th year EFL university students(student-teachers) well realize the value of lesson ptanning, at thetime no significent effect of teeching practice has been detectedon such realizrtion. The findings also show no significant effect ofgender in this respect as no differences were there between maleand female students realization of the value of lesson planningbefore and after the teaching practice period.