COMMUNITY SERVICE LEARNING ACTIVITIES FOR PRE-SERVICE ENGLISH TEACHERS AT QUY NHON UNIVERSITY

Abstract

 The study was conducted to explore the awareness, level of participation, and experiences of pre-service teachers of English in 03 Community Service Learning (CSL) activities at Quy Nhon University, namely Green Summer Activitiy, Peer-Teaching Activity, and Teaching Assistant Activity. The research primarily focuses on exploring the benefits and challenges that the 3 CSL activities bring to the 23 English Teaching students. Data was collected through two main methods, direct interviews and surveys conducted via Google Forms. The results revealed strong support from the participants for all of the three CSL activities. However, the study also identified certain challenges facing pre-service English teachers. Furthermore, the research demonstrated the importance and feasibility of these three activities in enhancing professional skills for students of English Language Teacher Education. Based on these findings, recommendations for integrating CSL activities into the training program have been proposed.