How does TP feedback work during the CELTA course?
TP feedback happens right after TP lessons. In oral feedback, the TP group and the tutor discuss the lessons which took place during TP. Initially, the tutor points out the main features of the lessons and gives a considered and objective view, with the responses of students being the main evidence to support whether certain stages went well. As subsequent feedback sessions follow, contributions and comments are elicited from the trainees as they become more familiar with the terminology for describing lesson features and become better able to recognise the parts of the lesson that were effective; by the end of the course, candidates are sometimes able to give as detailed and insightful comments and self-reflections as the tutor – still, the tutor will always weigh in if the comments become biased or unbalanced (whether negatively or positively) and this brings a sense of perspective and a degree of prioritisation in looking at the lesson. The tutor is the final arbiter as to the effec
