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methods; who determines which input and exercises are done; in which order and with which working method; and focus and organization of feedback (see Appendix VI, B. Specification of a SpeakTeach round).
4. An evaluation of the SpeakTeach lesson series (Appendix IV and V.A), containing:
a. Open questions about advantages, disadvantages and difficulties
The evaluation contained the open questions of the impact analysis (Appendix IV and V, questions 8-10). The teachers were asked to write down the five most important advantages, disadvantages and difficulties of their regular teaching practices and their lesson series with the SpeakTeach method in a post-test.
b. Evaluation of the goals for improvement
Satisfaction with their achievement of each personal goal that they had formulated (see instrument 1.b, above) was scored by teachers on a 7-point Likert scale with an open field for explanation (Appendix V.C, questions 25-29).
c. Application of all or parts of the SpeakTeach methodology in the future
Teachers were asked to score their intention to apply all or parts of the SpeakTeach method in the future on a 7-point Likert scale with an open field for explanation (Appendix V, part D, questions 30-31).
5. A question by email about whether teachers had actually applied all or parts of the SpeakTeach method in the new school year seven months after the intervention.
5.4.5 Procedure
The 11 participating teachers started the first meeting of the professional development trajectory (see intervention) with a self-evaluation of their regular teaching practice in speaking skills. This self-evaluation consisted of making a visual representation in building blocks of a representative regular lesson series in speaking skills (instrument 1.a), of evaluating their current methods by writing down advantages and disadvantages (instrument 2) and finally of formulating and prioritizing their own goals for improving their current teaching practice in speaking skills (instrument 1.b.). After five meetings in three months, the teachers designed and implemented two or more SpeakTeach lesson series in their teaching over four months. A SpeakTeach lesson series is a lesson series in which students have to achieve a certain speaking goal and in which the three procedures of the SpeakTeach method are
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