The present study aims to seek ways of activating teaching consulting by investigating how primary and secondary English teachers perceive consulting. A survey was conducted to investigate the current state of English teaching consulting at schools and to identify needs to be met for effective consulting. 157 primary and 107 secondary English teachers took part in the survey using a questionnaire. The major findings from the data analysis are summarized as follows: (1) teaching consulting is not widely accepted as significant in professional development yet, and teaching consulting is not likely to be done voluntarily; (2) there is lack of professional consultants; (3) the administration process involved in consulting needs to be truncated and made simple; (4) the evaluation of consulting needs to be fed back in improving teaching and professional learning; and (5) teachers’ voluntary involvement in consulting and cooperative professional development are considered to be important to activate and sustain consulting. Some measures are suggested to vitalize consulting in English teaching at schools and directions for future research are discussed.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of group-based consultations on pre-service primary school teachers' English teaching competence. Twenty nine pre-service teachers in groups of four or five received two rounds of consultations on their micro-teaching demonstrations from two native English instructors. The consultation procedure was three steps: preparation, micro-teaching observation and feedback. The self-evaluation checklists and micro-teaching evaluations were analyzed quantitatively to find how much improvement between the first and second micro-teaching had been made. The results indicated that consultations helped the pre-service teachers to improve their English teaching competence in general. The comments written by the consultants and the pre-service teachers about their micro-teaching observations were examined qualitatively. The results showed that consultations enabled the pre-service teachers to realize the strengths and weaknesses in their teaching behavior. Also, the observation of peer teaching and group discussion helped them to gain useful teaching skills and insights on what a good English lesson should be like.

본 연구는 경기도 G교육청 주관 수업 컨설팅 과정을 성찰적 수업(reflective teaching) 컨설팅 과정을 문화기술지 방법으로 드러낸 연구로서 컨설팅에 참가한 영어교사의 갈등과 고민, 그리고 좋은 수업을 만들어가는 영어수업컨설팅 과정을 묘사한 성찰적 영어수업컨설팅 사례연구이다. 연구의 목적은 성찰적 영어수업 컨설팅 과정을 통해 교사들의 수업전문성 신장 가능성을 조명해 보기 위한 것이다. 연구에 참여한 5명의 초등영어교사는 컨설팅 과정에서 자신의 수업 관심영역의 전문성 확보를 위해 다양한 경로의 교수법을 탐구하고 좋은 수업 만들기에 대한 고민을 성찰적 수업컨설팅 과정에서 보여주고 있다. 성찰적 영어수업 컨설팅 과정을 분석한 결과 시사점은 다음과 같다. 첫째, 성찰적 수업컨설팅을 전문적으로 운영할 수 있는 인적 물적 환경조성의 필요성, 둘째, 수업컨설팅 의뢰자의 요구를 반영 할 수 있는 전문적 컨설턴트 확보. 셋째, 다양한 컨설팅 사례를 나눌 수 있는 계속적인 컨설팅 사례연구 공유. 넷째 동료코칭 등 자발적인 컨설팅 참여와 이를 지원하는 전문적인 학습공동체 문화 구축 등이다.