NCTE 2025

This hands-on workshop introduces the principles and practices associated with reflective practice for language teachers. Reflective practice generally means that language teachers subject their assumptions, beliefs and teaching practices to a critical analysis so that they can become more aware of their practice. Gaining teaching experience as a language teacher is not enough to provide automatic professional development, for we do not learn much from experience as much as we learn from reflecting on that experience; thus, experience combined with systematic reflection can lead to professional growth so that we can become more effective language teachers. In this workshop we will use the Framework for Reflecting on Practice to holistically explore five different stages/levels of reflection: philosophy; principles; theory; practice; and beyond practice (Farrell, 2022).