scholarly journals The Relationship among Pre-Service EFL Teachers’ Beliefs about Language Learning, Pedagogical Beliefs, and Beliefs about ICT Integration

DINAMIKA ILMU ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ive Emaliana ◽  
Dian Inayati
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Pedagogical Beliefs ◽  
Ict Integration ◽  
Teachers Beliefs ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Beliefs About Language Learning ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals On the Relationship between Iranian L2 Teachers’ Pedagogical Beliefs and L2 Learners’ Attitudes

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Maryam Sharajabian ◽  
Mahmood Hashemian
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Pedagogical Beliefs ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Teachers Beliefs ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
L2 Learners ◽  
Language Schools ◽  
The Relationship

<p>The present study employed a descriptive survey design to investigate L2 learners’ attitudes towards language learning, and the possible effects of teachers’ beliefs on learners’ attitudes. Participants were chosen from among 2 groups: Twenty EFL teachers were asked to take part in this study and 80 from a pool of 213 learners at 2 language schools who were chosen to fill out the learners’ attitude questionnaire. The teachers were subsequently placed at/in 3 groups of high-opinion group (HOG), moderate group (MG), and low-opinion group (LG), and the attitudes of the learners of these 3 groups of teachers were compared to uncover the possible impact of teacher beliefs on learner attitudes. The relationship between the teachers’ beliefs and the learners’ attitudes was analyzed, and it that showed there was a statistically significant difference in the learners’ attitude scores for HOG, MG, and LOG. Analysis of the data showed that the learners of the HOG teachers gained significantly higher attitude scores than the learners of the MG teachers. Simply put, it was found that EFL teachers’ beliefs can influence their learners’ attitudes about language learning. Language teachers should learn about the effect of their beliefs and experience it and become more aware of practicing them.</p>

scholarly journals The Impact of EFL Teachers’ Pedagogical Beliefs and Practices: Communicative Language Teaching in A Saudi University Context

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 171
Author(s):  
Ahmed Alghamdi
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Classroom Practice ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Communicative Language Teaching ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Pedagogical Beliefs ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to explore the pedagogical beliefs of Saudi instructors of English as a foreign language (EFL), and the extent to which they apply the values of the communicative language teaching (CLT) approach in their classroom practice. The study was conducted with 42 Saudi EFL teachers and employed a mixed methods approach. A descriptive analysis of classroom observation data was conducted. The results showed that teachers hold positive views of CLT, but that there are some discrepancies between their beliefs and their implementations of the approach. For example, most of the instructors continued to apply traditional teaching methods (i.e., grammar translation and the audio-lingual approach). The study concludes that it is essential in the Saudi EFL context for teachers to cultivate relations between their beliefs and practices to assure better language learning outcomes. The key contribution of this study lies in disclosing the reasons for the discrepancies between Saudi EFL teachers&rsquo; beliefs and practices to help them develop congruence, and in highlighting the pedagogical implementations. &nbsp;

The relationship between university EFL teachers’ oral feedback beliefs and practices and the impact of individual differences

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dogan Yuksel ◽  
Adem Soruç ◽  
Jim McKinley
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Corrective Feedback ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Special Training ◽  
Teachers Beliefs ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract This study investigated Turkish EFL teachers’ beliefs and practices about the aspects of oral corrective feedback (OCF). It explored the impact of individual differences, namely educational background, special training, and teaching experience, on the relationship between the beliefs and practices. Data on teachers’ practices were collected via 153 h of classroom observations from 51 Turkish EFL teachers at two different universities, and teachers’ beliefs were gathered by a task about OCF. The results showed that teachers’ beliefs and practices were consistent on the aspects of perceived effectiveness, grammatical errors, implicit and explicit feedback. However, their beliefs and practices were inconsistent regarding lexical, phonological errors, and timing of OCF. The results also revealed that of the three individual differences, teaching experience most impacted the consistency between beliefs and practices, thus showing the greater role of teaching experience over special training and educational background on the consistency between beliefs and practices about OCF.

scholarly journals Self-Efficacy and Critical Thinking as the Predictors of Autonomous Language Learning in EFL Contexts

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 64
Author(s):  
Mania Nosratinia ◽  
Faranak Amiri Hossaini
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Rank Order ◽  
Sampling Strategy ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Age Range ◽  
The Relationship

The thrust of the present study was to systematically investigate the relationship between EFL learners' Self-Efficacy (SE), Critical Thinking (CT), and their Autonomy (AU). To this end, 196 male and female EFL learners, within the age range of 20 to 30 (Mage= 25) were selected based on convenience sampling strategy. They were asked to fill in three questionnaires, namely Sherer, Maddux, Mercadante, Prentice-Dunn, Jacobs, and Rogers' SE Scale (1982), Honey's CT questionnaire (2000), and Zhang and Li's Learner AU questionnaire (2004). Since the assumptions of normality of distribution were violated for the scores of AU and SE, in order to find out the relationships among the variables, the non-parametric Spearman Rank Order Coefficient of Correlation was conducted. The results revealed that there was a significant and positive correlation between AU and CT, AU and SE, and CT and SE. Furthermore, a regression analysis revealed that SE has the largest β coefficient (β = 0.519, t = 7.65, p = 0.0005). This is to say that SE makes the strongest statistically significant unique contribution to explaining AU. CT turned out to be the second significant predictor of AU scores (β = 0.186, t = 2.75, p = 0.007). The study concludes with a discussion on the obtained results followed by presenting some implications for EFL teachers, learners, and syllabus designers.  

scholarly journals Pre-Service Teachers’ Beliefs about Foreign Language Learning: A Study of Three Different Teacher Training Study Programmes in Slovenia

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-116
Author(s):  
Darija Skubic ◽  
Mateja Dagarin Fojkar
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Training Study ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Teachers Beliefs ◽  
Beliefs About Language Learning

It has been determined that beliefs about language learning are significant for the learning and teaching process, and that learners may differ in their beliefs towards learning a new language. Similarly, student-teachers of different subjects may differ in their beliefs about language learning. The main aim of this study was thus to investigate pre-service preschool teachers’, primary school teachers’, and special education teachers’ beliefs about foreign language learning in Slovenia. Three different areas were researched more closely: beliefs about foreign language aptitude, beliefs about the nature of learning and beliefs about foreign language motivations and expectations. The BALLI questionnaire was used to gather data, with responses provided by170 first-year students. The results show that despite attending different teacher training study programmes, students do not differ significantly in their beliefs about language learning; however, in comparison to other studies, the results imply that learners from different cultures see language learning differently.

Saudi EFL Teachers’ Perspectives on Learner Autonomy

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fakieh Alrabai
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Learner Autonomy ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Teachers Beliefs ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Teachers Perspectives ◽  
Frequency Counts ◽  
Method Approach

This paper reports the findings of a study that investigated the perceptions on learner autonomy of 136 English teachers in Saudi Arabia. Using a mixed-method approach that utilized a survey and an interview, teachers’ beliefs were explored considering their interpretations of the concept of learner autonomy and its role in foreign language learning, the sense of responsibility that those teachers have in helping their learners become autonomous, the extent to which they feel that their learners are autonomous, and the challenges that they face in promoting their learners’ autonomy. Descriptive statistics (i.e., frequency counts and percentages) were calculated to determine the study findings. These findings revealed that the teachers in this study conceptualized the construct of learner autonomy according to four main orientations: technical, psychological, social, and political; the teachers’ notions of learner autonomy were most strongly associated with the psychological orientation. These teachers also emphasized that they were responsible for their students’ learning, and they perceived their students as passive, dependent and lacking initiative. They further identified several factors related to the learner, the institution, and the teacher as barriers that challenge them in their facilitation of learner autonomy, with some Saudi learner-related factors being the teachers’ main challenges in this regard.

EPIK Teachers’ Beliefs About Language Learning and Teaching Processes

2021 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-105
Author(s):  
Hye Won Shin ◽  
Jiyoon Lee ◽  
James Brawn ◽  
Juhyun Do
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Teachers Beliefs ◽  
Beliefs About Language Learning
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