An Analysis of Language Teachers’ Beliefs in Their Teaching Learning Process

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-30
Author(s):  
Dini Handiani
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Language Pedagogy ◽  
Knowledge And Beliefs ◽  
English Language Teachers ◽  
Teaching Learning

Language teachers play a very important part in language education and learning. What they do in classroom is a reflection of what they know and believe about issues related to their professional practices. Their knowledge and beliefs provide them with the underlying framework guiding their teaching learning process related to the content, approach, and evaluation of teaching and learning. The objective of this paper, therefore, was to examine the beliefs of language techers in teaching learning process. Based on the discussions and conclusions, it is recommended that the English language teachers  need to have clear  beliefs about their teaching learning process, and be very much willing to improve the language pedagogy through self-reflection/self-study. Key words: teaching learning process, beliefs

scholarly journals TRACES OF CRITICAL SPIRITUAL PEDAGOGY IN INDONESIAN EFL TEACHERS’ CHRISTIAN-BASED CLASSES

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 259
Author(s):  
Aurelia Melinda Herka Puspita ◽  
Joseph Ernest Mambu
Keyword(s):  
Junior High School ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Spiritual Values ◽  
Language Pedagogy ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
English Language Teachers ◽  
Basic English

The incorporation of critical pedagogical (CP) perspectives into ELT classrooms has been widely discussed in ELT literature, but how English language teachers in Indonesian schools integrate them in their lessons has not been sufficiently documented. This study aims to investigate to what extent CP perspectives are integrated within the learning process to teach four basic English skills, although the teachers were not familiar with CP. Two in-service English teachers from a private junior high school in Central Java, Indonesia, filled in a questionnaire designed to identify their pedagogical identity. They were also interviewed and observed to further investigate their responses in the questionnaire and to explore the realization of the CP practice. The data was classified based on the components of critical language pedagogy proposed by Crookes (2013). The results showed that as students’ wholeness was acknowledged, the learning process integrated cultural and critical contents to teach a particular language feature. During the learning process, there was a great deal of the inclusion of spiritual values as a way of demonstrating the students’ criticality.

scholarly journals A Classroom-Based Assessment of EFL Academic Essay Writing Class: Who Gets the Benefits?

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 94
Author(s):  
Asri Purnamasari
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Essay Writing ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Teacher Trainees ◽  
Writing Class ◽  
English Language Teachers

Classroom-based assessment (CBA) has been implemented globally at many levels of educational system such as in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Singapore, as well as in Africa. In Indonesia, CBA might effectively be implemented in all stages of education since this way of assessment offers improvement in the teaching and learning process. This essay explores the design and implementation of CBA, which focuses on academic EFL essay writing for teacher trainees in Indonesia. Based on my reflection on taking English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Academic Essay Writing class, I found that applying a classroom-based assessment could give two benefits. The first is for the improvement of the teaching and learning process in order to reach the study objectives. The second is to facilitate the study program for creating qualified and competent English language teachers in the area of producing competent academic essay writings.

scholarly journals Editorial

HOW ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (27) ◽  
pp. 7-9
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Language Teacher ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
The World ◽  
English Language Teachers ◽  
Ethics In Research

New ways of thinking are constantly emerging in English language teachers around the world, new ways that open windows to other horizons in English language teaching and learning. In this first issue of HOW Journal in 2020, the English language teacher-authors articulate themes related to colonial issues, ethics in research, self-reflection, and novel implementations concerning teaching progress.

scholarly journals Teachers’ Beliefs on Students’ Home Language as a Resource in EFL Classroom

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 116-126
Author(s):  
Uma Nath Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Community Schools ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Home Language ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Teachers Beliefs ◽  
English Language Teachers ◽  
Teaching Learning

This is the age of multilingual turn. It advocates the inclusion of indigenous languages that the children bring to school from home as resource. At present, use of students’ home language as a resource in teaching and learning of a new language has become a vexing issue. The teachers’ beliefs on any issue determine the types of teaching learning activities that they use in the classroom. In this context, this paper aims at exploring the Nepalese English language teachers’ beliefs regarding the use of students’ home language in English as a foreign language (EFL) classroom, and why or how they form their respective beliefs. For this, I collected data from five ‘Grade ten’ English language teachers of different community schools in Kathmandu, taking in-depth interview with them. The data were analyzed qualitatively creating themes. The analysis shows that the English language teachers regard home language as a resource in EFL classroom, and they do so on the basis of their own theoretical understanding and practical experience in teaching.

scholarly journals Teachers and Technology: Trends in English Language Teaching in Saudi Arabia

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Farooq ◽  
Abdul Soormro
Keyword(s):  
English Language Learners ◽  
Classroom Management ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Teaching Learning

Technology has impacted the learning approaches and vice-versa with an aim to improve the standards of language teaching/learning process. The present study focuses on teachers’ preferences and use of technology in their language classrooms. A survey was conducted to seek opinion of EFL teachers both male and female at the English language center on technology-related competencies. The survey comprised four domains: planning and preparation, classroom management, instruction, and professional responsibilities (Danielson, 2007).The questionnaire was distributed to 100 English language teachers (50 males and 50 females) at Taif University English Language Centre. The responses revealed that most of the teachers thought aware of the technology and its uses in education don’t integrate technology in their teaching at planning and preparation stage. They use the available technological gadget in the classroom to exploit some of the activities. They must use the university LMS for uploading certain activities and assessment otherwise they hesitate to design technology-based activities for English language learners. They and the students need training in integrating technology with teaching and learning process.

scholarly journals Professional subjectivities in ELT & the dichotomy inclusion-exclusion

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennyfer Paola Casas Trujillo
Keyword(s):  
Short Story ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Language Education ◽  
School Experiences ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Narrative Perspective ◽  
English Language Teachers

AbstractMost Education systems propose policies in pro of the benefit of society. However, successful application of these is unknown in consequence considering teachers voices is needed to understand the situations in the classroom. This study analyzes some English language teachers’ stories that served the purpose to construct themselves as professionals of language education facing the dichotomy of inclusion and exclusion placed by the mandates of the Colombian education system. The theme of Language Teacher Subjectivities, in this article, is conceptualized and discussed as the alternative’s teachers have within their reach to use their own theories regarding language teaching and learning. Reflecting retrospectively and prospectively on meaningful school experiences related to the language teaching activity to tackle the dichotomy, the research question that guided this study was: What do language teachers’ narratives portray about their professional subjectivities in relation to inclusion? From a narrative perspective, narrative interviews and a professional life history timeline was analyzed using short story analysis focusing on when, when and who as meaningful in the data and finding that the participants comply with the multidimensional view of the subject. The narratives depicted that the corporal dimension, social-affective dimension, cognitive dimension, and ethic-moral dimension are part of the teachers’ professional subjectivities in the frame of Colombian inclusion policy.

scholarly journals Students’ Perceptions on a Good Tertiary Foreign Language Teacher

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-52
Author(s):  
Siti Tarwiyah
Keyword(s):  
Classroom Management ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
English Language Teachers ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Almost All

This paper investigates students’ perception of tertiary teachers’ attitude, method of teaching and classroom management in the teaching and learning of (professional, pedagogic, social and personality competence) English and Arabic Language at IAIN Walisongo Semarang. This study is designed quantitavely and qualitatively using closed and open-ended questionnaire for collecting data. The subject of this research is the second semester students of the two faculties at IAIN Walisongo who, in that semester, take Arabic or English language course. The subject is chosen because based on 2012 course distribution, English and Arabic are distributed in the first and the second semester. The findings revealed that it is clearly seen that KPI (Islamic Communication Broadcasting) department students have better perception to their English language teachers. Meanwhile, students who have better perception to their Arabic Language Teachers are those from Islamic Counseling Departments (BPI) of Dakwah faculty. Data of Tarbiyah Faculty shows Arabic language teachers are dominating. Arabic language teachers win 0.5 over English language teachers in almost all characteristics. This implies that expected performance of students in English Language is based on the teachers’ attitude, method of teaching the subject and classroom management. Based on the above-findings, recommendations were made.Keywords:Perception ; Tertiary Teachers ; Personality Social and Pedagogic Competence;  English Language;  Teaching/Learning

scholarly journals Students’ Perceptions on a Good Tertiary Foreign Language Teacher

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Siti Tarwiyah
Keyword(s):  
Classroom Management ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
English Language Teachers ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Almost All

This paper investigates students’ perception of tertiary teachers’ attitude, method of teaching and classroom management in the teaching and learning of (professional, pedagogic, social and personality competence) English and Arabic Language at IAIN Walisongo Semarang. This study is designed quantitavely and qualitatively using closed and open-ended questionnaire for collecting data. The subject of this research is the second semester students of the two faculties at IAIN Walisongo who, in that semester, take Arabic or English language course. The subject is chosen because based on 2012 course distribution, English and Arabic are distributed in the first and the second semester. The findings revealed that it is clearly seen that KPI (Islamic Communication & Broadcasting) department students have better perception to their English language teachers. Meanwhile, students who have better perception to their Arabic Language Teachers are those from Islamic Counseling Departments (BPI) of Dakwah faculty. Data of Tarbiyah Faculty shows Arabic language teachers are dominating. Arabic language teachers win 0.5 over English language teachers in almost all characteristics. This implies that expected performance of students in English Language is based on the teachers’ attitude, method of teaching the subject and classroom management. Based on the above-findings, recommendations were made.Keywords:Perception ; Tertiary Teachers ; Personality Social and Pedagogic Competence;  English Language;  Teaching/Learning

scholarly journals Observable Signals of Motivation in Teaching-learning Process

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-59
Author(s):  
Muhammad Umer Azim ◽  
Zaheer Hussain ◽  
Azhar Munir ◽  
Muhammad Iqbal
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
English Language ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Cognitive Domains ◽  
Group Activities ◽  
English Language Teachers ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Teaching Learning

The current study focuses on the identification of the observable signals of motivation as perceived by the language teachers in the teaching-learning process. This phenomenon is worth studying as it can open new dimensions for conducting research on motivation and engagement in the field of applied linguistics. It can be very helpful for teachers in assessing their students’ motivation. Data was collected for this phenomenological study through questionnaire, interviews, and focus group discussion. The sample consisted of twenty-six English language teachers. The data were analyzed through thematic analysis. The observable signals of motivation were categorized in the behavioral, emotional, and cognitive domains. The results identified that ‘asking probing questions’, ‘eye contact’, ‘asking for extra resources’, ‘loving and respecting teachers’, ‘coming on time’, ‘completing classroom tasks quickly’, ‘enjoying group activities’, and ‘suggesting topics to teachers’ comprised the observable signals of motivation. The majority of the teachers agreed on observing most of these signals. Teachers can use these signals to assess the motivation of their learners and future researchers can use the findings of this research for conducting further research.

Challenges in Implementing the CEFR in English Language Classrooms

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-128
Author(s):  
Nur Athirah Mohammed ◽  
Abdul Halim Abdul Raof ◽  
Masdinah Alauyah Md Yusof
Keyword(s):  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Education ◽  
English Language Proficiency ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Proficiency Level ◽  
Language Classrooms ◽  
English Language Teachers

The adoption of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) in the English Language Education Roadmap 2015-2025 is a reform effort to enhance the standard of our students’ English language proficiency level. While it is a commendable initiative, its implementation in schools has received mixed reactions especially from teachers who are confronted with a number of challenges. Hence, this study was carried out to investigate the nature of challenges encountered by English language teachers in implementing the CEFR in their classrooms. Data for this study were collected from questionnaires gathered from 117 English language teachers in primary schools in Johor Bahru district. The findings revealed the challenges were related to teachers’ English language proficiency level, designing class activities, students’ participation in class, the textbooks used, teachers’ workload, and students’ proficiency level. The challenges were found to be inter-related and could be traced to lack of CEFR-related training, insufficient teaching and learning materials, constraint of time, and the policy which does not allow for students to be streamed based on their proficiency level. All this seemed to make it more difficult for the teachers to implement the CEFR successfully.

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