scholarly journals INSTRUCTOR LEADERSHIP IN EFL CLASSROOMS AND THE OUTCOMES: THE EFFECTS OF TRANSFORMATIONAL AND TRANSACTIONAL LEADERSHIP STYLES

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
Didem Erdel ◽  
Mehmet Takkaç
Keyword(s):  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Transactional Leadership ◽  
English Language ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Full Range ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Classroom Context ◽  
Extra Effort ◽  
Classroom Leadership

In this study, classroom leadership styles of English language instructors were investigated within the Full Range Leadership (FRL) framework with the purpose of determining the relationship between instructors’ leadership styles and the outcomes of leader (the instructor in the classroom context) effectiveness, students’ extra effort and student satisfaction. Classroom Leadership Instrument, a modified version of Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire, was administered to 300 students from English Language Teaching and English Language and Literature Departments at a Turkish state university. Research data were analyzed through inferential statistical tests and the results revealed that transformational leadership and active traits of transactional leadership significantly correlated with all three leadership outcomes. Consequently, the instructors with such leader characteristics appeared to be more effective teachers, whose students felt more satisfied with their teaching and displayed extra effort at a higher extent in the courses.

The effects of prosody instruction on listening comprehension in an EAP classroom context

2021 ◽  
pp. 136216882199034
Author(s):  
Mark McAndrews
Keyword(s):  
Listening Comprehension ◽  
English Language ◽  
English For Academic Purposes ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Proficiency Tests ◽  
Prosodic Features ◽  
Classroom Context ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Listening Proficiency ◽  
Listening Instruction

In many English language teaching contexts, listening activities resemble listening comprehension tests. Scholars have argued that this product-oriented approach is not particularly effective in helping learners improve their listening skills and have advocated for the inclusion of instruction that targets specific features of spoken language. The current study tested these claims in the context of an English-for-academic-purposes (EAP) listening and speaking course. Sixty-four post-secondary learners of English were randomly assigned to one of two groups. In addition to their regularly scheduled listening activities, one group received 100 minutes of instruction for two prosodic features (paratone and prosodic phrasing), while the other group received an equal amount of product-oriented listening instruction. After the instructional treatment, learners in the prosody group outperformed those in the product-oriented group on comprehension of the target prosodic features, and on general listening proficiency tests. It is argued that short periods of instruction targeting prosodic features can improve the effectiveness of traditional product-oriented EAP listening instruction.

Flipping the Academic Writing Classroom

2019 ◽  
pp. 1808-1836
Author(s):  
Steven Kirk ◽  
David Casenove
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Writing Classroom ◽  
Flipped Learning ◽  
Video Content ◽  
Classroom Context ◽  
Writing Class ◽  
Primary Means

Over the past two decades, flipped learning has become a buzz word in education discussions. Flipped learning was first applied to science teaching, where lecture has traditionally been the primary means of delivering new content to students (Bergmann & Sams, 2012). While many teachers have heard the term, it is often not well understood, and its application to English language teaching has not yet been explored in depth. This chapter aims to show how the flipped learning paradigm can be applied to an EFL academic writing class. This will be supported with empirical research involving surveys of students in an EFL scientific writing class, to examine how students interact with the video content, and their perceptions of the flipped learning format. This research differs from most previous research in focusing on how students are interacting with the materials in a flipped classroom context, rather than only focusing on the learning outcomes.

Flipping the Academic Writing Classroom

2016 ◽  
pp. 196-231
Author(s):  
Steven Kirk ◽  
David Casenove
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Writing Classroom ◽  
Flipped Learning ◽  
Video Content ◽  
Classroom Context ◽  
Writing Class ◽  
Primary Means

Over the past two decades, flipped learning has become a buzz word in education discussions. Flipped learning was first applied to science teaching, where lecture has traditionally been the primary means of delivering new content to students (Bergmann & Sams, 2012). While many teachers have heard the term, it is often not well understood, and its application to English language teaching has not yet been explored in depth. This chapter aims to show how the flipped learning paradigm can be applied to an EFL academic writing class. This will be supported with empirical research involving surveys of students in an EFL scientific writing class, to examine how students interact with the video content, and their perceptions of the flipped learning format. This research differs from most previous research in focusing on how students are interacting with the materials in a flipped classroom context, rather than only focusing on the learning outcomes.

scholarly journals English Language Teaching: Historical Overview, Current Issues and Suggestions for Enhancing Speaking Proficiency in EFL Contexts

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yahya Ali Alghamdi ◽  
Ahmed Mohammed Alghamdi ◽  
Turki Gabr Alsolami
Keyword(s):  
English Language Learners ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Real World ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Real Life ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Classroom Context ◽  
Speaking Proficiency ◽  
Language Competencies

The history of English Language Teaching (ELT) and learning in English as a Second and Foreign Language (ESL and EFL) contexts has gone through different practices. The role of memorization and repetition of English language structures has always been a dominant teaching attitude. This attitude has revealed unsuccessful results in promoting speaking proficiency among English language learners when communicating in real-world situations beyond the classroom context. Therefore, it is essential to address such practices and shed light on some of the issues that hinder English Language Learners (ELLs) from effectively using English in real-world communicative situations. This review paper focuses on ELT practices that have been unsuccessful in promoting English language learners’ speaking proficiency. Additionally, it provides implications for classroom teaching instructions that integrate authentic tasks and materials. Implementing meaningful tasks that represent real-world situations could be a promising solution for enhancing ELLs’ language competencies to enable them to transfer the language they learn to real-life situations beyond school settings. Some practical suggestions and recommendations are provided to enhance ELT in EFL contexts.

scholarly journals The use of politeness strategies in the classroom context by English university students

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 597
Author(s):  
Murni Mahmud
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Classroom Interaction ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Individual Student ◽  
Classroom Context ◽  
Vernacular Language ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Politeness Strategies ◽  
English Students

Politeness still becomes a major concern in English language teaching. It is considered as one way to maintain effective classroom interaction. Therefore, as one of the important actors in the class, teachers, and students need to practice politeness as a way to create effective classroom interaction. This study aims to explore the politeness strategies of English students at one of the universities in Makassar. The researcher applied a descriptive qualitative research method to explore the politeness phenomena in EFL classroom interaction. The participants of this research were two classes of English literature program consisting of 50 students. The primary sources of data were the individual student presentations which had been recorded. There were fifty transcriptions of the recording which lasted for five to seven minutes for each presentation. The transcriptions were analyzed and discussed based on the theory of politeness of Brown and Levinson (1987). The findings from this study revealed that English students used different kinds of expressions to encode their politeness in the class. Those expressions were in the forms of greetings, thanking, addressing terms, apologizing, and fillers. There were also some terms derived from students’ vernacular language which were used as a softening mechanism for their presentation. These expressions were categorized as positive and negative politeness. The findings of this study might be used as an input for teachers and students in an effort to create effective classroom interaction.

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