Search results for "EFL teachers"

The use of different style variants and style shifting and their functions in the speech of an EFL teacher

2008

Using movies in EFL teaching : the point of view of teachers

2011

Koska kieltenoppijat ovat nykypäivänä entistä homogeenisempi ryhmä, kaivataan vieraan kielen opetukseen vaihtelevia ideoita ja opetusmetodeja. Elokuvat ovat muun muassa autenttisuutensa ja monikanavaisuutensa vuoksi hyödyllinen keino opettaa vierasta kieltä, myös englantia vieraana kielenä. Tutkimuksen tavoitteena oli selvittää, miten suomalaiset englanninopettajat käyttävät elokuvia omassa opetuksessaan ja mitä mieltä he ovat elokuvien käytöstä viidellä eri kieltenopetuksen osa-alueella: suullisen kielitaidon, kirjoittamisen, sanaston, kieliopin ja kulttuurin opettamisessa. Tutkimus toteutettiin internet-kyselynä kevään 2011 aikana. Vastaajat valittiin satunnaisesti Länsi-Suomen eri kaupun…

The use of motivational strategies in EFL classrooms : a comparative study of Vietnamese and Finnish EFL teachers

2018

The thesis describes a comparative research of motivational strategies in English as Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms of Vietnamese and Finnish teachers. The aim of the study was to understand individual teachers’ motivational strategies in the classroom and analyze strategies cross-culturally in the two contexts and describe the teachers’ difficulties and challenges in motivating students. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with three Vietnamese EFL teachers and three Finnish EFL teachers. The interview data were analyzed inductively using qualitative content analysis method to build up the motivational strategy dimensions which were also partly based on Dörnyei’s motivational stra…

EFL teachers talking about their use of computers at work : a discourse-analytic study

2003

Pronunciation Learning Environment: EFL Students' Cognitions of In-class and Out-of-class Factors Affecting Pronunciation Acquisition

2018

The way a foreign language (L2) learner perceives his or her educational environment may affect their processes of L2 acquisition. The aim of the study presented in this paper is to explore English as a foreign language (EFL) students’ perceptions of their teachers’ pronunciation, in-class and outside-class factors regarding pronunciation acquisition, such as pronunciation activities, recordings, focus on form, peer pronunciation, listening to music, to mention a few. A group of 89 participants responded to a survey, via which the data necessary to respond to the following three research questions was collected. How do EFL learners perceive their teachers’ pronunciation? What is the relatio…

Teaching Matters : Enjoyment and Job Satisfaction

2016

Teaching occurs in a complex and dynamic environment that involves other people—learners, their families and school authorities as well as the subject matter to be taught. Expectations towards the effects of teaching are high, though opinions about teachers may be harmful. What is a contemporary teacher like, then? The aim of this article is to present a portrait of an average teacher on the basis of selected empirical evidence from TALIS 2013 survey (OECD, 2014). Also teachers’ emotions and their relations with job satisfaction and overall success are discussed. Finally, empirical evidence from a case study on job satisfaction, enjoyment and success of Polish teachers of English is discuss…