Comparing the Teaching Behaviors, Expectations, and Difficulties of Foreign and Local English Teachers
| Autor: | HUANG, MEI-HUI, 黃美惠 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 107 The past literature has indicated that different cultures or nationalities create different teaching behaviors. To date, very little research has been conducted to probe the teaching practices of foreign and local language teachers in the Taiwanese EFL context. The present study aimed to compare the teaching behaviors, teacher expectations, and teaching difficulties of foreign and local English teachers in the EFL college classroom. A questionnaire concerning college teachers’ teaching behaviors was administered to 245 English majors (M= 68, F= 177). It consisted of 42 items with five categories: (1) relationship with students, (2) communication skill and teaching method, (3) fairness, (4) knowledge of English, and (5) organization and preparation. Individual interviews were given to 13 foreign and 13 local English teachers to probe their teacher expectations and teaching difficulties for teaching English in college. The important findings were: (1) college students generally thought highly of the teaching behaviors of both teachers; (2) significant differences were found in the overall and each type of teaching behaviors; (3) from the student perceptions of both teachers, the foreign English teachers exceeded in the categories of relationship with students, communication skill and teaching method, and knowledge of English; (4) the local English teachers surpassed their foreign counterparts in the categories of fairness, and organization and preparation; (5) foreign English teachers expected college students to have good communication and idea expression skills; in contrast, local English teachers expected them to be able to use learning strategies taught in class; (6) foreign English teachers reported having difficulties in students’ undesirable behaviors in class, and their lacking confidence speaking in English; whereas local English teachers were challenged by low learning motivations, and disparity of student English proficiency in a class. Pedagogical and research implications were provided to conclude this study. |
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