Low-achievement factors from language teachers’ perspective: evidence from an EFL context

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Auteur principal: Hadi Heidari
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contents Low-achievement factors from language teachers’ perspective: evidence from an EFL context Hadi Heidari Abdorreza Tahriri Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) EFL english course low achievement national entrance exams teachers’ points of view Current study aimed to explore the factors related to the high school students’ low achievement in English course from teachers’ perspectives in Ardebil city, Iran. Cluster random sampling was utilized and the participants of the study were 27 English teachers teaching in high schools of an EFL context during the fall term of 2012. The required data were gathered during the fall term of 2012 through a researcher-made questionnaire. The instrument was first piloted before it was administered and it showed the reliability of 0.81. The findings were analyzed using descriptive statistics and statistical indicators like frequency, percentage, and mean. SPSS software (version 20) was used to run t-tests and ANOVA to analyze the closed items of the questionnaire. The findings revealed that from the teachers’ viewpoints, the teachers-based factors were identified to be the most relevant reasons for high school students’ low achievement in English course. 2015 artículo científico 1679-7361 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=307341015007 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3073 Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences application/pdf Universidade Estadual de Maringá Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences (Brasil) Num.1 Vol.37
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publishDate 2015
publisher Universidade Estadual de Maringá
spellingShingle Low-achievement factors from language teachers’ perspective: evidence from an EFL context
Hadi Heidari
Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales)
EFL
english course
low achievement
national entrance exams
teachers’ points of view
Low-achievement factors from language teachers’ perspective: evidence from an EFL context Hadi Heidari Abdorreza Tahriri Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) EFL english course low achievement national entrance exams teachers’ points of view Current study aimed to explore the factors related to the high school students’ low achievement in English course from teachers’ perspectives in Ardebil city, Iran. Cluster random sampling was utilized and the participants of the study were 27 English teachers teaching in high schools of an EFL context during the fall term of 2012. The required data were gathered during the fall term of 2012 through a researcher-made questionnaire. The instrument was first piloted before it was administered and it showed the reliability of 0.81. The findings were analyzed using descriptive statistics and statistical indicators like frequency, percentage, and mean. SPSS software (version 20) was used to run t-tests and ANOVA to analyze the closed items of the questionnaire. The findings revealed that from the teachers’ viewpoints, the teachers-based factors were identified to be the most relevant reasons for high school students’ low achievement in English course. 2015 artículo científico 1679-7361 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=307341015007 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3073 Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences application/pdf Universidade Estadual de Maringá Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences (Brasil) Num.1 Vol.37
title Low-achievement factors from language teachers’ perspective: evidence from an EFL context
topic Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales)
EFL
english course
low achievement
national entrance exams
teachers’ points of view
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=307341015007