Student Expectations of TESOL Programs: Student and Teacher Perspectives

Autor/inn/en	Bordia, Sarbari; Wales, Lynn; Pittam, Jeffery; Gallois, Cindy
Titel	Student Expectations of TESOL Programs: Student and Teacher Perspectives
Quelle	In: Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 29 (2006) 1, S.4 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0155-0640
DOI	10.2104/aral0604
Schlagwörter	Expectation; Student Attitudes; Second Language Learning; Course Content; Morale; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Teaching Methods; Teacher Attitudes; Interviews; Learning Motivation; Classroom Research; Language Teachers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Expectancy; Erwartung; Schülerverhalten; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Kursprogramm; Moral; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lehrerverhalten; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht
Abstract	Most practitioners teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) will agree that students come with some expectations about course content and teaching methodology and that these expectations play a vital role in student motivation and learning. However, the study of student expectations has been a surprising omission from Second Language Acquisition research. In the studies reported here, we develop a model of student expectations by adapting the Expectation Disconfirmation paradigm, widely used in consumer psychology. Student and teacher perspectives on student expectations were gathered by interviews. Responses shed light on the nature of expectations, factors causing expectations and effects of expectation fulfilment (or lack of it). The findings provide new avenues for research on affective factors as well as clarify some ambiguities in motivational research in second language acquisition. The model presented here can be used by teachers or institutions to conduct classroom-based research, thus optimising students' learning and performance, and enhancing student morale. (Contains 4 tables, 2 figures and 3 endnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10