The Effective English Language Teacher from the Perspectives of Turkish Preparatory School Students

Autor/inn/en	Arikan, Arda; Taser, Duygu; Sarac-Suzer, H. Sezgi
Titel	The Effective English Language Teacher from the Perspectives of Turkish Preparatory School Students
Quelle	33 (2008) 150, S.42-51 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Pronunciation; State Universities; Educational Games; Native Speakers; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Second Languages; Language Teachers; Teacher Effectiveness; Student Attitudes; Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance; Teacher Characteristics; Personality Traits; Grammar; Humor; Language Fluency; Student Surveys; Questionnaires; College Students; Foreign Countries; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aussprache; Staatliche Universität; Educational game; Lernspiel; Muttersprachler; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Second language; Zweitsprache; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Schülerverhalten; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Grammatik; Humoristische Darstellung; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Schülerbefragung; Fragebogen; Collegestudent; Ausland; Türkei
Abstract	In this study, Turkish EFL students' conceptualization of an effective English language teacher is studied. A survey formerly developed by Yu-Hsin (1999) was adapted and administered to 100 foreign language learners studying at two state universities' English language preparatory schools. Also, participants' written responses were collected to understand the qualities attributed to the effective teacher. Results show that an effective teacher is a friendly, young, enthusiastic, creative, and humorous person whose gender is not important. Also, students expect the teacher to be a native speaker of Turkish, but fluent in English, someone who likes to play educational games, and who teaches grammar effectively by using real life situations to explain language items. Also, students claim that an effective English language teacher has correct pronunciation. (Contains 5 tables and 1 appendix.) (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10