TY  - JOUR
T1  - Iranian EFL leaners’ needs: An Appraisal of English Teachers’ Perceptions and Attitudes
A1  - Hosein Siahpoosh
A1  - Arman Rashid Shomali
JF  - specialty journal of language studies and literature
JO  - SJLSL
Y1  - 2019
VL  - 3
IS  - 4
SP  - 11
EP  - 17
N2  - The present study aimed at finding out different perceptions of Iranian EFL teachers in teaching English ‎with respect to English learners' needs in order to shed light on the practice of language teaching in an ‎EFL context. It is surely worthwhile to investigate the possible perceptions among teachers and attitudes ‎towards learners' needs, as they can influence the effectiveness of classroom instruction. To this end, a ‎‎4/5-point Likert-scale questionnaire based on Atai and Shoja's (2011) questionnaire called ''Needs ‎Analysis and Self-assessment'' questionnaire was developed, piloted with 15 EFL teachers who were ‎representative of the main group, validated, and administered to 60 Iranian EFL teachers through mail ‎and in person. To enrich the data, 15 Iranian EFL teachers were interviewed, too. The teachers’ ‎perceptions of learners' needs were compared using mean scores and standard deviations. In order to ‎determine whether there was any statistically significant difference between teachers' perceptions ‎towards learners' needs, a questionnaire and interview were given to the participants. The results ‎indicated that there are not statistically significant differences among teachers’ perceptions in teaching ‎English with respect to learners’ needs for the whole scale. The results of the interviews confirmed ‎these findings, too. Based on the findings of this study, it is proposed that teachers and policy makers ‎consider giving learners more voice and autonomy in different stages of English language teaching and ‎learning especially “needs analysis”‎‎.
UR  - https://sciarena.com/article/iranian-efl-leaners-needs-an-appraisal-of-english-teachers-perceptions-and-attitudes
ER  -