Title of article :
InvestigatingIranianUndergraduateEFLLearners’andTeachers’AttitudeTowardsPartnershipApproach
Author/Authors :
Sattar , Sousan Department of English Language Isfahan Branch - Islamic Azad University Isfahan, Iran , Chalak ,Azizeh Department of English Language Isfahan Branch - Islamic Azad University Isfahan, Iran , Heidari Tabrizi ,Hossein Department of English Language Isfahan Branch - Islamic Azad University Isfahan, Iran
Abstract :
ThisstudyaimedatinvestigatingtheIranianundergradu-ateEFLstudents’andteachers’attitudetowardsPartnershipApproachasanewwayofengaginglearnersinthelearningprocess.Adescrip-tive,ethnographicresearchmethod,usingaquestionnairealongwithfocusgroupsemi-structuredinterview,wasemployed.Seventy-twoun-dergraduateEFLlearnersand40EFLteacherswithmorethantenyearsofexperienceinteachingEnglishwereincludedinthestudy.Theyweremalesandfemalesofdifferentages.Theyrespondedtotwodifferentattitudequestionnaires.Someoftheparticipantswererandomlyinter-viewedtoshedlightontheaccuracyoftheinformationcollected.The resultsindicatedthatbothstudentsandteachershadasignificantlypositiveattitudetowardsthePartnershipApproach.TheEFLteachersappearedtoholdamorepositiveattitudeandwereinclinedtosupportthestudents’engagementandtheimplementationofthePartnershipApproach,believingthatpartnershipincreasesinteractionintheclass-room,enhancesthequalityofteachingandlearning,andmakesthemanagementoftheclassroomeasier.TheEFLlearnersclaimedtheywouldlearnbetterandwithhigherquality,enjoymore,feelmorere-sponsible,andhavemoreopportunitiestoevaluatethemselvesinsuchclasses.Theyaddeditwouldbeinterestingtohaveapartincreatingthematerial.
Keywords :
Attitude , interaction , partnershipapproach , students’en-gagement
Journal title :
Journal of Studies in Learning and Teaching English
