An Investigation into Topic Oriented Opinions in Iranian EFL Teachers

The present study aimed to explore whether EFL teachers’ opinions based on classroom topics can affect the teaching and learning process. To this end, upon filling in a revised teachers’ opinion scale, formulated based on Rumpf’s (2010), 15 male and female Iranian EFL teachers at a language institute were assigned to three opinion groups; namely, positive, moderate and negative. Cluster analysis of the scores indicated that Iranian EFL teachers were mostly moderate as far as their opinions about teaching were concerned. A Kruskal Wallis test also approved of the significant differences among the three teacher groups which laid further proof on the validity of the used scale.