The perspectives of student and teachers on speaking EFL classrooms

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Tezin Türü: Yüksek Lisans

Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, SOSYAL BİLİMLER ENSTİTÜSÜ, Türkiye

Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2003

Tezin Dili: İngilizce

Öğrenci: Cansu Selçuk

Danışman: ZÜBEYDE SİNEM GENÇ

Özet:

This study investigated the beliefs of teachers and students about speaking skill in EFL classes. The focus of the study was on the possible problems in speaking and how to deal with them, 100 students and 50 English language teachers at ten different high schools in Bursa, Turkey, participated in this study as subjects. They were given questionnaires and interviews were conducted with 20 students and 10 teachers. The data were gathered during the spring quarter of the 2002-03 academic year. The results revealed that both students and teachers found speaking, as the most important skill although the most frequent skill was grammar in language classes. Speaking was also found be to be the most difficult skill for the students. The findings divulged that there have been various problems related to speaking classes such as anxiety, lack of audiovisual materials, natural input, the effect of mother tongue, the size and the arrangement of the class. Since the findings in this study are limited to ten specific teaching situations in ten different high schools, it may not be completely true to generalize the results of this research. However, it may give a general idea about the subjects' beliefs and needs in speaking.