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The Effect of EFL Teachers' Attitude toward English Language and English Language Proficiency on Their Sense of Efficacy

English language teaching (Toronto), 2014, Vol.7 (1), p.66

ISSN: 1916-4750 ;ISSN: 1916-4742 ;EISSN: 1916-4750

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Title:
The Effect of EFL Teachers' Attitude toward English Language and English Language Proficiency on Their Sense of Efficacy
Author: Sabokrouh, Farzaneh
Subjects: Correlation ; EFL ; English (Second Language) ; Foreign Countries ; Institutes (Training Programs) ; Iran ; Language Proficiency ; Language Teachers ; Language Usage ; Oral Language ; Predictor Variables ; Regression (Statistics) ; Second Language Instruction ; Second Language Learning ; Self Efficacy ; Statistical Analysis ; survey ; Surveys ; Teacher Attitudes ; teacher characteristics (language) ; Teacher Effectiveness ; teaching and learning contexts (language) ; teaching of language
Is Part Of: English language teaching (Toronto), 2014, Vol.7 (1), p.66
Description: Researchers in education have documented that teachers' sense of efficacy has strong impacts on various aspects of teaching and learning. Yet, in the field of TESOL, inquiry into teachers' sense of efficacy is extremely scarce. The present study, by adopting the notion of teachers' sense of efficacy as the theoretical framework, has explored Iranian English Institute teachers' confidence in teaching English. The study has also examined teachers' attitudes toward the English language and teachers' English language proficiency, respectively. An exploratory survey methods design was employed in the present study and data were collected in the quantitative format, by which 68 English institute teachers working in Mazandaran responded to the survey. The results indicated that teachers' current level of English proficiency and EIL (English as an International Language) attitude toward the English language were the significant predictors for teachers' English teaching-specific efficacy beliefs or confidence. Also, efficacy for oral English language use was found as an additional dimension of teacher efficacy in teaching English, indicating that in a foreign language context, oral target language use would be a significant dimension to be considered in examining teachers' self-efficacy in teaching the target language.
Publisher: Canadian Center of Science and Education
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 1916-4750
ISSN: 1916-4742
EISSN: 1916-4750
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The Effect of EFL Teachers' Attitude toward English Language and English Language Proficiency on Their Sense of Efficacy

ISSN: 1916-4750 ;ISSN: 1916-4742 ;EISSN: 1916-4750

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