EFL teachers’ and students’ beliefs about factors affecting students’ participation in group work activities at Hanoi National University of Education
This survey research, based on the claim that EFL teachers and students highly valu e the application of group work and students’ participation in group work context, analyzed their beliefs about factors affecting students’ participation in group work activities and hig...
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| Format: | Theses and Dissertations |
| Language: | English |
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ĐHNN
2017
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| Online Access: | http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/41090 |
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| Institution: | Vietnam National University, Hanoi |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | This survey
research,
based on the claim that EFL teachers and students highly
valu
e the application of group work and students’ participation in group work
context, analyzed their beliefs about factors affecting students’ participation in
group work activities and highlighted the importance of the conditions underlying
effective classro
om interaction. Quantitative and qualitative data gathered from
survey questionnaires and interviews indicate both the similarity and difference in
their beliefs. These teachers and students appreciated students’ preference to group
work, appropriate group
task, collaborative interaction; accepted the
possibility to
use native language
; and did not view fully
prepar
ing and knowing the right answer
as a prerequisite for participation
.
However, while the learners believed that
participation was impacted by is
sues of students’ personality, group composition
and teachers’
policy of grading participation
; the teachers’ beliefs were not so
flexible
.
These results assert the significance of teachers’ and learners’ involvement
in classroom research and draw attentio
n to the need to incorporate learners’ beliefs
into pedagogy. |
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