Effect of EFL Teachers’ Experience and Effectiveness on Their EFL Students’ Achievement

Subject Areas : All areas of language and translation

Maryam Ghaffari ¹ (Department of Foreign Language, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran)
Mohammad Javad Riasati ² (Department of Foreign Language, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran)
Mohammad Bagheri ³ (Department of Foreign Language, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran)

Received: 2021-12-27 Accepted : 2022-07-07 Published : 2023-04-01

Keywords: Iranian EFL Teachers, Teacher effectiveness, Students’ achievement, Years of experience,

Abstract :

This study examined the effect of Iranian EFL teachers’ years of experience and their effectiveness on Iranian EFL students’ achievement. 70 EFL teachers and 60 intermediate students were selected from different English language institutes in Shiraz, Fars province. The instruments to collect data were Oxford Quick Placement Test, Demographics, and Teacher Effectiveness Questionnaire. The results were analyzed using One-way ANOVA, frequency analysis, independent samples t-test, and Multiple Regression Analysis. The findings revealed teachers’ perceptions of effectiveness are related to their years of teaching experiences. It appeared that highly experienced teachers in this study perceived that their effectiveness positively influenced students’ achievement. Besides that, it is hoped that this study can also add more in-depth literature review in academia about the effect of Iranian EFL teachers’ experience and their effectiveness) organization and communication skills, pedagogical knowledge, socio-affective skills, and English proficiency) on EFL students’ achievement.

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