A Survey of Teaching-Learning Problems of English Language at the High School Level in the City of Isfahan From Teachers' Point of View
Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planningمهوش عباسی 1 , غلامرضا احمدی 2 , احمدرضا لطفی 3
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Keywords: high school, Teaching-Learning, English Language,
Abstract :
The purpose of this study was to study the problems involved in teaching/ learning English at high school level in the city of Isfahan from teachers' point of view. The hypothesis of this study had been modeled on the role of vocabulary, sound system and grammar of Persian, educational, individual and socio-cultural factors on teaching/ learning problems in English .The method employed in this study was descriptive. The statistical population of this research consisted of 398 English teachers in Isfahan out of which 105 teachers were selected through simple stratified random sampling. The data collection tool included a researcher-made questionnaire with 44 close ended questions on a five division Likert such whose reliability was supported by experts and its validity estimated at 0.89 through Crombach’s α coefficient. Using SPSS.15 utility, The data were analyzed at two levels: descriptive and inferencial (T-test). The results suggested that socio-cultural, individual and educational factors play a more important role than L1 interference with regard to such factors as the sound system, vocabulary and grammar. The results also suggesed that there were no significant differences among the teachers' opinions as far as their academic degrees and employment services were concerned. Gender, however, seemed to play an important role in shaping their opinions (a=0.05).