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ERIC Number: EJ1087319
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-1925-4741
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Teachers' and Students' Perceptions of Classroom Activities Commonly Used in English Speaking Classes
Huang, Xiaoyu; Hu, Xinyue
Higher Education Studies, v6 n1 p87-100 2016
Classroom activities, such as English dubs, role-play, brainstorming etc can be very useful for the teaching of oral English. In recent years, although considerable attention has been paid to the use of classroom activities in English speaking classes, the perceptions of teachers and students about such activities have been ignored. Therefore, this study aims to investigate students' and teachers' perceptions of the use of classroom activities in English speaking classes. Classroom observations were carried out as a preparatory work for a questionnaire survey which was conducted to examine the attitudes of English-major students and teachers towards 21 classroom activities. Data were analyzed and the results of the research showed that there were both similarities and differences between students' and teachers' perceptions about these activities and that the perceptions of freshmen and sophomores were not completely matched. The findings of this research can help teachers take students' perceptions into consideration while designing classroom activities for English speaking classes in the future.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China (Beijing)
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