Perceptions of Iranian High School EFL teachers and students toward teaching and learning reading skill

Following Chacón's (2005) contention that research on teachers' beliefs and their impact on teacher cognition has prevailed over the last four decades as an important filed of enquiry, this study attempted to find out how Iranian EFL teachers and students perceive the teaching status of re...

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Main Authors:	Karim Sadeghi, Shiva Bidel Nikou
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2012
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5765/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5765/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5765/1/1424.pdf

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spelling	ukm-57652016-12-14T06:39:27Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5765/ Perceptions of Iranian High School EFL teachers and students toward teaching and learning reading skill Karim Sadeghi, Shiva Bidel Nikou, Following Chacón's (2005) contention that research on teachers' beliefs and their impact on teacher cognition has prevailed over the last four decades as an important filed of enquiry, this study attempted to find out how Iranian EFL teachers and students perceive the teaching status of reading skill in Iran’s high schools. The study was conducted in West Azerbaijan, Iran. One hundred and seventy one EFL high school teachers as well as 200 students were given separate questionnaires with both fixed-response and open-ended item. Qualitative and quantitative statistical techniques were used to analyse the data elicited. The findings revealed that both teachers and students agree that reading skill is highly paid attention to. The findings also revealed that books' shortcomings, lack of necessary equipment, and inappropriate assessment techniques are among the major problems that render high school EFL programs inadequate and undesirable in teaching reading. EFL teachers and policy makers are hoped to be in a better position to reflect on their current practices as a result of knowing the findings of this resear Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5765/1/1424.pdf Karim Sadeghi, and Shiva Bidel Nikou, (2012) Perceptions of Iranian High School EFL teachers and students toward teaching and learning reading skill. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 18 (4). pp. 167-180. ISSN 0128-5157 http://ukm.my/ppbl/3L/3LHome.html
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description	Following Chacón's (2005) contention that research on teachers' beliefs and their impact on teacher cognition has prevailed over the last four decades as an important filed of enquiry, this study attempted to find out how Iranian EFL teachers and students perceive the teaching status of reading skill in Iran’s high schools. The study was conducted in West Azerbaijan, Iran. One hundred and seventy one EFL high school teachers as well as 200 students were given separate questionnaires with both fixed-response and open-ended item. Qualitative and quantitative statistical techniques were used to analyse the data elicited. The findings revealed that both teachers and students agree that reading skill is highly paid attention to. The findings also revealed that books' shortcomings, lack of necessary equipment, and inappropriate assessment techniques are among the major problems that render high school EFL programs inadequate and undesirable in teaching reading. EFL teachers and policy makers are hoped to be in a better position to reflect on their current practices as a result of knowing the findings of this resear
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title	Perceptions of Iranian High School EFL teachers and students toward teaching and learning reading skill
title_short	Perceptions of Iranian High School EFL teachers and students toward teaching and learning reading skill
title_full	Perceptions of Iranian High School EFL teachers and students toward teaching and learning reading skill
title_fullStr	Perceptions of Iranian High School EFL teachers and students toward teaching and learning reading skill
title_full_unstemmed	Perceptions of Iranian High School EFL teachers and students toward teaching and learning reading skill
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publisher	Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM
publishDate	2012
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