Thai Students' Preferences Regarding the Personas of English Language Teachers

Autor/inn/en	Armatthat, Sarocha; Jaturapitakkul, Natjiree
Titel	Thai Students' Preferences Regarding the Personas of English Language Teachers
Quelle	In: LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 13 (2020) 1, S.275-293 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2630-0672
Schlagwörter	Student Attitudes; Preferences; English Teachers; Foreign Countries; Teacher Student Relationship; English (Second Language); Secondary School Students; Public Schools; Classroom Techniques; Personality Traits; Teacher Characteristics; Teacher Effectiveness; Adolescents; Thailand (Bangkok) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; English language lessons; Teacher; Teachers; Englischunterricht; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Ausland; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Sekundarschüler; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Klassenführung; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher
Abstract	The way teachers act and perform in classrooms, which is called the "teacher persona", influences students' achievement. In order to promote students' learning progress and outcome, the study of teacher personas should not be overlooked. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the preferences of Thai students regarding the personas of English language teachers. Three hundred and four upper secondary students in a Thai public school participated using a stratified sampling technique. Ranking scale questionnaires with five persona categories and an open-ended question were administered. The findings showed that the most preferred aspect of teacher personas of all categories, according to the total score of the top five items, was classroom management. In addition, the other aspects in order of preference were method of evaluation, student-teacher relationship, teacher performance, and teacher personality, respectively. Another significant finding from the open-ended question was that Thai students stated a preference for teachers who understand their differences in terms of learning and individual personalities, which is considered to be part of the student-teacher relationship category. The findings suggest that teachers must be aware of their behavior and actions in class that could affect students' learning and achievement. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Language Institute of Thammasat University. The Prachan Campus, 2 Prachan Road, Bangkok 10200 Thailand. e-mail: learnjournal@gmail.com; Web site: https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/learn
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01