Assessing English Language Teachers' Understanding and Practices of Student-Centered Learning in Oman

Autor/inn/en	Orabah, Salim Said Bani; Bijani, Houman; Ismail, Seyed M.
Titel	Assessing English Language Teachers' Understanding and Practices of Student-Centered Learning in Oman
Quelle	In: Language Testing in Asia, 12 (2022), Artikel 41 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Bijani, Houman)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.1186/s40468-022-00184-3
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Language Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Student Centered Learning; Educational Practices; Knowledge Base for Teaching; Definitions; Foreign Countries; Student Empowerment; Heterogeneous Grouping; Oman + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Lehrerverhalten; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Bildungspraxis; Teaching theory; Theory of teaching; Unterrichtstheorie; Begriffsbestimmung; Ausland; Studienberechtigung
Abstract	Student-centered learning assessment (SCLA) constitutes a major component of current educational initiatives at the University of Technology and Applied Sciences (UTAS). However, little research has been conducted on English teachers' understanding and practices of SCL assessment. Therefore, this study seeks to explore English teachers' understanding and practices of SCL assessment at UTAS in Oman. The findings could provide information regarding teachers' understanding and practices of SCLA. The findings may contribute to how English teachers define SCLA, what SCL-related activities they conduct, and how often these are conducted. Sixty-one teachers participated in the study with an average of 24 years of experience. A series of interviews and questions were used to elicit data from the participants. A questionnaire was used to explore teachers' understanding of SCLA. Interviews were used in conjunction with the questionnaires to obtain more detailed information from the participants. The findings of this study showed that each of the English teachers has their definitions and understandings of SCLA; however, it was difficult to understand teachers' definitions of SCLA due to the lack of a common definition for this term in the literature. Teachers should be encouraged to empower students by working in mixed groups on the basis that the advanced students each head up separate groups. The implication is to allow less able students to mimic and imitate their peers and improve their comprehension, pronunciation, and vocabulary in and out of the classroom. Future research could be enhanced by other stakeholders, such as students and administrators, involvement. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01