Abstract

NAYERNIA, Akram; NOSRATI, Rana  and  MOHEBBI, Hassan. The Factors Contributing to Language Teachers’ Effectiveness in an EFL Learning Context: A Questionnaire Validation Study. profile [online]. 2022, vol.24, n.2, pp.63-79.  Epub Oct 06, 2022. ISSN 1657-0790.  https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v24n2.93571.

This mixed-methods study explores the factors contributing to the language teachers’ effectiveness in the context of English as a foreign language. Through a systematic review of the literature, six main factors were extracted: assessment literacy, content and pedagogical content knowledge, experience, oral proficiency, personality type, and self-efficacy. In the first phase of the study, 13 experts in the field shared their attitudes towards these factors through a semi-structured interview. The data obtained from the interviews was analysed thematically to develop a questionnaire. Ninety-three language teachers participated in a pilot study to validate the newly developed questionnaire. The results were factor analysed. After the required modifications based on the factor analysis were introduced, a questionnaire with 19 items entitled “EFL Language Teachers’ Effectiveness” was developed.

Keywords : assessment literacy; content and pedagogical content knowledge; effectiveness; EFL teachers; experience; oral proficiency; personality type; self-efficacy.

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