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Quiet Intellects and the Place of Student Talk in Secondary English Classes: An Autoethnographic Inquiry
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Mia Corvino – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This autoethnography traces the ten-year journey of one teacher's interest in and exploration of the experiences in English classes of high-achieving quiet students. Named Quiet Intellects (QIs), these students rarely or do not speak during the many district- and curricula-mandated evaluative tasks in my district that demand their oral…
Descriptors: English, Language Teachers, High Achievement, Speech Communication
On the Relationship between Reflective Teaching and Personality Traits
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Marashi, Seyed Mojtaba – Journal of English Teaching, 2023
During the last decade, the slogan of reflective teaching has been embraced by teachers, teachers' educators, and educational teachers worldwide. This international movement in teaching and teacher education that has developed under the banner of reflection can be seen as a reaction against the view of teachers as technicians who narrowly construe…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Language Teachers, Reflection
Teacher's Personality Type and Techniques of Teaching Pronunciation
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Shabani, Karim; Ghasemian, Atefeh – Cogent Education, 2017
The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to identify the most frequent techniques of teaching pronunciation used by Iranian EFL teachers and, (b) to find out any relationship between teacher's extroversion/introversion personality type and their techniques of teaching pronunciation. To this end, following an online survey a cohort of 60 teachers…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Personality Traits, Pronunciation Instruction, Teaching Methods
Incidental Focus on Form and the Role of Learner Extraversion
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Kim, Jongmin; Nassaji, Hossein – Language Teaching Research, 2018
Previous studies have shown that learner individual differences have important impacts on L2 accuracy development. The present study examines a learner variable (i.e. extraversion versus introversion) and its effects on incidental focus on form. Twenty-eight ESL students in two classes (an advanced and an upper-intermediate class) and their…
Descriptors: Grammar, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Extraversion Introversion
The Role of Big Five Personality Traits in Predicting Prospective EFL Teachers' Academic Achievement
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Kirkagac, Senay; Öz, Hüseyin – Online Submission, 2017
This study sought to find out the possible relationships between personality traits and academic achievement of prospective English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers. A total of 200 university students from a major state university voluntarily participated in the study. Data were collected through the International Personality Item Tool (IPIP)…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Grade Point Average
Effect of Instructional vs. Authentic Video Materials on Introvert and Extrovert Iranian EFL Learners' Vocabulary Learning
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Isazadeh, Parya; Makui, Selma Mohammad Zadeh; Ansarian, Loghman – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2016
The study delved into the effect of instructional video materials vs. authentic video materials on vocabulary learning of extrovert and introvert Iranian EFL learners. To this end, Nelson proficiency test was administered to one hundred eighty (n = 180) language learners. Considering 1 standard deviation above and below the mean score, one hundred…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries