Student Voice on the Instructional Qualities of the Effective English Language Teacher: A Collective Case Study

Corinne Vong Siu Phern, Mohamad Jafre Zainol Abidin

Abstract


A majority of Malaysian students only have average English language proficiency, although instructional qualities of the effective English language teacher have by far been expounded by English language experts. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the extent to which the responses of student voice representing above average, average and below average English language proficiency from the primary, secondary and tertiary levels - have agreed with expert opinion’s description of instructional qualities of the effective English language teacher. In this respect, student voice was analysed using triangulation not only on the instructional qualities discussed, but also on the literature review. Interesting findings revealed that student voice still had something extra to contribute in determining the instructional qualities of the effective English language teacher, with a touch of irony and constructive criticism on how such qualities of English language teachers/lecturers could still improve, so as to appear more effective in learners’ eyes.

 


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Student voice, effective English Language teacher, instructional qualities, expert opinion, learners

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.7575/ijalel.v.2n.1p.168

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