Investigating the teaching of English to Persianspeaking children by listening method

سال انتشار: 1402
نوع سند: مقاله کنفرانسی
زبان: انگلیسی
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The present study aimed to investigate the progress of EFL young learners in learning English where either Audiolingual method or Natural approach was in use. The focus hence was on the effect of either method on the acquisition of vocabulary as well as communication skills of EFL young learners. It also examined the motivation in the young learners for learning English after the application of the above methods. Further, the study sought the ideas of parents, teachers and schools’ head teachers in relation to the methods used. The participants in this study were ۸۰ female Persian speakers learning English, aged between ۷ to who were chosen randomly from two elementary schools in Isfahan, where English was taught as an extra-program subject. In one school, English was taught through Audiolingual method and in the other, via Natural approach. All the participants filled in a motivation questionnaire. Moreover, ۱۴ teachers (۷ from each school), the head teachers, and ۲۰ parents of the young learners were choosing randomly (۱۰ from each school) to be interviewed. Five full sessions of English classes in each school were observed by the researcher to find out how the teachers employed each method in their teaching and how the young learners used English while learning it. The final test for each group was analyzed for the type of questions included and the young learners' scores on each cluster of items. The results indicated that young learners' improvement in vocabulary learning and communication in Natural approach was significantly better than Audiolingual method. The young learners had the same motivation for learning in both groups. Most of the teachers preferred Natural approach for teaching English to young learners although some of the did no use it due to some limitations imposed on them either by the institute or the parents of the students. The parents were more satisfied with Audiolingual method and the head teachers did not consider any difference in choosing Natural approach or Audiolingual method when teaching English to young learners. They reported similar problems in application of either method.

نویسندگان

Saeed Rizi

MA, Department of TEFL, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.