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Investigating the Iranian Practices in Teaching English in Secondary Schools: Investigating the Iranian Practices in Teaching English...

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  • Farhad Kariminasab1,
  • Shaban Najafi Karimi*1,
  • Amir Marzban1,
  1. Department of English, Qaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qaemshahr, Iran

Received: 2022-06-01

Revised: 2022-07-01

Accepted: 2022-11-19

Published in Issue 2022-10-01

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Kariminasab, F., Najafi Karimi, S., & Marzban, A. (2022). Investigating the Iranian Practices in Teaching English in Secondary Schools: Investigating the Iranian Practices in Teaching English.. Journal of New Trends in English Language Learning (JNTELL), 1(2), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.30495/
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Abstract

The major objectives of this research were to develop an understanding of what policy/syllabus documents inform
teaching English to student practices, indicate the main pedagogies that English teachers use, and enhance our
understanding of these teachers’ responsibilities and roles. The research was carried out on a sample of 728 English
teachers from junior and senior high school in 32 provinces of Iran. Self-reporting questionnaires were conducted
as a survey method. The results of this study indicate those teachers’ beliefs about learning and teaching might
extremely conflict with those of policymakers’ attitudes and perceptions in these areas. It is apparent that the general
language level of Just over half the sample (53%) of teachers is lower than intermediate. The in-service and preservice training offered to English teachers requires to be considerably strengthened. A wide range of materials for
teaching students at schools is required. As a consequence of a gap between classroom practice and pedagogic
policy, the curricula and pedagogies underpinning the teaching of EFL students also need some changes. Overall,
the evidences from this study recommend that current Iranian practice in teaching English to students in schools
should be modified. Present study has important implications for future practice.

Keywords

  • اسناد درسی,
  • شیوه‌ها,
  • خط مشی‌ها,
  • آموزش‌ها,
  • معلمان ایرانی
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