Teachers' attitudes and beliefs towards the use of student-centred leaning in English language classes

• Main Authors: Salleh, Suriati, Mohd Yusoff, Nurahimah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Proceedings of the ICECRS 2017
• Subjects: PE English
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/23054/1/CECRS%201%20%282016%29%20327-334.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/23054/; http://doi.org/10.21070/picecrs.v1i1.501

This study was conducted to examine teachers’ attitudes and beliefs towards the use of Student-Centred Learning in English language classes. In addition, it also sought to examine the extent of student-centred learning practices amongst primary school teachers have on their students’ performance in the English language. A survey was carried out to collect data from 147 primary school English language teachers in Perlis.The questionnaires were used to determine the teachers’ belief sand attitudes towards student-centred learning and to measure the extent teachers practice or attempt to practice student-centred learning in their classrooms.The results for March Test and mid-term examinations were also collected from 346 respondents of Year Five students to determine the relationship between student-centred learning practices and the students’ achievement.The findings of this research showed that there were positive attitudes of the English language teachers towards student-centred learning.However, the teachers employ both student-centred and teacher-centred learning strategies in teaching English language for the primary school.Apart from that, the findings also revealed that there was a positive relationship between student-centred learning practices and students’ achievement in the English language subject but the relationship was a weak relationship.As such, recommendations were proposed in terms of improving teacher training and future research to investigate further on student-centred learning practices in Malaysia.