The Impact of Teacher’s Self-disclosure on Students’ Attitude towards Language Learning in a Foreign Language Context

This study, conducted in two quantitative and qualitative phases, was designed to investigate the possible impact of teacher's self-disclosure on students' attitude towards English language learning. The participants were 48 female EFL learners of intermediate level who were randomly assig...

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Published in:Theory and practice in language studies 2014-11, Vol.4 (11), p.2415
Main Authors: Farani, Sahar Tabatabaee, Fatemi, Azar Hosseini
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
Behavior
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive ability
Cognitive Development
Disclosure
Education
Emotions
English as a second language
English as a second language instruction
Experiential Learning
Foreign language learning
Humanism
Language
Language attitudes
Language teachers
Learning Processes
Linguistic research
Mediation
Psychology
Qualitative research
Quantitative analysis
Questionnaires
Second language teachers
Second languages
Self-disclosure
Student attitudes
Study and teaching
Teaching
Thinking Skills
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Summary:This study, conducted in two quantitative and qualitative phases, was designed to investigate the possible impact of teacher's self-disclosure on students' attitude towards English language learning. The participants were 48 female EFL learners of intermediate level who were randomly assigned to experimental (23) and control (25) groups. In the quantitative phase, to check the effect of teacher's self-disclosure on students' attitude, the questionnaire of Attitudes towards English Language was administered in both groups as a pre-test at the beginning and a post-test at the end of the term. During the term, the experimental group received teacher's self-disclosure as treatment. The data were analyzed by means of Independent sample-t-test and matched pair t-test. The results showed significant differences between groups. For the qualitative phase, the experimental group received the questionnaire of the Approval of teacher's self-disclosure. Subjects' responses to the questionnaire and the analysis of teacher's observations confirmed the results of the first phase. Index Terms--attitude, self-disclosure, foreign language context
ISSN:1799-2591
2053-0692
DOI:10.4304/tpls.4.11.2415-2422