Exploring teachers’ and students’ expectations of good English teachers in Kazakhstan through narrative and metaphor analysesTools Zhunussova, Gulnissa (2019) Exploring teachers’ and students’ expectations of good English teachers in Kazakhstan through narrative and metaphor analyses. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham.
AbstractSignificant roles held by a teacher in education have been emphasized for centuries. However, due to the paucity of studies in this area it is not clear what factors contribute to features of a good English teacher as perceived by participants themselves in specific educational settings. The aim of this mixed methods research is to explore university students’ and teachers’ expectations of good English teachers in Kazakhstan: this is arguably the first such examination within a Kazakhstani context. 299 undergraduate students and 43 university English teachers from six cities in Kazakhstan completed a metaphor questionnaire. Subsequently, narrative interviews were conducted with 100 students and 43 teachers. Drawing on this original combination of less conventional research methods, this study provides a framework to examine the scope of conceptions of EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teachers. The uniqueness of this research lies in investigating both teachers’ and students’ views through a combination of narrative and metaphor analyses which provide innovative methods to explore insights on the topic from participants’ perspectives.
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