The Importance of the Teacher for Developing Interest in Learning English by Chinese Students

Yang, Yunbao

doi:10.5539/ies.v1n1p95

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“…Rapport makes students feel -being valued, known, connected, and respected‖ (Frisby & Martin 2010, p. 149). It is common that students like a subject because of a teacher (Yang, 2008). It could also lower the number of students' failure in a course (Glazier, 2016).…”

Section: Significance Of Teacher-student Relationshipmentioning

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Transformation of Chinese as a Foreign Language Teachers’ Relationship with Their Students in the Australian Context

Han¹,

Ji²,

Han³

2019

IJCE

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This study explores the transformation of teacher–student relationship between expatriate Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL) teachers and their students situating in the Australian educational context. The disparity of tradition between the two educational cultures influences substantially on communication between teachers and students within classroom. To better understand how CFL teachers’ background educational culture may impact their interaction with Australian students, focus group discussion data were applied as the data collection method. Findings reveal that at the beginning of their teaching practice CFL teachers’ understanding of teacher–student relationship influenced by their background educational culture had major impact on their strategies in teacher–student interaction in class. However, with the progress of teaching and meantime influenced by the Australian local educational culture, their behaviors for dealing with teacher–student relationship in class changed. Basically, their ways of handling teacher–student relationship transformed from a more Eastern guanxi tendency to a more Western rapport tendency. This transformation did not occur automatically and easily; it was achieved by the CFL teachers’ struggles and tribulations in the process of interacting with their Australian students. In an era of CFL teacher shortage, it is hoped that this study would shed some light on CFL teacher education.

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Section: Significance Of Teacher-student Relationshipmentioning

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Transformation of Chinese as a Foreign Language Teachers’ Relationship with Their Students in the Australian Context

Han¹,

Ji²,

Han³

2019

IJCE

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“…As suggested by Yang (2008) the teacher does seem to have a great role in student motivation. This was obvious also in reading student language learning journals as they often cited the intervention of certain English teachers in their youth as important in transforming their interest from extrinsic (and test-driven) to intrinsic (and interest-motivated).…”

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“…Based on poststructural and constructivist views of the self, research on the L2 self cannot be separated from that of the learning environment. Yang (2008) emphasizes the important role of the teacher on motivation in the Chinese EFL context, noting that "the language teacher is critical because s/he teaches the language and often is the first person, and commonly the only person, to introduce the language to the students and the only person who uses the language whom students can contact" (p. 95). This suggests one way in which the learning environment might be related to attitudes toward L2 speakers and integrative motivation.…”

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“…It is worth noting that the participant-researcher was also a foreign teacher (from the United States) and therefore could be seen as representing an L2 speaking community. Dörnyei (2005) points out that attitudes toward L2 speakers is a direct antecedent to integrativeness and Yang (2008) emphasizes the important role of the English teacher in motivation for Chinese students. Future work might specifically explore the role of the foreign teacher in Dörnyei's self system.…”

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Social network sites and the ideal L2 self: Using Myspace in a Chinese EFL class

Kelley¹

2010

JALTCALL

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Little work has yet explored the potential for the use of social network sites (SNSs) in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom, but recent trends in teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) research suggest that SNSs may be a powerful context for language learning by offering students access to online communities of practice and/ or imagined communities (as interpreted by Norton et al.). This paper reports on an exploratory study of how the use of an Americanbased SNS in a Chinese EFL class affected student motivation. Results suggest that SNS may be particularly useful in fostering attitudes traditionally related to integrativeness through the creation of imagined communities when viewed through Dörnyei's (2009) L2 Motivational Self System.

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“…The role of the guidance counseling is therefore necessary to make the students learn to embrace and appreciate the nature of Maritime program. Students also depend on their teacher to develop more the interest (Yang, 2008) of the maritime students towards their enrolled degree program. Table 4 reveals the differences on the factors that influence the choice of degree program and school and the interest towards the program between students from private and public schools.…”

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Factors Affecting the Choice of School and Students’ Level of Interest towards the Maritime Program

Aguado¹,

Laguador²,

Deligero³

2015

ASS

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Several factors may be considered in selecting school and degree program like quality education, the people from the environment, personal choice; and accessibility of the school from students' residences. This study utilized a descriptive type of research method with Freshman Maritime students as respondents. Findings revealed that it is the personal choice of the students to enroll in maritime program in Lyceum of the Philippines University-Batangas (LPU-B) with the support primarily from their parents wherein quality education through being known as home of board topnotchers and its standards are considered big factor for their decision. They also believed that finishing maritime education would bring them in employment abroad which is basically the nature of duties and responsibilities of seafarers. High interest towards the degree program is also manifested among the maritime students. Maritime students graduated from public schools have significantly higher chance of being influenced by people in choosing the school and degree program and they also have significantly higher degree of interest towards the maritime program compared to those graduated from private schools.

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The Importance of the Teacher for Developing Interest in Learning English by Chinese Students

Cited by 8 publications

References 18 publications

Transformation of Chinese as a Foreign Language Teachers’ Relationship with Their Students in the Australian Context

Transformation of Chinese as a Foreign Language Teachers’ Relationship with Their Students in the Australian Context

Social network sites and the ideal L2 self: Using Myspace in a Chinese EFL class

Factors Affecting the Choice of School and Students’ Level of Interest towards the Maritime Program

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