Iranian Medical Students' Perception about Classroom Participation in General English Course and its Grading Criteria.
The classroom is considered a social institution in which the social interaction that happens between students and professors in a university setting is of prime importance. Accordingly, classroom participation as an important variable in this setting and pros and cons to grading the students' class...
| Published in: | Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 375 - 397 |
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Universiti Putra Malaysia
2018
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=134098587&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 134098587 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 01287702 TKQ jtl: Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities issn: 01287702 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2018 vid: 26 iid: 1 pid: 20751 pub: Universiti Putra Malaysia artinfo: ui: 134098587 ppf: 375 ppct: 22 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 2.8MB tig: atl: Iranian Medical Students' Perception about Classroom Participation in General English Course and its Grading Criteria. aug: au: Khojasteh, Laleh Shokrpour, Nasrin Kafipour, Reza affil: Department of English, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Department of English, International Branch, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran su: English as a foreign language Social institutions Medical students Qualitative research Solicitors (Law) sug: subj: English as a foreign language Social institutions Medical students Qualitative research Solicitors (Law) keyword: Class participation EFL context grading class participation student participation ab: The classroom is considered a social institution in which the social interaction that happens between students and professors in a university setting is of prime importance. Accordingly, classroom participation as an important variable in this setting and pros and cons to grading the students' class participation have been considered to be researched further to answer four research questions regarding EFL students' perception toward: (1) their class participation; (2) the common factors that hinder or encourage their participation; (3) grading or not grading class participation; and finally (4) positive and negative effects of grading class participation. To answer these questions, this study applied a qualitative descriptive research method using a case study to collect data first from 120 medical students through four close and open-ended questions and then through interview with 10 students. The results showed that majority of the students (85%) do not consider themselves as active participants in their English classes, and psychological, physical and teacher factors are regarded as intensives for their class participation while cultural norms, textbook and teacher factors are among the factors that prohibit students' class participation. Furthermore, about half of the students reported that they are indifferent about whether class participation is graded or not because they are not intrinsically motivated to even study English. Pedagogical implications based on the above mentioned findings have been provided for teachers in this article. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities is the property of Universiti Putra Malaysia and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities holder: Universiti Putra Malaysia dt: @attributes: year: 2018 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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