Exploring Characteristics for Effective EFL Teachers From the Perceptions of Junior High School Students in Tainan

優良英文教師特質研究－以台南市國中生為調查樣本

陳瑜容(Yu-Jung Chen) ； 林世崇(Shih-Chung Lin)

《南台人文社會學報》 2期 (2009/11) Pp. 219-249

https://doi.org/10.29841/STUTJHSS.200911.0007

摘要

本研究採用調查研究法探討國中學生對優良英文教師特質的看法。研究重點有三：一，整體而言，國中生所認定優良英文教師的特質有哪些。二，國中生的觀點是否有性別差異。三，學業成績高低是否影響國中生對優良英文教師特質的看法。本研究以問卷蒐集189 位國中學生的意見，問卷內容共包含五十個教師特質，其中教學能力有二十一項，人格特質有十四項，師生關係有十五項。資料分析採用描述統計，獨立樣本t 檢定及單因子變異數分析。獲致主要結果如下：① 學生普遍認為英文教師的教師人格和師生關係兩類特質比教學能力還重要。最受學生歡迎的五大特質為熱心教學、友善、開朗、尊重學生和關心學生。然而，雖然學生普遍認為精通英語為優良英文教師需具備之特質，上課常使用英語教學卻不為學生所青睞。② 女生在本研究中比男生更重視教師人格和師生關係。男女生皆認為熱心教學為優良英文教師的重要特質，然而女學生對教師是否能提升學生英語學習動機及熟悉英文文化方面較男學生重視；男學生則較強調尊重學生及教師倫理等特質。③ 成績高的學生也比成績低的學生重視師生關係。而能力分班的三年級學生中，前段班的學生對三大類教師特質的重視程度與後段班學生有顯著差異。

關鍵字

優良教師 ； 英語教師 ； 教師特質

並列摘要

The purpose of this study was to investigate junior high school students' perceptions of the characteristics of effective English teachers. The focuses included: (1) junior high school students' general perceptions about English teacher characteristics, (2) whether gender has an effect on the perceptions, and (3) whether students with different academic achievement perceive differently in terms of characteristics for effective English teachers. This study was conducted via a questionnaire with 198 junior high school students in Tainan area. The data came from students' responses to a 50-item questionnaire, classifying into instructional competence, personality, and teacher-student relationship, and were analyzed with descriptive statistics, independent t-test and one-way ANOVA. The findings of the study indicated that students generally perceived teachers' personality and teacher-student relationship as more important characteristics than those of instructional competence. Being enthusiastic in teaching, friendly, open-minded, respecting students and caring about students were the most important characteristics of effective English teachers. Although mastering English was considered as an important characteristic, conducting lessons in English was not in favor. Moreover, female students considered the characteristics of personality and teacher-student relationship significantly more important than male students. Female students also rated significantly higher on characteristics such as motivating students to learn English and being familiar with the English culture whereas male students perceived respecting students and being ethical more important for effective English teachers. A significant variation was also found on the teacher-student relationship among students with high, middle and low academic achievement. Students with high academic achievement considered characteristics of teacher-student relationship more important than students with low academic achievement.

並列關鍵字

effective teachers ； English teachers ； teacher characteristics