TEACHERS' BELIEFS AND LEVELS OF USE IN THE ADOPTION OF THE STUDENT-ACTIVE LEARNING APPROACH IN EFL CLASSROOMS IN OMAN
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2014-08
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AL SHEKAILI, BATI SULAIMAN HUMAID
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The main purpose of the study was to investigate the teachers' Beliefs and their
Levels of Use (LoU) in the adoption of the Student-Active Learning (SAL) approach
in their English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms in Oman. It was also aimed
to investigate the challenges encountered by the teachers in the adoption of the SAL
approach. 505 teachers from seven Colleges of Technology (CsoT) across Oman
participated in this study. It employed the survey research method and interview for
data collection. The first instrument used was the questionnaire, to obtain a holistic
picture of the teachers' beliefs and their LoU in the SAL approach adoption. The
Levels of Use Interview-Schedule (LoU-IS) was also used to elicit further
information related to their LoU and the challenges encountered in the adoption of
the SAL approach. The findings show that the teachers possessed positive beliefs on
the adoption of the SAL approach. They also show that the majority of the teachers
were at the Refinement Level (IVB), and equally at the Preparation Level (II), the
Mechanical Use Level (III) and the Routine Level (IVA) based on the LoU-SA
questionnaire. Based on the LoU-IS, the findings show that almost all of the teachers
were in the middle area and equally distributed at Mechanical Use Level (III), the
Routine Level (IVA) and Refinement Level (IVB). It was also discovered that there
were positive relationships between the teachers' beliefs and their demographic
characteristics, except a negative relationship with teaching experience. There were
also positive relationships between the teachers' LoU and their demographic
characteristics. There was a positive relationship between the teachers' beliefs and
their LoU. The teachers encountered six major challenges in the adoption of the SAL
approach adoption including class size, individual differences, teaching materials,
classroom management, experiential aspects, and time constraints. The findings of
the study would serve as significant contributions to increase the literature in the
adoption of the SAL approach, and provide an overall picture of the SAL approach
adoption in EFL classrooms at the Colleges of Technology (CsoT) across Oman
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TEACHERS' BELIEFS AND LEVELS OF USE IN THE ADOPTION