THE COPING STRATEGIES APPLIED TOWARDS THE UNDESIRABLE BEHAVIORS OF EFL LEARNERS
Özet
The purpose of this study is to find out the strategies that EFL instructors apply to cope with undesirablebehaviors of language learners at the tertiary level. The study was conducted with 20 EFL instructors workingin the preparatory school at a university in 2017-2018 academic years. The data was gathered through asurvey including 10 open-ended questions. Content analysis technique was used to assess the data. The resultsof the study reveal that EFL instructors apply 12 coping strategies towards the undesirable behaviors oflanguage learners at tertiary level. The instructors use body language, verbal and facial expressions to warntheir students. In addition, keeping silent, asking a question, finding out the reason of the undesirable behaviorand the needs of the disruptive students, raising awareness, increasing motivation, talking in person, attractingattention, and ignoring the undesirable behavior are the other coping strategies.
Açıklama
Anahtar Kelimeler
Eğitim, Eğitim Araştırmaları, Dil ve Dil Bilim
Kaynak
Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi
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Cilt
28
Sayı
2
