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Exploring EFL Teachers’ Perceptions of Active and Passive Learning in Japanese Universities

English (英語)

神戸大学国際コミュニケーションセンター論集

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15-30

神戸大学国際コミュニケーションセンター

2021-03-31

2021-03-15

This paper analyses some of the EFL teachers’ perceptions and beliefs regarding active and passive learning in their EFL classrooms in Japanese universities. The study is based on paired discussions among the participant teachers. It uses inductive qualitative approach to analyze the data and uses NVivo 12 software to identify the main themes. The analysis shows what these teachers consider as active or passive learning. It demonstrates how they describe and provide the factors, which they believe, are behind creating one or the other style. The findings suggest that these EFL teachers link active approach to successful learning and passive approach to unsuccessful learning. They consider factors such students’ level, teachers’ level, and classroom size to be among the main factors that lead to classroom environment being active or passive.

Paired discussion

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