The Relationship between Iranian English Language Teachers’ and Learners’

Gender and Their Perceptions of an Effective English Language Teacher

by Homa Babai Shishvan taken from www.ccsenet.org/elt

Summarized by:

Tuti Elfathoni Eka Dewi 07004006

Putri Radanti Saraswati 07004018

Rusli Gunawan Saputra 07004022

This article is written based on the research held in Iran. The participants are the
English teachers and learners in Iranian universities, high schools and private language
institutes. The aim of the study was to investigate whether male and female teachers and
learners of English hold different views on characteristics of an effective English
teacher. The participants are 59 teachers (29 males and 30 females) and 215 learners (78
males and 137 females). The instrument to collect the data is paper and pencil
questionnaire.

SUMMARY OF THE PAPER

Teachers in general, especially English teachers, have a big and fundamental role to
their learners’ learning and academic achievement.

(Markley, 2004) an effective and efficient learning is highly depends on teachers and
the action which they take in the class. (Dembo and Gibson, 1985, Goddard, Hoy, and
Hoy, 2000) stated that the teachers’ perceptions of effective teacher can highly
influence their teaching and as a result their learners’ learning.

Teachers and learners may have different perceptions about an effective English
teacher. Students also bring their own assumption about learning and their perceptions
about characteristics of an effective English teacher.
There are some significances of this he research, they are:

1. To know the teachers’ perception about an effective English teacher, because

teachers’ perception plays an important role in their decision making in the
teaching learning process.

2. To know the learners’ perceptions about an effective English teacher, because

the learners’ perceptions can give impact on the learning process.

By knowing the learners’ perception, teachers know about characteristics of an effective

English teacher from the learners’ view. So, they can take a decision in the ways of
teaching the students.

These tables below are the results of the differences between the perceptions of male
and female participants (teachers and learners) about an effective English teacher. From
the 46 items, these are the items which have significant difference of perceptions.

- Teachers’ Perception

Male Female

• Well in writing • Pronounce English well

• Follow the syllabus tightly

• Stick to administrative rules and

regulation

• Teaching in mother tongue

- Learners’ Perception

Male Female

• Teaching in mother • Pronounce well

tongue
• Assigning homework

• Teaching in English

• Alleviating students’ anxiety

• Provide opportunities to use English through

meaningful tasks and activities