Exploring the Relationship between Effective Teaching and Learning Outcomes in EFL Contexts: A Critical Perspective

Abstract

This research was aimed to find out the effectiveness of teaching methods that could have positive impact on EFL students’ learning and institutional well being. The study also investigated students’ perceptions towards teaching methods to see ‘to what extent teaching methods used by EFL teachers are useful and to what extent teaching methods are effective. The explored what ought to take effective measures to enhance teaching efficiency that could cause better outcomes. Several educationists have produced and found various teaching methods and behaviors of teachers that may have influence on students’ achievements in the process of learning. This study found some of the most important methods like lecture, discussion, the combination of lecture and discussion, role play and case studies through critical appraisal and were presented to examine teachers and students’ efficiency regardless of different educators favor different methods. Finally, to evaluate the effectiveness of various teaching methods, students’ perceptions were collected in order to find out the effectiveness of teachers’ approaches and methods on students’ learning English as foreign language.

KEYWORDS: EFL teachers, teaching methods, EFL students, students’ achievements, EFL learning.

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19675410