Examining English Teachers’ Stroke Perception from Language Learners: A Mixed Methods Study on Gender

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1 English Department, Imam Reza International University

2 Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

3 University of Applied Science and Technology

Abstract

This study attempted to investigate the teachers’ perceived strokes from English language learners regarding teachers' genders using a mixed methods study. To fulfill this, 28 English language teachers were chosen to participate in the qualitative phase. After conducting semi-structured interviews with them, the types of perceived strokes were investigated with regard to the teachers' genders. Then, a questionnaire was developed. After confirming its validity and reliability,it was administered to 181 teachers, and the differences between males and females were analyzed. The findings of the qualitative phase indicated that receiving positive nonverbal strokes, negative non-conditional verbal strokes, and negative conditional verbal strokes, among all types of strokes, are more considerable for the female teachers in comparison to the male teachers. The results of the quantitative analysis also revealed that there is a statistically significant difference between female and male English language teachers’ stroke quotient in terms of the sensation that results from receiving a variety of positive non-verbal strokes, lack of stroke and verbal conditional negative strokes from English learners

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Journal of Foreign Language Research
Volume 9, Issue 3
January 2020
Pages 927-958

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