EFL TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF YOUNG LEARNERS’ ENGAGEMENT IN LISTENING LESSONS

Authors

  • Nguyen Thi Diem Kieu Can Tho University, Vietnam
  • Luu Nguyen Quoc Hung Can Tho University, Vietnam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejel.v8i4.5007

Keywords:

EFL teachers, learner engagement, listening, young learners

Abstract

In the context of EFL learning and teaching, listening skill is believed to be the most challenging of the four language skills due to typical challenges. Engaging learners in listening lessons is the desirable goal of most teachers to enhance the learners’ listening performance and success. To keep young learners engaged in their learning, teachers need to implement various engaging techniques to increase learner engagement. This study aims to explore EFL teachers’ perceptions of their young learner engagement through the three main aspects of behavioral engagement, cognitive engagement, and emotional engagement. The descriptive method was employed with 78 teachers of young learners in different foreign language centers in Mekong Delta in Vietnam. The results revealed that learning engagement in listening lessons is relatively emphasized, especially in the aspect of behavioral and cognitive engagement. Several important engaging techniques were suggested as effective ways to improve learners’ listening performance.

 

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Author Biographies

  • Nguyen Thi Diem Kieu, Can Tho University, Vietnam

    Nguyen Thi Diem Kieu is a master’s student in Principles and Methods of English Language Education, Can Tho University. Her research interests include learners’ engagement in English lessons, focusing on listening skills. For more information, Nguyen can be contacted at kieum1621015@gstudent.ctu.edu.vn

  • Luu Nguyen Quoc Hung, Can Tho University, Vietnam

    Luu Nguyen Quoc Hung is an English lecturer at Can Tho University. He has been teaching English for almost 31 years, and currently a director of the Center for Foreign Languages, Can Tho University in Vietnam. His research interests focus on academic performance appraisal and quality assurance in higher education, social-cognitive theory in teaching and learning, and pedagogy of teaching English for young learners, and teaching English skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. For more information, Luu Nguyen Quoc Hung can be contacted at lnqhung@ctu.edu.vn

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2023-08-25

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Vol. 8 No. 4 (2023)

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