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IELTS Writing Preparation Course Expectations and Outcome: A Comparative Study of Iranian Students and Their Teachers’ Perspectives
Cogent Education Pub Date : 2021-05-05 , DOI: 10.1080/2331186x.2021.1918853
Musa Nushi 1 , Mahshid Razdar 1
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Abstract

The writing module of the IELTS has proven to be a challenging section for test takers. Part of this difficulty may stem from the divergence between what test takers expect to learn in such courses and what is delivered by instructors. To address this issue, a 24-item questionnaire (Student Questionnaire A) relating to IELTS writing preparation course expectations was distributed among 64 Iranian students attending such classes at course entry. A slightly modified version of the same questionnaire (Student Questionnaire B) was given to the students at course exit to measure their after-the-course perceptions. Moreover, a third questionnaire (Teacher Questionnaire) was administered to seven teachers instructing the very classes at course exit, allowing the researchers to compare the students and the teachers’ perceptions of the course content and outcome at the course exist. Interviews were also conducted with the seven instructors at the end of the course to further explain any possible divergence in the learners and teacher’ perceptions. The results showed little change in the students’ expectations at course entry and their retrospective perceptions at course exit. Furthermore, the teachers’ perceptions (of the course content and outcome) did not indicate much difference compared with those of the students at course exit. Despite the similarities, the instructors enumerated some factors as the possible causes of such divergence in perceptions of the course content and outcome.



中文翻译:

雅思写作准备课程的期望和结果:伊朗学生及其老师观点的比较研究

摘要

雅思考试的写作模块对考生来说是具有挑战性的部分。造成这种困难的部分原因可能是应试者期望在此类课程中学习的内容与讲师提供的内容之间的差异。为了解决这个问题,在入学时参加此类课程的64名伊朗学生中分发了与雅思考试写作准备课程期望有关的24项问卷(学生问卷A)。在课程出口向学生提供了相同问卷的略微修改版本(学生问卷B),以衡量他们对课后的看法。此外,在课程结束时,还对七名老师进行了第三次问卷调查(教师问卷调查),以指导他们上课。允许研究人员比较学生和教师对课程内容和课程结果的看法。在课程结束时,还对7位讲师进行了访谈,以进一步解释学习者和老师的看法之间可能存在的分歧。结果显示,学生对入学时的期望和对退学时的回顾性看法几乎没有改变。此外,与课程开始时学生的看法相比,教师的看法(对课程内容和结果的看法)并没有太大差异。尽管有相似之处,但讲师列举了一些因素,这可能是造成对课程内容和结果的看法分歧的可能原因。在课程结束时,还对7位讲师进行了访谈,以进一步解释学习者和老师的看法之间可能存在的分歧。结果显示,学生对入学时的期望和对退学时的回顾性看法几乎没有改变。此外,与课程开始时学生的看法相比,教师的看法(对课程内容和结果的看法)并没有太大差异。尽管有相似之处,但讲师列举了一些因素,这可能是造成对课程内容和结果的看法分歧的可能原因。在课程结束时,还对7位讲师进行了访谈,以进一步解释学习者和老师的看法之间可能存在的分歧。结果显示,学生对入学时的期望和对退学时的回顾性看法几乎没有改变。此外,与课程开始时学生的看法相比,教师的看法(对课程内容和结果的看法)并没有太大差异。尽管有相似之处,但讲师列举了一些因素,这可能是造成对课程内容和结果的看法分歧的可能原因。与课程开始时学生的看法相比,教师的看法(对课程内容和结果的看法)并没有太大差异。尽管有相似之处,但讲师列举了一些因素,这可能是造成对课程内容和结果的看法分歧的可能原因。与课程开始时学生的看法相比,教师的看法(对课程内容和结果的看法)并没有太大差异。尽管有相似之处,但讲师列举了一些因素,这可能是造成对课程内容和结果的看法分歧的可能原因。

更新日期:2021-05-06
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