ERIC Number: ED577116
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 6
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Ice-Breaking as a Useful Teaching Policy for Both Genders
Yeganehpour, Parisa
Online Submission, Journal of Education and Practice v8 n22 p137-142 2017
These days focus of interest in English learning changes to productive skills, in Turkey. This research study assesses the teachers' point of view about using ice-breakers for adult Turkish EFL learners in upper-intermediate level. It also anticipates finding valuable information with applying ice-breaker activities as a useful teaching policy that will contribute to the comparison of interest between male and female learners while trying to employ icebreaker activities and speak fluently in the target language. The present study concluded that teachers need to be informed about the usefulness of ice-breaker activities for adult learners. Also, according to the finding of this study, there is not any relationship between gender of Turkish EFL learners and the effect of using ice-breaker activities in improving their speaking ability.
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Adult Learning, Gender Differences, Language Teachers, Foreign Countries, Interaction, Classroom Environment, Interviews, Observation, Qualitative Research, Quasiexperimental Design, Vocabulary Development, Grammar, Pronunciation, Language Fluency, Pretests Posttests, Statistical Analysis
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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