This study investigated how Thai university students in one Thai university context identified th... more This study investigated how Thai university students in one Thai university context identified the characteristics of a good university English as a foreign language (EFL) teacher. To collect data, a questionnaire was employed with 403 students [175 English major students and 228 non-English major students at Albus University (pseudonym) in order to perceive the characteristics of an effective EFL teacher. The returned questionnaire allowed a researcher to list the top 5 effective EFL teacher characteristics of each group of participants. English major students listed (1) explaining clearly, (2) knowing the subject well, (3) entertaining, (4) motivate students to learn language, and (5) having good teaching methods as the characteristics of an effective EFL teacher. According to non-English major students’ responses, they were the same to some extent, i.e. explaining clearly, entertaining, and having good teaching methods. Also there were some different characteristics to some exten...
This study investigated how Thai university students in one Thai university context identified th... more This study investigated how Thai university students in one Thai university context identified the characteristics of a good university English as a foreign language (EFL) teacher. To collect data, a questionnaire was employed with 403 students [175 English major students and 228 non-English major students at Albus University (pseudonym) in order to perceive the characteristics of an effective EFL teacher. The returned questionnaire allowed a researcher to list the top 5 effective EFL teacher characteristics of each group of participants. English major students listed (1) explaining clearly, (2) knowing the subject well, (3) entertaining, (4) motivate students to learn language, and (5) having good teaching methods as the characteristics of an effective EFL teacher. According to non-English major students’ responses, they were the same to some extent, i.e. explaining clearly, entertaining, and having good teaching methods. Also there were some different characteristics to some exten...
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