Open AccessHigh School EFL Teachers’ Perception of the Use of Pictures in Pre-Reading Stage
Author(s) -
Nguyễn Thị Phương,
Nguyen Huynh Trang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of science and management studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2581-5946
DOI - 10.51386/25815946/ijsms-v4i5p123
Subject(s) - reading (process) , psychology , perception , mathematics education , qualitative research , reading motivation , pedagogy , linguistics , sociology , social science , philosophy , neuroscience
This descriptive study aims to investigate EFL teachers’ perceptions toward the use of pictures in pre-reading stage as well as the role and the possible difficulties of using picture in pre-reading stage that they may gain. The current study adopted both quantitative and qualitative methods to collect the data via questionnaire and semi-structured interviews with the participation of 30 teachers in different high schools in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam and six out of the teachers were invited to participate in the interviews. There are some main following findings. First, EFL teachers highly appreciated about the role of pictures in pre-reading stage. Second, the participants revealed there were some possible difficulties that prevent English teachers from using pictures in pre-reading stage.