Open AccessFactors Underlying Current Saudi EFL Teachers’ Approaches to Teaching the Four Macro and Micro Language Skills
Author(s) -
Khalid Al-Seghayer
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of english linguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1923-8703
pISSN - 1923-869X
DOI - 10.5539/ijel.v11n5p44
Subject(s) - psychology , macro , impossibility , mathematics education , language education , teaching method , pedagogy , english language , foreign language , affect (linguistics) , computer science , political science , communication , law , programming language
A close examination of the underlying pedagogical and related factors that shape and direct English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers’ instructional approaches and behaviors highlights the impossibility of teaching the core and language skills and language-related areas effectively when using the current outdated techniques. The purpose of this article is to orient the reader and succinctly identify the key factors underlying current Saudi EFL teachers’ approaches to teaching the four macro and micro language skills. It delineates the various factors that influence the current EFL teaching process in the Saudi English education system, along with briefly sketching Saudi EFL teachers’ approaches to teaching each language skill. To this end, this discussion contributes to increasing consciousness of factors that affect the actual pedagogy of EFL teachers in Saudi EFL classrooms and perhaps to encouraging Saudi EFL teachers to exert their effectiveness in Saudi EFL classrooms and strive for better performance.