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Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal
Print version ISSN 0123-4641
Abstract
SAMPERIO SANCHEZ, Nahum. Discovering Students' Preference for Classroom Activities and Teachers' Frequency of Activity Use. Colomb. Appl. Linguist. J. [online]. 2017, vol.19, n.1, pp.51-66. ISSN 0123-4641. https://doi.org/10.14483/calj.v19n1.9292.
This paper explores the preference students have for classroom activities and the frequency in which teachers include certain classroom activities in their practicum. The study followed a quantitative research methodology by collecting numerical data through a 62-item questionnaire developed from a pool of items gathered from different questionnaires. Analysis indicates a coefficient of reliability of α = .91; data were analyzed with SPSS software. Twenty English language teachers and 263 students of a language school were included in the study. Students' levels ranged from 1 to 6, the 6th the equivalent to B1 of the Common European Framework (CEF). Results indicated a mismatch between teachers' frequently used activities and students' preference of activities; however, there is a match in speaking activities.
Keywords : activities; learning styles; oral production, preference; speaking; teaching styles.