Students' Expectations of Teachers' Classroom Management Behavior in ELT Classes

Abstract

This study examines whether a teacher's classroom behavior, students' responses to this behavior and the learning environment in two of his/her classes differ. The 40 students in the two classes of a voluntary teacher who worked in the English Preparatory School at Erciyes University constituted the sample of the study. The "Classroom Management Questionnaire" was developed by the researcher and piloted for reliability. The examiner also visited the two classes to gather information through observation. The data obtained were analysed using t-test and content analysis. The data pointed out that the teacher's classroom behavior and the learning environment differed in the two classes. Although the t-test indicated no difference between the two groups in terms of the students' behavior, the observation data showed that there were some differences between the two groups in certain aspects of their behavior. Last of all, the findings of the study were discussed in the light of the related literature and some suggestions were made.