Exploring the Reasons Behind Iranian TEFL Graduate Students' Academic Failure/Explorando las razones detras del fracaso academico de los estudiantes iranfes de posgrado en enseñanza del ingles como lengua extranjera

This cross-sectional study explored the reasons behind academic failure among Iranian students of teaching of English as a foreign language. Interviews were used to collect data from 56 graduate students (19 men and 37 women) and three officials of the university. Results indicated that four main fa...

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Published inPROFILE issues in teachers' professional development Vol. 23; no. 2; p. 151
Main Authors Alemi, Minoo, Rezanejad, Atefeh, Marefat, Bijan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Universidad Nacional de Colombia 01.07.2021
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Summary:This cross-sectional study explored the reasons behind academic failure among Iranian students of teaching of English as a foreign language. Interviews were used to collect data from 56 graduate students (19 men and 37 women) and three officials of the university. Results indicated that four main factors led to the academic failure of the students, namely, (1) the student, (2) the professor, (3) the university, and (4) the source materials. Moreover, the results of chi-square tests indicated that no significant relationship existed between the gender and age of the students and their academic failure. Finally, a number of guidelines to prevent academic failure in this context are presented. Keywords: academic failure, graduate students, Iran, reasons, teaching of English as a foreign language Este estudio interdisciplinar explore las razones detras del fracaso academico entre los estudiantes iranies de ensenanza del ingles como lengua extranjera. El principal instrumento utilizado para la recoleccion de information fue la entrevista y los datos se obtuvieron de 56 estudiantes graduados (19 hombres y 37 mujeres) y tres miembros oficiales de la universidad. Los resultados indicaron que cuatro factores principales condujeron al fracaso academico de los estudiantes; (1) el estudiante, (2) el profesor, (3) la universidad y (4) los materiales utilizados. Ademas, los resultados de pruebas chi cuadrado indicaron que no existia una relation significativa entre el genero y la edad de los estudiantes y su fracaso academico. Finalmente, se presentan una serie de pautas para prevenir el fracaso academico. Palabras clave: ensenanza del ingles como lengua extranjera, estudiantes de posgrado, fracaso academico, Iran, razones
ISSN:1657-0790
1657-0790
DOI:10.15446/profile.v23n2.89251