An Empirical Study of English Language Teachers' Methodology on the Career Growth of Saudi Students

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to find the effect of English Language Teachers' Methodology (ELTM) on the Career Growth (CG) of the Saudi students. In order to provide a solid basis for this research study, a cross-sectional-descriptive research design was employed. For scale development and tool standardization, inter-class correlation coefficient, test-retest and inter-rater test were performed. Cronbach's Alpha, corrected item-total correlation and the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) values were checked for determining the reliability and validity of the data. A total of 310 participants were part of this study and the primary data were collected using a web-based survey questionnaire. The non-probability snowball sampling method was applied for the data generation. Correlation & regression technique (enter method) was applied for checking the cause-and-effect relationship. IBM-SPSS Ver. 23.0 program was used for all types of statistical analysis. The findings of this study concluded that there was a significant effect of the English language teachers' methodology on the career growth of Saudi students’ professional life. The current study is beneficial for students as well as teachers’ of English language in terms of adopting germane teaching methodology while teaching the English language that can be easily comprehend by students and facilitate their linguistic understanding, which can be exploited maximally at their future career.