Abstract
This study was conducted to examine teachers’ attitudes and beliefs towards the use of Student-Centred Learning in English language classes. In addition, it also sought to examine the extent of student-centred learning practices amongst primary school teachers have on their students’ performance in the English language. A survey was carried out to collect data from 147 primary school English language teachers in Perlis. The questionnaires were used to determine the teachers’ beliefsand attitudes towards student-centred learning and to measure the extent teachers practice or attempt to practice student-centred learning in their classrooms. The results for March Test and mid-term examinations were also collected from 346 respondents of Year Five students to determine the relationship between student-centred learning practices and the students’ achievement. The findings of this research showed that there were positive attitudes of the English language teachers towards student-centred learning. However, the teachers employ both student-centred and teacher-centred learning strategies in teaching English language for the primary school. Apart from that, the findings also revealed that there was a positive relationship between student-centred learning practices and students’ achievement in the English language subject but the relationship was a weak relationship.As such, recommendations were proposed in terms of improving teacher training and future research to investigate further on student-centred learning practices in Malaysia.
Highlights
Teachers play an important role in encouraging students to be more proficient in English in order for the students to compete in the globalised world (Phan Le Ha, Joyce Kho, & Brendan Chng, 2013)
The Malaysia education system stresses on the English language acquisition among students where there are many changes that have been done in order to raise the English literacy level of the students
Based on the findings of this study, there are several conclusions and recommendations which may shed a light on the approaches of learning and teaching English language in primary schools
Summary
Teachers play an important role in encouraging students to be more proficient in English in order for the students to compete in the globalised world (Phan Le Ha, Joyce Kho, & Brendan Chng, 2013). The Malaysia education system stresses on the English language acquisition among students where there are many changes that have been done in order to raise the English literacy level of the students. The issue of how to improve the standard of English proficiency among young learners has been one of the most discussed in Malaysia. Learning English, as envisaged in the English Language Teaching (ELT) curriculum, should be fun and pupil-centred (Juliana Othman, 2010)
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