Iranian EFL Teachers’ Attitude Towards Utilization of ELT in Students’ Future Lives

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Jamshid Ghasemi
Hamed Askari

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In countries in which there is no formal second language, and English is considered a foreign language and has no place in people’s everyday lives and communications, the utilization of the foreign language taught in schools as the second language is under question. This study has been conducted to indicate English teachers’ attitudes toward the utilization of teaching English as a foreign language in Iranian high schools as well as current language policies. In this study, 66 EFL teachers from Gotvand, Shushtar, and Dezful, Iran, made up the sample of this study. To answer the questions of this study, a validated questionnaire was prepared and distributed among the samples. In this questionnaire, 20 statements formed a Likert scale and the teachers had to show their level of agreement or disagreement with the statement. This paper elaborates on the attitude of EFL teachers with different degrees regarding the utilization of ELT in students’ future lives.

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Ghasemi, J., & Askari, H. (2023). Iranian EFL Teachers’ Attitude Towards Utilization of ELT in Students’ Future Lives. The Journal of Quality in Education, 13(21), 156–178. https://doi.org/10.37870/joqie.v13i21.347
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