THE COPING STRATEGIES APPLIED TOWARDS THE UNDESIRABLE BEHAVIORS OF EFL LEARNERS

Year 2019, Volume: 28 Issue: 2, 119 - 133, 15.10.2019

Simay Akkar

https://doi.org/10.35379/cusosbil.616749

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to find out the strategies that
EFL instructors apply to cope with undesirable behaviors of language learners
at the tertiary level. The study
was conducted with 20 EFL instructors working in the preparatory school at a university
in 2017-2018 academic years. The data was gathered through a survey including
10 open-ended questions. Content analysis technique was used to assess the data.
The results of the study reveal that EFL instructors apply 12 coping strategies
towards the undesirable behaviors of language learners at tertiary level. The instructors use body language, verbal and facial expressions to warn
their students. In addition, keeping silent, asking
a question, finding out the reason of the undesirable behavior and the needs of
the disruptive students, raising awareness, increasing motivation, talking in
person, attracting attention, and ignoring the undesirable behavior are the
other coping strategies.

Keywords

Undesirable Behaviors, Coping Strategies, Tertiary Level

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