The Most Common Group Work Techniques Used Among the Jordanian EFL Teachers when Teaching English as a Foreign Language

Abstract

The present study aims at investigating the Jordanian EFL teachers attitudes toward the most common group work activities used among them to develop their students linguistic competence. Moreover, it tries to shed the light on the teachers common techniques in planning for the group work in their classrooms. Besides, it aims at finding if the teachers attitudes toward using the group work as a technique vary according to gender. To conduct the study, a questionnaire was prepared in advance to measure the teachers attitudes and the most working techniques that help in developing the students language. It was distributed among 40 Jordanian EFL secondary teachers at Ajloun and Irbid directorates of education in Jordan. To analyze the participants responses in the questionnaire, different statistical analyses were used such as Means and Standard Deviations and Cronbach s Alpha. The results pointed out that the Jordanian EFL secondary school teachers had a positive attitude towards using the group work to develop their students English language, as it helps them in developing their students linguistic competence. Moreover, the results pointed out that the overall degree of the group work activities that are used the most by the Jordanian EFL teachers is medium. Furthermore, the analysis showed that there are not any statistical differences in the teachers attitudes towards using group work that could be attributed to gender.