Kazakhstani In-Service Schoolteachers’ Perceptions of Differentiated Learning in Heterogeneous EFL Classrooms
Akhmetova G. Bizhkenova A. Ryspayeva D. Gerfanova E. Zhukenova A.
December 2023Sciedu Press
World Journal of English Language
2023#13Issue 918 - 30 pp.
In the era of the fourth industrial revolution, it is necessary to create a new model of a teacher and learner to provide global competitiveness. This study aims to explore Kazakhstani in-service English as a foreign language teachers’ perception of awareness, implementation, and managing differentiated learning, lesson planning, and designing in heterogeneous English as a second language classrooms. The present study was done during the academic year 2020-2021 among the in-service English as a foreign language teacher from three regions of Kazakhstan, namely, Astana City, Kokshetau City, and Akmola Oblast (district). The participants’ work experience ranged from 2 to 20 years and included 82 female (79.6%) and 21 male (20.4%). The data were collected via a Google Form questionnaire and interviews. The data were analyzed descriptively using frequency and percentage gained from the questionnaire and interpretation of interview results. All results were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. The result has confirmed that the Kazakhstani in-service English as a foreign language teacher is aware of differentiated learning as an effective strategy in catering to students’ differences in the classroom. The results of the study have shown that 90% of Kazakhstani English as a foreign language teachers who participated in this study support the idea of using the differentiated learning approach in heterogeneous classrooms, as they agree that differentiated learning contributes to an increase in motivation and quality knowledge and make the English language learning enjoyable and accessible; however, lesson planning and preparation of study materials for differentiated learning in heterogeneous class is troublesome. The study discovered that a considerable number of English as foreign language teachers still struggle in applying the differentiated learning approach due to some factors such as large workload, lack of knowledge, insufficient training, large class sizes in the class, shortage of funding, and shortage of facilities for differentiated instruction.
awareness , education , knowledge , lesson planning , student
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Department of Foreign Philology, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan
Department of the English Language and Teaching Methods, Sh. Ualikhanov Kokshetau University, Kokshetau, Kazakhstan
Department of Social Sciences, Astana IT University, Astana, Kazakhstan
Department of Foreign Philology
Department of the English Language and Teaching Methods
Department of Social Sciences
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