Comparative Study on Images of Outstanding English Teachers of Students and their Teachers

Qualitative and Quantitative Research

Abstract

I've researched teachers working in academic schools with the same questionnaires and in the same analytical way as Hosaka (2004) did. I've singled out five important factors for outstanding English teachers. They are as follows; Teachers who: ① do their best to give lessons of a high quality; ② are proficient in English; ③ are knowledgeable and cultured enough to make English lessons rich in content; ④ are strict enough for students to improve their proficiency in English; and ⑤ pay attention to slower learners in class.

Next, I compared the results gained above and those of Hosaka (2004). I discovered three interesting results as follows: (1) Students have a wide range of images of outstanding English teachers. While teachers have very uniform ones: (2) I've singled out four factors that appear almost the same between the students and the teachers at first glance, but are different in quality: (3) Neither students nor teachers regard proficiency in English as the most important factor for an outstanding English teacher.

Lastly, qualitative research was also carried out to make sure the results gained in the quantitative research are reliable and to make clear what is not clear in the quantitative research.