Likes and Dislikes in Elementary School English Lessons

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The purpose of this study was to analyze students' liking and disliking patterns in English lessons using text mining and to explore how age would affect them. A total of 271 students were selected to participate in the present study. This study revealed several important findings in what they like most in English lessons: (a) The participating students generally enjoyed playing games, especially higher graders, (b) the participating students generally enjoyed speaking English, (c) higher graders preferred memorizing English, and (d) only middle graders enjoyed story activities. On the other hand, regarding what they dislike most in English lessons, the following findings were revealed: (a) The students, especially higher graders, felt frustrated when they didn't understand what the teachers were saying in English, (b) some students felt frustrated when English lessons were noisy, and (c) some students felt nervous when they made a presentation.