(By Aryavart International University, India)
Nawar Alaa Abdul Hussain, Prof. Dr. Fatima Raheem
Vol. 18, No. 1, Special Issue 2024
Abstract:
Miscommunication or being misconstrued is considered to be among one of the common phenomena of English language classrooms. This miscommunication can increase in cases where a second or third language speaker is. In most cases, the learners do not see the classroom activities as learning activities rather. Consequently, mismatches happen between the way teachers perceive and the way students perceive the aims of the lessons. Such mismatches will cause a gap between the input of the teacher and the way learner intake. Consequently, the outcome will not be as expected. Therefore, the goal of the study is to determine the effectiveness of using Microstrategies for minimizing the perceptual mismatching and developing teacher's awareness. In order to achieve the goals of the study, a questionnaire from B. Kumaravadivelu’s book entitled “Beyond Methods: Macro strategies for Language Teaching” is used. According to this book, there are ten sources that could cause the mismatches between the teacher and learners and they include : Cognitive mismatch, Communicative mismatch, Linguistic mismatch, Pedagogic mismatch, Strategic mismatch, Cultural mismatch, Evaluative mismatch, Procedural mismatch, Instructional mismatch and Attitudinal mismatch. In this study, the survey questionnaire uses on the aims and activities of different classes. It is a common questionnaire for teachers and learners. The questionnaire concerns with the strategies suggested by Kumaravadivelu (2006) at micro level. All students at Gifted School participate in the survey. The survey consist of two parts, the first part is for teachers and the second for students. The quantitative data use in the research, it Collects by the researchers, then analyzes using the statistical software SPSS. The results of the study revealed that it is possible to apply a number of microstrategies to minimize the mismatching between students and teachers, and consequently increases the learning outcomes of students.