The Im pact of Teachers Immediacy on EFL Students’ Motivation: the Case of First year Students at University of"

Abstract

Teacher immediacy is a key element in classroom interaction.It pertains to both verbal and nonverbal immediacy behaviours. The present study investigates the relationship between teachers’ immediacy behaviours and learners’ motivation. It aims at identifying the use of teachers’ immediacy in English as a foreign language classroom and its relationship with learners’ motivation. That is, the study attempts to explore the nexus between teachers’ verbal and nonverbal immediacy behaviours and their learners’ motivation in learning English as a foreign language. To achieve the aim of the research, a non-experimental exploratory study was conducted. A correlational research design was opted for, in which 60 first-year undergraduate students of English were involved. Two instruments of data collection were used: a questionnaire directed to 60 (out of 236) randomly selected students, and a classroom observation conducted in Oral Expression classes