The Efficacy Of Teacher-Centered And Student-Centered Approaches In Foreign Language Teaching: A Quantitative Analysis

Abstract

Introduction: The focus of the study is to examine the methods of teaching a foreign language and a validation of the same on basis of the effects on student success. The position is that the teaching methods should have a direct role in enabling the learners to attain success and improvements in their performance in foreign language studies.

Methods: The study adopts confirmatory research due to the need to test hypotheses. In this regard, a quantitative research has been sought hence the execution of statistical analysis. The confirmatory design relies on mathematical processes to understand the relationship of variables.

Results/Discussions: The findings have indicated that teacher-centered methods of teaching foreign language do not have a positive perception as compared to student-centered approaches. The findings have demonstrated that reinforcement-led methods of teaching a foreign language do not have significant incremental effects on student achievement. In a different context, learner autonomous approach or student-centered methods in teaching a foreign language have significant incremental effects on student achievement.

Conclusion: Overall, the policy should be to enhance student-centered methods to attain success of the students at the same time increase their motivation as foreign student learners. The student-driven methods have positive impact on the improvement of linguistic skills of the candidates.