On the Application of Teacher Expectancy Effect in English Teaching

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10.2991/emcs-16.2016.231How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Teacher Expectancy Effect; Factors; Application; Various measures; English Teaching

Abstract

Rosenthal Effect (Pygmalion Effect) is a form of self-fulfilling prophecy and has been applied to researches in many fields in recent years. It is the application of Rosenthal Effect in the education field. Teacher expectation is teacher’s expectation and concern for students on the knowledge of them. Teacher Expectancy Effect is the influence or result upon students on the basis of teacher’s expectations. Thus, the effect on student progress is of great importance in educational research. That is, students’ achievements have a certain relation to teachers’ expectations. Teacher Expectancy Effect has positive or negative effect and non-generalization. The influential factors and transmissive ways are also involved in this paper. More emphasis is put on the applications of Teacher Expectancy Effect in English teaching. Various measures should be taken to help the formation of suitable and positive Teacher Expectancy Effect so as to improve English teaching more effectively.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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