RATE Issues (Dec 2023)
The Psychosocial Aspects of Learning Environment in English as A Foreign Language Classrooms: EFL Students’ Perspectives
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychosocial aspects of the learning environment in English as a Foreign Language classes. To attain this purpose, descriptive research design was employed. A stratified random sampling was used to ensure the proportion of male and female students while simple random sampling was used to select the participants from each stratum. The study involved the gathering of data through What Is Happening In this Class questionnaire from 371 students. Descriptive (mean and SD) and inferential (MANOVA and ANOVA) statistics were computed to analyze the collected data. The results show that students perceived the psychosocial aspects of the learning environment of their English classes positively though they perceived the aspect of task orientation more positively than the other aspects of the psychosocial environment. This implies that the activities related to the task orientation aspect of the learning environment were often practiced whereas the activities related to aspects of cohesiveness, teacher support, involvement, cooperation, and equity were sometimes practiced in English classes. Female and male students also did not depict significant differences in their perceptions of the English classroom psychosocial environment. The study concludes that the psychosocial environments of the English classes need improvement for students to learn better.
