Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Adıyaman Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitü Dergisi, cilt.1, sa.51, ss.30-66, 2025 (TRDizin)
This qualitative multiple case study is to investigate whether the thinking and teaching styles of English language teachers are perceived by their students in action. This study, which was conducted at a state university in Turkey, included two English language teachers and their students who had been trained in the English preparatory program for one academic year. Convenience sampling was used for the study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with teachers and students to collect data. The research data were interpreted and analyzed with two strategies, direct interpretation and categorical aggregation, within the scope of the content analysis method. According to the results of the study, in both cases, the teachers' teaching styles reciprocated by their students, while the teachers' thinking styles partially reciprocated in the classroom. The thinking and teaching styles that the two English language teachers wanted to bring into the classroom were largely similar. It was seen that some contextual factors were effective in the formation of the thinking and teaching styles.
Keywords: Teaching English, EFL teachers, thinking styles, teaching styles.