Teacher-centered or Student-centered Learning Approach to Promote Learning?

Abstrak

This study investigates English department students learning needs including
their attitudes towards student-centered and traditional teaching approaches,
culture learning in English as Foreign Language (EFL) program, attitudes
towards authority in class, the main problems encountered in the course in
learning English and their practice of language learning strategies. In this
empirical study, following Xiao’s (2006) questionnaire, the data are collected
from undergraduates and postgraduates students. In analyzing the groups,
one-way ANOVA Test is used to identify whether the mean score on a variable
differed significantly from one group to another by taking into account
variation within groups as well as between groups. The findings of this
research provide EFL teachers with insightful information on students’
learning needs as an input to syllabus and material planning, to lesson
planning and classroom instruction practice. The study demonstrates the
importance of a good understanding of students’ variables in TEFL programs
at university level in Indonesia.