The Effect of Teaching Approaches in Drawing Students Attention and its Impact on the Learning Process A Case Study of First year middle school students at Bachir Ibrahimi and Foudil Iskender Middle schools

Abstract

A large number of students face difficulties in understanding the information they receive from their teachers during the lesson, and those difficulties are due to the lack of attention. It is well-established that attention is a vital component in every student's learning process; if they pay attention to the lesson, they will understand it and vice versa. This study explores the effect of the different teaching approaches in drawing students’ attention and how they impacts their learning process. In this context, teaching approaches are defined as a collection of principles, beliefs, or ideas about the nature of learning, implemented in the classroom. Any language teaching strategy is based on a theoretical understanding of what language is and how it may be learned. To answer the research questions and to test the formulated hypotheses, a survey was distributed to a population of 47 male and female 1st-year students, plus their teachers who were asked to answer 21 questions; an interview was conducted with two teachers and three open questions dedicated to students. The responses were analyzed using the mixed method (qualitative and quantitative). The findings showed several factors that affect students’ attention as it revealed the need to change in both program and the used methodologies.