How Psychology makes an Effective EFL Teacher?

Abstract

Educational psychology plays many roles in classroom. It is crucial in predicting, describing, explaining, controlling behaviour, and improving performance. It also helps teachers to find appropriate learning approaches and methods to retain knowledge, and techniques to address their student’s psychological needs and problems. EFL teaching in peteculler requires teachers to both master the content of their lectures and have an effective performance. The present work examines the impact of psychology on EFL educators’ performance in the classroom. The study starts by discussing some basic issues in psychology such as educational Psychology, student development, and psychological learning variables. A questionnaire was administered to 40 EFL students at Tlemcen secondary schools. It was followed by selecting 08 EFL secondary school teachers to respond to a structured interview for more data concerning the effect of psychology on their classroom performance. Finally, from data analysis, some suggestions and recommendations will be provided.