The Challenges of Implementing the Emirates Standardized Test as a Proficiency Test in the UAE: An Exploratory Study-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The Challenges of Implementing the Emirates Standardized Test as a Proficiency Test in the UAE: An Exploratory Study

Published:2024 Issue: Volume: Page:80-88
ISSN:2366-2557
Container-title:Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
language:en
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Author:

Khalil Abdelhamid A.

Abstract

AbstractThis study investigated teachers’ and educational leaders’ perspectives regarding the challenges that EFL twelfth graders encounter in relation to the Emirates Standardized Test (EmSAT). The study context was a private school in the UAE that follows the Ministry of Education curriculum. The present qualitative study adopted the phenomenological interpretive research approach. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews with four English teachers and four educational leaders. Data were also analysed using thematic analysis that led to the creation of relevant themes. The findings revealed a number of challenges related to the EmSAT exam and recommendations to overcome these barriers. These included issues related to time constraints, anxiety, stress, lack of teaching resources, and learners’ low e-maturity level. The study had some implications for teachers, educational leaders, school administrations and policymakers.

Publisher

Springer Nature Switzerland

Link

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-031-56121-4_8

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