STUDENTS EXPECTATIONS TOWARD THEIR TEACHERS: A STUDY ON TEACHERS’ COMPETENCE, GENDER ISSUES AND POLITENESS BETWEEN TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN INDONESIAN CONTEXT

Abstract

This paper depicts the students’ perception on the ways their teachers teach them. There were 80 respondents involved in this research consisting 40 students from undergraduate and 40 students from graduate program. The respondents are the English students of the Graduate and undergraduate Program of the State University of Makassar. An open ended questionnaire was distributed to them to reveal their perception towards their teachers’ teaching styles. The findings of this research revealed expectations from students towards their teachers in terms of the use of materials and methods in the class, the classroom interaction and management by the teachers, and the teachers’ personal identities. Some other aspects such as gender relation and politeness were taken into consideration on the students’ preferences.

Key words: English Language Teaching, English Teachers, English Students, Teaching Methods, Teaching materials, gender, politeness