NO.

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS - EFL TEACHERS RELATED RESEARCH QUESTION FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS

1. To what extent does teachers'

1 How would you define your teaching method? backgrounds influence their perception
of contextual teaching methods?
1. To what extent does teachers'
2 How do you see your teaching context in SDK as opposed to previous experiences? backgrounds influence their perception
of contextual teaching methods?
1. Would you say it's an effective
2. How is situated cognition as a influence?
How does the current context and culture within and around the school influence
3 contextual teaching method employed 2. Does this only apply to certain lesson
your method?
by teachers in the classroom? contents?
3. If it doesn't, why do you think so?
2. How is situated cognition as a
4 Do you relate school contexts to your lesson content? Why/Why not? contextual teaching method employed
by teachers in the classroom?
1. What resources do you consult to? Do
you take your experiences as
3. How does situated cognition references?
5 How do you prepare your EFL lesson plans? influence knowledge delivery in the 2. What adjustments do you make to
classroom? ensure effective learning in class?
3. How are these lesson content and
delivery received by the students?
1. Do they see it as useful for their
future careers?
4. How is language acquisition ensured
2. Do you dictate how it can be used for
6 How do the students perceive English as a language? and assessed through the contextual
them?
teaching strategy?
3. Do you assess their language use
outside of class?
4. How is language acquisition ensured
Do you relate the lesson content to students' daily lives outside of class? Why/Why
7 and assessed through the contextual
not?
teaching strategy?
4. How is language acquisition ensured
What are common things you say to students to get lessons across/ease content
8 and assessed through the contextual
delivery?
teaching strategy?
 4. How is language acquisition ensured
9 How do you measure student comprehension of your lessons? and assessed through the contextual
teaching strategy?
4. How is language acquisition ensured
What are your strategies to mitigate ineffective learning (e.g lack of student
10 and assessed through the contextual
motivation, adjusting lesson plans, etc)
teaching strategy?
1. Can you describe how and when?
3. How does situated cognition 2. If not, why?
What issues related to student and school conditions have influenced learning
11 influence knowledge delivery in the 3. Do they engage with learning content
activities?
classroom? such as books and other materials
outside of class?
1. Do you communicate their learning
4. How is language acquisition ensured
goals with them? How? Why/Why not?
12 Have students applied their learning outside of class? and assessed through the contextual
2. Are they aware of their learning
teaching strategy?
milestones?
1. What kind of language do you use in
4. How is language acquisition ensured class? Do you adjust your own language
13 How do they perceive their learning objectives? and assessed through the contextual to be better received by the students?
teaching strategy? 2. What are your strategies in preparing
students for a class session?
3. How does situated cognition
How do you think your perception of students and school situattion influence the
14 influence knowledge delivery in the
way you deliver lessons?
classroom?
1. How do you associate languae and
context during the learning process?
2. What tools or technology do you use
to ensure effective application of this
method/strategy?
15 What strategies do you use to apply situated cognition in the learning process? 3. How do students respod to this
method as opposed to teacher-led
lectures and dialogues?
4. Do you have differentiated methods
of employing this for other students
with differing learning levels?

NO. INTERVIEW QUESTIONS - NON EFL TEACHERS FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS

NO. INTERVIEW QUESTIONS - NON EFL TEACHERS FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS

5. What are the impacts of situated

1 How would you describe your current teaching context? cognition to teachers' perception of
their roles in the school structure?
5. What are the impacts of situated Does your situated cognition influence
2 Do you situate yourself in a certain condition prior to teaching? cognition to teachers' perception of your communication with other
their roles in the school structure? teachers and vice versa?
6. How does the teachers' situated
cognition influence their
3 How would you describe your communication with other teachers?
communication as part of the teacher
structure?
6. How does the teachers' situated
Do you discuss certain methods or collaborate on establishing a strategy with other cognition influence their
4
teacherS? communication as part of the teacher
structure?
3. How does situated cognition
How does the current context and culture within and around the school influence
5 influence knowledge delivery in the
your method?
classroom?
Does this perception influence the way you or the EFL teachers communicate with 6. How does the teachers' situated
6
the rest of the school structure? cognition influence their
How would you compare your methods and strategies with those of the English communication
5. What are the as part ofofthe
impacts teacher
situated
7 teachers'? (Or if you also teach English, how would you compare the differences structure?to teachers' perception of
cognition
between EFL strategies and other lessons?) their roles in the school structure?
2. How is situated cognition as a
8 Do you relate school context with your lesson plans and strategies? contextual teaching method employed
by teachers in the classroom?
2. How is situated cognition as a
9 Do you relate student background with your lesson plans and strategies? contextual teaching method employed
by teachers in the classroom?
1. To what extent does teachers'
10 How would you define your teaching methods and strategies? backgrounds influence their perception
of contextual teaching methods?
Research questions

1. To what extent does teachers' backgrounds

influence their perception of contextual teaching
methods?
2. How is situated cognition as a contextual teaching
method employed by teachers in the classroom?

3. How does situated cognition influence knowledge

delivery in the classroom?

4. How is language acquisition ensured and assessed

through the contextual teaching strategy?

5. What are the impacts of situated cognition to

teachers' perception of their roles in the school
structure?

6. How does the teachers' situated cognition

influence their communication as part of the
teacher structure?