CLASSROOM OBSERVATION AND IRANIAN EFL TEACHERS’ SKILLS AND STRATEGIES

The paper describes the processes used to examine the effectiveness of less experienced teachersʹ participation in experienced teachersʹ classes on English as a foreign language (EFL) teachersʹ skills and strategies. For this purpose, 21 EFL teachers teaching Elementary and Pre-intermediate courses were selected according to available sampling in KISH Language School in Bojnurd, a city in the Northeast of Iran. Data analysis and statistical calculations through Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test revealed that less-experienced teachersʹ participation in experienced teachersʹ classes had a significant effect on EFL teachersʹ skills and strategies used in their classroom and made them reflect on their own teaching.