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DOI: 10.15507/1991-9468.099.024.202002.185-205
Classroom Management in EFL Classes: Perception in China and Russia
Natalia V. Chicherina
Deputy Director of the National Research University Higher School of Economics (16 Soyuz Pechatnikov St., St. Petersburg 190008, Russia), Professor, Dr.Sci. (Pedagogy), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1040-9120, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Feng Liu
Post-graduate Student of Chair of Translation and Applied Linguistics, Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M. V. Lomonosov (17 Naberezhnaya Severnoy Dviny, Arkhangelsk 163002, Russia), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1497-0724, Scopus ID: 57208142910, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Oksana Yu. Obraztsova
Lecturer at Higher School of Psychology, Pedagogy and Physical Education, Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M. V. Lomonosov (17 Naberezhnaya Severnoy Dviny, Arkhangelsk 163002, Russia), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8457-5746, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Introduction. Classroom management has been one of the most vital fields of study of language teaching. It deals with establishing and maintaining a safe and positive learning environment, which is an essential condition for effective teaching. The rapid growth of the internationalization of education calls for comparing classroom management across countries. However, the comparative study of this aspect Chinese and Russian has long been delayed. The aim of this study is to examine the perception of classroom management in China and Russia regarding teaching English as a Foreign Language.
Materials and Methods. In this research classroom management is defined by three fundamental aspects: instructional management in a traditional and online setting; behavioral management through discipline and timing; and behavioral management through communication and teacher-student relationships. A 5-point Likert scale questionnaire was implemented at both Chinese and Russian universities, three quartiles and Mann–Whitney U test were applied to the interval data.
Results. By cross-culturally analyzing similarities and differences in perception of questionnaire items, it is found that generally, the perception of classroom management between Chinese and Russian respondents has more similarities than the distinctions. The authors also gave several practical recommendations to teaching staff for more adequate classroom management in China and Russia.
Discussion and Conclusion. Understanding differences in perception of Chinese and Russian respondents at universities are helpful for teaching staff and students to understand each other’s expectation, as well as stimulating new or modified strategies of classroom management. Potential areas of further research can cover the causes of differences and similarities in perception and practices of classroom management across Chinese and Russian culture.
Keywords: classroom management, instructional management, behavioral management, motivation, classroom communication, classroom relationships, English as a Foreign Language
For citation: Chicherina N.V., Liu F., Obraztsova O.Yu. Classroom Management in EFL Classes: Perception in China and Russia. Integratsiya obrazovaniya = Integration of Education. 2020; 24(2):185-205. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15507/1991-9468.099.024.202002.185-205
Contribution of authors:
Natalia V. Chicherina – research on the theoretical part; supervision of the empirical study.
Feng Liu – implementation of empirical research; discussion about literature review and gained data and the article’s writing.
Oksana Yu. Obraztsova – processing, analysis and discussion of obtained data using ad equate tools.
All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Submitted 13.05.2019; revised 10.01.2020; published online 30.06.2020.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.