A Senior High School Student’s Perception on EFL Teachers’ Teaching Factors

Abstract

Students’ learning experiences are significantly shaped by teaching factors. Through the perspective of a senior high school student, thisstudy aims to examine how teaching factors can affect learning interest. Qualitative research on teaching factors is rather uncommon in Indonesia. The researcher uses a thematic analysis design consisting of a senior high school student as a participant. The data was collected by interview uses an adapted guide from Quadir (2021) which has five teaching factors. The results of the interviews were then analyzed and categorized according to the themes. The results of the interview found there are three factors emerged from the student's perspective on teaching factors, namely teacher competence in developing and providing media and materials, teacher classroom management strategies, and teacher affective strategies.