Teaching Essay from the Perspective of Students Expectations

Abstract

Students have many expectations towards their teacher during the learning process. This paper explores aspects of students expectations towards essay teaching, seen from the perspectives of three secondary school students. This study adopted the multicase, multisite case study approach. Three form-five students were involved as study participants and were selected through purposeful sampling. A set of unstructured interview protocols was used as a data collection instrument. Data obtained through the unstructured interview protocols were analysed using the thematic approach to construct themes and answer the study questions related to students expectations in learning essay writing. The results showed five aspects of students expectations towards essay writing lessons quality essay teaching, teaching essays in different stages, teaching essay writing through diverse methods, feedback on writing and writing interventions. Overall, teachers should be focused on students expectations to ensure the effectiveness of essay teaching.