A comparative study of teachers' and students' perceptions of the effective English teacher at Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the perceptions of English language teachers/faculty members and students about effective English language teaching. In addition, it aims to find whether there are statistical significant differences between English teacher and student perceptions about effective English language teaching and how the dimensions: Professional, English teaching, personal, and interpersonal qualities are order-ranked according to importance. Proposed qualities of effective teaching were organized under four sections: Professional, English teaching, personal and interpersonal qualities. In addition, participants were asked to note other qualities that did not already exist in the questionnaire. The study targeted male and female faculty members and EFL students at Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University. The study found that both faculty members and students have highly positive perceptions of the teaching qualities proposed in the study. The study also found statistically significant differences between faculty members and students in their perceptions about effective English language teaching in favour of faculty members. There was no statistically significant difference that can be ascribed to gender (i.e. in general for all participants, faculty members and students). Similarly, there was no statistically significant difference that can be ascribed to experience.