IMPACT OF EFL TEACHERS TEACHING STYLE ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND SATISFACTION: AN EVIDENCE FROM PUBLIC SECTOR UNIVERSITIES OF KARACHI

Abstract

This empirical research aimed to investigate the effect of EFL teachers' teaching style on students' academic performance and satisfaction. Students' academic performance and satisfaction have been a core issue at higher educational institutions in Pakistan. EFL teachers' teaching style is an essential factor that influences teaching and learning. The data for the study were collected from the English department students at two public sector universities in Karachi. through a survey questionnaire using a simple random sampling technique. The total data for this study were collected from n=400 respondents; there were n=21 outliers, whereas the useable sample size for the current study was n=379. Researchers used SPSS v. 22 for data screening and Partial Least Square -Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) to establish a measurement model and test the hypotheses. The finding of the first hypothesis revealed that EFL teachers' teaching style has a positive and significant impact on the students' academic performance at the higher education level. The findings of the second hypothesis revealed that students' academic performance has a negative and insignificant impact on the students'satisfaction at higher education levels. Moreover, the present study model holds high predictive power, and thus, findings can be generalized. The mediation, moderation and qualitative interviews were beyond the scope of the present study.