Investigating the Impact of Classroom Seating Arrangement on EFL Learners’ Motivation.

Abstract

Seating arrangement refers to the format of the physical setup of chairs, tables, materials in a school classroom. Classroom seating arrangement is crucial in classrooms because it supports the learning as well as the teaching process. In fact, researchers have revealed that there are strong effects of seating arrangement on learners motivation. Therefore, this research tried to shed light on the impact of classroom seating arrangement . Indeed, the central goal of this research is to illustrate the most effective types of seating arrangement on learners motivation. It attempted to clarify how different kind of seating arrangement increase learners motivation. Also, this research tried to reveal how teachers can use different seating arrangements to offer better EFL instruction. To explore this research, a case study was conducted at Akid Othman Middel School of Tissemsilt . The informants of this research were fourth year EFL students and EFL teachers. The results obtained from learners questionnaire and the teacher‟s interview revealed that classroom seating arrangement plays important roles for both teacher and learners. Traditional seating arrangement and Clusters increase learners motivation better than U shape and Circle . Moreover, the results showed that the classroom seating arrangement depends on different factors to achieve lesson objectives.