Characteristics of Preferred Elementary Language Teaching Curriculum: Teacher's Point of View

Abstract: Language learning at the elementary level improves students’ competency in language skills. Fulfilling this valuable goal requires the use of an appropriate model for elementary language teaching curriculum. Accordingly, the main purpose of this study is to determine the characteristics of desired model for elementary language teaching curriculum from teachers’ point of view. This study is conducted through an interwoven mixed method. The statistical population in the quantitative section included all elementary teachers in Kerman. From this population, 350 teachers were selected as sample by random cluster sampling. In the qualitative section, the sample included 30 pre-provincial teachers at the elementary level. The research instrument in quantitative section was a researcher-made questionnaire. In the qualitative section, a semi-structured interview was used to collect data. The results revealed the teacher’ priorities on three sections of fundamentals, principles and elements of elementary language teaching curriculum. These findings have important implications for curriculum designers and the writers of language teaching textbooks for elementary education.