Teacher's Opinions of English Language Supervisors

This study aimed at assessing teachers' opinions of English language supervisors in the northern districts of Palestine. The study tried also to investigate the effect of the respondents' gender, qualification, experience and district on their opinions of English language supervisors. Furthermore, the study attempted to answer the major question of the study which asks "what are the opinions of English language teachers about English language supervisors in the northern districts of West Bank?" To investigate the major question of the study and the other null hypotheses, data were gathered from 151 teachers who represented the sample of the study. The subjects of the study responded to a questionnaire of the researcher's design which included the following domains: relations with teachers, supervisory practices, training sessions, curriculum and evaluation. After analyzing the related data by using the SPSS program, the results revealed that teachers' opinions of English language supervisors were almost negative on the five domains of the study which means that English language supervisors did not follow satisfactory methods in English language supervision. The results also revealed that teachers' opinions of English language supervisors were not affected by the respondents' gender, qualification and experience. However, teachers' opinions were affected by the district variable and Qalqiyah district received the best opinions over the other four districts concerning the afore- mentioned domains. Based on the results of this study, the researcher suggested that the recent supervisory practices be improved and modified by the English language supervisors. Finally, the researcher recommended that similar studies be conducted in other districts of West Bank.