Abstract

The attention and interest of listener increase the motivation and performance of the lecturer. Thus, the lecturer becomes more lively, energetic and productive during his/her presentation. Especially in the educational environments, the students, who are the listener in the classroom atmosphere, have some influences over the teachers. The aim of this study is to identify the behaviors of the students on how that increases the motivation and performance of lecturers. To this end, 25 teachers and faculty members in the Turkish language and Turkish literature branches were consulted in the academic years of 2013-2014 in the city of Konya, Turkey. The study is a qualitative research, which was designed as in phenomenology research. The data presented by the participants were examined by the content analysis techniques deeply and classified into four titles. 

Key words: Listeners’ behaviors, education, listening education.