scholarly journals Uncovering Saudi English Language Majors' Cognitive Beliefs about Learning English Literature

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 114
Author(s):  
Ayman Sabry Daif-Allah ◽  
Fahad Hamad Aljumah
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Classroom Practices ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Learning Preferences ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Cognitive Beliefs ◽  
Beliefs About Learning ◽  
Learning English

Evidence shows that learners' performance is largely influenced by their cognitive beliefs about learning. The main purpose of the present study is to identifying the cognitive beliefs of Saudi English Language major students in order to get a deeper insight into their inner thoughts about studying literature and to find out the effect of gender on deciding their preferences. A total of 71 male and female English language major Saudi students of the English Language and Translation Department in the Main Campus at Qassim University participated in the study. Data were collected quantitatively and qualitatively by means of students’ questionnaires and interviews. Findings show that participants hold both motivating and demotivating/unrealistic cognitive beliefs about literature learning. The results provide valid evidence on the participants' informed awareness of the social and academic benefits of learning English literature and uncovered their supportive cognitive beliefs that might enhance willingness to study foreign literature. Likewise, it is revealed that issues related to difficulty of literature learning, classroom practices, curriculum and career opportunities have created the established demotivating cognitive beliefs underlying participants' disinclination to literature study. Results also show that analysis of learners' cognitive beliefs would help modify unrealistic beliefs about literature learning and help create a motivating learning environment suitable for the growth of students’ knowledge. The study concluded that cognitive beliefs are the key word for the success of any educational development endeavors and should always be at the center of any learning process being the inner self human power that drives learners’ major behaviors toward their learning preferences and choice of courses. The study recommends identification of learners' cognitive beliefs so as to provide guidelines to English literature instructors to tailor their teaching methods to learners' realistic cognitive beliefs to avoid mismatches with classroom practices. The study also recommends investigating the global structure of the students’ cognitive beliefs to guide educationists in developing curricula that would help students acquire knowledge in an organized manner, and to improve it.

scholarly journals التعليم العالي تجديد في التعليم العالي: نشر الديمقراطية اللغوية في تدريس اللغة

لارك ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (36) ◽  
pp. 257-249
Author(s):  
د. إيمان علي الراشد
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Classroom Practices ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Study Data ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
University Lecturers ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Case Study Data

ABSTRACT The present study is a focus on the importance of linguistic democracy in English Language Teaching (ELT). The paper discusses the need for utilizing democracy in the educational practices in language teaching. The study is a qualitative case study. Data were collected using interviews, classrooms observations and fieldnotes. The present study examines the conceptions of three participants, university lecturers who were chosen from three faculties, on the role of democracy in language teaching. Additionally, the paper presents the impact of the lecturers' conceptions on their practices in classrooms. In accordance with the obtained data, it was observed that there is a limited knowledge on understanding the role of democracy in language teaching. This was clearly manifested in the classroom practices.

scholarly journals The Practices and Obstacles of English Language Teaching in Intellectual Disability Classroom: A Case Study at Special School (SLB) in Palembang

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Dalilan ◽  
Eka Sartika ◽  
Deyana Indah Lestari
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Mental Condition ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Learning English

Individuals with disabilities learn with difficulties such as physical, emotional, mental, and social deficiencies. In a limited physical and mental condition, they are faced with problems in learning, particularly in learning English. This study aims at revealing practices and obstacles in learning English in an intellectual disability classroom that affected the teaching practices. A case study method was used in this study. This study's participants were two teachers at SLB-C Tuna Grahita Palembang selected by a typical sampling technique. The observation and interview were used to collect data regarding realized practices and obstacles in teaching English to students with intellectual disabilities. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The study results indicated that English language teaching practices in intellectual disability classrooms were similar to the regular ones but more oriented to students' needs. The obstacles of English language teaching were affected by intellectual disability students' limitations in writing, reading, speaking, listening skills, and heterogeneous ability.

scholarly journals LIMITED ENGLISH-PROFICIENT STUDENTS: ANALYSIS OF SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCES

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (97) ◽  
pp. 2-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Karanauskienė ◽  
Asta Lileikienė ◽  
Lina Danilevičienė
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Limited English Proficient ◽  
Study Skills ◽  
English Language ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Self Study ◽  
External Causes ◽  
The University ◽  
Learning English

Background. Many long-term adolescent and adult learners experience persistent academic underachievement in English in spite of many years of schooling. Students pertaining A2 level can be classified as Limited English- Proficient Learners who have not acquired English proficiency as required by the university, state and European guidelines. Research aim was to analyse the perceptions of underachieving students of reasons of their failure to gain English language proficiency of the required level aiming at increasing the knowledge on the problem and providing possible solutions for improvement. Methods. Participants’ perceptions of their underachievement reasons were elicited through individual unstructured in-depth interviews. Data analysis occurred concurrently with data collection using grounded theory as a method for analysing the data. Member checks with several research participants, reflexive journaling and peer debriefing were also utilized to ensure trustworthiness of the study . Results. The examination of interview transcripts revealed two big themes concerning the students’ underachievement in the English language: internal and external causes for being limited English-proficient learner. External causes were conditions for learning English at school and at the university: poor learning in primary grades, underestimated value of knowing and learning English at school, inadequate conditions for informal learning, and poor organization of English lessons. University factors mentioned were too few contact hours for English classes, inconvenient time-table, and lack of time due to other activities. Internal factors were fear to look unacceptable (resulting in the inactivity in the classes), lack of self-confidence, too much self-criticism, laziness, procrastination, finding faults with others, inadequate perception of the course, poor attitudes towards the course, lack of internal motivation, rating the module of English as a second-rate course, not knowing how to learn the language, and, what is most important, absence of self-study skills. Conclusions. Internal factors conditioning underachievement in the English language proved to be much more important than the external ones. Poor self-esteem, lack of motivation and poor attitudes towards the course suggest the need of the individualization of teaching/learning and psychological counselling. Lack of self-study skills can predict poor academic achievements in other university courses, which could result in drop-outs. This suggests the need of coaching students in learning skills. The collected data show that the teacher also plays a crucial role in language learning, however, the wider societal, cultural and psychological context should be articulated in further possible research as well. Study programmes at tertiary level should be designed to encourage both internal and external motivation of students to study foreign languages as an indispensable factor for developing a full-rate personality.

scholarly journals Motivations towards Learning English: The Case of Jordanian Gifted Students

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fadi Maher Al-Khasawneh ◽  
Mohammad Ahmad Al-Omari
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Gifted Students ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Male Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Motivational Level ◽  
Level Of Motivation ◽  
Learning English

<p>The present study aimed at investigating the motivational orientations of Jordanian gifted<br />school students in Ajloun governorate. For this purpose, 51 students from King Abdullah II in<br />Ajloun governorate participated in this study. Data was collected through a questionnaire<br />contained 20 items asking about the motivational level and orientation of learners. The<br />questionnaire was adapted from Gardner’s (1985) AMTB (Attitude, Motivation Test Battery)<br />questionnaire. The researchers used descriptive statistics for identifying the students’ level of<br />motivation towards learning English. Independent samples T-test was used to investigate the<br />differences in the level of motivation according to gender. The findings revealed that the<br />students were highly motivated towards learning English language with higher scores<br />reported for the sake of instrumental motivation. Female students reported higher level of<br />motivation than male students with no statistically significant differences recorded<br />concerning this. Based on the results, some of the implications were presented and discussed.</p>

scholarly journals The review of crimes against foreign tourists: The case of MarmarisYabancı turistlere yönelik işlenen suçların incelenmesi: Marmaris Örneği

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1815
Author(s):  
Gökhan Ayazlar ◽  
Taylan Işık
Keyword(s):  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Public Prosecutor ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
June July ◽  
Document Review ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between tourism and crime has long been interested by researchers from various points of views. The present study addresses the crimes committed against tourists from overseas and aims to investigate based on the questions prepared with regard to the relevant literature. Study data, on the special permission issued by the Marmaris Chief Public Prosecutor Office, was collected in Marmaris County through document review method. Collected research data includes crimes committed against tourists in the period between 2011 and 2014. According to research findings covering tourists visiting Marmaris County from foreign countries, it was determined that females, 25-59 age group, employed ones, singles, and Britons were in higher risk group compared with other classification groups. Moreover, whereas these findings suggest that the most frequently crimes committed against tourists are robbery, injury, violation of immunity of residence and sexual assault, they are mostly experienced in June, July, August, and September months. The relationship between number of crimes committed against tourists and number of incoming tourists was investigated. It is expected that study results will be beneficent for destination managers and marketing professionals.  Finally, theoretical and practical consequences of findings obtained in the study were discussed. ÖzetTurizm ve suç arasındaki ilişki, sunduğu farklı bakış açıları ile uzun bir süredir araştırmacıların ilgi alanı içerisindedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı yabancı turistlere yönelik olarak işlenen suçları, literatüre bağlı olarak oluşturulan sorular kapsamında incelemektir. Çalışma verileri Marmaris Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığından alınan özel izinle, doküman inceleme yöntemiyle Marmaris’te toplanmıştır. Veriler 2011-2014 yıllarına ait turistlere yönelik olarak işlenen suçları içermektedir. Araştırma bulgularına göre Marmaris’e gelen yabancı turistlerden kadınların, 25-59 yaş aralığındakilerin, çalışanların, bekâr olanların ve İngilizlerin suçla karşılaşma olasılıkları karşılaştırıldıkları diğer gruplara göre daha yüksektir. Ayrıca araştırma kapsamında elde edilen bulgulara göre turistlere yönelik en fazla işlenen suçlar hırsızlık, yaralama, konut dokunulmazlığının ihlali ve cinsel saldırı olarak belirlenmiştir. En fazla suç işlenen aylar ise Haziran, Temmuz, Ağustos ve Eylül ayları olmuştur. Turistlere yönelik işlenen suç sayısı ile gelen turist sayısı arasındaki ilişki elde edilen bulgular ve literatür ışığındadeğerlendirilmiştir. Çalışma sonuçlarının destinasyon yöneticileri ve pazarlama uzmanları için fayda sağlaması beklenmektedir.  Çalışmada elde edilen bulguların teorik ve pratik sonuçları tartışılmaktadır.

scholarly journals Interplay between Beliefs about Reading Stratagems and Classroom Practices of Secondary School Teachers in Teaching Reading Comprehension

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 56-62
Author(s):  
Itbar Khan ◽  
Farooq Nawaz Khan ◽  
Nazia Saeed
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
English Language ◽  
Classroom Practices ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Belief System ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
English Language Teachers

The current study is built on the idea that teachers’ classroom practices are influenced by their belief system. The research investigated the beliefs of teachers about the position of reading stratagems, and their classroom implementation among 141 secondary school English teachers and found the association between their beliefs about the position of reading comprehension stratagems and their classroom application. It is a descriptive study, data were collected through a questionnaire. Means and Pearson correlation were calculated for finding out the relationship between the variables. The study found that reading stratagems in reading comprehension and their practices in classrooms are positively correlated. The study recommends understanding the conceptions of English language teachers in schools for the effective teaching of English in general and reading stratagems in particular.

scholarly journals Improve Students’ Skills in Listening Comprehension by Using Song Based on Multimedia

Tamaddun ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-70
Author(s):  
Hariratul Jannah ◽  
Abdollah Abdollah ◽  
Syahria Majid
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Listening Comprehension ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
English Language Education ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Education Study

In order to improve the quality of learning English, especially listening skills, students of the English Literature Study Program and the English Language Education Study Program submitted  the research title "Improving the Skill of Student Multimedia Comprehension Listening Through Multimedia-Based Song Media." The specific objectives of this study were to: 1) improve listening skills in English-speaking students of the English Language and Literature Study Program at the Faculty of Letters of UMI; 2) developing listening learning models with multimedia-based song media. This research was conducted in the UMI English Literature and English Language Education Study Program at the Faculty of Letters with targeted results as follows: 1) in one year this was a valid draft model for learning listening with multimedia-based song media. The method used in this study is action research with a population of 156 students. This study produced a draft listening comprehension model, the results of the study showed that the learning process of Listening comprehension used multimedia-based songs with subtitles of positive student responses. From the questionnaire / questionnaire / close questionnaire shows ≥ 75% of students respond more easily and prefer the learning process to understand meaning and understand what is heard from native speakers in learning listening comprehension. This study recommends for listening lecturers to use songs as one of the media in learning that will improve student skills  

scholarly journals Language Learning Strategies Used by Male and Female Literature Students at Post Graduate Level

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Muhammad Arfan Lodhi ◽  
Farzana Ismail ◽  
Aisha Fatima ◽  
Numra Qayyum ◽  
Hina Afsheen
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Cognitive Strategies ◽  
Language Learning Strategies ◽  
Graduate Level ◽  
Significant Similarity ◽  
Post Graduate ◽  
Learning English

Language learning strategies play an important role in acquiring language proficiency skills at different levels of learning. The current study being quantitative in nature, has been carried out to investigate the role played by language learning strategies (LLS) while learning English literature at post graduate level. Therefore 160 students from three different institutions were randomly selected to participate in this survey-oriented project. An instrument originally created by Oxford (1980&ndash;1990) about Strategy inventory of learning a language (SILL) version 0.7 and further modified after piloting was distributed among the students. The findings of the sturdy reveal positive relation of strategies among the students while the females surpassed over male participants in adopting strategic use of learning. Obtained data show that there was no significant similarity found among them; but lot of differences observed regarding use of different strategies. The females were most frequent users of memory, cognitive, affective, meta-cognitive and social strategies while male learners were involved in using compensatory, cognitive and also the active users of meta-cognitive strategies. As far as difficulties during learning English literature are concerned: a lot of major aspects of language learning strategies were observed that need to be solved. On the whole, students at postgraduate level are aware of LLS and utilize these strategies while learning English language and literature.

scholarly journals Social Media Usage for Learning English Language

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 470-475
Author(s):  
Saidatul Hanim
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
The Social ◽  
Learning English

The reason of this consider was to decide the sorts of social media utilized by fourth-semester students of the Department of English Literature, Universitas Negeri Medan, for learning English. The analyst utilized clear subjective inquire about, and the information were collected using a questionnaire. The participants were 50 students of the Department of English Letters, Muria Kudus University. The results showed that the social media used by students to learn English were YouTube (94%), Instagram (72%), WhatsApp (62%), Twitter (32), Facebook (30%), Line (10%), Google (2%), TikTok (2%).

scholarly journals Pengembangan Proses Bisnis dan Rancangan Aplikasi Sistem Informasi Penerimaan dan Penilaian Peserta Co - Ass pada RSUD

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
Yanti Yanti ◽  
Yunita Fransisca ◽  
Jacklyn Suwargo
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Regional Hospital ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Admission Process ◽  
Analysis And Design ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Training Unit

This study aims to is to explore the admission process and assessment of participant Co – Assistant doctor on a regional hospital which is still performed manually, to identify problems encountered and required information in the development of Information Systems of Participants Acceptance and Assessment of Co – Assistant doctor, and design the information System . Methods used are literature study, data collection (observation and interviews), analysis, and design. This study results in a computerized information systems of acceptance and assessment of Co - Ass participant  to improve the quality of service from the Human Resources division. Creating the required reports assists the Head of HR to determine the performance of Co - Ass. In addition, the design of information systems  reduces the possibility of data losses and documents recording errors made by the Executive Training Unit, and assist the hospital management in confirming the existing organizational structure and its duty of each division to provide document creation system and authorization by the external parties.

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