scholarly journals The predictors of exam performance of Kazakh university students and secondary school pupils learning Turkish

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Marc Dewaele
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
University Students ◽  
Teacher Perceptions ◽  
Exam Performance ◽  
Teacher Gender ◽  
Complex Interactions ◽  
External Variables ◽  
Attitudinal Characteristics ◽  
Secondary School Pupils ◽  
Classroom Anxiety

Abstract The present study investigates the effect of sociobiographical, emotional, attitudinal characteristics and teacher perceptions of 275 Kazakh secondary school pupils and 317 university students on their exam performance in Turkish as a foreign language (FL). Multiple regression analyses reveal that exam results in Turkish of secondary school pupils are predicted by teacher gender, participant’s age, attitude towards the FL and FL Classroom Anxiety. A very different picture emerges for university students, where FL level, participant’s gender, FL Enjoyment, FL Classroom Anxiety and teacher’s age explain more than twice as much variance. FL exam scores for both groups are thus underpinned by different sets of complex interactions between multiple learner-internal and learner-external variables and the effect of emotions is much stronger among university learners.

scholarly journals The Development of Intercultural Competence of Secondary School Pupils and University Students

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kateryna V. Krotik ◽  
Kateryna V. Krotik
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
University Students ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Education Standards ◽  
Educational Profession ◽  
Secondary School Pupils

Some issues regarding how secondary school pupils’ and university students’ (majoring in English, Chinese) intercultural competence, which are to be developed under conditions of the coronavirus pandemic COVID-19, are presented in the article. The authors review the literature on the education standards alongside some native and foreign scholars’ definitions of the pedagogical phenomenon “competence.” The purpose of the study is to analyze the model of competence under focus. We introduce some learning objectives aimed at developing secondary school pupils’ and university students’ intercultural competence. The problem`s relevance is preconditioned by the expanded intercultural and interethnic ties within Ukraine and other countries, which are to be observed when dealing with representatives of different countries and considered when elaborating the competence-based framework for secondary school pupils and university students. The leading suggestions (findings) related to the study have been given: systematic formation of the intercultural competence of secondary school pupils and university students, improvement of the existing curricula, and syllabi’s adaptation of the educational profession-oriented training programs intended future translators and teachers of foreign languages.

scholarly journals The Development of Intercultural Competence of Secondary School Pupils and University Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 244-263
Author(s):  
Kateryna V. Krotik ◽  
Oleksandra O. Morhun
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
University Students ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Education Standards ◽  
Educational Profession ◽  
Secondary School Pupils

Some issues regarding how secondary school pupils’ and university students’ (majoring in English, Chinese) intercultural competence, which are to be developed under conditions of the coronavirus pandemic COVID-19, are presented in the article. The authors review the literature on the education standards alongside some native and foreign scholars’ definitions of the pedagogical phenomenon “competence.” The purpose of the study is to analyze the model of competence under focus. We introduce some learning objectives aimed at developing secondary school pupils’ and university students’ intercultural competence. The problem`s relevance is preconditioned by the expanded intercultural and interethnic ties within Ukraine and other countries, which are to be observed when dealing with representatives of different countries and considered when elaborating the competence-based framework for secondary school pupils and university students. The leading suggestions (findings) related to the study have been given: systematic formation of the intercultural competence of secondary school pupils and university students, improvement of the existing curricula, and syllabi’s adaptation of the educational profession-oriented training programs intended future translators and teachers of foreign languages.

scholarly journals Maths Sparks: Developing Community and Widening Participation

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aoibhinn Ni Shuilleabhain ◽  
Anthony Cronin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
University Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Widening Participation ◽  
University Mathematics ◽  
Department Staff ◽  
Secondary School Pupils ◽  
Mathematics Department

Improving the engagement of university students in wider issues of teaching and learning is now an important driver in higher education. Additionally, widening the participation of those who access higher education is a matter of increasing prominence. In this paper we report on a case study initiative addressing both of these issues in a university mathematics department. Staff and university students collaborated in developing a series of mathematics workshops, called Maths Sparks, for secondary school pupils from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. We report on the development of student-staff community as a result of establishing this programme and discuss the increased engagement and motivation of both university students and secondary pupils participating in the series of activity-based workshops.

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