scholarly journals Teachers’ strategies on teaching grammar: Facts and expectations of senior high school teachers at Ambon

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1121
Author(s):  
Threesje Roza Souisa ◽  
Lelyemin Yanuarius
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Conceptual Knowledge ◽  
Classroom Practices ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Grammar Teaching ◽  
Teaching Grammar

<span>This study is aimed at describing the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) senior high schools’ teachers’ perceptions on grammar teaching; their teaching strategies which are the most and less frequently applied in their classroom practices and the challenges that they have in teaching grammar. Explanatory mixed approaches were conducted involving 63 teachers as the sample population in collecting quantitative data, and </span><span lang="IN">five</span><span> selected teachers as participants for collecting the qualitative data. The findings showed that teachers' perceptions of grammar teaching are based on their conceptual knowledge as they have experienced it and it is based on grammar theories. The teachers applied vary grammar approaches and strategies but they still face with the challenges in teaching grammar such as students' learning styles and less of teaching references.</span>

scholarly journals The Relationship between Teachers’ Beliefs of Grammar Instruction and Classroom Practices in the Saudi Context

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bayan Alghanmi ◽  
Nadia Shukri
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Teacher Development ◽  
Classroom Environment ◽  
English Language ◽  
Classroom Practices ◽  
Grammar Instruction ◽  
Grammar Teaching ◽  
Teachers Beliefs ◽  
English Language Institute ◽  
The Relationship

<p>Teacher cognition (Borg, 2015) of grammar instruction is a relatively new phenomenon that has yet to be explored in the Saudi context. While many studies have focused on the teaching of grammar in general (Ellis, 2006; Corzo, 2013; Braine, 2014), further research needs to be done - particularly when it comes to understanding teachers’ beliefs of grammar and grammar instruction as well as their practices in the classroom. This case study investigates the relationship between teachers’ beliefs of grammar and grammar instruction and their instructional practices. In the first stage, a sample of 30 teaching faculty members at the English Language Institute (ELI) at the University of Jeddah (UJ), in Saudi Arabia completed a survey discussing their beliefs related to grammar instruction. In the second stage, ten of these teachers were observed in classroom in order to explore the relationship between their beliefs and practices. In the third and final stage, open-ended questions were distributed to the teachers after the observations to better understand the factors that influence their beliefs. The findings reveal that teachers’ beliefs are indeed reflected in their classroom practices. Students’ proficiency level, attitudes toward the language, needs, learning styles, classroom environment, and teacher development are six factors that influence the transformation of teachers’ beliefs regarding grammar and grammar instruction into practices. These findings will help broaden the discussion on how to improve the quality of grammar teaching, particularly in the Saudi EFL classroom.</p>

scholarly journals Oral Corrective Feedback: Investigating Kurdish High School Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Yaseen Alzeebaree ◽  
Hussein Ali Ahmed ◽  
Idrees Ali Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Classroom Practices ◽  
Corrective Feedback ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Teachers Beliefs ◽  
Oral Corrective Feedback ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Academic Qualifications ◽  
The Relationship

The current research explores the relationship between the beliefs and the actual classroom practices of the Kurdish teachers of English as a foreign language (EFL) regarding oral corrective feedback (OCF). To collect the data required, a questionnaire was administered to 8 Kurdish teachers of EFL of different academic qualifications from three different schools, and likewise a 5-hour audio-recorded classroom observation was carried out with the same sample. The findings revealed that almost all teachers’ beliefs were identical with their actual practices with regard to who should provide OCF. In contrast, there was a discrepancy between their stated beliefs and practices in classroom regarding the timing of OCF, how to provide OCF and which types of errors to correct. The teachers highlighted the importance and the effectiveness of providing corrective feedback in EFL settings.

Content of teaching students of linguistic university grammar on the basis of Internet projects

2019 ◽  
pp. 34-42
Author(s):  
Elina Yuzbasheva
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Grammar Teaching ◽  
Grammatical Skills ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Teaching Grammar

Content of teaching foreign languages undergoes inevitable changes in connection with introduction of information and communication technologies. Education as an integral part of life of society has to match the criteria providing high-quality teaching process, at the same time the project method allows to execute the social order of society in more practice oriented approach to teaching. The place of grammar studying in the course of teaching foreign languages was not al-ways unambiguous: there were cases when it was under or overestimated in educational process. However, it is worth mentioning that without well formed grammatical skills of foreign language communication any of the most modern information and communication technologies are not capable to yield qualitative result. We consider a problem of adequate use of Internet projects for university students’ grammatical skills formation as well as an issue of the corresponding content of teaching grammar. Teaching foreign language to students of both linguistic university and other higher educational institutes is directed to formation of all components of foreign language com-municative competence. Project activity, as well as based on it educational Internet projects allow to bring this process of teaching to higher qualitative level. We carry out and develop: a) the analysis of the scientific works devoted to the concept “grammar” and its role in the history; b) the analysis of the researches devoted to selection of subject contents for grammatical skills formation of the students’ speech; c) the author’s subject contents of teaching grammar students of linguistic universities on the basis of implementation of foreign language Internet projects.

scholarly journals Vocational high school teachers' perceptions of organizational silence

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 856-873
Author(s):  
Sinan Girgin ◽  
Ali İlker Gümüşeli
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High Schools ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Public High Schools ◽  
Vocational High School ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Organizational Silence ◽  
Academic Year

This study was conducted to determine the organizational silence perceptions of teachers who work in public high schools in the Bağcılar district, Istanbul province of Turkey, and to specify whether they differ according to different variables. The survey model was used in the study. The research was performed with 323 teachers working in vocational high schools in the Bağcılar district of Istanbul in the 2017-2018 academic year. In the study, the random sampling method was employed. The "Personal Information Form" and "Organizational Silence Scale" were used as data collection tools. In the research, descriptive statistics, the independent samples t-test, one-way analysis of variance, and the Kruskal-Wallis test were performed. The general organizational silence perceived by vocational high school teachers was found to be "low." It was revealed that the perceived organizational silence of vocational high school teachers did not vary by gender, educational level, professional seniority, subject, and union membership, while the perceived general organizational silence varied depending on age.

scholarly journals Character, meaning in life, and well-being of students from teachers' perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 3073-3090
Author(s):  
Livia Yuliawati ◽  
Stefani Virlia ◽  
Meilani Sandjaja ◽  
Tasia Puspa Sari ◽  
Mopheta Audiola Dorkas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Character Education ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Well Being ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Junior High School Teachers ◽  
Teachers And Parents

Previous studies have revealed the benefits of character and meaning in life for individual well-being. However, little research has been conducted on elementary and junior high school teachers who teach students between the ages of 10-15 years (late childhood and early adolescence) in Indonesia. This study aims to explore teachers’ perceptions about character, meaning in life, and well-being. Interviews were conducted among 20 teachers. Our findings revealed that according to the teachers, the lessons and assessments in character education are well designed. However, coordination within the school community and with parents as well as specific roles between teachers and parents in building students’ character, meaning, and well-being needs to be improved. What teachers understood about meaning in life corresponds with the results of previous studies. Teachers’ understanding of well-being concept is still limited. They acknowledged family background, socioeconomic status, popularity, and academic achievement as important factors in students’ well-being.   Keywords: character; meaning in life; well-being; teachers; children; adolescents  

scholarly journals Vocational High School Teachers' Beliefs on Teaching Speaking Skills in English as a Foreign Language

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-346
Author(s):  
Khairunnisa Khairunnisa ◽  
Dadang Sudana ◽  
Rojab Siti Rodliyah
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Vocational High School ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Teachers Beliefs ◽  
English Speaking

Before improving and developing the best method for teaching speaking in vocational schools, teachers' beliefs and beliefs should be unpacked to know how far the understanding of them. This article presents a case study that examined vocational school teachers' beliefs and practices to do teach as a foreign language, especially speaking comprehension. Based on the case study, four teachers were asked to fill the questionnaire to get the information about their beliefs; forty students were confirming the practices of those beliefs in the classroom through questionnaires. Findings unfolded English teachers' views related to their roles, the students' positions, the effective English speaking teaching, the language used in the classroom, and the goals of teaching speaking. Based on the students' statement, the convergence of educators' beliefs to practices arrived at half of the teachers. The study results give teachers implications for constructing valid thoughts and provides an overview for stakeholders to decide an efficient teaching strategy.

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