scholarly journals Rola imienia we wczesnoszkolnym nauczaniu języków nierodzimych

1970 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karolina Adryan
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Professional Experience ◽  
Language Fluency ◽  
Pedagogical Innovation ◽  
Learning To Read ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Good Starting Point ◽  
Bilingual School

The article focuses on the effectiveness of the name-based method (Odimienna Metoda Nauki Czytania) developed by Irena Majchrzak in foreign language teaching to young pupils. Children’s names prove a good starting point for learning to read in a foreign language. As a valuable educational material of emotional charge, the name constitutes an integral part of the learner and thus can be used as a personalised primer containing a basic text to be the first read by children. Originally used to teach reading in Polish kindergartens, the name-based method may inspire teachers in teaching a foreign language to young learners as an ingenious pedagogical innovation. My professional experience indicates that the reading skills in a foreign language in the first stage of education are underestimated. My data come from a six-month experiment in a primary bilingual school where I introduced the name-based method. As a result, the children’s own names in their foreign language versions provided an excellent educational basis. The conclusions reveal that this method helps in expanding vocabulary, developing linguistic sensitivity, stimulating communication skills, and positively affecting language fluency.

scholarly journals A Corpus-based Study of Gender Representation in ELE Textbooks — Language, Illustrations and Topic Areas

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 211
Author(s):  
Johanna Lea Korell
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Gender Representation ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
General Introduction ◽  
Teaching Pedagogy ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Gender Awareness ◽  
State Of Research

In the following article, gender-related aspects in ELE textbooks will be examined from a broader thematic point of view, as well as detailed linguistic perspective. As a starting point, the state of research on gender-related studies in foreign language teaching pedagogy and research in Germany will be outlined, followed by a discussion on the importance of gender awareness promoting textbooks. After a general introduction and a rationale for the relevance of the study, central findings of studies examining gender representation in ELE textbooks will be discussed. This is followed by an analysis, in which specifics of textbook analysis and sampling criteria are explained. Furthermore, an analysis model is developed, based on the latest findings of gender-related textbook research. After an excursus on language-specific possibilities of gender sensitivity in Spanish, the results of the analysis are presented and discussed. Finally, implications of the findings for teachers will be deduced and recommendations regarding what can be done to promote and deepen gender awareness of learners will be given.

scholarly journals An Extensive Reading Approach to Language Teaching

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (1-2 (5)) ◽  
pp. 70-75
Author(s):  
Lili Karapetyan
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Extensive Reading ◽  
New Meanings ◽  
Leading Position ◽  
Teaching Programs

Reading, together with its various expressions, holds a leading position in foreign language teaching programs due to its huge educational significance. The article studies the role of extensive reading in language teaching, the ways of its application as well as its contribution to language teaching as a whole. Research suggests that extensive reading not only contributes to the improvement of reading skills of students, but also enriches their vocabulary and helps them perceive the new meanings of the already familiar words more easily.

Utilizing Innovative Video Chat Technology to Meet National Standards

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Shaheen Parveen ◽  
Cayley Pater
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
National Standards ◽  
University Of Pennsylvania ◽  
Language Fluency ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Performance Based Assessment

Responding to the need for foreign language fluency in ever-globalizing business and cultural spheres, the federal government and foreign language institutions in an eleven-member task force collaboratively published a set of nationally recognized, foundational standards for foreign language teaching. Rather than rely on teacher-centered classrooms where rote memorization is the rule, standards-based curricula are student-centered and emphasize meaningful communication in contexts that build cultural understanding. The new standards emphasize performance-based assessment, offer students opportunities to communicate in a variety of communicative modes and experience authentic cultural materials. In order to investigate the applicable strategic use of videochat technology in standards-based foreign language teaching, instructors from the Hindi STARTALK program at the University of Pennsylvania conducted a small case study to assess student responses to this modern technology-based interactive module. This paper focuses on a pedagogical intervention in which the Hindi instructors for the summer programs in 2010 and 2011 aimed to discover how communications technology, specifically Skype technology, could be used to effectively implement the National Standards.

scholarly journals Using Films in Vocabulary Teaching of Turkish as a Foreign Language

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Adem İşcan
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Foreign Language Learners

The use and utility of auditory and visual tools in language teaching is a common practice. Films constitute one of the tools. It has been found that using films in language teaching is also effective in the development of vocabulary of foreign language learners. The literature review reveals that while films are used in foreign language teaching and there are many studies in this subject, very few studies have been done in our country and this is not enough. In this study, the development of Turkish vocabulary of foreign students through films has been discussed. Examples of activities aimed at the development of reading skills through films that teachers can use in foreign language are presented.

scholarly journals Reading skills in a foreign language as a stage of professional competence formation

KANT ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 226-230
Author(s):  
Dmitry Vladimirovich Zhabin ◽  
Valentina Jurievna Ivanova
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Language Text

The paper deals with the need for new methods in foreign language teaching to students of non-linguistic universities. The article presents a strategy to optimize the foreign language lesson. As an example an algorithm with authentic technical text in German is considered. It makes possible to change the work with foreign language text. It is proposed to substitute the standard tasks to the practice-oriented, which purpose is to teach students to understand the text.

scholarly journals Vertalen in het vreemdetalenonderwijs: Wikipedia als didactisch hulpmiddel?

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (5 Zeszyt specjalny) ◽  
pp. 81-94
Author(s):  
Muriel Waterlot
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Extensive Study ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
The Other ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Catholic University ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Online Encyclopedia ◽  
The One

This article relates to the field of the didactics of foreign language teaching, and presents the results of a preliminary study carried out in order to determine the extent to which Wikipedia can be used as a didactic aid and learning tool in the translation lectures of foreign language teaching in the Master’s degree in Dutch at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (Poland). In view of the free access to this online encyclopedia, on the one hand, and the richness of texts (in Polish and Dutch) with a cultural content on the other, we investigated to what extent Wikipedia translation can be successfully used as a tool in L2 translation classes. The increasing importance of technological tools (such as electronic dictionaries, terminological databases, and machine translation software) for translation and its use in language teaching, on the one hand, and, on the other, the fact that Polish graduates in Dutch philology often work as translators, were the starting point for this research, which was conducted as a preliminary phase (case study) of a more extensive study into the practical application of Wikipedia translation activities in language acquisition classes.

scholarly journals EFFICIENT READING IN LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Yurko ◽  
I. Styfanyshyn ◽  
U. Protsenko ◽  
O. Koval
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Language Fluency ◽  
The World ◽  
Good Reading

Good reading skills are essential for language learners to have the sense of what sounds native. Reading helps to become familiar with the rhythm of the language. Reading in a foreign language has additional important benefits: reading skills enhancement improves the listening, speaking and writing abilities as well. Considering the necessity of proficient language skills and the significance of reading in a language fluency, the study defines and examines the main issues of efficient reading in learning a foreign language. The ability to read and comprehend the language better, learn more about the world, other people and other cultures, can be a great motivation to keep learning.

scholarly journals EXPLORING TEACHER’S ANXIETY IN USING ENGLISH AND THEIR MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AT BILINGUAL SCHOOL

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Mardhiyah Muchtar ◽  
La Ode Sidu Marafad ◽  
Kamaluddin Kamaluddin
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Social Strategies ◽  
English Classes ◽  
Teaching Anxiety ◽  
Psychological Influence ◽  
Bilingual School

Psychological influence is a never-ending aspect that can not be separated from language teaching and learning, and Foreign Language Teaching Anxiety is one of those psychological hindrances. This study was aimed to find out the causes of foreign language teaching anxiety (FLTA) of teachers in bilingual school, the effects, how the teachers deal with their anxieties, and school support in helping the teachers. This research employed qualitative research, and using a close-ended questionnaire, interview, and observations as sources of the data. The participants were all teachers of Lazuardi Ibnu Sina Elementary School which consists of 10 teachers (6 Homeroom Teacher and 4 Subject Teachers). The results indicated that the majority of teachers fear negative evaluations from the students and supervising teachers.  It also showed that the teachers used professional, personal, and social strategies to manage their anxieties.  As for the effects, most of the teachers think that teacher anxiety will affect their image in front of students and students will not get enough exposure to English. In light of these findings, it also showed that bilingual school should provide more English Classes and English Day for their teachers and school in order to improve their English skills and manage their teaching anxieties.

scholarly journals WYMIENNOŚĆ PARTNERÓW ASPEKTOWYCH, CZYLI KILKA UWAG NA TEMAT IRRELEWANCJI ASPEKT

2021 ◽  
pp. 51-62
Author(s):  
Beata Terka
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Material Research ◽  
Grammatical Category ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Polish Language ◽  
Good Starting Point

This paper discusses the issue of irrelevance of the aspect of the Polish verb. In specifi c contexts, the grammatical category of aspect, being obligatory in the Polish language, is in fact redundant. The identifi cation of such contexts (and hence review of the most important current observations and convictions in this respect), the attempt at ordering and describing them enabled systematic material research based on a (Polish–German and German–Polish) translation. The fi ndings presented in the paper might be a good starting point for a refl ection on the reasonability of including the described issue in curricula of teaching Polish as a foreign language. Due to its reach and frequency, the phenomenon of alternation of aspectual partners should be more frequently discussed in the literature dedicated to aspect and Polish glottodidactics

scholarly journals Teaching Spoken Production in Global Contexts 2021

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 213-223
Author(s):  
Nilakshi Phukan ◽  
Svitlana Volkova ◽  
Kateryna Tuliakova ◽  
Oleksandr Pasichnyk ◽  
Yuliya Kornytska
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Language Competence ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Law Faculty ◽  
Good Starting Point ◽  
Methodological Principles ◽  
Kyiv Polytechnic Institute ◽  
Methodological Guidelines

Shaping and developing communication skills in non-linguistic faculties in higher education institutions remain relevant. Thus, the theoretical and methodological guidelines for training English professionally-oriented spoken production are among significant problems. Intending to overcome some related challenges, we conducted this study to investigate the efficiency of using presentational speeches based on authentic video materials. The main aim of the research was to analyze the problem from methodological and didactic perspectives and substantiate the theoretical and methodological principles of the professional training of monolingual students through the experimental verification of the effectiveness of the proposed methodology. To achieve the objectives of this study, in the first stage, we determined the efficiency of pedagogical conditions for developing the foreign language competence of students. Then we verified the efficiency of using presentational speeches in teaching Spoken Production. At the last stage, we analyzed the effectiveness of the proposed methods of forming and developing foreign language competence (Spoken Production) by using presentational speeches. The study sample included 45 students of the Sociology and Law Faculty in the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”. We obtained the results that confirmed the efficiency of the presentational speech approach in teaching spoken production. Our study revealed that the presentational speech approach facilitates enhancement in the level of students’ professional competence. These findings provide a good starting point for discussion and further research.

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