Text-image complementarity and genre in English as foreign language textbooks

Semiotica ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peichin Chang ◽  
Hsin-Jung Tsai
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Ninth Grade ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Visual Images ◽  
Text And Image ◽  
Specific Relation ◽  
English As Foreign Language ◽  
Reader Engagement ◽  
Nominal Groups

Abstract Relating visual images to textual messages may have great potential in facilitating students’ reading comprehension. The inevitable and important presence of visuals in textbooks obliges language teachers to exploit all semiotic resources to deepen students’ understanding. However, analysis of how images interact with text in textbooks has been rare, and among the efforts it has generally been found that visuals and text often fail to achieve coherence. This study investigates whether and how text and image complement each other ideationally (i.e., the “what”) by six sense relations (e.g., synonymy and hyponymy) and interpersonally (i.e., reader engagement) by the Mood system in ninth-grade English as a Foreign Language (EFL) textbooks to reach intersemiotic complementarity (IC). The results revealed that ideational rather than interpersonal IC is more frequent, where many more Participants (i.e., the nominal groups) than Processes (i.e., the verbal groups) in the texts find their visual complements. Ideational IC is particularly high in Information Reports while Recounts generally mark higher percentages of interpersonal IC. To accomplish ideational IC, repetition is most frequent, followed by hyponymy (i.e., general-specific relation) and collocation (i.e., relations that naturally co-occur). Distinct IC patterns also characterize the different editions of textbooks investigated, which may suggest their different potentials in catering to students of varying proficiencies.

scholarly journals LISTENING DIFFICULTIES FACED BY THE FIRST SEMESTER STUDENTS AT BASIC LISTENING CLASS

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-61
Author(s):  
Yahmun Yahmun ◽  
Endang Sumarti ◽  
Debi Setyowati
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Private University ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Male Students ◽  
English As Foreign Language ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Spoken Text

This study aimed at describing difficulties faced by students in learning Listening. This study involved seventeen female students and eight male students taking Basic Listening course in one of private university in Malang, East Java. To gain the data, the researcher interviewed the subjects one by one. The findings, then, classified into several classes by referring to previous studies discussing listening difficulties in English as Foreign Language (EFL) classes. The findings showed that there were four difficulties faced by the students. They were the speed and length of the spoken text, vocabulary, pronunciation, and accents. Based on the findings, then, the researchers made several suggestions for further researchers and other language teachers to consider this study in their practice.

scholarly journals English as a foreign language instruction in Ecuador: Implementation of the Content and Language Integrated-Learning during 2019-2021

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
Pamela Barre ◽  
Jhonny Villafuerte-Holguin
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Foreign Language Instruction ◽  
Integrated Learning ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
English As Foreign Language ◽  
The Impact

Ecuadorian educational policy for English as Foreign Language instruction in Ecuador mandated in 2016 to introduce Content and Language Integrated-Learning (CLIL) methodology to improve the teaching and learning process. This research aims to analyze the implementation of CLIL methodology in zone 4 of Ecuador during 2019-2021. This work subscribed to the transformative paradigm and administrated quantitative and qualitative methods of educational research. The participants were 70 English as a Foreign Language teachers from nine public and private educational institutions located in Manabi Province of Ecuador. The instrument used was the Instructor Perceptions of Differentiated Instruction of Turner, Solis, and Kincade (2017) in an observation format. The information collection techniques used were in-depth interview and focus group discussion. The results allowed the research team to determine the impact of the pandemic on the CLIL implementation in zone 4 of Ecuador. The results show differences in the implementation of the methodology between public and private schools which are linked to internet and technology devices access, teachers' knowledge regarding CLIL methodology, and institutional policies. In regards COVID19 pandemic, it is concluded that it has pacted the implementation of CLIL methodology in both public and private secondary schools that participated in the study.

The relationship between teaching styles and SEN students' reading comprehension achievement

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 62-72
Author(s):  
Kalliopi Vlahava ◽  
Faye Antoniou
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching Style ◽  
Teaching Styles ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Written Text ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Specific Teaching

The aim of the current study was to find out which are the characteristics that affect teachers’ preference on specific teaching styles and whether students with Learning Disabilities are benefited by the use of specific teaching styles in the development of their reading comprehension skills. Seventeen English as a Foreign Language teachers and 309 students, 55 of which were identified as students with special educational needs (SEN), aged 9–11 years old, were participated in this study. A questionnaire consisting of four teaching scenarios, in order for teachers’ preferred teaching style to be emerged, and a reading comprehension test, which sought to assess students’ reading comprehension skill and their skill to draw conclusions based on the information given on the text, was given to the teachers and students, respectively. Results indicated a high teachers' preference for the suggestive teaching style when dealing with students with SEN in the mainstream classroom. Findings also showed that teaching styles have a significant impact on their students’ competence of extracting meaning from written text. The most beneficial teaching style to students with SEN was the suggestive one. Keywords: English as a foreign language, reading comprehension, special educational needs, teaching styles.

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