scholarly journals A Study on College Students’ Learning Attitude During Synchronous and Asynchronous Video-Based Group Activities for English Presentation

STEM Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 46-58
Author(s):  
Hee-Joo Im
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Group Work ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Group Activities ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Learning Attitude ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Speaking Confidence ◽  
Online Group

The purpose of the study is to explore college students’ perceptions/attitudes during synchronous and asynchronous group activities. The survey comprised of a 10-item, 5-point Likert-type questionnaire and open-ended questions. In the study, two groups, a synchronous group and an asynchronous group, participated in four activities during one semester. For the data collection, the researcher surveyed 116 students who are in the 1st year of college and collected their final tests, an oral presentation. The findings are as follows. Firstly, between the two groups, the synchronous group showed higher mean scores for online group participation. Secondly, the synchronous group also indicated higher mean scores for English learning, speaking confidence, and interest in learning English. Lastly, both groups mentioned communication with team members, improvement of English speaking and pronunciation, increased self-confidence and other elements as advantages of group work. In contrast, disadvantages included: technology problems, decreased self-confidence, inconveniences when meeting with team members online and others. The implications for the study are: first, online group activity can reduce isolation and increase interaction; second, the online video-based platform, Flipgrid, can help students improve English speaking skills by observing their own or peers’ videos; lastly, instructors can selectively use the synchronous and asynchronous group activities to suit their educational needs.

scholarly journals Self-efficacy of Art Undergraduates in Mobile-assisted English Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
BI SHANSHAN
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
English Language ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Art Students ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Teachers And Students

This research adopts the questionnaire survey method and selects 208 freshmen from the Guangxi Arts University as the research objects. The research studies the English self-efficacy and mobile learning situation of art college students and understands students’ views on using mobile devices/platform to assist in their learning of the English language. Results found that all students have mobile phones which allow teachers and students to use them for English learning. Besides, most art college students have a low sense of English self-efficacy, including low self-confidence, low enthusiasm in English learning, and average level of solving English learning difficulties. In addition, more than half of the students agree with the use of mobile devices/platforms to assist in English learning. Only a small number of people oppose it. This finding lays a preliminary foundation for later empirical research on using mobile learning to cultivate the English self-efficacy of art students.

scholarly journals Promoting English Speaking Confidence through Online Expanding Circle Communication

2021 ◽  
Vol 102 ◽  
pp. 01010
Author(s):  
Arifumi Saito ◽  
Younghyon Heo
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
International Language ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Expanding Circle ◽  
Native Speakers Of English ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Speaking Confidence ◽  
Reading Activities

This study explores how expanding circle communication (i.e., intercultural communication between “non-native” speakers of English) boosts the confidence of Japanese EFL learners by developing a positive attitude toward their own English. Japanese, Chinese and Vietnamese university students participated in four sessions of online discussion. Since the idea of “English as an International Language” (EIL) is considered as a key to promote the learners’ positive mindset for what had been considered “non-native” English varieties and boost the confidence in their own English, it was introduced in the reading activities in each session. After the completion of four intercultural communication sessions, reflective writings on two questions asking 1) their self-confidence in speaking English and 2) their attitude about EIL were collected. The result shows that the expanding circle communication brought the Japanese participants to raise their confidence in speaking English in relatively high percentage (73%) of all cases. Regarding the attitude on EIL, on the other hand, students were divided into two groups with the negative (43%) and positive (57%) attitude. In this study, therefore, the gap in the percentage between the participants’ confidence in speaking English and attitude on EIL was examined and discussed.

Enhancing learning outcomes through group work in an internationalised undergraduate business education context

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 700-714 ◽  
Author(s):  
James D Hunter ◽  
Jo Vickery ◽  
Robyn Smyth
Keyword(s):  
Group Work ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
First Century ◽  
Esl Students ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Group Activities ◽  
Business Graduates

AbstractEmployers of business graduates require them to be effective communicators and team members in twenty-first century work environments. As a means of developing these skills, we believe group work is important to an undergraduate business teaching pedagogy preparing graduates for the challenges of modern workplaces. Student responses to a series of qualitative and quantitative focus group activities highlighted the ‘big issues’ encountered in group activities involving an increasingly internationalised and diverse cohort of students. These issues related mainly to communication within the group and the fear of social-loafers. These insights established the basis on which proactive strategies were introduced in a subsequent teaching period to nurture and advance the quality of the learning experience within a tertiary undergraduate business education setting. Given that reduced Government funding to Australian universities has prompted the management of institutions to look to full-fee paying international students to offset shortfalls in their operating budgets, this paper explores the particular impact of increasing numbers of English as a Second Language (ESL) students on the quality of, and student receptiveness to, group based study activities.

scholarly journals The Implementation of Classical Puppet Drama Performance to Improve English Speaking Skill for International Class Program Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-123
Author(s):  
Sari Famularsih
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Body Language ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
The Voice

This study analysed the implementation of classical puppet drama performance to improve students’ speaking skill in International Class Program of one of universities in Salatiga. The teaching and learning processes in drama class were(1 ) asking the students with the question, (2) designing drama project plan, (3) creating drama preparation schedules, (4) monitoring the students in preparing the drama, (5) assessing the outcome, and (6) evaluating students’ drama performance. This study was qualitative research in the form of case study. To collect the data the researcher used observation, interview, documentation, and questionnaire. The results showed that by using drama performance, students can improve their pronunciation, fluency, accuracy, handle the voice, and body language to improve their self-confidence to speak in English. Moreover, the used of 4Cs skills activities namely critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity skills in the classroom can stimulate students to improve their group work and interaction among students.    

scholarly journals English language learning through a Facebook group: activities for developing oral skills

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 220
Author(s):  
Cláudia Barbosa
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
English Language ◽  
School Level ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Group Activities ◽  
Closed Group ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Oral Skills ◽  
Primary School Level

Social Networking Sites (SNSs), though not initially designed for educational purposes, have long had a presence in educational contexts. In particular, the potential of Facebook (FB) and its Closed Group feature as a tool for language learning has been analyzed by several studies, although most seem to limit their scope to the use of Facebook for developing reading and writing skills. This paper attempts to investigate potential complementary activities that can be performed in connection with a Facebook Closed Group, using freely accessible tools, to assist with the development of oral skills in an English learning setting at the primary school level. Selected tools have been assessed, tested, and integrated into a Facebook closed group, in the scope of the topic “English-speaking countries”.

scholarly journals INSTAGRAM: HOW DO STUDENTS VIEW ON IT IN SPEAKING CLASSROOM

JURNAL BASIS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 351
Author(s):  
Puspita Devi ◽  
Bianca Virgiana ◽  
Merita Auli
Keyword(s):  
Smart Phone ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Sophisticated Technology ◽  
Learning English

The emergence of the 4.0 era requires the world of education to adapt to technology. Practicing and learning English can take the advantage of the sophisticated technology, especially applications that can be downloaded from students' smart phone. Students acknowledge that English learning done in the classroom is easy for them to forget because it is rarely used in everyday life. Practices done in the classroom do not have enough time for all students to speak English, and students are less motivation to speak English outside the classroom. Integrating Instagram into the process of teaching English speaking is believed could motivate students to speak and increase their speaking ability. Various features on Instagram can help students in doing assignments. Tasks may be packaged attractively within the variety of videos based on a certain theme and uploaded to Instagram. This study aimed to determine students' perceptions related to the use of social media Instagram in learning English speaking. This descriptive study used forty-four students Communication Science in academic year 2019/2020 who took Bahasa Inggris Keahlian. To determine students' perceptions, researchers used questionnaire adopted from Dornyei, 2011. The results of the study showed a positive or good response on students' perceptions towards the use of Instagram in learning English Speaking. Furthermore, Instagram can be used as another medium in teaching speaking. This is strengthened by the increase in self-confidence, learning motivation, and student interest in speaking in English.  

Enhancing learning outcomes through group work in an internationalised undergraduate business education context

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 700-714 ◽  
Author(s):  
James D Hunter ◽  
Jo Vickery ◽  
Robyn Smyth
Keyword(s):  
Group Work ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
First Century ◽  
Esl Students ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Group Activities ◽  
Business Graduates

AbstractEmployers of business graduates require them to be effective communicators and team members in twenty-first century work environments. As a means of developing these skills, we believe group work is important to an undergraduate business teaching pedagogy preparing graduates for the challenges of modern workplaces. Student responses to a series of qualitative and quantitative focus group activities highlighted the ‘big issues’ encountered in group activities involving an increasingly internationalised and diverse cohort of students. These issues related mainly to communication within the group and the fear of social-loafers. These insights established the basis on which proactive strategies were introduced in a subsequent teaching period to nurture and advance the quality of the learning experience within a tertiary undergraduate business education setting. Given that reduced Government funding to Australian universities has prompted the management of institutions to look to full-fee paying international students to offset shortfalls in their operating budgets, this paper explores the particular impact of increasing numbers of English as a Second Language (ESL) students on the quality of, and student receptiveness to, group based study activities.

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