scholarly journals Mathematics Performance and its Relation to English Language Proficiency Level of Bilingual Arab University Students

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (13) ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Yushau ◽  
M. Hafidz Omar
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Language Proficiency ◽  
Mathematics Performance ◽  
Proficiency Level

scholarly journals The Comparative Effect of Teaching Concept Mapping in Reading on Extrovert and Introvert EFL Learners' Self-Regulation

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Mania Nosratinia ◽  
Fatemeh Abbasi
Keyword(s):  
Concept Mapping ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
English Language Proficiency ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Proficiency Level ◽  
Teaching Concept ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Pre Treatment

The present study attempted to compare the effect of teaching concept mapping in reading on extrovert and introvert English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' Self-Regulation (SR). The participants were 60 female EFL learners at the intermediate level of English language proficiency, between 18 and 20 (Mage = 19). The Preliminary English Test was employed in order to select homogeneous participants in terms of English language proficiency level, followed by administering Eysenck's Personality Inventory (1985). The language-wise homogeneous introvert (n = 30) and extrovert (n = 30) participants were assigned randomly into two experimental groups of 30. To identify the pre-treatment and post-treatment levels of participants' SR, the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (1991) was administered twice. The two groups were instructed using the same material and implementing Harris and Graham’s (1996) concept mapping instruction model. The analysis of the scores using an Independent-Samples t-Test revealed that extrovert participants exhibited a significantly higher SR level as a result of being exposed to concept mapping. The study concludes with a discussion on the obtained results and the probable reasons leading to them, followed by presenting some implications for EFL teachers, learners, and syllabus designers. 

scholarly journals Relationship between Teachers’ Competency Level in Teaching English Language and Students’ English Language Proficiency in Secondary Schools in Rwanda

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 104-122
Author(s):  
Girimbabazi Serge ◽  
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Mrs Adegoke Oyebimpe ◽  
Dr. Hesbon Opiyo Andala ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Proficiency ◽  
English Language Proficiency ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Proficiency Level ◽  
English Language Teachers

The improvement of students’ English proficiency depends on the level of teaching English language and the competency of teachers in teaching career. The purpose of this study therefore, was to investigate the relationship between teachers’ competency in English language and students’ English language proficiency within secondary schools of Karongi in Rwanda. The study adopted correlation research design research design. Data collection tools were questionnaire and interview guide. The target population was 1794 people comprised of 1560 students, 14 Sector Education Officers, 20 Head Teachers, 200 teachers. A simple random sampling and purposive sampling techniques were used to get a sample size of 395 respondents. The study findings revealed that majority of the students with a total of 290 (91.2%) agreed that in their school, teachers are not competent enough in English language. Moreover, almost 292 (91.8%) of the respondents agreed that in their school, students English reading, writing, listening and speaking proficiency level is low and 70 (90.9%) of key informants agreed that both in public and private secondary schools of Karongi District, students’ English language proficiency level in reading, writing, speaking and listening is low. The correlation results showed the association between between teachers’ inability to teach in English, teachers’ inability to read classroom interactions in English language, teachers’ incompetency in English language, teachers’ inability to express themselves in English language as well as teachers’ inability to develop English language educational materials) and dependent variables (students’ reading, writing, speaking and listening English language proficiency and students’ English language proficiency (reading, writing, speaking and listening English proficiency) is positive. The study recommended the Ministry of Education through Rwanda Basic Education Board to avail enough English teaching and learning materials, including charts, textbooks and dictionaries which are adequate in enhancing English language proficiency mastery among students at an early age. All stakeholders of the education sector are recommended to support English teaching and learning activities in Rwanda, as it is the only and one shortcut for making Rwandans master the English language. Keywords: Teachers’ competency, English Language, English proficiency, Rwanda

scholarly journals The Importance of Getting Automated Grammar Feedback via Grammarly, for Increasing Students' English Language Proficiency

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Stefanus Soegiyarto ◽  
Radya Ayufa Putri ◽  
Samiaji Dwi Saputra
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
University Students ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
Native Language ◽  
English Language Proficiency ◽  
Significant Part ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Grammar Rules ◽  
To Receive

In the last decade, technology has played a significant part in human civilization. One example of technological advancement is the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a tool for learning. One digital application, namely Grammarly, is an AI tool used to edit sentences to eliminate grammar errors and deliver conciseness and engagement for the readers. We conducted research involving Indonesian university students, in which they do not possess English as a native language. Using this application to receive feedback and help with learning writing in English, we hope to find out how Grammarly as an AI tool for learning has a significant effect on English proficiency. The results showed that Grammarly had helped them form English sentences, learn grammar rules, and improve their writing performance overall.

Script Familiarity and Its Effect on CAPTCHA Usability

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashraf Khalil ◽  
Salam Abdallah ◽  
Soha Ahmed ◽  
Hassan Hajjdiab
Keyword(s):  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
User Study ◽  
Research Area ◽  
English Language Proficiency ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Interactive Proofs ◽  
Proficiency Level ◽  
New Research ◽  
Human Interactive Proofs

Many web-based services such as email, search engines, and polling sites are being abused by spammers via computer programs known as bots. This problem has bred a new research area called Human Interactive Proofs (HIP) and a testing device called CAPTCHA, which aims to protect services from malevolent attacks by distinguishing bots from human users. In the past decade, researchers have focused on developing robust and safe HIP systems but have barely evaluated their usability. To begin to fill this gap, the authors report the results of a user study conducted to determine the extent that English language proficiency affects CAPTCHA usability for users whose native language is not English. The results showed a significant effect of participants’ English language proficiency level on the time the participant takes to solve CAPTCHA, which appear to be related to multiple usability issues including satisfaction and efficiency. Yet, they found that English language proficiency level does not affect the number of errors made while entering CAPTCHA or reCAPTCHA. The authors’ results have numerous implications that may inform future CAPTCHA design.

scholarly journals English language proficiency level of Higher Secondary level students in Nepal

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-75
Author(s):  
Keshab Kumar Sijali
Keyword(s):  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
Proficiency Test ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
English Language Proficiency ◽  
Proficiency Level ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Language Proficiency Test ◽  
Academic Year

The objective of this study is to investigate the proficiency level of English language of higher secondary level students in Nepal regarding their gender, nature of institution, medium of instruction and stream. The subject of this study comprises 529 learners from 22 higher secondary school of academic year 2015/6 among whom an English language proficiency test was conducted. The data obtained were analyzed using mean, Mann-Whitney U-test and Kruskal Wallis H-test of non-parametric test. The result showed that the English language proficiency level of higher secondary level students in Nepal was poor (M = 10.4490). Regarding the gender, the result showed that there was no statistically significant difference between female and male ELT students in their English language proficiency level. However, ELT students of government higher secondary level were found statistically significantly less proficient in English language than that of private higher secondary level .Similarly, the Nepali medium ELT students were found statistically significantly highly less proficient in English language than that of English medium. The result further showed that there was statistically significant difference in the English language proficiency level of higher secondary level students in Nepal from different streams

scholarly journals Parents’ Educational Level and Children’s English Language Proficiency

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 25-39
Author(s):  
Simin Jalili
Keyword(s):  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Language Proficiency ◽  
University Education ◽  
Proficiency Level ◽  
Desire To Have Children ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Role Of Parents

The expansion of the English Language utilization, the concept of Lingua Franca, and the English language proficiency’s role in children’s social and vocational future, make children’s learning English a vital affair for parents all around the world. Minding the role of parents’ educational level is an understudied issue in children’s English language proficiency level. To address this unexpected topic, the purpose of this study is finding the relationship between parents’ educational level and children’s English language proficiency. For this study, the researcher gave a TOEFL test (for evaluating the children’s English language proficiency) and a questionnaire (for determining their parents’ educational level) to eighty participants both female and male who are in their twenties and thirties. They were students in Intermediate and Upper Intermediate level in Gatt Language Center (GLC) in Tehran. After collecting the data the researcher considered each participant’s score two times: First regarding to their fathers’ educational level, second regarding to their mothers’ educational level. The researcher ran Independent Sample t-Test for differentiation between children whose parents have university education and children whose parents do not have university education. This study showed that children whose mothers have university education have higher level of English language proficiency. But there is no significant difference of English language proficiency level between children whose fathers have university education and those whose fathers do not have university education. In accordance with this study, unlike fathers’, mothers’ educational level, especially university education, could affect children’s English language proficiency level. So all parents especially mothers who desire to have children with high English language proficiency level, should take the prominence of their own educational level into account.

scholarly journals Red neuronal artificial de predicción de situación de dominio del estudiante ante el examen TOEFL

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-23
Author(s):  
Silvia Soledad Moreno Gutiérrez ◽  
Jesús Francisco Álvarez Cornejo ◽  
Mónica García Munguía
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Artificial Neural Network ◽  
Software Engineering ◽  
University Students ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Language Proficiency ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Engineering Degree ◽  
Estudiantes Universitarios

El examen TOEFL es una prueba orientada a identificar el nivel de dominio del idioma inglés en estudiantes universitarios, por ello, diferentes instituciones educativas del país solicitan este resultado incluso como requisito de titulación, la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo es una de ellas, el 100% de sus alumnos de la licenciatura en ingeniería de software presentan el examen, asumiendo que están preparados, no obstante, en más del 50% de los casos el puntaje obtenido es no satisfactorio. Por ello, se propone una red neuronal artificial de tipo Backpropagation basada en la trayectoria escolar del alumno, que predice con un 95% de precisión la situación de dominio del estudiante, y sugiere presentar el examen o participar en el curso de preparación respectivo, de esta forma, la propuesta contribuye a incrementar el porcentaje de alumnos con resultados satisfactorios desde la primera aplicación y reducir el número de intentos. The TOEFL test is a test aimed at identifying the level of English language proficiency in university students, therefore, different educational institutions in the country request this result even as a qualification requirement, the Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo is one of them, the 100% of its students in the software engineering degree present the exam, however, in more than 50% of the cases the score obtained is unsatisfactory, so the student must present it again. For this reason, an artificial neural network of Backpropagation type is proposed that predicts with 95% accuracy the situation of the student's domain and suggests presenting the exam or participating in the respective preparation course, in this way, the proposal contributes to reduce the number of attempts and increase the percentage of students with satisfactory results from the first application.

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