scholarly journals An Empirical Study of the Effects of Reading-writing Connection on Non-English Majors’ Writing Performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1425
Author(s):  
Feifei Wang
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Writing Performance ◽  
College English ◽  
English Writing ◽  
English Majors

College English writing has been considered as one of the most difficult parts in the field of foreign language teaching. On how to improve the writing performance of college students, a great many of scholars both at home and abroad conducted plenty of studies and achieved fruitful results. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether reading-writing connection has positive influence on the Non-English majors’ writing performance. The study indicates that reading-writing connection indeed has positive influence on the Non-English majors’ writing performance, especially in the aspects of content, language use, organization and vocabulary.

scholarly journals Empirical Study of Self-attributions on College English Learning in China

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 48-57
Author(s):  
Zhuxiu Tan ◽  
Jiliang Chen
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
The Self ◽  
English Learning ◽  
College English ◽  
Chinese Learners ◽  
English Majors

In recent decades, attribution study, as one branch of motivation research, has found its way into the field of second and foreign language teaching and learning. In order to understand Chinese learners’ self-attributions in college English learning and then to provide reference for effective attribution retraining, the present study investigates empirically the self-attributions of Chinese non-English majors in college English learning. Based on the findings, the pedagogical implications are discussed consequently.

scholarly journals RESEARCH ON THE APPLICATION OF “PRODUCTION-ORIENTED APPROACH” BASED ON BLENDED TEACHING IN COLLEGE ENGLISH WRITING TEACHING IN PRIVATE UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGES

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
JING XU ◽  
LI FENG
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
College English ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Specific Implementation ◽  
Oriented Approach ◽  
Blended Teaching

The “production-oriented approach” or POA theory believes that foreign language teaching should embrace such focus as “learning-centered”, “learning and use integration” and “key capabilities cultivation”. Besides, foreign language teaching should be designed as a process that starts with production and ends with production. In view of the merits of network resources and platforms in blended teaching mode as well as teaching process of “driving, facilitating, and evaluating” in POA, this paper explores the combination of POA and blended teaching to research on the feasibility and effectiveness of applying it to the teaching of college English writing in private undergraduate colleges. By analyzing the relevant research theoretical basis and research status, the author further elaborates on the specific implementation process of applying POA based on blended teaching in the college English writing teaching of private undergraduate colleges from the aspects of research significance research subjects, research methods, research content and data analysis. In terms of research content, the author specifically expounds the procedures from such detailed parts as before-class stage: production drive + online autonomous learning, in-class stage: input facilitating + offline classroom teaching, after-class stage: evaluation to promote learning + online correction and classroom display. This paper is expected to promote students’ writing interests and proficiency so as to provide a valuable reference for the reform of college English writing teaching methods.

scholarly journals My Access and Writing Error Corrections of EFL College Pre-intermediate Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huey-nah Cindy Chou ◽  
Massoud Moslehpour ◽  
Chung-Yux Yang
Keyword(s):  
Writing Instruction ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Individual Student ◽  
Writing Performance ◽  
College English ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Writing Course ◽  
English Majors

<p><strong><em>Purpose</em></strong><em> –</em> This study aims to examine the effects of Automated Writing Evaluation (AWE) feedback on pre-intermediate EFL students’ writing performance. Furthermore, the purpose of this study is to inspect the effects of AWE on self-correction in multiple submissions.</p><p><strong><em>Design/participants </em></strong><em>–</em> This study employs both qualitative and quantitative methods. The participants were students whose English proficiency was at the pre-intermediate level, below CEFR B1. They were enrolled in a two-hour, 18-weeks elective college English writing course for non-English majors. Twenty-seven students completed at least two submissions of drafts on an essay prompt. Through convenience sampling, two male and three female senior students majoring in Business, Chinese and Accounting participated in face-to-fact interviews.</p><p><strong><em>Methodology/approach/instrumentation </em></strong><em>– </em>This study uses descriptive statistics and correlational analysis to evaluate the data. Research data were obtained during 18 week period. <em>My Access</em> was used as an auxiliary writing tool in the college English writing course for non-English-majors. Students’ writing performance, self-correction with <em>My Access</em> feedback and self-reported perceptions of using <em>My Access</em> were used as the instruments.</p><p><strong><em>Findings </em></strong><em>– </em> The findings of the study can be summarized as follows: 1) based on analyses of qualitative data the individual student made improvement in various writing traits in revisions; 2) while the students were  more capable of self-correcting in usage type of lexical and syntactic errors using AWE, they were relatively incapable of handling independently mechanics and style types of errors; 3) the results of the interviews and self-reported student perceptions of <em>My Access</em> confirmed the effectiveness of AWE feedback in revisions and self-correction; 4) although findings of this study supported positive effects of <em>My Access</em> feedback for independent revision and correction, the importance of teachers’ role in writing instruction and periodic teacher-student interactions in enhancing particular writing skills is stressed.</p><p><strong><em>Practical implications/value </em></strong><em>– </em>The application of AWE influences writing instruction in both ESL and EFL contexts by both assessing strengths and weaknesses of student writing and enhancing writing quality. Investigating the effectiveness of AWE feedback in the meditational process of constructing and revising text is thus of great importance to ensure its validity and usefulness. Utilizing AWE can, no doubt, be effective with the participation of teachers. Writing teachers play a crucial role in assisting and guiding students in the writing process.   </p>

scholarly journals An Empirical Study on Teacher-Student Collaborative Assessment in College English Writing Teaching

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 116
Author(s):  
Zhinan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Writing Assessment ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Writing Performance ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
College English ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Collaborative Assessment ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Experimental Teaching

This study proves that the application of Teacher-student Collaborative Assessment in college English writing teaching is feasible and effective. As can be seen from the results of the experimental teaching, Teacher-student Collaborative Assessment, which is a new writing assessment method, has a significant impact on the improvement of students’ writing performance and writing ability.

scholarly journals Ideologies of language at Hippo Family Club

Pragmatics ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-227
Author(s):  
Chad Nilep
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Approach To Learning ◽  
Japanese Schools ◽  
State Language

Ethnographic study of Hippo Family Club, a foreign language learning club in Japan with chapters elsewhere, reveals a critique of foreign language teaching in Japanese schools and in the commercial English conversation industry. Club members contrast their own learning methods, which they view as “natural language acquisition”, with the formal study of grammar, which they see as uninteresting and ineffective. Rather than evaluating either the Hippo approach to learning or the teaching methods they criticize, however, this paper considers the ways of thinking about language that club members come to share. Members view the club as a transnational organization that transcends the boundaries of the nation-state. Language learning connects the club members to a cosmopolitan world beyond the club, even before they interact with speakers of the languages they are learning. The analysis of club members’ ideologies of language and language learning illuminates not only the pragmatics of language use, but practices and outcomes of socialization and shared social structures.

scholarly journals An investigation into teacher’s L1 and L2 use in Indonesian EFL classroom

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-79
Author(s):  
A Amriana
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Teaching Approach ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
L1 And L2

Teacher’s L1/L2 use in Indonesian EFL classroom has been the object of debate among practitioners of a second language and foreign language teaching. Despite the considerable amount of the research that has been conducted on the phenomenon, the focus has often been the advantages and disadvantages. This study reports on a study that investigated subject teacher’s language use on Indonesian EFL classroom. It reports research conducted in a private secondary school in Makassar. An Ethnography research has been employed to collect data on how the teacher perceives the L1/L2 use and the extent to which the approaches they adopt impact on students’ achievement. The research result demonstrates that the more active the teacher in promoting L2 learning, the more he is aware of the teaching practices used in the classroom. Also, the research result also reveals that the more he improves the quality of his teaching approach, the better language learning his students acquire.

scholarly journals Research on Innovation of Foreign Language Teaching under the Thought of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling Wang
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Moral Education ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
College English ◽  
New Era ◽  
Chinese Characteristics ◽  
National Congress ◽  
New Situation

On the subject of integrating and implementing the spirit of the 19th national congress, Liu Guiqin, director of the department of social science and technology of the ministry of education, made a thematic report entitled “earnestly studying, propagating and implementing the spirit of the 19th national congress of the party and accelerating the introduction of the thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era into textbooks, classrooms and minds”. According to the report, as well as the ideological and political theory courses, the curriculum integration in-depth course education “the thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics to blend in new era. This paper analyzes from the foreign language teaching with Chinese characteristics under the background of new era .The current college English teaching under the new situation of permeation of moral education present situation analysis, this is a natural fit with the research of this project.

Teaching English as a private enterprise in China

English Today ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Lai
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Private Enterprise ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
College English ◽  
English Majors ◽  
Year 2000 ◽  
Populous Country

A report on independent ELT undertakings in the world's most populous country. The teaching of English as a foreign language in China has expanded rapidly in the last two decades. In colleges all over China, from key universities to small provincial institutions, non-English majors have to study English for at least two years and they have to pass the College English Test (CET) Band 4 before they can get their graduation certificates. In the year 2000, over 3.5 million candidates sat for the CET in the summer.

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