scholarly journals On the Construction of Integrated English Course with the Purpose of Eliminating “Water Course” and Creating “Gold Course”

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1447
Author(s):  
Xiaoli Yu
Keyword(s):  
Educational Background ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Research Practice ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Complicated Process ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Education Conference

Since it was proposed to eliminate the "water course" and create the "golden course" at the 2018 Education Conference held in Chengdu, the Ministry of Education have issued a series of notification and plan, and various universities have responded with corresponding measures and actions. Under such an educational background, this paper, based on the English teaching base of Zhejiang Yuexiu University of Foreign Languages, considers the construction of the Integrated English course. Based on the discussion of the definition of "gold lesson" and "water lesson", this paper explores the "gold lesson" and "water lesson" in integrated English course, and considers the ways to eliminate "water lessons" and build up "gold lessons" from the different perspectives of teachers and students at multiple levels. Finally, it comes to the conclusion that the construction of integrated English course is a huge and complicated process, which requires the concerted efforts of various parties. However, we will eliminate "water course" and create "gold course" by continuous research, practice, summary and improvement, which will win the battle of course construction.

scholarly journals The Information Communication Technology Implementation in English Teaching During The Covid-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-127
Author(s):  
Yuliana Yuliana
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Technology Implementation ◽  
Review Literature ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Performance Based Assessment ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
And Performance

Online learning has become a requirement during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ministry of Education asks the teachers and students to use online classes during the pandemic. Teaching English using ICT is a challenging condition for teachers. Not all teachers are familiar with ICT. This paper aims to describe the ICT Role and implementation in Teaching English during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: this is a literature review. Literature was searched in Science Direct and Google Scholar databases. Keywords were COVID-19, English Teaching, ICT, implementation, role. Results revealed that ICT in English Teaching is started from CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning), TELL (Technology-Enhanced Language Learners), LMS (Learning Management System), and blended learning. YouTube and WhatsApp are preferred to be done because it is practical. Performance-based assessment is important during teaching English subject because students can learn how to perform, speaking, and debating during the performance. In conclusion, there are many systems available for teaching English using ICT. The systems are CALL, TELL, LMS, blended, WhatsApp, YouTube, and Performance-Based Assessment. The main goal is students’ understanding of the English subjects. The choice depends on study goal, teachers’ and students’ preference also feasibilities.  

scholarly journals THE USE OF ICT IN ENGLISH TEACHING AT SMK (VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL) REGENCY OF NGAWI DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Ari Amnan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Virus Spread ◽  
Vocational High School ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Stable Signal

The objective of this research is to find out the English teaching during covid-19 pandemic. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, all institutions of education in Indonesia held the teaching and learning from home as a way to reduce the outbreak the virus spread. The ministry of education has a partnership with some providers (online class) where teachers and students can utilize it as media freely, on the other hand, Teachers preferred to employ WhatsApp (WA) in conducting the class. Not all students have enough access to gain the facilities, such as the cost for buying internet data, mobile phone, and the reachable and stable signal for internet. Teachers and students may require eligible infrastructures to run the class properly.

The ‘katakana effect’ and teaching English in Japan

English Today ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
ASSUNTA MARTIN
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Dropout Rate ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Cultural Attitudes ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
International Language ◽  
Beliefs And Values ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
The Impact

THIS discussion of the condition of English teaching in Japan looks at some deeply rooted national educational and cultural attitudes, including in particular the impact of ‘the katakana effect’ on speaking and listening among teachers and students alike. A unique configuration of cultural, historical, sociological, and linguistic factors presents Japanese teachers with serious challenges. The Ministry of Education, faced with a rising dropout rate, cases of bullying, accusations against irresponsible teachers, and complaints from parents, agreed in 2000 to adopt reforms. The resulting curriculum and methodology changes necessarily address issues relating to English. Although the reforms aim to produce a generation able to thrive socially and professionally in the international community, entrenched beliefs and values threaten their implementation, particularly with regard to a more natural and creative way of teaching and learning Japan's international language of choice.

Penggunaan Bahasa Daerah pada Buku Bacaan Siswa Terbitan Kemdikbud

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Aisyah Nur Fadhilah ◽  
Laili Etika Rahmawati
Keyword(s):  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Book Reading ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Student Reading ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Regional Languages ◽  
Local Languages ◽  
Reading Book

<p class="abstract">This study aims to identify the use of regional languages in student reading books published by the Ministry of Education and Culture. This type of research is a qualitative descriptive study. The object of research is the local language in the student reading book published by the Ministry of Education and Culture entitled "Kenara Anak Suku Gayo" and "Kain Kulit Kayu Dei". The data from this study are student reading books published by the Ministry of Education and Culture which contain local languages. The data source in this research is an archive or document in the form of a student reading book published by the Ministry of Education and Culture which contains local languages. Data collection techniques use the technique of listening and note taking, the researcher first reads the reading book "Kenara Anak Suku Gayo" and "Kain Kulit Kayu Dei" published by the Ministry of Education and Culture to carefully determine the use of local languages, then record in full and then identify the use of local languages in the book reading. Data analysis techniques using flow analysis. The results showed that the Ministry of Education and Culture has efforts to preserve local languages, use Indonesian, and master foreign languages. The language used in the students' reading book "Kenara Anak Suku Gayo" and "Kain Kulit Kayu Dei" is not purely using Indonesian, but there is interference with local languages. The percentage of the use of local languages in the reading books of "Kenara Anak Suku Gayo" is 40%, while in the reading books of students "Kain Kulit Kayu Dei" 20%.<strong></strong></p>

Challenges of Academic Assessment in the Community or Region Where I Work

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Phd.Can Elsa Vula
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Teaching Approaches ◽  
Academic Assessment ◽  
Community Or ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Theoretical Part ◽  
Reliable Assessment ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Speaking Skill

Challenges of assessment might come up from different reasons or circumstances which generate huge obstacles and dissatisfactions for teachers and students in the same time. Meanwhile, teachers of foreign languages see them as barriers or complications due to an effective and reliable assessment. Firstly, this paper elaborates on theoretical part of assessment, as a crucial tool to measure students’ performance of speaking, as a significant English skill, and then it is presented the elaboration of challenge and its sub-challenges during my work as an English assistant at my tutorial classes on a specific course such as “Integrated English Skill III”, particularly focusing on speaking skill. After it, there is an expansion of others’ research done on this issue, supported by different teaching approaches, and relying on others’ work related to such issue. And at the end of this paper it can be found the summary and recommendations, which wereconducted from the empirical research.

THE ADVANTAGES OF PROMOTING LEARNERS’ AUTONOMY IN EFL CONTEXT

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hapsari Dwi Kartika
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learner Autonomy ◽  
Language Learner ◽  
Autonomous Learning ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Efl Context ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Students Success

This paper explains why learner autonomy is taken into account in language learning where English is a foreign language for the learners particularly in Indonesia. The definition of learner autonomy and its advantages to language learner in EFL contexts will be described within this paper. Many scholars from psychological education and English teaching and learning had proved that language learning can be improved by certain strategy. They revealed the correlation between the autonomous learning with students’ success in learning with different aspect. The definition of autonomy is similar to many different words such as self-regulated and self-determined. Finally, the writer suggests how teacher can promote the autonomous learning atmosphere in the classroom.Keywords: strategy, promoting autonomy, EFL context, Indonesia

scholarly journals Establishing a Comprehensive English Teaching Pattern Combining the Communicative Teaching Method and the Grammar-Translation Method

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Na Kong
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
New Method ◽  
Translation Method ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Grammar Translation Method ◽  
Teaching Pattern ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Communicative Teaching

Based on the current contradiction between the grammar-translation method and the communicative teaching method in English teaching, this paper, starting with clarifying the task of comprehensive English as well as the definition of the two teaching methods, objectively analyzes their advantages and disadvantages and proposes establishing a new method by fusing them with an elaboration on the reasonability of combining them in the practical teaching of comprehensive English with their complementary advantages.

Multimodal discourse analysis in the blended teaching of college English flipped class

2021 ◽  
pp. 002072092110042
Author(s):  
Qiang Dou
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Curriculum Reform ◽  
English Language ◽  
Wearable Technology ◽  
Multimodal Literacy ◽  
College English ◽  
New Era ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Multimodal Discourse ◽  
Teachers And Students

With the development of the new curriculum reform in China, the traditional college English teaching model is no longer suitable for the needs of college English teaching tasks in the new era. The multimodal literacy teaching in the college English multimodal teaching mode is to help students internalize their English language skills after learning and understanding English knowledge, thus improving the efficiency of English learning. The hot spots and topics in the information age are always inseparable from technological innovation. Wearable technology is becoming more and more popular, the scope of research is expanding, and innovations are constantly emerging, showing interdisciplinary and integrated features. This paper introduces the wearable technology in detail, and takes the college English teaching as an opportunity. Through the questionnaire survey of teachers and students, this paper analyzes the survey data. The results of the survey show that wearable technology can stimulate academic interest in college English. This research attempts to conduct interdisciplinary research on multi-modal semiotics and humanistic teaching methods in the following areas, which expands the scope of research and, to a certain extent, enhances the vitality of multi-modal discourse analysis.

An empirical study on multimodal discourse analysis of college English teaching in the context of new media

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Shuting Cao ◽  
Rui Chen ◽  
Haiyuan Liu ◽  
Ruolin Shi
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
New Media ◽  
Curriculum Reform ◽  
English Education ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
College English ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Multimodal Discourse Analysis ◽  
Multimodal Discourse

The main goal of college English education is to cultivate the students’ language ability of listening, speaking, reading and writing, and to promote the formation of individualized learning and autonomous ability of college students. At present, the new curriculum reform in our country has put forward a new educational requirement to college English teaching, which requires the innovation of college English teaching idea, and under the background of the development of new media, it proposes to use new media equipment to carry out teaching activities. However, college English education in our country is influenced by examination-oriented education mode, and the traditional education method is still used, which is not good for college students to improve their comprehensive quality of English. In view of this development situation, the Ministry of Education of China Based on the development of new media, a multimodal discourse analysis approach to college English education is proposed to enhance the level of College English teaching.

Ambiguous terminology in animal personality research: a self-report questionnaire and a systematic review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar ◽  
Maria Moiron ◽  
Petri Toivo Niemelä
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Animal Personality ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Behavioural Ecology ◽  
Biological Organization ◽  
Personality Research ◽  
Conceptual Definition ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Key Questions

Whether animal personality studies provide insights of broader evolutionary and ecological relevance to behavioural ecology is frequently questioned. One source of controversy is the vast, but often vague conceptual terminology used. From a statistical perspective, animal personality is defined as repeatable among-individual variance in behaviour; however, numerous conceptual definitions of animal personality exist. Here, we performed a 1) self-report questionnaire and 2) systematic literature review to quantify how researchers interpret conceptual and statistical definitions commonly used in animal personality research. We also investigated whether results from the questionnaire agree with those of the literature review. Among the 430 self-reported researchers that participated in our questionnaire, we observed discrepancies in key questions such as the conceptual definition of animal personality or the interpretation of repeatability. Our literature review generally confirmed the global patterns revealed by the questionnaire. Overall, we identified common disagreements in animal personality research and discussed potential solutions. We advocate for the usage of statistically-oriented terminology because conceptual definitions can seemingly be interpreted at multiple levels of biological organization. We expect that adopting such statistically-oriented terminology will, at least partly, avoid the confusion generated by the label “animal personality”, and ultimately help to clarify and move the field forward.

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