scholarly journals Teacher competencies in supporting reading in English as a foreign language

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Melanie Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Learning To Read ◽  
Current State ◽  
Basic Reading Skills

<span style="line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">Based on a small-scale survey and discussion with teacher-learners in a postgraduate teacher education program in Poland, this paper aims to investigate their understanding of ‘learning to read in L2 English’ and the current state of their competencies in teaching reading. Descriptors taken from the European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages, EPOSTL, are used are used as criteria to analyze the qualitative data. It is found that while there appears to be awareness and indication of application of some competencies, the participants seem confused as to how to support younger elementary L2 learners in developing basic reading skills and may lack understanding of theories to underpin their practice.</span>

scholarly journals A Comparative Study Of The Attitudes, Self-Efficacy, And Readiness Of American Versus Turkish Language Teachers

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-60
Author(s):  
Yesim Ozek Kaloti
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Teaching Programs ◽  
Turkish Language

Contrasting studies of foreign language teacher education have become a growing interest among educationists and researchers in different countries (Yoder, 1992; McKay & Montgomery, 1995; Baker & Giacchino-Baker, 2000; Stachowski & Sparks, 2007; Firmin, M. W., Firmin, R & MacKay, F. M., 2008; LaFond & Dogancay-Aktuna, 2009; Ozek, 2009). Such studies emphasize the importance of comparing and understanding different education programs and enables student teachers to think more globally with respect to their language career. These contrasting studies investigate different aspects of foreign language (FL) teaching programs. The present study reports a comparison of the student teachers of an American and Turkish university regarding their satisfaction and readiness in language teaching, and their attitudes towards language teaching theories and teacher education program. The study aims to discover the teacher trainees’ perceptions with an in-depth understanding and compare the differences among them. Therefore, the researcher employed an interconnection of qualitative and quantitative approaches. Data were collected through self-report questionnaires and interviews. The results indicated that there were some significant differences between the subjects in two groups regarding their readiness, their attitudes towards their education programs and their self-perceptions as teacher candidates.

scholarly journals EFL Student Teachers’ Speaking Anxiety: the Case in One English Teacher Education Program

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-75
Author(s):  
Mukhlash Abrar ◽  
F Failasofah ◽  
Nunung Fajaryani ◽  
M Masbirorotni
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Education Program ◽  
English Education ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Speaking Anxiety ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Second Year

ABSTRACT This present study examined student teachers’ Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety (FLSA) associated with gender and proficiency differences. The participants of the study were 72 second-year EFL student teachers at the English teacher education program of one public university in Jambi, Indonesia. A close-ended questionnaire developed from Syakur (1987) and Horwitz et al, (1986) was administered to the participants to explore their FLSA. The results indicated that EFL student teachers are highly anxious when speaking English. Furthermore, the findings revealed that there is no statistical difference between male and female student teachers on FLSA. On the contrary, proficiency does affect EFL learners’ anxiety wherein more proficient students seem to be less nervous to speak. ABSTRAK Penelitian ini membahas kecemasan berbicara bahasa asing (FLSA) siswa yang dihubungkan dengan perbedaan jenis kelamin dan kecakapan berbahasa Inggris. Jumlah peserta dalam penelitian ini sebanyak 72 mahasiswa tahun kedua pada program studi pendidikan bahasa Inggris di salah satu universitas negeri di Jambi. Kuesioner tertutup diberikan kepada peserta penelitian untuk mengetahui FLSA mereka. Hasil penelitian mengindikasikan bahwa siswa pembelajar bahasa asing (EFL) sangat cemas ketika berbicara bahasa Inggris. Selain itu, hasil juga menunjukkan bahwa tidak ada perbedaan statistik yang signifikan pada FLSA antara siswa laki-laki dan perempuan. Sebaliknya, tingkat kecakapan sangat mempengaruhi kecemasan siswa EFL dimana siswa yang mempunyai kecakapan dalam bahasa Inggris terlihat tidak terlalu cemas untuk berbicara. How to Cite: Abrar, M. Failasofah. Fajaryani, N. Masbirorotni. (2016). EFL Student Teachers’ Speaking Anxiety: the Case in One English Teacher Education Program. IJEE (Indonesian Journal of English Education), 3(1), 60-75. doi:10.15408/ijee.v3i1.3619 Permalink/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15408/ijee.v3i1.3619

scholarly journals Giving Voice to the Voiceless: Probing Current Issues for Student Teachers in EFL Teacher Education Program in Iran

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 140-154
Author(s):  
Fatemeh Karimi ◽  
Ebrahim Fakhri Alamdari ◽  
Mehrshad Ahmadian
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Teacher Education Programs ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Efl Teacher ◽  
Informal Observation ◽  
Efl Teacher Education

The present study attempted to give insight into the features of an effective English as a foreign language (EFL) teacher education program by exploring student teachers’ beliefs, ideas, and the challenges they encounter during their teacher education program. The data were collected through several semi-structured focus group interview sessions with a total number of forty-one BA, MA, and PhD students studying teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) at university. The qualitative grounded theory design was used to analyze the data, and the findings of the study were corroborated with interpretations obtained from the informal observation of several university classes in a TEFL teacher education program in Iran. The inductive analysis of the data resulted in developing the following categories: the challenge of developing the ability to move back and forth from theory to practice,  the struggle to establish a professional identity, the quest for the ‘self’, less-practiced reflective practice, and the missing connection between teacher education programs and schools. The discussion concerning the challenges and issues culminated in implications for EFL teacher education programs through which they can take the issues that student teachers normally experience into account and help them pave the way for an effective EFL teacher education program.

scholarly journals KEMAMPUAN MEMBACA SISWA SMP YANG BERMUKIM DI SEKITAR SUNGAI DI KOTA BANJARMASIN (JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ‘ READING SKILLS BASED AROUND THE RIVER IN THE CITY OF BANJARMASIN)

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 234
Author(s):  
Jumadi Jumadi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Learning To Read ◽  
The City

AbstractJunior High School students’ reading skills based around the River in the city of Banjarmasin.Advances in information technology make the world seem so narrow. Through print and electronicmedia, the information comes from an area quickly spread and can be accessed by residents in otherareas. These symptoms necessarily has to be anticipated with completion of reading skills, especiallysince they were sitting on the bench of the school. This research describes: (a) the level of Junior HighSchool students ‘ reading skills who settled in the area of the environment of the River in the city ofBanjarmasin; and the image of interest, read the implementation of learning to read, and the availabilityof means of learning to read in Junior High School who were around the area of the River in the city ofBanjarmasin. This research includes research of fusion (blanded), between quantitative and qualitativeresearch. Data source this study are students and teachers from five schools, i.e. SMPN 2 Banjarmasin,SMPN 4 Banjarmasin, SMPN 26 Banjarmasin,, Kanaan Christian Junior High School, SMP KartikaV-3 Banjarmasin. Engineering data collection carried through tests and nontes. Qualitative data wereanalyzed using the program EXCEL and qualitative data were analyzed based on the analysis of the text.The results showed: (1) literary reading skills of students score of 69% (classified as being); interpretivereading ability score of 43% (belongs to very low); and score reading skills comprehensively of 58%(classified low); (2) the interest of Junior High School students read the classified medium; the timeportion is considered quite memabaca; most of the teachers do not give special reading exercises forstudents; most teachers never hold/includes students in the race to read; availability of books in-schoolpackage is considered already sufficient; dictionaries available to support the implementation of learningto read in school is still lacking; and the availability of newspapers and magazines in school are also stilllacking.Key words: ability, reading, literary, interpretive, river environmentAbstrakKemampuan Membaca Siswa SMP yang Bermukim di Sekitar Sungai di Kota Banjarmasin.Kemajuan teknologi informasi membuat dunia seolah begitu sempit. Melalui media cetak danelektronik, informasi yang berasal dari suatu wilayah secara cepat menyebar dan dapat diakses olehpenduduk di wilayah lain. Gejala tersebut tentu harus diantisipasi dengan penyiapan kemampuanmembaca, terutama sejak mereka duduk di bangku sekolah. Penelitian ini mendeskripsikan tentang:235(a) tingkat kemampuan membaca siswa SMP yang bermukim di daerah lingkungan sungai di KotaBanjarmasin; dan gambaran minat baca, pelaksanaan pembelajaran membaca, dan ketersediaan saranapembelajaran membaca di SMP yang berada di sekitar daerah sungai di Kota Banjarmasin. Penelitianini termasuk penelitian perpaduan (blanded), antara penelitian kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Sumber datapenelitian ini adalah para siswa dan guru dari lima sekolah, yakni SMPN 2 Banjarmasin, SMPN 4Banjarmasin, SMP 26 Banjarmasin, SMP Kristen Kanaan, dan SMP Kartika V-3 Banjarmasin. TeknikPengumpulan data dilakukan melalui tes dan nontes. Data kualitatif dianalisis dengan menggunakanprogram EXCEL dan data kualitatif dianalisis berdasarkan analisis teks. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan:(1) skor kemampuan membaca literer siswa sebesar 69% (tergolong sedang); skor kemampuan membacainterpretif sebesar 43% (tergolong sangat rendah); dan skor kemampuan membaca secara komprehensifsebesar 58% (tergolong rendah); (2) minat membaca para siswa SMP tergolong sedang; porsi waktumemabaca dianggap cukup; sebagian besar guru tidak memberi latihan khusus membaca bagi parasiswa; sebagaian besar guru tidak pernah mengadakan/mengikutsertakan siswa dalam lomba membaca;ketersediaan buku paket di sekolah dianggap sudah cukup; ketersediaan kamus untuk menunjangpelaksanaan pembelajaran membaca di sekolah masih kurang; dan ketersediaan koran dan majalah disekolah juga masih kurang.Kata-kata kunci: kemampuan, membaca, literer, interpretif, lingkungan sungai

scholarly journals Effectiveness of the Modified “Alpabasa”: A Game-Based Program in Teaching Reading among the Grades 3 and 4 Non-Readers

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. p37
Author(s):  
John Kit S. Masigan, PhD
Keyword(s):  
Reading Skills ◽  
Fourth Graders ◽  
Reading Program ◽  
Reading Level ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Basic Reading Skills ◽  
Twelfth Grade ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Grade 3

The National Association of Educational Progress (NAEP) report shows that 39 percent of fourth graders fall below a basic reading level; by twelfth grade that figure is still 23 percent. Accordingly, early intervention initiatives should impact those figures in the future to eliminate the segment of students who have significant difficulty acquiring basic reading skills, generally estimated at 20 percent. In response, Filipino innovators founded “Alpabasa”, a game-based program in teaching reading that aims to effectively teach kinder and elementary school children how to read in 18 days. The study made use of the quasi-experimental method, specifically, the pre-post test design to investigate the effectiveness of the modified “Alpabasa”: A game-based program in teaching reading among 60 grade 3 and 4 non-readers of St. Paul University Philippines by incorporating costumes, music, movement, games, theatrical presentations and supplemental activities in learning. Findings show that the exposure of non-readers to the Modified Alpabasa Reading Program resulted in better performance of the students in reading. Through action songs and movement-based activities, pupils are geared to play with language as learning situations are made concrete and realistic; thus, making reading more meaningful, interesting and engaging.

scholarly journals LEARNING AND SPEAKING THE UZBEK LANGUAGE AS A FOREIGN LEARNING FOR SPEECH ACTIVITY PREPARATION

2020 ◽  
pp. 173-189
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Modern Technologies ◽  
Development Of Students

The purpose of the article is to study the issues of teaching foreign students to read and speak in Uzbek using the types of speech activities in teaching Uzbek as a second foreign language. The content, forms, means of teaching the types of speech activities in the educational process consists of research, generalization and systematization. The object of the article is the current state of the study of speech activities, its essence, the content of the educational process, the comparative status of traditional methods and new approaches to the study of the subject, their application in practice, new modern technologies for teaching reading and speaking and further development of students' knowledge and skills in reading and speaking in Uzbek, further development of their vocabulary, further expansion of their knowledge of linguocultural studies, development of monologue and dialogic speech.

scholarly journals Belles-Lettres Reading Strategies in the Process of Foreign Language Teaching

2015 ◽  
pp. 287-294
Author(s):  
A. S. Komarov
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Reading Instruction ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
High Productivity ◽  
Subjective Approach ◽  
Belles Lettres

The article is devoted to some of the teaching strategies based on the peculiarities of belles-lettres text. The author of the article analyses the peculiarities of the belles-lettres text which exert influence on the process of teaching reading skills and thus should be taken into account by foreign language teachers in their work with this type of text. The author argues that teaching belles-lettres reading skills should be centered on the five-level communication process between writer and reader. The teacher's aim is to create or adjust a system of reading instruction within the five levels so that he/she could improve students' reading skills. In the article, it is stated that the process of teaching reading skills should be congruent with the process of interpersonal communication between writer and reader. The author outlines the content of the teacher's approach to the work with this type of text within the process of foreign language instruction. The author describes two approaches to teaching belles-lettres reading skills as well as shows the prospects for the subjective approach. He also states high productivity and effectiveness of the subjective approach in teaching foreign languages. The article shows the importance of involving students who specialize in sciences into the process of belles-lettres reading while studying a foreign language for specific purposes.

Teaching reading skills in a foreign language

System ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherwood Bruce Arne
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Teaching Reading

scholarly journals TEACHING PRACTICUM ACTIVITIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES - VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI FROM THE TEACHERS’ AND STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Thuy Lan
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
International Studies ◽  
Language Teacher Education ◽  
Teaching Practicum ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
National University ◽  
The University

Practicum is always an important and indispensable component in a training program  in general and a foreign language teacher education program in particular. Through this activity, students will be able to put their acquired knowledge into practice, thereby shortening the gap of "apprenticeship" of young graduates. To assess the appropriateness of the current teaching practicum at the University of Languages and International Studies  - Vietnam National University, Hanoi (ULIS-VNU), the study has conducted a survey with 30 teachers and 100 students. The initial results show that in terms of practicum duration and implementation time, most teachers required that the duration should be increased because 06 weeks was not enough for students to practice and learn from experience. However, most students believed that the current internship was reasonable in the final semester of the training program. Concerning the time of starting the internship, the majority of teachers said that students should start their internship in the last semester when they had sufficient foreign language skills and pedagogical skills; students conversely preferred to practice earlier. In terms of skills and knowledge that need to be equipped for students, all participants agreed that the training of soft skills should be added. In terms of the highschools that receive student teachers, most participants believed that those should be selected by the university; however, the schools’ level of support and effectiveness in guiding students were not highly appreciated. The initial findings of this study may serve as suggestions for the continous revision and improved facilitation of the teaching practicum activities at ULIS-VNU to achieve the goals of training prospective student-teachers.

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