MULTIFUNCTIONALITY IN UNIVERSITY FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION: FROM AIMS TO TECHNIQUES

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1429-1448
Author(s):  
Elena V. Borzova ◽  
Maria A. Shemanaeva
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Foreign Language Education ◽  
Future Teachers ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Subject Specific ◽  
Key Competences

Purpose of the study: The objective of this study is to highlight one effective type of task (namely multifunctional) which enhances students` integral outcomes (key competences, subject-specific competences, and personal values) in university foreign language education. The authors set the aim to investigate whether these tasks can be used as tools to achieve multiple educational objectives, and which conditions can promote this end. Methodology: A combination of both qualitative and quantitative methods of action research was used in the study. The study embraced both non-language and language students with a wide range of foreign language levels, all future teachers of language and non-language subjects. The first part was based on the traditional PPP (“present, practice, produce”) model, the second part suggested the incorporation of multifunctional tasks into classroom activities. The qualitative and quantitative methods used in the study included a literature review and practice analysis, student interviews and questionnaires, observation, and classroom task probation. The authors also elaborated on a variety of criteria to evaluate the students` integral results. Main Findings: The outcomes of the research confirmed the effectiveness of the multifunctional tasks in terms of their contribution to the achievement of education integral outcomes. Such tasks allow noticeably improving the students` foreign language communicative competence. Simultaneously, they contribute to the development of the students` key competences as well as some personal qualities. Applications of this study: Multifunctional tasks are easily modified to different content and foreign language levels. Such tasks can also help students build up their individual learning paths in their future lifelong learning. Similarly, as future teachers, students may acquire an algorithm on how to design such tasks in their professional activities. Novelty/Originality of this study: The authors attempted to design special teaching and learning tools that allow achieving complex educational outcomes in professional foreign language education. The multifunctional tasks that they highlight in their research are multi-focused and multi-faceted which, with a high degree of probability, results in developing both the students` key and subject-specific competences.

scholarly journals Strategic behavior in digital reading in english as a second/foreign language: a literature review

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
Juliana Do Amaral ◽  
Marília Camponogara Torres ◽  
Lêda Maria Braga Tomitch
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Cognitive Process ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Strategic Behavior ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Think Aloud Protocols ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Online Texts

This paper aims at presenting an overview of recent studies on students’ strategic behavior while reading online texts in English as a second/foreign language. As the digital environment has unique features that may influence reading comprehension, it is necessary that readers develop strategies to better cope with the online demands (Leu et al., 2014; Cho & Afflerbach, 2017). The studies here described made use of a wide range of data collection procedures, approaching qualitative and quantitative methods, by using surveys, observations, interviews and think-aloud protocols. Their findings collaborate to the understanding that Internet/hyperlinked reading is a complex cognitive process, involving not only the transfer of paper-based strategies but also mastering computer and multimedia skills

scholarly journals Implementation of the meta-subject approach in the process of foreign language training of future teachers at a pedagogical university

2021 ◽  
Vol 102 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-202
Author(s):  
A. Kabbassova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Foreign Language Education ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
General Strategy ◽  
Future Teachers ◽  
Learning Skills ◽  
Language Knowledge ◽  
Second Year

A future teacher who speaks foreign language is in more demand by school today than ever before. Pedagogical universities change their activities to meet the school educational system’s requirements. The need of English for future teachers is determined by the necessity of subject activity. In the process of teaching the teacher not only stimulates the mastering of the basics of science, but also creates the opportunity to develop learning skills, critically realize their experience of foreign language usage. First and second year students, while learning foreign language, improve their speaking skills, learn to use the best way to build their learning activity. The goal of the next step of professional training is to master teaching methods, which will let the students use their foreign language knowledge. Teaching English on the basis of meta-subject approach principles will allow to solve these problems. The article is devoted to the analysis of solving the problems of foreign language education of future teachers. The author suggests using the meta-subject potential of a foreign language as a general strategy of foreign language education. The experimental pedagogical work carried out at the Pavlodar Pedagogical University allows us to draw a conclusion about the effectiveness of the proposed ideas.

scholarly journals Polish-English Code-Switching in the Language of Polish Facebook Users

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-120
Author(s):  
Daria Pańka
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Code Switching ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Full Picture ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
L1 And L2

Social networking services, such as Facebook, are important channels of communication both for monolingual users and for those having various degrees of proficiency in L2, with the latter deploying expression both from L1 and L2. It can, therefore, be presumed that communication on FB plays a role in practicing the use of L2. One of the phenomena that can be examined in relation to that are various forms of code-switching. There is animmense research gap related to Polish-English code-switching appearing on this SNS. To obtain a full picture of the issue, the paper identifies and discusses types, strategies, and functions of Polish-English code-switches found in posts and comments published by Poles on Facebook in 2014–2019. It also indicates possible applications of FB tools and materials including CS in foreign language teaching and learning and shows how Facebook enables “social learning” (Mallia, 2013). The research is based on a corpus constructed by the author of this article. An integrated approach with both qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis is used in the paper. Three main CS types (intrasentential, intersentential, and tag-switching) and strategies (alternation, insertion, and congruent lexicalisation) have been attested in the material. The code-switches mostly indicate in-group membership but also, for example, introduce humor, quotes, and signal a lack of L1 equivalents. The study points out that there are certain relations between the types, strategies and functions. The resultsof the research are collated with the recent studies on Polish-English and Indonesian-English CS on Facebook.

scholarly journals Idea Management and Web-Based Idea Management Systems Situation and Potential in Latvia

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-36
Author(s):  
Elīna Miķelsone ◽  
Elita Lielā
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Community Survey ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Public Communication ◽  
Expert Interviews ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Idea Management

Abstract Idea management and web-based idea management systems application situation and potential in Latvia have been identified by applying qualitative and quantitative methods – community survey and expert interviews. It has been found that there is a tendency in Latvia that ideas in the organisations are generated within the frame of the same groups of people and there is no definite idea management system or effective idea management. It is important to stress that the results of the research also show that web-based idea management systems are not widely used in Latvia, but there is a perspective to apply them in private, public and academic sectors. Perspective areas to apply web-based IMS are cultivation of open and user-driven innovation, encouragement of civic participation, contribution to public communication and a wide range of creative cultural promotion.

Innovative Teachers, Who Are You? Innovative Teacher Analysis in the Light of The Model оf the ‘Big Five’ Personality Traits

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rina Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Pedagogical Innovation ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Wide Range

In the 21st century, reality, characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity, together termed VUCA, change constantly occurs throughout social, technological, economic, environmental, educational, and political (STEEEP model) aspects of society. Therefore, education systems need to adopt innovative approaches to adapt to the frequently changing world. In this study, educational and pedagogical innovation is regarded as including whatever constitutes a change in all areas to which education relates. As teachers are one of the most crucial factors in influencing students’ academic success, and as they must rapidly adapt and constantly innovate to adequately prepare their students for ever-changing circumstances, it is essential to identify traits of innovative teachers. The main goal of this study is to characterize the personality traits of innovative teachers according to the Big Five Personality Traits model, referred to as the NEO-AC model, using qualitative and quantitative methods. The findings show that innovative teachers perceive themselves as first and foremost open to experiences. They are curious people with highly developed imaginations and a wide range of interests. Innovative teachers also may be unconventional, capable of putting together plans and projects from several different disciplines.

scholarly journals Foreign language education to seniors through intergenerational programmes

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-117
Author(s):  
Ctibor Határ ◽  
Petra Jedličková ◽  
Marianna Müller de Morais
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Foreign Language Education ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Intergenerational Learning ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
Professional Literature ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
The Third ◽  
Wide Range

Abstract The intergenerational learning within various types of social environment and in relation to different target groups has long covered a wide range of uses. The professional literature mostly describes its benefits for children and young people, however, the intergenerational education also contributes to the development of personality and the saturation of the educational and psycho-social needs of both adults and seniors. The paper represents the authors’ output of the VEGA research project No. 1/0176/15 and it is structured into three chapters. In the first chapter, the author deals with the opportunities of the foreign language education for (not only) disabled seniors. The second chapter focuses on the intergenerational programmes that can be used in the language education of (not only) disabled seniors who are clients of social residential facilities. In the third chapter, the author elaborates the psychological aspects of the foreign language education of seniors.

scholarly journals Productive Method as the Basis for Soft Skills Development in Engineering Foreign Language Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 276
Author(s):  
Olesya Dmitrievna Medvedeva ◽  
Anna Vladimirovna Rubtsova
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Foreign Language Education ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Productive Method

The modern world requires engineering specialists with excellent hard skills as well as soft skills that contribute to better communication, creativity, and self-realisation of a person. The authors discovered that modern educational standards are starting to focus on soft skills development, proposing requirements for educational programs that contain competencies covering soft skills. To fulfil such needs, there is the productive method of foreign language teaching that implies interactive technologies and masters foreign language communicative competence and soft skills at once. Therefore, the study aimed at developing a technology of soft skills development in engineering foreign language education using the productive method and checking its effectiveness. The authors designed a questionnaire and investigated engineering students’ opinions on a need to develop soft skills, which revealed high relevance of the topic, and the possibility of their development while studying a foreign language, which proved the productive method’s prospects. Based on findings received and literature analysed, we implemented case studies, problem-based learning, and essay writing in the technology and designed assessment criteria. Testing of the technology was performed by a pedagogical experiment, where qualitative and quantitative methods were applied. To critically analyse the results, we used Cronbach’s alpha, which revealed good reliability of the questionnaire, and t-test showed high efficiency of the technology that improved students’ soft skills.

scholarly journals تحليل الأخطاء الإملائية في الرسائل الجامعية رسائل شعبة تعليم اللغة العربية بكلية التربية والتعليم بجامعة سونان أمبيل الإسلامية الحكومية سورابايا-نموذجا

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-214
Author(s):  
Uliz Zakiyah ◽  
M. Afifudin Dimyathi ◽  
Wahib Wahib
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Collection Method ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Undergraduate Study ◽  
Writing Research ◽  
Scientific Fields

Thesis (undergraduate) writing is the process of writing research that must be done by college students to complete their undergraduate study (S1). Whith this final assignment, college students are expected to be able develop their knowledge in accordance with scientific fields that have been studied systematically, logically and quality. However, the researchers found that in writing thesis (undergraduate), college students made many mistakes in writing. Therefore, researchers want to know their mistakes in writing thesis (undergraduate) and analyze them more deeply. The thesis used as the population in this study is the thesis of alumni from the Arabic language Education program at Sunan Ampel Surabaya 2015-2016. The samples taken were 35 thesis (undergraduate). This study uses qualitative and quantitative methods. The data collection method used is the documentation method. The results of analysis found by researchers from the thesis (undergraduate) that has been analyzed, show that there is a rush in completing their thesis (undergraduate), this can be seen from the errors in writing Arabic (Imla). Penulisan skripsi adalah proses penyusunan penelitian secara tertulis yang wajib dilakukan oleh mahasiswa untuk menyelesaikan studi strata satu (S1). Dengan adanya tugas akhir ini, diharapkan mahasiswa mampu mengembangkan ilmu pengetahuan  sesuai bidang keilmuan yang telah dipelajari secara sistematis, logis dan berbobot. Namun, peneliti menemukan bahwa dalam penulisan skripsi tersebut, mahasiswa melakukan kesalahan-kesalahan dalam penulisannya. Oleh sebab itu, peneliti ingin mengetahui kesalahan-kesalahan yang dilakukan mahasiswa dalam penulisan skripsi dan menganalisisnya dengan lebih mendalam. Adapun skripsi yang dijadikan populasi  dalam penelitian ini adalah skripsi alumni prodi Pendidikan Bahasa Arab UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya 2015 dan 2016. Sampel yang diambil adalah 35 skripsi. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dan kuantitatif. Dan metode pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah metode doumentasi. Hasil analisis yang ditemukan oleh peneliti dari skripsi yang telah dianalisis menunjukkan bahwa adanya ketergesaan peneliti dalam menyelesaikan skripsinya, hal ini terlihat dari kesalahan-kesalahan dalam penulisan bahasa Arab (Imla).

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF PERSONALLY ACTIVE APPROACH IN FUTURE TEACHERS’ FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE FORMATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-244
Author(s):  
S.S. Imanaliyeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Foreign Language Education ◽  
Educational Standards ◽  
Future Teachers ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Active Approach ◽  
Scientific Papers

This article aims to identify the definition and the role of personally active approachin future teacher’s foreign language professional competence. Initially, it observes the relevance of the issue of foreign language education and new paradigm in education system globally and in Kazakhstan. Also, the author analyzes different scholars’ opinions about a professionally competent foreign language teacher and his characteristics, supporting it with state and international educational documents. The article also observes the definitions of personally active approach and its usage in education. Furthermore, the article deals with arguments proving the role of personally active approach in future teachers’ foreign language professional competence formation. Analyzing the data from various scientific papers, articles and books, state and international educational standards, the author makes a conclusion in the end of the article.

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