scholarly journals Teachers’ Attitudes towards Conducting Interlanguage Analysis to Prepare Better Instructions

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruly Morganna
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Program ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Analysis Application ◽  
English Competence ◽  
Teachers Attitudes ◽  
Behavior And Cognition ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

This study focused on investigating attitudes had by English teachers in Indonesia towards preparing more qualified English instructions for further teaching processes through doing interlanguage analysis on the basis of students’ current competence of using English. The term competence in this study referred to students’ communicative competence. This study was conducted qualitatively to probe into the participants’ attitudes on doing interlanguage analysis, in that they were ten English teachers having been teaching English in Indonesian schools with varied experiences. They were selected purposively under considerations that they were experienced and taking graduate program, so that they were sufficiently familiar with this study issues, and it could be guaranteed that they managed to furnish the clarity of this study data. The data of this study were obtained through disseminating semi-structured questionnaire to the participants, and then pursuing the data was also undertaken to reach the clarity. The results indicated that despite some particular and situational constraints, all participants shared their positive attitude towards conducting interlanguage analysis on students’ English competence from the viewpoints of affection, behavior, and cognition. This study was essential since it could contribute on being one of references for English teachers to improve the quality of further instructions. This study was only delimited on the area of attitude. More researches were also expected to be conducted especially on the area of interlanguage analysis application to reveal more valuable and contributive knowledge in this issue.

scholarly journals Consumers’ Perception and acceptability of Nigerian rice in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Jemimah Timothy Ekanem ◽  
Idongesit Michael Umoh ◽  
Edidiong Mfon Bassey
Keyword(s):  
Target Population ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Positive Perception ◽  
Product Availability ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Index Value ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The study examined consumers’ perception and acceptability of local rice brands produced, processed and packaged in Akwa Ibom State. The target population for the study comprised all the local rice consumers in the various households of the study area. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used in selecting 340 respondents for the study. Data were collected with the use of structured questionnaire and analysed using, means, standard deviation and rankings. Findings showed that consumers’ perception of local rice in the study area was highly positive. The respondents perceived that local rice is tasty ( x̄ =3.63), both the rich and the poor have access to local rice ( x̄ =3.63), the rice has high nutritive contents ( x̄ =3.56) and is cheaper when compared to foreign rice ( x̄ =3.54). Also, respondents demonstrated good level of acceptability of local rice with an index value of 0.4029. Since the perception of the respondents promotes acceptability of the locally produced rice, more should be done to promote the positive perception while increasing acceptability level of the respondents through improvement of the quality of local rice produced by the state, product availability, advertisement, brand promotions and of course improved packaging of the rice products. Keywords: Perception of Nigeria rice, acceptability of local rice in Akwa Ibom State

scholarly journals English Teachers' Use of Learners' L1 (Arabic) in College Classrooms in Kuwait

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sulaiman Alrabah ◽  
Shu-hua Wu ◽  
Abdullah M. Alotaibi ◽  
Hussein A. Aldaihani
Keyword(s):  
Classroom Management ◽  
Classroom Practice ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
College Classrooms ◽  
Classroom Techniques ◽  
Software Program ◽  
L1 Use ◽  
Teachers Attitudes

<p>This study investigated English teachers' use of learners' L1 (Arabic) in college classrooms in Kuwait. The purpose of the study was three-fold: (1) to describe the functions for which L1 was employed by the teachers, (2) to explore the affective, sociolinguistic, and psycholinguistic factors that may have led teachers to use L1 in L2 teaching, and (3) to measure the teachers’ attitudes toward using L1 in teaching English as a foreign language (EFL). 60 EFL teachers at the Language Center in a college in Kuwait agreed to participate in the study. Data collection methods included recorded interviews and a grounded survey that was derived from the data of the interviews. Data analysis methods utilized Ethnograph 6.0, a software program, in order to search for common patterns of L1 use in the teachers’ interviews. Analysis of the survey utilized the Microsoft Excel Software Program to generate the means, percentages, and standard deviations for each of the survey items. The survey results indicated that the teachers used L1 in L2 classrooms as a teaching tool and for classroom management. The participating teachers also indicated that affective, sociolinguistic, and psycholinguistic factors have contributed to their L1 use in L2 teaching. However, the results also showed that the participating teachers exhibited mostly negative attitudes toward L1 use in L2 teaching. This contradiction between classroom practice and attitudes entailed implications for language teacher education programs to better equip EFL bound graduates with appropriate teaching strategies and classroom techniques to use L1 in appropriate ways in the EFL classroom.</p>

scholarly journals Practicing Communicative Language Teaching Approach of English Grammar Teaching: Teachers’ Perspectives in China Colleges

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-259
Author(s):  
Zhou Tianli ◽  
Nor Shahila Mansor ◽  
Lay Hoon Ang ◽  
Sharon Sharmini
Keyword(s):  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Communicative Language Teaching ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Grammar Teaching ◽  
English Grammar ◽  
China English ◽  
Teachers Attitudes ◽  
Teachers Perspectives

The communicative language teaching (CLT) approach has been extensively used in English teaching in recent decades. Many scholars have investigated CLT and English teaching from various perspectives, but few have examined teachers’ attitudes towards the CLT approach and its usage in English grammar teaching. This study aimed to investigate the rationale, the teaching effects and suggestions of English teachers in using CLT in English grammar teaching in China colleges. A qualitative research method was adopted and data was collected through an open-response questionnaire from 13 English teachers of 6 universities in China. The analysis of the data collected revealed that most of the China English teachers used CLT. Their rationale for using it are summarized in this study. The results show that CLT positively affects China college students’ English grammar learning despite some limitations, especially in cultivating their communicative competence, motivating their study interests, and modifying the classroom atmosphere, which also helps build students’ confidence. Moreover, most of the participants recommended using CLT to conduct English grammar teaching, and eight suggestions were presented to help English teachers conduct the CLT approach to grammar teaching. This study could prove a good reference for teachers who would like to teach English grammar under the CLT approach and enhance their understanding of CLT.

scholarly journals A Study on the Communicative Competence of Indonesian Teachers at Bilingual Programs

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Heny Hartono
Keyword(s):  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Medium Of Instruction ◽  
Language Of Instruction ◽  
Bilingual Programs ◽  
Coefficient Corrélation ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
English Competence ◽  
Positive Correlations

Teaching with English as a medium of instruction can be challenging for teachers in non-English speaking countries including Indonesia. The use of English as the language of instruction has become a part of marketing strategies for private schools to get more students. Apart from the marketing issue, the quality of the teachers should be on the top priority. Are the teachers qualified to serve as teachers at bilingual programs?  Teachers’ communicative competence should add the general teaching competences of in-service teachers at bilingual programs. Unfortunately, schools hardly assess teachers’ communicative competence. This study aimed to find out the level of in-service teachers’ communicative competence and the correlation among the level of communicative competence aspects. This sequential explanatory study involved 82 in-service teachers who taught in English. The results of this study reveal that the subjects of this study were found in safe zone. It indicates that teachers of English speaking programs under this study can perform their tasks adequately although they cannot be called competent yet. From the Spearman correlational analysis, it was found out that the coefficient correlation was above 0.76 indicating a very strong correlation between communicative competence and its aspects and strong positive correlations among the communicative competence aspects. The results of this study provide valuable input of teachers’ communicative competence which can be further followed up with suitable trainings to improve teacher’s English competence.

METHODS OF NETWORK COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE DEVELOPING WHEN PREPARING FUTURE TEACHERS FOR PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE ELECTRONIC EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (12) ◽  
pp. 21-27
Author(s):  
Kostikova N.A.
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Future Teachers ◽  
Electronic Information ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Selection Of

Currently, in the context of the widespread use of e-learning technologies and distance educational technologies, it is necessary to train future teachers, taking into account the peculiarities of solving professional problems in an electronic information and educational environment, to develop students' relevant competencies, including network communicative competence. Despite the large number of studies devoted to the communicative aspect of the teacher's activities, the problem of the formation of network communicative competence in the electronic information and educational environment has not been sufficiently studied. Based on the analysis of scientific literature, the results of the questionnaire survey of students, some methods of forming network communicative competence in future teachers in the study of various disciplines, in the course of teaching practice, and scientific research are proposed. The analysis of the conditions and factors that determine the choice of methods for the formation of the specified competence has been carried out. These factors are associated with the teachers' perception of the peculiarities of communication in the electronic information and educational environment, the didactic and communicative potential of resources and tools of the electronic information and educational environment, the choice of methods and technologies for organizing interaction, the selection of educational material that allows the development of components of network communicative competence, the design of tasks and exercises for the development of network communicative competence, the choice of modes, schemes and forms of organization of interaction, the organization of feedback, control of the level of formation of the network communicative competence, the implementation of reflection. The formed network communicative competence will contribute to a more effective solution by the teacher of communicative tasks in the electronic information and educational environment, which will improve the quality of training of future teachers in the electronic information and educational environment.

scholarly journals Providers’ View on the First Kidney Transplantation Center in Ethiopia: Experience From Past to Present

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 233339282110183
Author(s):  
Tariku Shimels ◽  
Abrham Getachew ◽  
Mekdim Tadesse ◽  
Alison Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Kidney Transplantation ◽  
Renal Transplant ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Transplant Center ◽  
Transplantation Center ◽  
Stage Renal Disease ◽  
End Stage

Introduction: Transplantation is the optimal management for patients with end-stage renal disease. In Ethiopia, the first national kidney transplantation center was opened at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College in September 2015. The aim of this study was to explore providers’ views and experiences of the past to present at this center. Methods: A qualitative study design was employed from 1st November to 15th December, 2019. To ensure that appropriate informants would provide rich study data, 8 health care providers and top management members were purposefully chosen for in-depth interviews. A maximum variation sampling method was considered to include a representative sample of informants. Interviews were digitally audio-recorded, and transcribed verbatim. Transcribed data was coded and analyzed using Qualitative Data Analysis (QDA) Minor Lite software and Microsoft-Excel. Result: The participants (5 males and 3 females) approached were from different departments of the renal transplant center, and the main hospital. Eight main themes and 18 sub-themes were generated initially from all interviews totaling to 109 index codes. Further evaluation and recoding retained 5 main themes, and 14 sub-themes. The main themes are; challenges experienced during and after launching the center, commitment, sympathy and satisfaction, outcomes of renal transplant, actions to improve the quality of service, and how the transplant center should operate. Providers claim that they discharge their responsibilities through proper commitment and compassion, paying no attention to incentive packages. They also explained that renal transplantation would have all the outcomes related to economic, humanistic and clinical facets. Conclusion and Recommendation: A multitude of challenges were faced during and after the establishment of the first renal transplant center in Ethiopia. Providers discharge their responsibility through a proper compassion for patients. Concerned stakeholders should actively collaborate to improve the quality of renal transplant services in the center.

scholarly journals Preschool teachers and caregivers’ lack of repositioning in response to changed responsibilities in policy documents

2021 ◽  
pp. 1476718X2096974
Author(s):  
Sara Cervantes ◽  
Anna Öqvist
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Educational Reform ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Preschool Teachers ◽  
Division Of Labour ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Working Relationship ◽  
Policy Documents

Preschool teachers and caregivers have a close working relationship as part of a working team to benefit the children in Swedish preschools. In 2011, a new educational reform was introduced according to which preschools became a school form in their own right within the overall educational system in Sweden. The objective of the policy was to strengthen the profession of preschool teachers by affording them clearer responsibility over the quality of educational practices and curriculum work. It also entailed a division of labour between the preschool teachers and caregivers in the working team. The current study explored how Swedish preschool teachers and caregivers positioned themselves in response to these changes in responsibility. In this qualitative study, data were collected from 17 preschool teachers and caregivers via an open-ended questionnaire. Preschool teachers and caregivers viewed themselves as having equal responsibility in the working team. Specifically, preschool teachers upgraded the competence and position of caregivers while downgrading their own professional competence and position. Caregivers downgraded the profession and position of preschool teachers and upgraded their own competence and position to be equal to that of preschool teachers.

scholarly journals Effects of Macronutrients in the Physiological Quality of Soybean Seeds

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 312
Author(s):  
Geliandro Anhaia Rigo ◽  
Luis Osmar Braga Schuch ◽  
Willian Silva Barros ◽  
Rodrigo Lamaison de Vargas ◽  
Vinícius Jardel Szareski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Program ◽  
Plant Tissues ◽  
Soybean Seeds ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Genetic Characteristics ◽  
Physiological Quality ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
Nitrogen Phosphorus

The aim of this work was to correlate macronutrient content of soybean seeds to physiological quality of different cultivars. The work was developed in the Federal University of Pelotas, in the facilities of the Seed Science and Technology Graduate Program. The experimental design was randomized blocks in arranged in four replicates. The following soybean cultivars were used: BMX Apolo RR (12 lots), BMX Ativa RR (13 lots), BMX Energia RR (26 lots), BMX Força RR (24 lots), BMX Impacto RR (35 lots), BMX Magna RR (16 lots), BMX Turbo RR (44 lots), BMX Potência RR (82 lots) and NA 5909 RR (28 lots), with seeds produced in northwest Rio Grande do Sul. The determination of nutritional contents found in plant tissues of soybean seeds, were measured: Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P), Potassium (K), Magnesium (Mg), Calcium (Ca), Sulfur (S). The macronutrient contents of the seeds vary according to genetic characteristics of the cultivars, with higher oscillations of nitrogen, phosphorus, magnesium and sulfur contents present in soybean seeds. Potassium and calcium are defined as the most stable nutrients for the cultivars and seed lots analyzed. High concentrations of nitrogen, phosphorus and calcium are determinants for the physiological quality of soybean seeds.

scholarly journals Surgical management of brain metastases

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moksha G. Ranasinghe ◽  
Jonas M. Sheehan
Keyword(s):  
Brain Tumors ◽  
Systemic Disease ◽  
Postoperative Management ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Preoperative Imaging ◽  
Metastatic Brain Tumors ◽  
Patients With Cancer ◽  
Proper Patient Selection ◽  
Positive Effect

✓Metastatic brain tumors continue to increase in incidence as patients with cancer live longer. The options for management continue to evolve as well, with advances in radiation-based treatment, chemotherapy, and surgery. Although metastatic brain tumors are frequently treated without surgical intervention, there continues to be a significant role for surgery in caring for patients with these lesions. Study data have proven that surgery has a positive effect on survival and quality of life in properly selected patients. Those with a suitable age, functional status, systemic disease control, and several metastases may be suitable for surgical treatment. Advances in preoperative imaging and planning as well as intraoperative surgical adjuncts have lowered the morbidity associated with resection. With proper patient selection and operative and postoperative management, resection continues to play a significant and evolving role in the care of patients with metastatic brain tumor.

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