The Role of Social Evaluation in Influencing Public Speaking Anxiety of English Language Learners at Omar Al-Mukhtar University

The dual-role of the students of English Education Department Teacher Training and Education Faculty Muria Kudus University as both English language learners and language users gets them to be autonomous, effective, efficient, and strategic readers. The objective of this research is to investigate the relationship between quality of the reading strategy and academic achievement of the students. The subjects of this research were 104 students of EED UMK comprising of all semesters taken randomly. The instrument used was closed-ended questionnaire. The result of this research reveals that there is no relationship between quality of the reading strategy and academic achievement, meaning that the quality of reading strategy does not influence the academic achievement of the students. Implikasions and recommendations for the institution and for further research were proposed.

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The Reality of Teaching Young ELLs in a Pull-Out Program

Advances in Early Childhood and K-12 Education - Optimizing Elementary Education for English Language Learners ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-3123-4.ch002 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 20-40

Author(s):

Tatiana I. Sildus ◽

Natalie Vanderbeck ◽

Michelle Broxterman

Keyword(s):

English Language Learners ◽

Language Learners ◽

Summer School ◽

English Language ◽

Real Life ◽

After School ◽

Teacher Interviews ◽

Pull Out ◽

Pull Out Programs

The chapter focuses on the specifics of working with elementary school English language learners in ESOL pull-out programs. The authors, a TESOL professor and two ESOL pull-out teachers in elementary schools, examine the role of the ESOL program instructor in this type of academic setting. To give the readers a better idea of what the job of an ESOL pull-out teacher entails, the chapter presents portions of teacher interviews offering insights from two elementary pull-out programs. It provides first-hand accounts of real life experiences of instructors in established programs. They not only reflect on what it is like to teach ELLs in this type of program, but also offer practical suggestions, as well as comment on additional programs and services, such as summer school and after school academy, available to ELLs in their district. The goal of the chapter is to better familiarize elementary educators currently working in districts with pull-out programs or those considering this option as a career choice, and to better prepare them for the realities of everyday work.

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A Study of Form and Content of Private Speech Used by Iranian EFL Learners

Theory and Practice in Language Studies ◽

10.17507/tpls.0807.20 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (7) ◽

pp. 874

Author(s):

Ehsan Alijanian ◽

Saeed Ketabi ◽

Ahmad Moinzadeh

Keyword(s):

English Language Learners ◽

Language Learners ◽

English Language ◽

Point Of View ◽

Private Speech ◽

Main Role ◽

Efl Learners ◽

The Mind

From the sociocultural point of view, the investigation of private speech is important in seeing how the mind works. Yet, not much is known about the form and content of private speech. A group of English language learners were required to talk about some topics of their reading courses. Their voices were recorded and the private speech used by them were identified. It was found that the main role of the loud and silent forms of the private speech in the data is to help learners manage the interaction. Private speech is embedded within the speech context and it needs to be explained in the context in which it happens.

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Disentangling the Role of Linguistics in English Language Teaching

ELT in Focus ◽

10.35706/eltinfc.v2i1.2023 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 29-33

Author(s):

Kelik Wachyudi

Keyword(s):

English Language Learners ◽

Literature Review ◽

Language Learners ◽

English Language ◽

Language Teaching ◽

Applied Linguistics ◽

Research Paper ◽

English Language Teaching

The research paper attempt to disentangle of (applied) linguistics in English language teaching. In this research, I used a literature review as my method. The result revealed that the role (applied) linguistics in English language teaching is needed for language learners. As a result, English language learners have beneficial from (applied) linguistics along with study English language teaching. The content of (applied) linguistics help language learners better to comprehend ELT.

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The Role of Anxiety in Learning and Performing English in the Cadet College Classes: Bangladesh Perspective

Advances in Language and Literary Studies ◽

10.7575/aiac.alls.v.9n.5p.111 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (5) ◽

pp. 111

Author(s):

Zakeya Sultana

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

College Students ◽

English Language Learners ◽

Language Learners ◽

English Language ◽

The World ◽

And Performance ◽

College Classes ◽

The Impact

Feeling of anxiety is exceedingly experienced by the English language learners throughout the world. Though the impact of anxiety on learning and performing in English has been widely studied in United States, Canada, Japan, Taiwan and many other countries; this present study, in contrast, tries to find out the reasons of anxiety in learning and performing English in the classes among the Bangladeshi cadet college students. Data has been collected through questionnaire from 30 participants from different cadet colleges in Bangladesh. Finally 10 students (one third of the total participants) were interviewed to get supportive data on their responses. An analysis of their responses indicate that preoccupied fear, peers’ parents’ and teachers’ reactions (sometimes)hold the participants back to flourish and express themselves properly. The responses of the participants quite clearly show that peers’, parents’ as well as preceptors’ amiable attitude towards the learners can pave the way for anxiety free learning and performance. So the findings can clearly facilitate both the students and the teachers in this respect.

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