scholarly journals Cuba: TEFL off the Grid

2022 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. p12
Author(s):  
Jose Alberto Pena Almora
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Teaching Community ◽  
Efl Teaching ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Professional Formation

The objective of this paper is to share the author’s points of view concerning the teaching and learning process of English as a foreign language in Cuba. The author does not claim to speak on behalf of the Cuban EFL teaching community, and the views expressed in this paper are the result of his personal practice only, and not necessarily those of the Cuban educational institutions. The writer wishes to thank all those who have contributed to his professional formation- whose list would be too long. The author remarks that all shortcomings, errors, and inaccuracies found in this paper are his fault only.

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORIES OF VERBS IN ENGLISH AND ALBANIAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 2245-2249
Author(s):  
Suzana Ejupi ◽  
Lindita Skenderi
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Part Of Speech ◽  
Grammatical Categories ◽  
Learning English

Working with English learners for many years, gives you the opportunity to encounter linguistic obstacles that they face while learning English language as a foreign language. Additionally, teaching for 13 years and observing the learning process, it enables you to recognize the students’ needs and at the same time, detect linguistic mistakes that they make, while practicing the target language. During my experience as a teacher, in terms of teaching and learning verbs in general and its grammatical categories in specific, it is noticed that Albanian learners find it relatively difficult the correct use of verbs in context and even more confusing the equivalent use of verbs in Albanian. Since verbs present an important part of speech, this study aims to investigate several differences and similarities between grammatical categories of verbs in English and Albanian. As a result, the Albanian learners of English language will be able to identify some of the major differences and similarities between the grammatical categories of verbs in English and Albanian; overcome the usual mistakes; gain the necessary knowledge regarding verbs and use them properly in English and Albanian.

scholarly journals Digitalisation of Teaching and Learning as a Tool for Increasing Students’ Satisfaction and Educational Efficiency: Using Smart Platforms in EFL

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 4892
Author(s):  
Sandra Stefanovic ◽  
Elena Klochkova
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Application Development ◽  
Mobile Platforms ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Motivation For Learning ◽  
Study Programs

This manuscript aims to present possibilities for developing mobile and smart platforms and systems in teaching and learning the English language for engineering professionals in different engineering study programs. Foreign language teaching and learning processes are based on traditional methods, while in engineering and technical sciences, teaching and learning processes include different digital platforms. Therefore, the following hypotheses were stated. (H1) It is possible to develop a software solution for mobile platforms that can have a higher level of interactivity, and it may lead to better learning outcomes, especially in the field of adopting engineering vocabulary. (H2) Implementation of the developed solution increases motivation for learning and leads to a higher level of satisfaction with the learning process as a part of the quality of life. (H3) Students who have digital and mobile platforms in the learning process could have higher achievement values. This manuscript presents software application development and its implementation in teaching English as a foreign language for engineering and technical study programs on the bachelor level. Initial results in implementation and satisfaction of end users point to the justification of implementing such solutions.

scholarly journals ADMINISTRASI PESERTA DIDIK

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liza Luthfiah ◽  
Hade Afriansyah
Keyword(s):  
Student Achievement ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
School Discipline ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Student Attendance ◽  
Entire Process ◽  
School Year

The purpose of writing this article is to find out how the administration process of students in order to achieve the objectives of education, the technique used is the study of literature that is collecting some material from journals, books, and others.Administration of students (students) is the entire process of activities planned and planned deliberately and continuous guidance for all students in the relevant educational institutions in order to be able to follow the teaching and learning process (PBM) effectively and efficiently, to achieve educational goals has been established.The purpose of the administration of students in education is generally to regulate all activities related to students so that the teaching and learning process runs effectively and efficiently so that the educational goals can be maximally achieved.In administrative students there is a process or activity carried out by the administrator, namely 1) the activities of the beginning of the school year which include planning, 2) during the school year, 3) the end of the school year.Instruments in student administration are master books, book clusters, student condition lists, student attendance books, school discipline records, student achievement notebooks, and mutation books.

scholarly journals ՎԱՐԺՈՒԹՅՈՒՆՆԵՐԻ ԿԻՐԱՌՈՒՄԸ ԱՆԳԼԵՐԵՆԻ՝ ՈՐՊԵՍ 3-ՐԴ ՕՏԱՐ ԼԵԶՎԻ ՈՒՍՈՒՑՄԱՆ ԳՈՐԾԸՆԹԱՑՈՒՄ / USE OF EXERCISES IN TEACHING/LEARNING ENGLISH AS A THIRD FOREIGN LANGUAGE

2021 ◽  
pp. 117-127
Author(s):  
SIRANUSH GHAZARYAN
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Negative Interference ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Learning English

The article touches upon the problems of teaching English as a third foreign language in higher educational institutions of the Republic of Armenia. The students’ mother tongue, in this case, is Armenian. Russian is the first foreign language and French is the second one. Considering the fact that the students’ 2nd (French) and 3rd (English) foreign languages have significant similarities that can cause both positive transfer and negative interference, the teaching/learning process of English should be organized by paying special attention to the similarities and taking into account certain peculiarities. Accordingly, the use of correctly selected exercises can help in organizing the teaching/learning process more quickly and effectively. The author also introduces some “dangerous” language phenomena that may bring about undesirable interference in learning English after French. In addition, a number of exercise samples are provided that might be used to develop the students’ lexical, grammatical and phonological competences in teaching/learning English as a third foreign language.

scholarly journals Vietnamese Efl Tertiary Teachers’ English Communication In Non-English Major Classes: A Case Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lien Tran
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Communication Strategies ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
Classroom Culture ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Efl Teaching ◽  
L2 Learning ◽  
English Major

<p><b>The way English is taught at all educational levels has been a matter of big concern in Vietnam. This is clearly shown by the National Foreign Languages Project 2020 (phases 2008-2016 and 2017-2025) which aims to renovate all aspects of English teaching including teaching facilities, teacher proficiency, curriculum, assessment methods, and learning outcomes, particularly in tertiary English teaching (Vietnamese Government, 2008). Teachers’ classroom English communication is an important part of English teaching and learning; thus, closely examining how they use classroom English and communication strategies is a necessity. However, most international and Vietnamese research of English communication in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teaching contexts has focused on the perspectives of learners, with limited attention given to the role of teachers. This thesis fills this gap by examining tertiary teachers’ practices of English communication in relation to learners’ perspectives. </b></p><p>This study investigated how English communication was used by five Vietnamese lecturers of English who were teaching non-English major students at two public colleges in Vietnam. This research adopted a mixed methods and qualitative dominant approach. The data were collected via classroom observations, survey questionnaires, individual interviews with lecturers, and focus group interviews with students. Findings reveal that, while most of the lecturers said they used more English than Vietnamese, classroom observation and student interview data suggested that they spent marginally less time speaking English than Vietnamese. Both lecturers and students shared viewpoints on the benefits of an English-only approach, but many did not think this approach would be applicable and effective in classes. Both lecturers and students believed that lecturers’ choice and use of classroom language was predominantly influenced by the desire to ensure comprehension and to provide concern to students. Findings further show seven key communication strategies used by the lecturers, with humour having not been previously identified in communication strategy research. </p><p>The lecturers’ roles as language users and language analysts are assumed to be mutually interconnected to lead to their practices of communication strategies; and the role of language teachers with their pedagogical learner knowledge shaped their perceptions on the functions and usages of communication strategies. Mismatches between the lecturers’ and students’ perceptions of classroom English communication were also identified. Those mismatches were caused by a limitation on communication at the interpersonal level between the lecturers and students and the particularly hierarchical and formal teacher-learner relationship in Vietnamese culture. To minimise those perceptual gaps, it is recommended that lecturers need to consider the perspectives of students to know what they expect to learn and how to learn that effectively. Lecturers’ classroom communication styles and strategies are also shown to be important to help alleviating those perceptual mismatches. It is also suggested that EFL classrooms should offer features of a supportive and motivating environment such as a well-designed classroom layout, teachers’ systematic corrective feedback, less asymmetrical power, and plentiful interaction opportunities. In the communicative and learner-centred teaching approaches, EFL teaching needs to be innovative to better engage and motivate students and to create more learning opportunities. </p><p>Taken as a whole, this thesis suggests that socially affective classroom culture plays an important role in students’ foreign language (FL) and second language (L2) learning and development. A positive lecturer-student relationship, a supportive learning environment, and interaction opportunities are the three main factors that can mediate and construct students’ FL/L2 learning. This study also emphasises the essential role of lecturers in shortening the perceptual gaps between them and students and opening learning space for students. Lecturers’ classroom communications strategies are used for communicative, affective, motivational, and pedagogical purposes and can be converted into students’ learning strategies with mediation tools. To improve EFL teaching and learning, this study also recommends an English-dominant teaching policy, job-oriented and communicative-based syllabus and assessment, and frequent teacher self-reflection and students’ feedback. Lastly, the research has useful implications for EFL teacher education and proficiency development. </p>

Confinement et continuité pédagogique

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Vasumathi BADRINATHAN
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Emotional Difficulties ◽  
Online Teaching And Learning ◽  
Efl Teaching ◽  
New Situation

Provoked in March 2020 by the global Covid 19 pandemic, the migration of education to virtual has not been without challenges. Like many other countries, India has been forced to implement virtual modalities in education as a response to the crisis. This study highlights the complex nature of EFL teaching and learning, the pedagogical and emotional difficulties caused by digital technology. It also sets out some recommendations for making better use of the virtual. Semi-directed interviews with teachers help us to identify the new situation, their perception of this change, and their strategies. They also allow us to identify the specificities of online teaching and learning of French as a foreign language.

scholarly journals Translation and EFL in Oman

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Musallam Al-Ma’ani ◽  
Al Ghalia Al-Kindi
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Efl Teaching ◽  
History Of ◽  
Arabic And English

The history of the didactics of translation indicates that it has been effectively used in the teaching of foreign languages. In the case of English as a Foreign Language (EFL), translation can have a sufficiently facilitating role in its teaching and learning. Particularly for the teaching of EFL in Oman, where English is taught at all stages of the educational system, translation from and into Arabic and English may improve the mastery of English. But there is disagreement among EFL teachers on the use of translation in their classes. This paper explores the views of EFL teachers in Oman with regard to the feasibility and usefulness of translation in EFL teaching. Findings suggest that EFL teachers in Oman are almost split on this vital issue.

scholarly journals Problems of Teaching and Learning English as a Foreign Language in South Yemen: A Case Study of Lahj Governorate

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 485-492
Author(s):  
Sabri Thabit Saleh Ahmed ◽  
Bushra Thabit Ahmed Qasem
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Teaching Aids ◽  
Proficiency Level ◽  
Efl Teaching ◽  
Learning English ◽  
Language Teaching And Learning

The task of teaching and learning English as a foreign language is not an easy task as there are many factors that may contribute positively or negatively to its success. In the context of this study, most school-leavers have very poor English, especially when looking at their oral skills. This indicates that there are some problems that EFL learning and teaching encounter, and then such problems are reflected in students’ proficiency level. This study, therefore, explored the problems encountering EFL teaching and learning in Lahj primary and secondary schools to identify such problems and suggest some solutions that may help in improving English language teaching and learning in the concerned schools. Data were collected from 32 EFL senior teachers and supervisors of Lahj governorate. Findings showed that large classes, lack of teaching aids, teachers’ low proficiency in English, teachers’ limited experience with communicative language teaching, late beginning of learning English, lack of focus on oral communicative English, use of mother tongue in classroom, students’ low motivation and interference between English and Arabic are considered as major problems encountering English language teaching and learning in the concerned South Yemeni schools and contribute negatively to students’ proficiency level. The study has provided some recommendations that may help in improving EFL teaching and learning in the concerned schools and in Yemeni schools generally.

scholarly journals O wybranych aspektach determinujących nauczanie i uczenie się języka rosyjskiego (drugiego obcego) - wnioski z badań

Neofilolog ◽  
2010 ◽  
pp. 185-194
Author(s):  
Marzanna Karolczuk
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Native Language ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Cultural Environment ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Multilingual Students ◽  
Previous Learning

The aim of the present paper is to attempt to analyze selected factors which influence the learning of a second or foreign language. The goal is also to present the results of preliminary studies based on the observations of Russian language lessons. The introduction of a second foreign language into schools makes teaching multilingual. Students’ native language together with the languages they learn in and outside educational institutions all contribute to establishing a unique linguistic and cultural environment. The process of teaching and learning of a second language should refer to students’ knowledge and skills, which they acquired during their previous learning experiences.

scholarly journals Pengelolaan Sarana dan Prasarana Pendidikan

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 266-275
Author(s):  
Miptah Parid ◽  
Afifah Laili Sofi Alif
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Educational Facilities ◽  
Educational Facility ◽  
Planning Space ◽  
Type Of School ◽  
Education Process

Madrasas as a type of school education institution have the same duties andresponsibilities as other educational institutions that are under the guidance ofthe Ministry of Education and Culture. In order for education in the madrasas tobe effective, a complete and well-organized educational facility can be used asfully as possible to support a quality teaching and learning process. Based on thedescription of the discussion, a summary of conclusions is obtained: (1)Management of educational facilities and infrastructure is structuring activities,starting from the needs, procurement, inventory, storage, maintenance, use andstorage of complete arrangement of land, buildings, equipment, and schoolequipment available for and target. (2) Types of education can be divided intolearning tools and educational media. While the two types of infrastructure arebuildings and furniture. (3) The purpose of managing educational facilities andinfrastructure, is the provision of professional facilities and services in the field offacilities and infrastructure in schools in order to realize the education process inschools effectively and efficiently. (4) Planning space and educationalinfrastructure, namely planning, procurement, maintenance, inventory, andelimination

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