scholarly journals The Impact of Using the Station Rotation Model on Saudi EFL Learners’ Descriptive Writing Skills

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-114
Author(s):  
Alanoud Ahmed Aldukhi
Keyword(s):  
Writing Skills ◽  
Intermediate School ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Descriptive Writing ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Rotation Model

The present study investigated the impact of the station rotation model (SRM) on enhancing students’ descriptive writing skills. It adopted the quasi-experimental pre-post test control/ experimental group design. The tools of the study included a pre/post- descriptive writing skills test, and open-ended questionnaire. The participants of the study were selected randomly, 40 female students enrolled in the twelfth intermediate school in Riyadh. Students of the experimental group received the descriptive writing skills instructions in nine sessions based on the SRM, two of them were for training. The study results revealed statistically significant differences at 0.05 level between the mean scores of the control and the experimental groups on the post test in favor of the experimental group in overall descriptive writing skills as well as in each descriptive writing skill. The researcher recommended that there is a real necessity from educators and teachers to prepare appropriate curriculums that involve implementing the station rotation model inside the classrooms, in a way that corresponds with teachers’ ability and students’ need, aiming to gain the mentioned advantages.

scholarly journals The Impact of Using the Station Rotation Model on Saudi EFL Learners’ Descriptive Writing Skills

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alanoud Ahmed Aldukhi
Keyword(s):  
Writing Skills ◽  
Intermediate School ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Descriptive Writing ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Rotation Model

The present study investigated the impact of the station rotation model (SRM) on enhancing students’ descriptive writing skills. It adopted the quasi-experimental pre-post test control/ experimental group design. The tools of the study included a pre/post- descriptive writing skills test, and open-ended questionnaire. The participants of the study were selected randomly, 40 female students enrolled in the twelfth intermediate school in Riyadh. Students of the experimental group received the descriptive writing skills instructions in nine sessions based on the SRM, two of them were for training. The study results revealed statistically significant differences at 0.05 level between the mean scores of the control and the experimental groups on the post test in favor of the experimental group in overall descriptive writing skills as well as in each descriptive writing skill. The researcher recommended that there is a real necessity from educators and teachers to prepare appropriate curriculums that involve implementing the station rotation model inside the classrooms, in a way that corresponds with teachers’ ability and students’ need, aiming to gain the mentioned advantages.

scholarly journals The Effects of Utilizing Telegram App to Enhance Students’ ESL Writing Skills

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-16
Author(s):  
Murni Hayati binti Mohd Dollah ◽  
Subadrah Madhawa Nair ◽  
Walton Wider
Keyword(s):  
Writing Skills ◽  
Teaching Writing ◽  
Esl Writing ◽  
Esl Teachers ◽  
Content Quality ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Descriptive Writing ◽  
Experimental Group

Mobile learning provides students to learn anywhere without the need of physical classroom. The main objective of this study is to investigate whether the utilization of Telegram app can enhance students’ ESL writing skills. The second objective is to investigate whether the utilization of Telegram app can enhance students’ perceptions towards ESL writing skills. Quasi-experimental one group pre-test post-test design was employed in this study. The students from the experimental group were given a pre-test (descriptive writing test) via Telegram app and their essays were marked by their teacher. The experiment lasted four weeks, and students were taught ESL writing skills using the Telegram app during that time. After the intervention a post-test was administered. This study used two types of instruments, pre- test, post-tests and a questionnaire. The data from the pre-test and post-test were analyzed using the paired sample t-test, and the questionnaire was analyzed using descriptive statistics. This study shows some interesting findings. Firstly, the results indicate that the utilization of Telegram app enhances students’ performance in their overall ESL writing; spelling, punctuation, organization, vocabulary, grammar, content quality and creativity. In addition, students’ perceptions towards ESL writing skills enhanced significantly. This study has effective pedagogical implication because utilization of Telegram app helps to improve students’ writing skills. Furthermore, the findings suggest that ESL teachers can use Telegram app as an alternative method in teaching writing skills.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Using the Lexical Approach to Developing Ethiopian EFL Learners’ Vocabulary Competence

HOW ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-93
Author(s):  
Addisu Sewbihon-Getie
Keyword(s):  
Vocabulary Knowledge ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Instructional Approach ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Based Instruction ◽  
Lexical Approach ◽  
Experimental Group

This study investigated the effects of teaching vocabulary through the lexical instructional approach in EFL intermediate level students. Ninety-five (95) students participated in a non-equivalent pre-test-post-test quasi-experimental design study. The participants were given vocabulary competence pre-test in order to check their homogeneity in terms of their vocabulary knowledge. Then, following the similitude of the results they scored, the participants were randomly assigned as experimental group and the control group. For sixteen (16) weeks, the experimental group was taught by providing students with chunks and/or collocates of words through using collocation dictionaries, concordance programs, chunk-for-chunk translation activities, and corpus-based activities etc. Whereas, the control group was taught the new words in isolation with conventional teaching techniques; for example, translation at single word level, synonyms, antonyms, and definitions. After the instructional intervention, both groups participated in a vocabulary competence post-test. The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software version 22 was employed to analyse the results. In this regard, an independent Samples T-test was run and the findings of the study showed that the experimental group outperformed the control group in the post-test which implies that teaching vocabulary with a lexically-based instruction can improve EFL learners’ vocabulary competence or knowledge. Furthermore, the study results suggest that the lexical instructional approach should be the focus of future experimental research.

scholarly journals The Influence of Emotion Based Language Instruction on Speaking and Writing Skills among EFL learners: An Empirical Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (12) ◽  
pp. 215-225
Author(s):  
Seyyed Mohammad Reza Adel ◽  
Hossein Najjari ◽  
Marziyeh Farivar ◽  
Tahereh Heydarnejad
Keyword(s):  
Writing Skills ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
English As Foreign Language ◽  
Second Languages ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group

Effective learning is the ultimate goal in every educational system, which can be achieved by considering the intertwined relationships of both cognitive and affective procedures. In line with this argument, this study intends to shed light on the impact of Emotion Based Language Instruction (EBLI) in enhancing teaching productive skills (speaking and writing) to EFL students. To do so, Quasi-Experimental Study was carried out among Iranian English as foreign language (EFL) students. The learning materials and the supplementary parts were selectively developed based on the Metric of Emotioncy designed by Pishghadam (2016). To observe the influence of EBLI, the differences in scores of pre and posttest of IELTS were statistically calculated. The results displayed a significant change in speaking and writing skills among students in the experimental group. The findings of the present study may foster EBLI implementation and increase the related knowledge in teaching foreign/second languages.

scholarly journals The Development of Writing Module on Enhancing the Writing Skills of Omani General Foundation Program Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (9) ◽  
pp. 363-381
Author(s):  
Moustafa Mohamed Abdelmohsen ◽  
Rohaya Abdullah ◽  
Yasir Azam
Keyword(s):  
Writing Skills ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Foundation Program ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a developed writing module on enhancing the General Foundation Program students’ writing skills. The study made use of a pre-test and post-test quasi-experimental design. The study participants incorporated 70 Omani students and 2 EFL teachers. The students were divided into experimental and control groups. The experimental group incorporated 35 students who studied English at the General Foundation Program of Sur Nursing Institute. The control group involved 35 students who took an English course at The General Foundation Program Centre in Muscat. Both institutions function under the auspices of the Omani Ministry of Health. The control group studied the ministry’s writing syllabus, whereas the experimental group studied the writing module. The writing pre-test was done before module delivery and the post-test was done after the intervention. ANCOVA test was utilized to draw a statistical analogy between the mean scores of tests of both groups. The test findings divulged that there was a statistically significant mean difference between the control and experimental group’s scores in the writing post-test. The module significantly enhanced the experimental group’s writing skills.

scholarly journals The Impact of Authentic Materials and Tasks on Students’ Communicative Competence at a Colombian Language School

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 89 ◽  
Author(s):  
César Augusto Castillo Losada ◽  
Edgar Alirio Insuasty ◽  
María Fernanda Jaime Osorio
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Authentic Materials ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Language School ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group

This article reports on a study carried out in a foreign language school at a Colombian public university. Its main purpose was to analyze the extent to which the use of authentic materials and tasks contributes to the enhancement of the communicative competence on an A2 level English course. A mixed study composed of a quasi-experimental and a descriptive-qualitative research design was implemented by means of a pre-test, a post-test, observations, semi-structured interviews, surveys, and diaries. The findings showed that the use of authentic materials and tasks, within the framework of a pedagogical project, had an impact on students’ communicative competence progress and on the teaching practices of the experimental group teacher.

scholarly journals Enhancing Saudi EFL Learners’ CAF in Narrative Writing Through Native Speaker Kids’ Reading Website

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Talal Musaed Alghizzi ◽  
Abdul Aziz Mohamed Ali El Deen
Keyword(s):  
Native Speaker ◽  
Narrative Writing ◽  
Signed Rank ◽  
Accuracy Measure ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Lexical Density ◽  
The Impact ◽  
English Native Speaker

This novel study investigated the impact of English native speaker kids’ reading website on enhancing Saudi EFL university students’ complexity, accuracy and fluency (CAF) in narrative writing. The rationale for this study is the scant literature in the area of estimating narrative writing in terms of CAF. The quasi-experimental method was adopted in this study through a pre-/ post-test in narrative writing. Eleven level three participants were recruited from in this study. Instruments of the study included a pre-post-test in narrative writing, and the CAF measures. A Wilcoxon signed-Rank and Mann Whitney were used in the analysis. The study results found no significant differences at 0.05 level regarding the post administration of syntactic complexity ratios except (CP/T, CP/C, and CN/C) whose results were significant. The sub-constructs of lexical density and lexical variation were enhanced partially, and as a whole, whereas there was no increase/decrease regarding lexical sophistication. For accuracy measure, the results were significant in all ratios at 0.05 level except (EFC/C, and EFTC/S ratios). Concerning fluency measures, the results were insignificant at 0.05 in all ratios except (MLC ratio). The results of the study and their pedagogical implications were discussed.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF DIALOGUE JOURNAL WRITING ON THE WRITING SKILLS OF JORDANIAN EFL LEARNERS AND THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARDS WRITING

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 569-576
Author(s):  
Murad Al Kayed ◽  
Majd Alkayid ◽  
Mohareb Ali Alsmadi
Keyword(s):  
Journal Writing ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Dialogue Journal ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Conventional Teaching ◽  
Post Test ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group

Purpose of the study: The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of dialogue journal writing (DJW) on learning the vocabulary, organization, and grammar of English. It also explores the impact of DJW on the attitudes of students towards writing in English. Methodology: The sample of the study consists of 50 undergraduate Jordanian students divided equally into an experimental and control group. The control group was given traditional writing instruction while the experimental group was taught using dialogue journal writing. The study used a pre and post-test to investigate the impact of DJW on writing skills, while a questionnaire was used to unveil the attitudes of students to writing. Main Findings: The results of the research revealed that the vocabulary, organization, and grammar learned by the experimental group were significantly improved (p<0.05) compared to the control group. The study also found out that students taught using DJW developed positive attitudes towards writing better than students exposed only to conventional teaching methods of writing. Applications of this study: The present study is beneficial in providing teachers of English as a foreign language with new methods to teach writing skills. Novelty/Originality of this study: The current study is significant since the impact of dialogue journals on writing is under-researched in the Jordanian context.

scholarly journals A Cognitive Approach to the Instruction of Phrasal Verbs: Rudzka-Ostyn’s Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 10-25
Author(s):  
Ghuzayyil Mohammed Al-Otaibi
Keyword(s):  
Control Group ◽  
Cognitive Approach ◽  
Phrasal Verbs ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Spoken English ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Common ◽  
Mind Maps ◽  
Experimental Group

English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners find some phrasal verbs problematic because of their idiomatic and polysemous nature. They are frequently used in spoken English and textbooks suggest an arbitrary way in teaching them. Cognitive linguists proposed that the particle plays a major role in determining the meaning of such phrasal verbs. This study investigated the effectiveness of a cognitive approach (i.e., Rudzka-Ostyn’s Model) in teaching taught and new phrasal verbs including metaphorical ones. Using a list of frequent phrasal verbs, a quasi-experimental design was used in which an experimental group was required to create mind maps of the common meanings of each particle with example phrasal verbs. The control group, on the other hand, was asked to memorize the frequent senses of the most frequent phrasal verbs along with their translations. The experimental group did not outperform the control group on the post-test. This was attributed to a number of problems such as the fact that some senses given by some particles are not outlined in Rudzka-Ostyn’s Model. Further, the analytical procedure followed by students to cognitively understand phrasal verbs should be made explicit and address the interaction between the verb and the particle. Additionally, following a cognitive approach, instructors should focus more on the particles up and out since they have many senses and contribute a lot to phrasal-verb formation.

scholarly journals EFFECT OF YOGIC EXERCISES AND MEDITATION ON EMOTIONAL WELLNESS AND SPIRITUAL WELLNESS OF WOMEN IN THOOTHUKUDI

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (9(SE)) ◽  
pp. 63-73
Author(s):  
Thanga Selvam ◽  
Shunmuga SelvaSivaSankari ◽  
A. Nagalakshmi
Keyword(s):  
Personal Health ◽  
Spiritual Wellness ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Emotional Wellness ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Impact

Today, yoga is considered as an alternative exercise approach to obtain personal health and wellbeing. Yoga’s holistic methodology strives to unite one’s body, mind, and spirit; it is a method of exercise mirrored in the physical, mental, and emotional benefits which result. The focus of this paper will highlight on the effect of yogic exercises and meditation on emotional wellness and spiritual wellness among women. The objectives of this study were to find out the level of emotional wellness and spiritual wellness of women before and after treatment and to find out the impact of yogic exercises and meditation on the emotional wellness and spiritual wellness of women. The investigators have adopted quasi-experimental method for this study. Results of this study show that there is significant difference between pretest and post test scores on emotional wellness and spiritual wellness of women before and after the yogic exercises and meditation.

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