scholarly journals The Impact of Class Size on Teaching and Learning English as a Foreign Language: The Case of the Department of English at Abdelhamid Ibn Badis University

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 349-361
Author(s):  
Hayat Aoumeur
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Class Size ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Learning English

scholarly journals The Impact of Class Size on Teaching and Learning English as a Foreign Language: The Case of the Department of English at Abdelhamid Ibn Badis University

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arab World English Journal ◽  
Hayat Aoumeur
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Class Size ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Huge Number ◽  
Large Classes ◽  
The Past ◽  
Quality Of Teaching ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Learning English

This paper is devoted to the study of the impact of class size on teaching and learning English as a foreign language. The investigation was conducted at the department of English at Abdelhamid Ibn Badis University. The department has witnessed a huge increase in the enrolment figure in the past decade which resulted into an increase in class sizes. This has created problems for staff and students alike. Despite the steps taken by the administrators to reduce the number of students, the problem of class crowding still persists. The department of English, alone, has an enrolment of almost 3000 students, it is a huge number indeed if we take into consideration the availability of facilities and resources. The aim of this study is to explore the organizational and pedagogical difficulties that are frequently encountered by the teachers dealing with large classes and the effects on student learning. Additionally, this paper proposes some suggestions on how to deal with class overcrowding. As part of our research, we have given questionnaires to 200 students and 40 teachers. The findings of the survey clearly demonstrate that large class sizes have an adverse impact on the quality of teaching and learning.

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 Inverse translation and the language student: A case study

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-193
Author(s):  
Lucía Pintado Gutiérrez
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Inverse Translation ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThis article explores the agency of the student in translation in language teaching and learning (or TILT). The purpose of the case study discussed here is to gain an overview of students’ perceptions of translation into the foreign language (FL) (also known as “inverse translation”) following a module on language and translation, and to analyse whether there is any correlation between students’ attitude to translation, its impact on their language learning through effort invested, and the improvement of language skills. The results of the case study reveal translation to be a potentially exciting skill that can be central to FL learning and the analysis gives indications of how and why language teachers may optimise the implementation of translation in the classroom. The outcome of the study suggests that further research is needed on the impact of translation in the language classroom focussing on both teachers’ expectations and students’ achievements.

Teaching and Learning English as a Foreign Language

1946 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Robert A. Hall ◽  
Charles C. Fries
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning English

Autonomy, agency, and identity in teaching and learning English as a foreign language

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Erika Novia Wardani ◽  
Alam Djati Nugraheni ◽  
Dwi Wara Wahyuningrum ◽  
Ashar Fauzi
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Agency And Identity ◽  
Learning English

Effects of English usage on Facebook and personality traits on achievement of students learning English as a foreign language

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Po-Chi Kao ◽  
Philip Craigie
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Pearson Product Moment Correlation ◽  
English Usage ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Learning English

In this study we explored the impact of English usage on Facebook (EUF) and the Big Five personality traits of 164 Taiwanese university students on their level of achievement in learning English as a foreign language (EFL). Using the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, we found that EUF was positively associated with extraversion and conscientiousness, but negatively related to neuroticism. The results of a simultaneous multiple regression analysis indicated that EUF, extraversion, and neuroticism accounted for a statistically significant amount of variance in EFL achievement. Of the variables, EUF made the largest significant unique contribution to the prediction of the participants' EFL achievement.

scholarly journals THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FUN FISHING TO TEACH SPEAKING FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Robekka Risten Fransiska Sinaga ◽  
Lulud Oktaviani
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Elementary School Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
School Students ◽  
Short Attention Span ◽  
Learning English

To produce competitive students that ready to face the trend of language learning in English as a foreign language, especially speaking skills, teachers should be ready to develop good planning in the teaching process. It can be in the form of strategies that can motivate students in the learning process. Moreover, in teaching elementary school students, teachers should be more creative to encourage students’ motivation in speaking by using attractive teaching media which involves physical activity because young learners usually only have a short attention span. By using teaching media, students will learn a language in such attractive and fun ways. Thus, the researchers want to see the use of Fun Fishing in teaching speaking at one of the Elementary Schools in Lampung to encourage students in learning English. This research used a qualitative method since it disclosed how to implement Fun Fishing media in an Elementary School in Lampung. As a result, the students were divided into four groups consisted of 2-3 members and learned English which involved physical activity. To sum up, using this media in learning English can motivate students to speak in English and make teaching and learning become more fun because they did physical activity.

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