scholarly journals Speech shadowing as a teaching technique in the CFL classroom

2020 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-88
Author(s):  
Ewa Zajdler
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Effective Teaching ◽  
Listening Comprehension ◽  
English Classes ◽  
Teaching Technique ◽  
Chinese Classroom ◽  
Teaching Chinese ◽  
Speech Shadowing

Abstract The aim of this paper is to present speech shadowing (the listener’s repetition of a word, phrase or sentence immediately after hearing it) as an effective teaching technique. Shadowing has been practiced in English classes in Japan for decades and many studies have confirmed its effectiveness for improving learners’ listening comprehension and pronunciation skills. Even though some studies have already indicated that this technique is successfully used in teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL) (Zajdler & Chu 2019), its potential has not been widely utilized in the Chinese classroom in Poland. Thus, the present paper will first discuss the auditory and cognitive underpinnings of shadowing, then a classification of the types of shadowing will be proposed. Finally, practical aspects of shadowing as an effective in-class CFL teaching technique will be presented.

scholarly journals Importance and Problems of Oral Teaching in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
LI SHUTING
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Expression Patterns ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
Primary Stage ◽  
English Classes ◽  
Teaching Chinese ◽  
Oral Teaching

This study reviews the importance of oral teaching in teaching Chinese as a foreign language. The oral teaching of the primary stage of Chinese as a foreign language has different characteristics and properties from other languages and other stages of learning in terms of the nature of the subject and the stage of learning. The main goal of oral teaching is to improve students’ oral communication skills. The training of second language teaching skills is generally divided into listening, speaking, reading, writing and translation. The purpose of language teaching is to cultivate students’ ability to communicate in the language they have learned. This study introduces the problems that should be paid attention to in the primary stage of oral teaching, which is helpful in teaching oral Chinese as a foreign language. Teaching Chinese as a foreign language should take the cultivation of learners’ language communication skills as the main goal, which has become a consensus among people. Among the many courses of Chinese as a foreign language, oral course can be regarded as the most flexible and directly related to the actual communicative ability of the training language. Speaking class provides students with speaking opportunities, such that students can master spoken words, spoken grammar and spoken expression patterns; fully mobilise the language information accumulated in the brain memory bank for communication; and move up from language learning as soon as possible The ‘plateau area’ in China is a problem that teachers of oral English classes need to explore. This study aims to improve the effect of oral Chinese teaching in the primary stage of teaching as a foreign language and achieve the expected teaching goals. This study also discusses this issue from the principles of specific teaching implementation.

scholarly journals FORMATION OF FOREIGN-LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES OF 6-7-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN USING THE WEB-SERVICE LEARNINGAPPS.ORG

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (36) ◽  
pp. 59-64
Author(s):  
K. Brovko
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Web Service ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Word Formation ◽  
Speech Development ◽  
English Classes ◽  
Grammatical Skills ◽  
Interactive Exercises ◽  
The Web

The study considers the potential opportunities and features of using the Web-service LearningApps.org in the for- mation of foreign-language activities of 6-7-year-old children in English classes. The classification of types of tasks on a functional basis (Multiple-choice, Sequence or Pairing, Order, Filling in, Group Puzzle, Crossword, Word grid, Patring Game and ect.) is carried out. A brief description is given. A strategic analysis of the Web- service LearningApps.org in the formation of foreign-language activities of 6-7-year-old children is presented. A set of methodological, didactic, pedagogical and psychological principles, which is implemented in the process of using Web-services LearningApps.org in English classes, is described. Didactic possibilities of formation foreign-language activities of 6-7-year-old children in English classes are considered. Among them: activation of children’s vocabulary, formation reading skills and abilities, improvement of children’s written speech, development of basic speech skills: listening, speaking, practicing children’s use of grammatical forms, stimulation of children’s word formation. Emphasis is placed on the effectiveness of using the Web-service LearningApps.org for the development of critical and creative thinking; formation of communication skills, in particular: analysis of material, comparison, comparison, establishment of associations; development of logic of sequence of actions and decisions, ability of systematization and generalization of material; teamwork skills in the process of solving problems. Fragments of own development of interactive exercises in the Web-service LearningApps.org aimed at studying lexical units, grammatical skills, listening and consolidation of the studied material by the topic «Parts of body. Appearance» are presented.

scholarly journals A Case Study on the Pattern of Classroom Discourse in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 172-177
Author(s):  
Liqing Li
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Classroom Discourse ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Teaching Quality ◽  
Discourse Structure ◽  
Classroom Teaching ◽  
Structure Model ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Chinese Classroom ◽  
Teaching Chinese

Based on the IRF (initiation, response, and feedback) classroom discourse structure model proposed by Sinclair and Coulthard, this research analyzes and studies the actual corpus of Chinese classroom teaching in Thailand, focusing on the structural model of teacher-student communication discourse, mainly from two aspects of teachers’ feedback. On the one hand, it investigates whether IRF is fully applicable to Chinese classroom teaching and whether there are special situations to it. On the other hand, it attempts to summarize the discourse structure model of Chinese classroom teaching and explores the application of the research results in helping Chinese teachers improve their teaching quality in hope that constructive suggestions can be proposed for teaching Chinese as a foreign language.

scholarly journals Smile room: a plataform for the practice and reinforcement of listening EFL

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 264-274
Author(s):  
Alejandra Gil Fernández ◽  
Cristian Camilo Sanabria ◽  
Astrid Ramírez Valencia
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Listening Comprehension ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
Resource Analysis ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Child Population ◽  
English Classes ◽  
Educational Processes ◽  
Subsequent Application ◽  
New London

During the process of teaching English as a foreign language, a lack of practice was identified in the listening skills in the educational processes of the child population. The objective of this study was the creation of the Smile Room virtual resource, and its subsequent application to analyze the influence of this type of multimedia content on learning processes and improving listening comprehension through virtual English classes. This study considered the theories of The New London Group (1996), Kress (2010), Brown and Yule (1983), Ur (1984), among others. Multimodality is established   as   a   means of rendering content through multimedia elements. Along with teaching strategies whose stimuli start from everyday life can facilitate the development of listening skills. Three instruments were applied in this research: class journals, student artifacts, and virtual resource analysis. Finally, the analysis of the data allowed to show important factors in terms of the learning phase of the child population, as well as information on significant cognitive and behavioral aspects for future studies.

ABOUT THE PROBLEM OF CLASSIFICATION OF THE CONCEPTS OF INFORMATICS STUDIED AT SECONDARY SCHOOL

2018 ◽  
pp. 4-7
Author(s):  
S. I. Zenko
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Parts Of Speech ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Definition Of

The article raises the problem of classification of the concepts of computer science and informatics studied at secondary school. The efficiency of creation of techniques of training of pupils in these concepts depends on its solution. The author proposes to consider classifications of the concepts of school informatics from four positions: on the cross-subject basis, the content lines of the educational subject "Informatics", the logical and structural interrelations and interactions of the studied concepts, the etymology of foreign-language and translated words in the definition of the concepts of informatics. As a result of the first classification general and special concepts are allocated; the second classification — inter-content and intra-content concepts; the third classification — stable (steady), expanding, key and auxiliary concepts; the fourth classification — concepts-nouns, conceptsverbs, concepts-adjectives and concepts — combinations of parts of speech.

PROFESSIONALLY-ORIENTED TEACHING AS A FACTOR OF MOTIVATION TO LEARNING ENGLISH IN NON-LINGUISTIC HIGH SCHOOLS (FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF DIFFERENT DIDACTIVE METHODS USING ON ENGI NEERING FACULTY)

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Business Communication ◽  
Professional Communication ◽  
Active Teaching ◽  
English Classes ◽  
Individual Knowledge ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
The University ◽  
Oriented Approach

This article is devoted to the features and benefits of a professionally-oriented approach to teaching a foreign language in non-linguistic high schools on the example of engineering education. According to the latest standards of higher education (FSES 3++), students must have sufficient knowledge of a foreign language for business communication in oral and written forms. However, teachers of high schools face a number of difficulties in the formation of a foreign language communicative competence offuture engineers, namely: a constant decrease of a number offoreign language practical classes in a curriculum of a high school and a weak motivation of students. In our opinion, a professionally-oriented approach to teaching helps to solve these problems and make the process of learning a foreign language more intensive, focused and effective. That is, now, the development of strategies, methodological models and tools for teaching English, with a focus on professional communication, is an actual task for an English teacher at the University. This article presents some methods and techniques that stimulate students of engineering faculty to professionally oriented communication in English. Much attention is paid to both active teaching methods used during practical English classes, and individual work, which allows students to get more useful information and skills within the practical classes given, and also allows students to develop the need for individual knowledge acquisition and comprehension, thereby providing the increased interest of communication in a foreign language and increasing motivation to learn a foreign language.

Automatic Classification of Foreign Language Accent

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Radha Krishna Guntur ◽  
Krishnan Ramakrishnan ◽  
Vinay Kumar Mittal
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Automatic Classification

STATE AND PROSPECTS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION IN KAZAKHSTAN: EXPERIENCE OF EMPIRICAL STUDY

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-83
Author(s):  
A. Ye. Bizhkenova ◽  
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D.M. Kabenova ◽  
Z.S. Takuova ◽  
M. Adilkhanuly ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Scientific Work ◽  
Foreign Language Education ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
English Classes ◽  
Language Communication ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
The Right

In the system of foreign language education in Kazakhstan,English is a priority at all levels of education. English is the language which is chosen by parents as a foreign for their children in preschool age. This article is devoted to the study of the status and current issues of teaching English in Kazakhstan. It is based on the results of a practical survey of eighth grade students of some secondary schools, as well as on observation of the educational process. During a visit to English classes and after conversations with school teachers, the problematic aspects of the learning process were identified. The article provides an overview of modern methods and principles of classes’ organization, contains recommendations for solving theidentified problems. The authors of the article also tried to find out the desire of students to learn not only English, but also other foreign languages, because according to the state regulatory documents, students at school have the right to choose a foreign language, which they want tolearn. The desire to communicate in a foreign language, readiness for foreign language communication, the role ofEnglish language in the student’s life, the main activities in foreign language lessons were some of the key issues, that were considered in this scientific work.

MODERN LINGUODIDACTICS AND MNEMONICS: FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF TEACHING STUDENTS HOW TO MEMORIZE NEW VOCABULARY

2021 ◽  
pp. 109-119
Author(s):  
Tat’yana A. Markelova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Visual Images ◽  
The Internet ◽  
English Classes ◽  
False Idea ◽  
Mnemonic Techniques

The paper deals with the search and application of effective methods of memorizing foreign language vocabulary, based on integrative and personal development approaches within the framework of modern linguodidactics. The Internet era, which maximally simplifies the process of searching for and translating foreign words, engender among students a false idea that there is no need to form special skills of memorizing foreign language vocabulary. In this regard, the development of new ways how to activate memory for educational purposes is of particular relevance, as well as the study of such mental processes of memory as memorizing, preserving, reproducing and forgetting. The author refers to some aspects of linguodidactics’ and mnemonics’ historical evolution, foreign and Russian experience of using mnemonic techniques in the process of studying and teaching foreign languages. Memorizing based on mnemonic encoding into images (when objects are linked with existing information in the memory) contributes to the process of mastering foreign language vocabulary, it becomes faster and easier, and it results in a long-term memorization of the material. In the paper, the author shares the practical experience of applying and teaching mnemonic techniques at English classes. The latter include phonetic associations, visual images, pictures, kinesthetic representations. In conclusion, the author makes an inference that it is advisable to teach students the technique of mnemonics as one of the effective ways to facilitate the process of memorizing new vocabulary.

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