scholarly journals STUDENT TEACHERS’ PERCEPTION OF THEIR TEACHING COMPETENCY ASSESSED BY A FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSING STUDENT TEACHERS’ ENGLISH TEACHING COMPETENCY (FASTETC)

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tran Quoc Thao
Keyword(s):  
Student Teachers ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
Professional Standards ◽  
Teaching Methodology ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Course Outcomes

Training teachers to meet the professional standards is one of the top missions prioritized by teacher training institutions. Nevertheless, how student-teachers’ teaching competency is assessed is considered as one of the most concerns by teacher trainers and educators. This study, therefore, aims at examining student teachers’ perception of their teaching competency assessed by a framework for assessing student teachers’ English teaching competency (FASTETC) in the TESOL methodology course at a Ho Chi Minh City-based university, Vietnam. The study involved 85 student teachers majoring in TESOL methodology in answering a self-evaluation questionnaire. The results indicated that the research participants realized they could meet the course outcomes and professional standards in terms of attitudes, knowledge and skills of English teaching methodology (ETM) and English language proficiency. Furthermore, student teachers were aware that their knowledge and skills of ETM outperformed their attitudes of ETM. Such preliminary results can encourage the use of a teaching competency framework for assessing and assuring the quality of student teachers’ teaching competency in similar contexts.  

Framing Syllabi For Developing English Language Proficiency Bridging Gaps In English Teaching At The Tertiary Level

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 9-13
Author(s):  
C. MONSINGH DANIEL
Keyword(s):  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Career Advancement ◽  
English Language ◽  
Global Market ◽  
English Language Proficiency ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Tertiary Level ◽  
English Teaching

The English Language holds primacy in several levels of employment. This has drawn appeal towards the language as a valuable tool towards having an edge in ones skill set. Capitalizing on the image that English builds for ones employability and career advancement has become a trend set by employer and employee alike. It does indeed have its appeal in a global market, but its demand is due to the inability of educational institutions to provide verifiable and considerable output in students who are proficient in the English Language. Therefore the search for candidates with quality English skills is rather sparse in number. Attempts are of course made by academicians to change this reality but not to the level of a massive turnabout.

scholarly journals Arab English Language Teaching Candidates Climbing the IELTS Mountain: A Qualitatively Driven Hermeneutic Phenomenology Study

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Al-Issa ◽  
Ali Al-Bulushi ◽  
Rima Al-Zadjali
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenology ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Structured Interviews

As a high-stakes international language proficiency benchmark, the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) requires different and special Language Learning Strategies (LLS), which pose numerous challenges to its takers. Some Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) majoring in English Language Teaching (ELT), have therefore, failed to achieve an overall score of Band 6 on the IELTS as a language proficiency requirement and a condition mandated by the Ministry of Education for selecting English language teachers among. This qualitatively driven hermeneutic phenomenology study, hence, discusses this issue from an ideological perspective. The study triangulates data from semi-structured interviews made with six fourth-year ELT Student Teachers (STs) at SQU and the pertinent literature. The critical discussion revealed various ideologies about the powerful impact of the IELTS on the STs’ English language development. The findings have important implications for the practices of the teachers in the Omani ELT school system and elsewhere.

English Language and Skill Mismatch: The Case of South Korea.

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 391-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kihong Park
Keyword(s):  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
Wage Premium ◽  
Wage Penalty ◽  
Educational Mismatch ◽  
Skill Utilization ◽  
Returns To Investment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Job Mismatch

Abstract Most prior research addressing the topic of job mismatch focuses on educational mismatch, while the economic analysis of skills-job mismatch in terms of skill utilization has received relatively little attention in the literature. Using the 2007 Korea Labor and Income Panel Survey (KLIPS), this paper examines the impact on wages of skills-job mismatch between acquired and required English language proficiency in the Korean workplace. The major findings confirm the validity of the assignment theory proposed by Sattinger (1993), which asserts that the returns to additional investment in human capital appear to depend in part on the quality of the assignment of heterogeneous workers to heterogeneous jobs, and thus returns to investment in skills are limited by how well jobs exploit workers’ skills. Specifically, the results are first, that skills-job mismatch based on English language job requirements has a strong statistically significant impact on wages, second, that the returns to over-skilling are negative (the wage penalty), while the returns to under-skilling are positive (the wage premium), and third, that the wage penalty associated with over-skilling is stronger than the wage premium associated with under-skilling.

scholarly journals Discourse Markers “A Corpus-Based Study of Written Texts by Iraqi ELPT Participants

لارك ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (41) ◽  
pp. 1258-1241
Author(s):  
Asst. Prof Mayada R.Eesa
Keyword(s):  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
Proficiency Test ◽  
Discourse Markers ◽  
Written Language ◽  
Written Texts ◽  
Theoretical Status ◽  
Language Proficiency Test ◽  
Basic Characteristics

During the past years, a large number of analyses has been done on what is called discourse markers , which are considered a class of linguistic expressions. Notably, various approaches have been taken, and unsurprisingly various results have been produced as to the theoretical status of discourse markers such as Potts, 2005 or even  Blakemore, 2002.     In spite of the fact that discourse markers are typically considered as one of the basic characteristics of oral discourse, nowadays it has been also found in written texts. Therefore, the current study introduces a kind of investigation to discourse markers in written language of Iraqi participants in English Language Proficiency Test , henceforth referred to as ELPT . Throughout this study , we ll see how discourse markers have the ability in improving the quality of writing in addition to increasing the conception of text. In current research , there is an attempt to measure the participants' knowledge about Discourse Markers. The aim of this study is to find out whether Iraqi ELPT participants use discourse markers in their writing and how they use them. To justify this aim, an analysis of essays written by ELPT participants was done .

scholarly journals Factors Influencing Teaching Quality of English Language at High School Level in Southern Punjab, Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol VI (III) ◽  
pp. 67-77
Author(s):  
Abdul Khaliq ◽  
Asma Asif ◽  
Rasheed Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Science Teachers ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
English Language ◽  
Teaching Quality ◽  
School Level ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Teaching Methodology ◽  
Teaching Aids ◽  
Factors Influencing

The purpose of the study is to explore the factors influencing the quality of English LL as a foreign language in secondary education. A questionnaire was constructed and applied to cover the main objectives of the current research. A survey method using a five-point Likert-type questionnaire was applied to collect the data from 67 teachers teaching the English language at the school level in the schools of southern Punjab, Pakistan. Collected data were entered in SPSS (Statistical Package for social science). The data was analyzed by using related statistical Testes i.e. descriptive statistics, T-test ANOVA, etc. Findings of the study support appointment of non-qualified teachers, teaching English through science teachers, lack of proper teaching aids through proper and effective English language teaching methodology, lack of proper teachers' professional training, and overcrowded classrooms. On the basis of findings, proper English teachers with appropriate use of teaching methodology to the apt size of the class is recommended.

scholarly journals PROVISION OF ENGLISH-MEDIUM INSTRUCTION: TRENDS AND ISSUES

2020 ◽  
pp. 11-21
Author(s):  
OLGA KVASOVA ◽  
CAROLYN WESTBROOK ◽  
KEVIN WESTBROOK
Keyword(s):  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
Native English Speakers ◽  
English Speakers ◽  
British Council ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
The World ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
English Medium Instruction

The article addresses the current trends of teaching subjects through the medium of English which has been boosting in the world and in Ukraine. Introduced due to globalization processes, teaching in English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) has become an essential part of internationalization policies of universities. The increase in numbers of international students is viewed as an indication of quality of education provided by universities; it contributes to universities’ higher ratings and competitiveness. The introduction of EMI has been sustainably promoted by the British Council. Nonetheless, EMI providers across the world keep encountering similar issues and challenges. Amongst those, the most essential is low English language proficiency of non-native English speakers – both teachers and students. The article aims to examine the training provided to Ukrainian teachers who deliver EMI courses. The authors surveyed 28 EMI teachers in two universities in the country. The results imply the necessity to reprofile linguistic and pedagogical courses for EMI teachers, including training them in implementing innovative and interactive teaching techniques. The prospects of further research arouse from the need to develop a quality system of assessing students’ learning outcomes.

scholarly journals PRE-SERVICE STUDENT TEACHERS’ PERCEPTION OF USING GOOGLE CLASSROOM IN A BLENDED COURSE

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 363-368
Author(s):  
Muhammad Luthfi Hidayat ◽  
Wibowo Heru Prasetiyo ◽  
Jan Wantoro
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Independent Learning ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Ease Of Access ◽  
Acceptance Model ◽  
Course Outcomes ◽  
Learning By Using

Purpose of the study: The strategic and learning media course in the Informatics Engineering Education department for pre-service student teachers apply a blended learning method. The purpose of this method is to integrate between face-to-face meetings in the classroom and distance learning by using internet-based Learning Management System (LMS) media. This study aims to determine the perceptions of the informatics’ pre-service student teacher, which utilize the Google Classroom LMS. Methodology: The research method used online questionnaires and divergent questionnaires were analyzed with the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) approach and descriptive statistics. The factor analysis included the ease of access, perception of usefulness, communication and interaction, a perception of lecture delivery, student comfortability, and the effectiveness of the Google Classroom LMS. Main Findings: The results showed that most students felt the ease and improvement of the quality of the blended lectures using Google Classroom, although several notes needed further improvement and evaluation. Practical Implications: The findings suggest that the stakeholders of teacher training and education faculty could measure the level of perceivers and readiness of their pre-service student teachers on using Google Classroom in a blended-setting course. Further, the pre-service student teachers have experience in using this LMS so that they could apply this learning model for their students. Novelty/Originality of this study: This article found that students feel the satisfaction of using Google Classroom as an active and independent learning tool. This study also demonstrated consistency based on observations, surveys, and analysis of college students’ perceptions that the design of blended learning by using Google Classroom is still beneficial to the success of reaching the course outcomes.

scholarly journals Community Engagement and Improved Language Proficiency: The Case of Service-Learning in Higher Education in Oman

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thuwayba Al Barwani ◽  
Abdo Al-Mekhlafi
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Contrast Group ◽  
Experimental Group

<p><em>It can be argued that as an effective teaching approach, service learning can contribute significantly to improvement of the proficiency of learners of English as a foreign Language. This paper reports on the findings of a quasi- experimental study on the effect of service learning on EFL student-teachers English language proficiency in pre-service teacher education program at Sultan Qaboos University. The findings of the study reveal that the student teachers in the experimental group outperformed those in the contrast group in all language components tested by the TOEFL and the Oral test. These findings clearly indicate an overall improvement in the language performance of the student teachers as a result of the service-learning intervention. Comparison of the experimental group results in both tests between pre and post intervention reveals a significant improvement which can be attributed to the service learning experience.</em><em></em></p>

scholarly journals The Development of English Language Teaching Skills for Graduate Students through the Process of Learning by Doing

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wannakarn Likitrattanaporn
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Learning By Doing ◽  
Teaching Skill ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
English Teaching

The purposes of this investigation were 1) to examine the findings of effectiveness of the process of learning by doing conducted with 5 linguistic graduate students at Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand 2) to develop the linguistic graduate students skill of designing English teaching materials and teaching English language and 3) to find out the efficient format of learning by doing used for training the student teachers skill of teaching English. The subjects of the study were 5 graduate students majoring in Linguistics at Srinakharinwirot University. This investigation is a qualitative research. The research instrument was a questionnaire designed to ask the students’ opinions towards learning by doing of constructing English teaching materials and teaching English language of their own and their friends. The qualitative data from brainstorming in a group discussion were taken into account. The results showed that the students get the benefits from the process of learning by doing. It can assist them to discover the knowledge of designing English teaching materials and English teaching skill by themselves. It is also found out that the efficient format for training teaching skill of the student teachers should integrate with the activity of brainstorming in a group discussion in every teaching-learning step i.e. from the preparation step when the principles and teching techniques of language teaching input of Audio Lingual Method, Cognitive Code Learning Theory and Communicative Language Teahing Approach were presented, during the step of adaping teaching materials and experimenting the practical teaching in school as well as after the students completed their self reflection and peer reflection.

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