scholarly journals ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS' PRACTICES OF DEVELOPING DISCOURSE COMPETENCE THROUGH SPEAKING SKILLS FOR GRADE 10 STUDENTS: A CASE STUDY

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vu Hai Ha ◽  
Nguyen Nha Uyen
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Private School ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Actual State ◽  
School Students ◽  
Discourse Competence ◽  
Speaking Skills

Being one of the compulsory foreign languages in Vietnam and recently regarded as one of the requirements for higher education enlistment, English has received growing attention from Vietnam high school students (Nguyen, 2021). In Circular 32 (2018), the Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training [MOET] officially recognised communicative competence as the primary outcome of the English National Program of which Discourse Competence (DC) is a crucial component (MOET, 2018). Although the program aims to achieve the outcome with more emphasis on listening and speaking skills, Vietnamese high school students remain to struggle to form extended spoken discourse (Le, 2011). With the view to gaining insights into the actual state of cultivating DC through speaking skills in students, the study investigates four Grade 10 teachers with varied backgrounds and teaching styles in a private school awarded twice by the MOET for educational reforms and their attempts to integrate CLT in the English language teaching curriculum. After conducting the interviews and classroom observation, the findings imply that teachers devised a combination of approaches that had implicit impacts on different aspects of DC-based on students' English proficiency while preserving their teaching philosophies. Such innovativeness could suggest a rudimentary framework for teaching and teacher training programs regarding fostering DC in speaking for EFL students.

scholarly journals Ethnocultural Competence Development in Teaching the English Language to Kalmyk High School Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
pp. 182-192
Author(s):  
Tatiana V. Basanova
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
English Language ◽  
Competence Development ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
School Students ◽  
Socialization Process ◽  
Related Information

Developing ethnocultural competence by teaching a foreign language is considered to be a contribution to ethnic identity development that is the aim of ethnic socialization process. The present article describes the content of the English language teaching in the process of ethnocultural competence development. Thematic and procedural aspects are distinguished. Each one has a complex nature and contributes to profound considering ethnic related information by Kalmyk students at high school.

scholarly journals An Evaluation of English Language Textbook: Interlanguage English for Senior High School Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-39
Author(s):  
Muhammad Affan Ramadhana ◽  
Opik Dwi Indah ◽  
Suhardi Suhardi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
School Students ◽  
Instructional Activities ◽  
Senior High School Students ◽  
Language Type

English Language Teaching (ELT) textbooks serve as the basis for many language inputs that learners receive and language practices that occur in the classroom. They may provide the basis for ideas and instructional activities as well as giving teachers rationales for what they do. The objective of this analysis is to know about how much a textbook meets the requirements of a good EFL textbook. The evaluation checklist used in this paper is the modification of Cunningsworth’s (1995) checklist developed by Al-sowat (2012). There are nine issues of textbook evaluating in this checklist: (1) layout and physical appearance; (2) content; (3) objectives; (4) language type; (5) skills; (6) activities and tasks; (7) structure and vocabulary; (8) culture values; and (9) teacher's needs.

Report on the Demographics and Language Groups of Thursday Island State High School Students at the State Esl (English as a Second Language) Conference, Brisbane, December 2001

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 71-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mette Morrison David
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Second Language ◽  
High School Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
The State ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
School Students ◽  
English Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Groups ◽  
Island State

ABSTRACTThis report was originally delivered to the State English as a Second Language Conference held in Brisbane in December 2001. It was part of a team presentation made to a plenary session by representatives from Torres Strait (Terry McCarthy, Mette Morrison David, Judy Christian Ketchell, Raba Jobi, Keith Fisher, Kay Ahmat and Susan Shepherd). Its aim was to inform Queensland English as a Second Language teachers about the language situation at Thursday Island State High School shortly after the appointment of an Education Advisor English Language Acquisition. The report deals with the linguistic background of the students, the teaching of languages other than English and the urgent need for appropriate professional development in English as a Second Language or English as a Foreign Language insights and methodologies.

scholarly journals INTERACTIVE AND EDUCATIVE LEARNING MEDIA IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 304-315
Author(s):  
Sitti Hadijah ◽  
Marhamah Marhamah ◽  
Shalawati Shalawati
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Current Trend ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
School Students ◽  
Senior High School Students

This research aims to describe senior high school students’ perspectives about the use of learning media in English language teaching context and to investigate the sorts of interactive and educative learning media in English language teaching. This research worked on descriptive research design, both qualitative and quantitative data were collected through a questionnaire. This study involved 171 senior high school students who voluntary filled in the questionnaire. The research findings reveal that the use of learning media to support learning process needs to be improved since the media used needs to be adjusted with the current trend of learning that is technology-based learning media. In addition, Powerpoint slides, video, film, online or traditional games were found as interactive and educative learning media from the students’ perspectives. The students are excited when the teachers are presenting media in their learning process, even though it only simply presented through Powerpoint. In other words, learning media has an essential role to support effective learning atmosphere for the students. 

scholarly journals A Need Analysis of English For Specific Purposes (ESP) For Nursing Students At SMKS Kesehatan Kendari

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 429-437
Author(s):  
Ria Z Wulandari ◽  
Muhammad Khusnun Muchsin ◽  
Tambunan Tambunan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
English For Specific Purposes ◽  
Vocational High School ◽  
Situation Analysis ◽  
School Students ◽  
Need Analysis

English for Specific Purposes (ESP) has been discussed for a long time around the world in the field of English Language Teaching (ELT). Teaching English based on students’ needs is important, particularly for those learners who learn English beyond the academic purposes such as vocational high school students. The objective of this study is to analyse nursing students’ needs for ESP materials at SMKS Kesehatan Kendari based on Target Situation Analysis. Therefore, this study is conducted to identify the Target Situation Analysis (TSA) of one of vocational high school in Kendari. This study employed research and development design with 22 samples. The data obtained from questionnaire were analysed statistically by using SPSS version 16.0. The result shows that students need in learning English process for the tasks of speaking skill; how to ask question English well, how to answer question English well, do communication with schoolmates, do communication with teachers, and do communication with patients. Listening skill; listening and understanding when do face to face conversations, listening and understanding through conversation on the phone, listening and understanding the content of forum discussions, and listening and understanding the content of announcements. Reading skill; how to read health magazine, how to read announcement, and how to read patient list, and Writing skill; how to fill the patients form and how to write medical report. Based on the findings, it concludes that speaking and listening skills are the most needed by nursing students in order to communicate in English.Keywords: English for Specific Purposes (ESP), Need Analysis, Target Situation Analysis (TSA), Nursing Students 

scholarly journals The Voice of Learners on English Literary Texts: Passing on the Mantle

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 153-166
Author(s):  
Norhanim Abdul Samat ◽  
Nur Alwani Syahirah Azmi ◽  
Tina Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
School Students ◽  
Selection Of

This study examines how pre-service teachers assess the appropriateness of literary texts used by high school students in terms of learners’ age, linguistic needs, and language proficiency. It also aims to determine the relevance of the texts used to learners’ cultural understanding. The participants in this study were five pre-service teachers who participated in a content analysis study of five literary texts. They analyzed the content of the texts using the four categories of textbook evaluation criteria proposed by Tomlinson (2001), namely, media-specific criteria, content-specific criteria, learner-specific criteria, and language criteria. The evaluation results were positive. All participants agreed that all five texts were appropriate for high school learners, with average levels of compliance ranging from moderate to appropriate. In addition to selecting texts that are appropriate for the learners’ language level, the topics and issues addressed in the texts should also be appropriate for the learners’ interest, so the selection of literary texts is crucial. Finally, more local texts should be selected for the English literature curriculum to highlight local cultures and practices. It is expected that this study will contribute to English language teaching as the findings of this study will provide necessary information to those who are concerned with the selection of appropriate literary texts for schools. In addition, this study will raise awareness among teachers and curriculum designers of the need to consider learners’ level of competence when evaluating and selecting from the many literary texts available.

scholarly journals The English teachers’ challenges in TOEFL preparation for senior high school students

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-45
Author(s):  
Saiful Akmal ◽  
Risdaneva Risdaneva ◽  
Habiburrahim Habiburrahim ◽  
Maulina Sari
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
School Students ◽  
Aceh Province ◽  
English Language Teachers ◽  
Senior High School Students

This descriptive qualitative study was aimed at discovering English language teachers’ challenges in teaching TOEFL preparation for senior high school students. The data were collected by using an in-depth interview with six experienced and qualified English language teachers teaching TOEFL in the three-state and private senior high schools in Aceh province, Indonesia. Open, axial, and selective coding techniques were used to analyze the data from in-depth interviews. The results show that teachers faced some challenges during teaching TOEFL preparation for senior high school students including students’ different language proficiency, their lack of vocabulary mastery, their fatigue, their passive attitude, class size, and time limitation. The findings recommend the further idea to organize a more organized preparation TOEFL program for high school students that can be integrated into the existing curriculum, and thus it will no longer be viewed merely as an extracurricular program.

scholarly journals A NEED ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES (ESP) FOR NURSING STUDENTS AT SMKS KESEHATAN KENDARI

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 355
Author(s):  
Ria Wulandari ◽  
Muhammad Khusnun Muhsin ◽  
Tambunan Tambunan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
English For Specific Purposes ◽  
Vocational High School ◽  
Situation Analysis ◽  
School Students ◽  
Need Analysis

English for Specific Purposes (ESP) has been discussed for a long time around the world in the field of English Language Teaching (ELT). Teaching English based on students’ needs is  important,  particularly  for  those  learners  who  learn English beyond the academic purposes such as vocational high school students. The objective of this study is to analyse nursing   students’   needs   for   ESP   materials   at   SMKS Kesehatan Kendari based on Target Situation Analysis. Therefore, this study is conducted to identify the Target Situation Analysis (TSA) of one of vocational high school in Kendari.  This study employed  research  and  development design with 22 samples. The data obtained from questionnaire were analysed statistically by using SPSS version 16.0. The result shows that students need in learning English process for the tasks of speaking skill; how to ask question English well, how to answer question English well, do  communication  with  schoolmates,  do  communication with   teachers,   and   do   communication   with   patients. Listening skill; listening and understanding when do face to face conversations, listening and understanding through conversation on the phone, listening and understanding the content of forum discussions, and listening and understanding the content of announcements. Reading skill; how to read health magazine, how to read announcement, and how to read patient list, and Writing skill; how to fill the patients form and how to write medical report. Based on the findings, it concludes that speaking and listening skills are the most needed by nursing students in order to communicate in English. Keywords: English for Specific Purposes (ESP), Need  Analysis, Target Situation Analysis (TSA), Nursing Students

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