scholarly journals An Effective Approach to Teaching English to Science-Major Students in Science Universities: Hassan II University as a Case Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (21) ◽  
Author(s):  
Loubna HADDI
Keyword(s):  
Assistant Professor ◽  
English For Specific Purposes ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Alternative Teaching ◽  
English Classes ◽  
Experience Teaching ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Science Major ◽  
Academic Year

This paper aims to shed light on the distinct challenges that Moroccan science-major postgraduates are facing, particularly at the end of their academic year, to publish their end-of-term projects in English. The article also uncovers certain weaknesses and misconceptions concerning the existing instructional methods. As an assistant professor with substantial experience teaching science-major students, a few alternative teaching practices will be discussed and recommended in the teaching of English in Moroccan universities, instead of the overused, traditional methods. In doing so, university students were interviewed and asked to rate some of what they thought were the best activities in English classes. As regards the research methodology, surveys and interviews were conducted first hand. The questionnaires were structured in advance with students who attend English classes. Through this instrument, data was collected on the students’ attitudes and their vision of the best practices in English classes, in particular when teaching English for Specific Purposes (ESP). The students showed a great preference for English for Specific Purposes over general English lessons due to the scientific nature of their studies, hence jobs. Also, because these lessons are taught at university level, the participants expressed favorable views about debates and open discussions. These and other findings aim at enriching the literature on education at tertiary levels and on the field of ESP.  

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECT BASED LEARNING TO IMPROVE STUDENT’S SPEAKING SKILL

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 270
Author(s):  
Rini Haerani ◽  
Rahayu Jatiraga
Keyword(s):  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Single Class ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
The One ◽  
Academic Year

The background of the experiment was to find out whether the influence of project based learning in improving the speaking skill among eighth grade students of SMPN 3 Padalarang in the academic year of 2018/2019. The method of this study was quantitative technique and the one shot case study design conducted in single class. The researcher conducted the tests before (pre-test) and after (post-test). The research effect display the improvements in speaking ability. The score of pre-test was 63.87, and the post-test was 76.29. Based on students’ attitudes toward the utilized Project based learning, the discovery indicated that most of students rated the use of technique moderately positive. Nearly all of students agreed that project based learning is capabel to improve their speaking mastery ,accumulate their vocabulary mastery,develop their creative thinking, and increase their presentation skill. issue of this study showed that by applying project based learning on learning English can to increase students’speaking skill.Keywords: project based learning, speaking skill

scholarly journals THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FLIPPED CLASSROOM IN TEACHING ENGLISH FOR NURSING STUDENTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 201
Author(s):  
Juliana Juliana ◽  
Afni Yan Syah
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Student Experiences ◽  
English Studies ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Student Opinions ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Banda Aceh

This research is a case study. The purpose of this study was to determine the process of implementing a flipped classroom for English course and analyse students’ perceptions of the implementation of the Flipped Classroom in teaching English for the nursing students of Nursing Academy of Kesdam Iskandar Muda Banda Aceh. The participant in this study were 50 students of Nursing Academy of Kesdam Iskandar Muda Banda Aceh in the academic year 2020/2021. They consist of 4 male students and 46 female students. Data collection methods in this study are lecturer’s observation checklist, teacher’s fieldnote and questionnaires. Lecturer's observation checklist in the form of a checklist for implementing the flipped classroom strategy at each meeting. Lecturer’s fieldnote is some notes that found while flipped classroom was implemented.  Questionnaires are used to obtain results from student opinions and student experiences in Flipped Classroom. More than half of students felt that Flipped classroom aided their English studies. Most of the students enjoyed the flipped classroom learning and believed that this method can support their learning. This implies that the method is still useful for EFL classroom of  ELT context. .

scholarly journals LEARNING ENGLISH THROUGH SONGS AS ONE OF INNOVATIVE METHODS OF EDUCATION

2019 ◽  
pp. 225-229
Author(s):  
Світлана Костянтинівна Романюк
Keyword(s):  
Professional Training ◽  
English For Specific Purposes ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
New Words ◽  
English Classes ◽  
Innovative Methods ◽  
Innovative Method ◽  
Learning English

Abstract. The article deals with the peculiarities of the introduction of the method of learning English songs in the process of teaching “English for Specific Purposes” for students of “Music” specialty at higher education institutions. The author considers the essence and features of this innovative method, analyzes its main principles and priorities. In particular, the stages of work with a song composition and examples of exercises on the acquisition of language material are considered. The article substantiates the methodical expediency of using the method of learning English songs in the process of teaching English in artistic specialties. Recently, the higher educational institutions intensify the process of learning foreign languages through the introduction of the variety of teaching technologies. The method of learning English songs by students of “Music” specialty in English classes is efficient and productive, because of enriching the vocabulary, improving the pronunciation and grammar. It increases the efficiency of students’ professional training. Poetic and song material encourages creativity, performing verse translations, composing poetry and songs in native and English languages, promotes the memorization of new words due to the rhymed forms as a great way of phonetic training.

A case study of evaluation and introduction of ‘An Ecomodernist Manifesto’ by John Asafu-Adjaye et al. in ESP classes

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 40-48
Author(s):  
Yulia Nigmatzyanova ◽  
Nailya Valeeva ◽  
Alla Guslyakova ◽  
Natalia Merkushina
Keyword(s):  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Environmental Studies ◽  
English For Specific Purposes ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Teaching Material ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Language Implementation ◽  
Advanced Students

The paper presents the experience of the Department of Foreign Languages, Ecological Faculty, RUDN University, in teaching English for specific purposes (ESP). A case study of the introduction of ‘An Ecomodernist Manifesto’ in ESP classes is discussed in the article. ‘An Ecomodernist Manifesto’ is a 25-page essay written by 18 environmental scientists, activists and scholars. The present study is an attempt to consider the value of the manifesto for teaching English to upper-intermediate and advanced students of environmental studies faculties. It is found that the manifesto can serve this purpose in terms of its content and language. Implementation of the manifesto in ESP courses has positive aspects as well as challenges outlined in the conclusion. Taking into account the obtained results, the manifesto can be recommended for students with upper-intermediate and advanced levels of language proficiency. This study might be interesting for teachers of foreign languages and contribute to the field of didactics.Keywords: Teaching and studying foreign languages, English for specific purposes (ESP), teaching material, case study.

scholarly journals A Research Study on Identifying the Correlation between Fourth Graders’ Attitudes and Behaviors toward the Environment

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Mehmet Akif Hasiloglu ◽  
Ayse Kunduraci
Keyword(s):  
Fourth Graders ◽  
Environmental Awareness ◽  
Video Recording ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
Practice Behaviors ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Academic Year

This study aims to examine the degree to which scores received by fourth graders in Turkey on the environmental attitudes scale is reflected in their environmental awareness (with respect to practice, behaviors), and to identify the correlation between attitudes and behaviors. Case study design was used to collect data in the study. Observation and questionnaire techniques were used as the data collection instruments. The sample of the study consisted of 15 students selected among the fourth graders attending elementary schools in Agri province of Turkey in the 2015-2016 academic year. The Attitudes Toward the Environment Scale (ATES), developed by Yasaroglu (2012), was used to measure students’ attitudes toward the environment. The reliability of the scale was examined by Yasaroglu (2012) using Cronbach’s alpha internal consistency coefficient, which is reported to be 0.84. Observations were made to measure students’ environmental awareness by using the video recording technique. On the other hand, Spearman’s Correlation analysis was used for data analysis. The relationship between students’ scores on the attitude scale and their scores for environmental awareness, assigned on the basis of the observations made, was found weak, as indicated by the correlation between the two (Spearman’s rho (r)=0.075). An important finding was that even though students received satisfactory scores on the ATES scale, a sizable number of them failed to reflect these attitudes in their practices or behaviors, which would indicate environmental awareness.

ESP corpus design: compilation of the Veterinary Nursing Medical Chart Corpus and the Veterinary Nursing Wordlist

Corpora ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-140
Author(s):  
Yukiko Ohashi ◽  
Noriaki Katagiri ◽  
Katsutoshi Oka ◽  
Michiko Hanada
Keyword(s):  
Word List ◽  
English For Specific Purposes ◽  
Regular Expressions ◽  
Annotation Scheme ◽  
Corpus Design ◽  
As Species ◽  
Lexical Items ◽  
Access To Data ◽  
General Service

This paper reports on two research results: ( 1) designing an English for Specific Purposes (esp) corpus architecture complete with annotations structured by regular expressions; and ( 2) a case study to test the design to cater for creating a specific vocabulary list using the compiled corpus. The first half of this study involved designing a precisely structured esp corpus from 190 veterinary medical charts with a hierarchy of the data. The data hierarchy in the corpus consists of document types, outline elements and inline elements, such as species and breed. Perl scripts extracted the data attached to veterinary-specific categories, and the extraction led to creating wordlists. The second part of the research tested the corpus mode, creating a list of commonly observed lexical items in veterinary medicine. The coverage rate of the wordlists by General Service List (gsl) and Academic Word List (awl) was tested, with the result that 66.4 percent of all lexical items appeared in gsl and awl, whereas 33.7 percent appeared in none of those lists. The corpus compilation procedures as well as the annotation scheme introduced in this study enable the compilation of specific corpora with explicit annotations, allowing teachers to have access to data required for creating esp classroom materials.

PROBLEMS OF THE 2013 CURRICULUM:A CASE STUDY OF IMPLEMENTING ENGLISH ASSESSMENT IN THE 2013 CURRICULUM

JURNAL ELINK ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arini Husnayain
Keyword(s):  
English Teachers ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Teaching English

The objectives of this study are to explain the implementation of assessment process in teaching English based on curriculum 2013 and to identify the problems faced by English teachers of MAN Lamongan when teaching English based on curriculum 2013.Keywords: implementation, curriculum 2013, assessment

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