scholarly journals A logical study of issues in academic writing

2021 ◽  
pp. 36-55
Author(s):  
ANANDHI G ◽  
DR IYAPPARAJA M
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Target Language ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Language Of Science ◽  
Logical Study ◽  
Teaching Learning

Al-Khairy, M. A., (2013).One million students worldwide are studying English, highlighting the value of English teaching/learning for academic purposes.Students must be able to work clearly in the target language since English has become "the medium of a great deal of the world's information." English has become the language of science, commerce, literacy, and so on.

scholarly journals Attribution, referencing and commencing HE students as novice academic writers: Giving them more time to ‘get it’

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-49
Author(s):  
John Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Assessment Practices ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Academic Teaching ◽  
Current Assessment ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Formative Learning ◽  
Concept Framework ◽  
Considerable Detail

The requirement for commencing higher education students to apply principles of attribution in their early academic writing frequently creates frustration both for students and academic teaching staff. Teachers often provide information on the necessity of attribution, and considerable detail on the mechanics of how to reference, and express frustration at the failure of some students to demonstrate this in their writing. In turn, many students appear overwhelmed and confused by the expectations placed on them as early academic writers. This paper explores these expectations and questions current assessment practices, advocating a longer period of formative learning before students are required to competently and accurately apply attribution principles and referencing conventions in their writing. Using the threshold concept framework (Meyer & Land, 2005), it suggests viewing attribution as a ‘conceptual gateway’ through which students must pass in becoming academic writers, and explores some implications of this for teaching, learning and assessment.

scholarly journals Teaching Design of English Picture Book for Primary Schools Based on Performance Culture Teaching Method-Taking the Story Time in Unit 1 of the Third Grade of the PEP Version as an Example

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 203
Author(s):  
Yuan Dandan
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Picture Book ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Third Grade ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Performance Culture ◽  
The Third ◽  
Teaching Design ◽  
Culture Teaching

<p>The performance culture teaching method was first proposed by the American Sinologist Wu Weike. It is a teaching method to learn a second language through the comprehension and practice of the target language. It focuses on culture and practice. The learner presents the story in a rehearsal manner in the context of the target language culture. Picture book teaching is a popular teaching method for primary school English teachers at this stage. Its novel feature of moving from outside class to classroom makes it an indispensable teaching method in primary school English teaching. This article takes the PEP version of the third grade English textbook as an example for teaching design and integrates the performance culture teaching method with the picture book teaching in the primary school English classroom teaching. The focus of research in teaching design is teaching implementation, that is, the application of performance methods in primary school English classrooms. This teaching design combines picture book teaching and performance culture teaching methods to promote primary school English teaching.</p>

scholarly journals Changing Policy of English Teaching Approach at Indonesian Secondary Schools In Face of ASEAN Economic Community: A Few Notes to Relevant Ministries

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ardi Marwan
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
English Learning ◽  
School Students ◽  
Study Program ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
Extra Curricular Activities ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Asean Economic Community ◽  
Teaching Learning

This article provides information about a research aiming to identify causes of secondary school students’ failure to acquire English effectively and provide recommendations to relevant ministries to better deal with these problems.  A qualitative design involving a number of students as well as teachers from lower and upper secondary schools and pre-service teachers from a training college was used. Findings of this research revealed that issues of English teacher quality, English study program graduates’ quality, lack of English learning hours at school, the absence of extra-curricular activities for English exposure and English speaking environment, English national exam, the underuse and inexistence of facilities and ineffective monitoring system were found to be the major contributors of students’ English learning ineffectiveness. This study, therefore, recommends the relevant ministries to cope with these issues urgently or else this unfavorable situation will remain unchanged in future years.     Keywords: English, teaching, learning, quality, policy, change

scholarly journals Designing and Implementing an ESP Course: Revisiting an Experience

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (28) ◽  
pp. 197
Author(s):  
Elvia Ureña Salazar
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
English For Specific Purposes ◽  
Target Language ◽  
International Programs ◽  
Effective Strategy ◽  
Work Context ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Speakers Of Other Languages

This essay pretends to deep on how the process of making decisions in designing an ESP (English for Specific Purposes) course registered by three TESOL graduate students, structured by the author along with participants, a requirement of the Master of English Teaching for Speakers of Other Languages at University of Costa Rica (UCR).During the course the designers should help a group of UCR workers to communicate in English effectively with international students who want to study at UCR or those who were already participating in international programs. This study introduces data about the apprentices who benefit from this academic activity, tasks designed and taught, aswell as the evaluation and assessment used. Finally, it suggests some recommendations for those who may consider the option of designing an ESP course as an effective strategy to promote the use of the target language in a work context.

scholarly journals The Use of Technology in Distance Language Learning

2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (16) ◽  
pp. 275-284
Author(s):  
Graciela Núñez Núñez
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Distance Teaching ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Distance Learning System ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Teaching Learning

Distance language learning is a real challenge to both teachers and learners, since the students’ exposure to the target language in a distance learning system is not as authentic and interactive as required. Additionally, it also entails a significant reduction in the amount of students’ interaction and in the support from both the teacher and other learners, which has a negative impact on students’ levels of motivation and achievement. In the hope of enhancing the distance teaching-learning process of a language and compensating for the previously mentioned drawbacks, a number of technological tools are currently being implemented. However, these technologies have also brought about new challenges that need to be addressed by policy makers, materials developers, teachers and students, if they are to be successfully implemented.

scholarly journals Toward an Intercultural Rhetoric: Improving Chinese EFL Students’ Essay Writing through Outline Writing

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Fang Li ◽  
Yingqin Liu
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Translation Studies ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Essay Writing ◽  
Intercultural Rhetoric ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Main Ideas ◽  
English Academic Writing ◽  
Chinese And English

This study explores the effects of teaching EFL students to use an outline in their English essays. The researchers maintain that using outlines can raise students’ awareness of different audience expectations embedded in the rhetoric of the target language (English) and culture and can improve their English academic writing. The study was based on a four-week long case study at a university in Xi’an, China, in which 24 Chinese EFL students at the College of Translation Studies participated. A discourse analysis was conducted by comparing the Chinese EFL students’ English essays produced at the beginning of the study with those produced at the end of the study after learning and practicing outlining for writing the English essays. Email inquiries were used for understanding the participants’ viewpoints on learning how to write English essay outlines. The findings reveal that teaching EFL students to use outlining in their English essays is an effective way to help them improve their essay writing. Not only can it enhance the students’ understanding about using the English thesis statements, but it can also help improve the use of related, logical, and specific detailed examples to support the main ideas in their essays. The email inquiries also revealed that the students believe that outline learning helped them to understand the differences between Chinese and English essay writing. The implications of the study for intercultural rhetoric are also discussed.

scholarly journals Applicability of Model Assessment for Learning (AFL) in Classes of Vocabulary and Pragmatics in English Teaching Learning at STAIN Salatiga

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-76
Author(s):  
Woro Retnaningsih
Keyword(s):  
Assessment For Learning ◽  
Positive Behavior ◽  
Model Assessment ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Learning Evaluation ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Teacher Guides

The research objective is to see the applicability of Assessment for Learning (AFL) in the classes of vocabulary and pragmatics. The subjects of the research were students and lecturers of Vocabulary 3 and Pragmatics classes. The research was conducted in State Islamic Studies Institute (STAIN) Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia. The results of theresearch indicate that AfL could assess the class activities comprehensively. It could assess teacher and students‘ behavior in the class. The teacher guides the class from preparing the class, delivering materials and evaluating the class. Meanwhile students‘ behavior in theclasses of pragmatics is better then in vocabulary. Students who express positive behavior in the classes of vocabulary are in the range of 30% - 60% and around 80 – 90s % in pragmatics.Keywords: assessment for learning; evaluation; vocabulary; pragmatics; English teaching learning

scholarly journals ENGLISH TEACHING METHODS IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT OF SMK NEGERI 1 PULAU RAKYAT

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suriya Ningsih ◽  
Rahmad Husein ◽  
Nora Ronita Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Teaching Writing ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Lecture Method ◽  
Scientific Approach ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Teaching Learning

This study was aimed to describe the English Teaching Methods in writing descriptive text and the problems faced by the teacher. This study was conducted by using descriptive qualitative research design. The subject of this research was an English teacher of SMK NEGERI 1 Pulau Rakyat. The techniques of collecting data were by observing the process of teaching writing comprehension of descriptive text at X Grade students and interviewing the English teacher. The techniques of collecting data were observation and interview. This study found that the teacher at SMK NEGERI 1 Pulau Rakyat used the method in teaching writing descriptive text. The English teacher used the lecture method and discussion method to teach in the descriptive text and the students get difficulties in comprehending the material. The application lecture method and discussion method is not appropriate with scientific approach of 2013 Curriculum. The result and response from the students to the teacher’s method are still not effective. The teacher should not apply the methods in written but also in spoken. And the problems faced by the teacher were the first is about the lack of students’ vocabularies, and the second is about the students’ participations when work in group. This study also found that the teacher’s methods not integrated with the scientific approach of 2013 Curriculum. The implementation of methods in teaching writing  should can make teaching learning process more interesting and help the students’ understanding and skill of writing comprehension better.Key words: Teaching Method, Writing, Descriptive Text.

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