scholarly journals Images of our Writing

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-43
Author(s):  
Linlin Tan ◽  
Yu Hu ◽  
Haoyuan Li ◽  
Xingyi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Academic Work ◽  
Creation Process ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes Towards Learning

For this poster assignment, students were asked to read Gail Godwin’s piece “The Watcher at the Gates” and imagine not only what their watcher might look like but also the ways in which their watcher affects their academic work. Posters A and B, by Linlin Tan and Yu Hu, show how students imagine their Watchers – the critical voice inside their heads – who often interfere with their writing or their creation process.  Posters C and D, by Haoyuan Li and Xingyi Wang, express students’ attitudes towards learning during the time of Covid-19. When the U of A made the decision to move the remainder of the Winter term 2020 to remote delivery, both instructors and students had very little time to adjust. This, in turn, created an opportunity for students to show in a one-page poster how they feel about learning online. Each poster expresses a different reaction to remote delivery.

scholarly journals Introducing cooperative learning: students’ attitudes towards learning and the implications for self-directed learning

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elsa Mentz ◽  
Sukie van Zyl
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Computer Application ◽  
First Year ◽  
Application Technology ◽  
Self Directed Learning ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Directed Learning ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes Towards Learning

This article reports on research that aims to enhance self-directed learning by introducing cooperative learning strategies. The two-fold aim of this research was firstly to determine whether the implementation of cooperative learning in a Computer Application Technology class of first-year students contributed to positive attitudes towards learning, and secondly, whether students’ attitudes towards learning, after completion of the cooperative learning intervention, related to their self-directedness. We conclude that the implementation of cooperative learning in a Computer Application Technology first-year class positively contributes to students’ attitudes towards learning and their attitudes towards learning related to their perceived self-directed learning (SDL) readiness.

scholarly journals Assessing medical students' attitudes towards learning communication skills – which components of attitudes do we measure?

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tor Anvik ◽  
Tore Gude ◽  
Hilde Grimstad ◽  
Anders Baerheim ◽  
Ole B Fasmer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes Towards Learning

scholarly journals University students' attitudes towards learning grammar in a multimedia-enriched environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 339-364
Author(s):  
Danijela Prošić-Santovac ◽  
Vera Savić ◽  
Verica Milutinović
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
University Students ◽  
Enriched Environment ◽  
Grammar Instruction ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Motivation For Learning ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Attitudes Towards Learning

A number of studies has shown that attitudes are one of the most significant and influential factors that determine success in learning a foreign language. The paper investigates university students' attitudes towards learning grammar of the English language and towards the use of multimedia teaching tools in grammar instruction, and how these attitudes influence success in learning grammar. Our experimental study involved two groups of university students studying English as a foreign language, a control and an experimental group, in the course of a full academic year. The control group was taught using only the traditional tools, while grammar instruction for the experimental group was conducted in a multimedia-enriched environment, i.e. in addition to the traditional tools, the students were also exposed to educational video games and video clips in the form of film segments and music videos that were not part of a coursebook material, but were closely connected to the topic of the unit in the coursebook. It was hypothesised that positive attitudes towards learning grammar would affect achievements in learning grammar, and that the students exposed to the multimedia tools would be more inclined to view grammar in a positive light. The instruments applied in the study were an attitude questionnaire and a grammar test that yielded quantitative data for the statistical analysis. The results indicated that university students' success in learning grammar was affected by their attitudes towards learning grammar, and that a multimedia-enriched environment contributed to the development of positive attitudes towards grammar. It can be concluded that positive attitudes towards multimedia-enriched environment in learning grammar resulted from the participants' experience of purposeful application of multimedia in the language classroom, and that positive attitudes indirectly contributed to the participants' success in the grammar test. These findings have significant implications for teaching grammar at a university level and can be used for improving the conditions for grammar teaching, enhancing motivation for learning grammar, and eventually for achieving better results in learning grammar in a foreign language classroom.

scholarly journals Students’ Attitudes towards Learning English in the Kurdistan region of Iraq

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 072-087
Author(s):  
Shahla Ali Ahmed ◽  
Baban Jabbar Othman ◽  
Bayar Gardi ◽  
Bawan Yassin Sabir ◽  
Nechirwan Burhan Ismael ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Kurdistan Region ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Learning English ◽  
Attitudes Towards Learning
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