scholarly journals Trovare le parole I risultati di un sondaggio online tra studenti delle scuole secondarie italiane

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Onesti ◽  
Carla Marello
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
School Work ◽  
Google Search ◽  
Reading Texts

This paper is a brief analysis of the data collected from a survey in 2017 involving 1,500 students, aged between 14-18 years. Our purpose was to discover whether they acted differently when dealing with writing or reading texts in their mother language or in foreign language and if they used dictionaries in order to find a word they needed. Analysing concrete extra-lexicographical situations, the survey showed that teenagers still used printed dictionaries for some school work and – as predictable – Google Search for informal interactions. However, they do not know free online dictionaries and do not take advantage of Google advanced research options.

scholarly journals EXPLORING LANGUAGE INPUT OF THE READING TEXTS IN NORTHSTAR TEXTBOOKS FOR FIRST-YEAR ENGLISH-MAJOR STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES, HUE UNIVERSITY

2020 ◽  
Vol 129 (6B) ◽  
Author(s):  
Phuong Ngoc Quynh Tran
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Difficulty Level ◽  
First Year ◽  
Text Input ◽  
Language Difficulty ◽  
English Major ◽  
Language Input ◽  
Reading Texts

There are many studies on English Language Teaching materials evaluation, but very few investigate the language input of reading materials though text input is considered a primary factor for successful foreign language learning. This research explored the language input of reading texts in a book series used in teaching reading for first-year English-major students at a foreign language university in central Vietnam. It aimed at investigating text topics, genres, length, language difficulty level and students’ as well as teachers’ perceptions of the studied texts in an attempt to facilitate students’ reading comprehension. Thirty-two reading texts were studied using a descriptive analytical approach. Individual and focus group interviews were implemented with 15 students and 7 lecturers. The findings showed the textbooks incorporated a wide variety of topics which are interesting and familiar to students. Article was the most popular text genre. The text length and language difficulty level proved to be appropriate to students’ levels. The lecturers’ and students’ perceptions of the texts also supported the textbook analysis findings. These findings implicated the selected textbooks should be kept in the curriculum but need further adaptation. Besides, some suggestions were made to help ELT lecturers modify the text input effectively.

scholarly journals Multimedia Gloss Presentation: Learners' Preference and the Effects on EFL Vocabulary Learning and Reading Comprehension

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shufang Wang ◽  
Chang In Lee
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
University Students ◽  
Vocabulary Acquisition ◽  
Vocabulary Learning ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
The Other ◽  
Reading Texts

Drawing on Moreno's cognitive-affective theory of learning with media, this research aims to investigate the effectiveness of different multimedia glosses on learners' vocabulary acquisition and reading comprehension in a CALL environment. A total of 160 university students who learnt English as a foreign language (EFL) in four classes participated in the study and were exposed to one of the four conditions: (a) L2 definition only, (b) L2 definition coupled with audio, (c) L2 definition plus video, and (d) L2 definition with picture. Participants were asked to read eight hypermediated reading texts. Reading comprehension as well as vocabulary acquisition were measured using a pretest–posttest design. The results show first that all these four conditions led to students' vocabulary gains. More specifically, participants who had access to L2 definition plus picture and plus videos achieved significantly higher scores than the other two groups, L2 definition coupled with audio and L2 definition only. Concerning reading comprehension, all multimedia glossing presentation led to better reading comprehension, but no differences were found among all the glossing groups. The questionnaire and interview data indicate that students preferred L2 definition coupled with video and picture glosses, followed by audio and L2 definition only. The results reflect that multimedia glossing presentation creates a different effect on students' vocabulary acquisition and reading comprehension, respectively. They also provide pedagogical implications for learning in times of COVID-19.

A list of English–Turkish cognates and false-cognates

2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 325-327
Author(s):  
Levent Uzun ◽  
Umut M. Salіoǧlu
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Psychological Issues ◽  
Proper Nouns ◽  
Current Database ◽  
Language Issues ◽  
Reading Texts

Abstract This article presents a list of English–Turkish cognates and false cognates which was compiled from a corpus of over 80,000 words in dictionary entries. The list contains 2411 English words that are either cognates or false cognates in Turkish. It was revealed that there are at least 1287 cognates, excluding all proper nouns of people, places, and things; and 1124 false cognates, 96 of which share at least one sense of meaning in each language, and thus are partial false cognates. The total number of English–Turkish cognates and false cognates suggests that cognate status between the two languages is around 3%. For cognates, the rate is 1.6%, and for false cognates the rate is 1.2%. The current database of English–Turkish cognates and false cognates can be used to prepare reading texts that contain words from the list presented here, and to investigate how they affect reading comprehension, guessing from context, and language learning or processing of a language issues. It can be also used as a resource for researchers investigating the bilinguals of English and Turkish, and learners who study Turkish and/or English as a second or foreign language. The list provides a useful basis for further research into the lexical, linguistic, and psychological issues.

scholarly journals Why English teaching truth on digital trends as an effort for effective learning and evaluation: opportunities and challenges: analysis of teaching English

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (S1) ◽  
pp. 303-316
Author(s):  
Lela Susanty ◽  
Zainap Hartati ◽  
Rahmat Sholihin ◽  
Abdul Syahid ◽  
Fahrina Yustiasari Liriwati
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Search Engine ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Scientific Journals ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Comprehensive Understanding ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Google Search ◽  
Analysis Of Teaching

This study aims to gain a comprehensive understanding of why foreign language teaching, especially English, believes in using digital trend applications to improve learning effectiveness and evaluation validity in the perspective of current opportunities and challenges. So, for this purpose, the step we take is to examine hundreds of scientific reports on teaching English in many international contexts to answer the questions above with valid and reliable principles. Because Indonesia is currently in the process of implementing restrictions on public movements to respond to Covid-19, we have decided that this study will depend on secondary data through a Google search engine on scientific journals such as Willey, Taylor & France, Google Book, ERIC, Sagepub, and other international journals. Our data is analyzed with an unusual approach: coding, evaluation, interpretation, and drawing of results that answer the problem of the study. Discussing the results, we found that teaching English believes in digital applications to improve teaching and evaluation effectiveness because these applications have proven to be very innovative and effective in increasing the world's productivity globally. Hopefully, this finding helps develop future teaching studies.

scholarly journals “DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OF TEMURBEK SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE PROCESS OF TEACHING ENGLISH”

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 5397-5402
Author(s):  
Alimardonov Zohid Shukurullayevich, Sapaeva Barno Shanazarovna
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Professional Competencies ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
School Students ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
Reading Texts

The article considers the problems of the effectiveness of the formation of professional competence in the study of English by students of the "Temurbek School". To achieve this goal, professionally oriented and competency-based approaches have been used, which involve redesigning the content of learning sessions and tasks to stimulate students’ interest. If more attention is paid to combining intensive and extensive types of reading texts, and on this basis to the level of readiness to build an individual route for learning a foreign language, then the effectiveness of the formation of professional competencies is expected to increase

scholarly journals USING GOOGLE SEARCH FOR ENGLISH GRAMMAR LEARNING

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 318-339
Author(s):  
Mona Tavakoli
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
English Language ◽  
The Body ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
English Grammar ◽  
Grammar Learning ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Google Search ◽  
The Impact

Background/Purpose: Second/foreign language learners face problems in different areas such as correct word usage, grammatical accuracy, and pronunciation fluency. This paper responds to one of these problems by investigating the impact of strategic Google Search on Iranian English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ grammar learning.   Methodology: Sixty Iranian intermediate EFL learners from a private English language institute in Isfahan, Iran were selected and randomly divided into two groups. To find which areas of grammar are most problematic among the participants, a multiple-choice grammar pretest which was validated by five English experts was given to them. Then 10 questions that most participants answered wrongly were selected as the most challenging ones. During 10 class sessions, the participants were taught how to select the correct choice through Google Search. In fact, each participant in the class had a laptop connected to the internet. The researcher taught them how to search on Google strategically and the participants found out that in Google sites there are some sentences which are grammatically wrong and they should not trust them. They learned how to search strategically for the correct choices. At the end of the sessions they answered a posttest containing different questions but in the same grammatical areas. The pretest and posttest both were conducted while the participants were connected to internet sites.   Findings: Data analysis was done through running t-test using SPSS software and statistically significant difference was revealed. The findings showed that those participants who were taught how to strategically use Google Search performed better in the posttest. Therefore, the results revealed that correct Google Search had improved the Iranian intermediate EFL learners’ grammar knowledge.    Contributions: This study has several implications for both language learners and teachers regarding the use of Google platform for English grammar learning. In addition, it contributes to the body of knowledge that strategic Google Search does not only improve the Iranian EFL learners’ English grammar but also make them less dependent on teachers thus promoting autonomous learning.   Keywords: Google search, EFL learners, grammar learning, intermediate EFL learners, Iran, web-based instruction.   Cite as: Tavakoli, M. (2021). Using Google search for English grammar learning. Journal of Nusantara Studies, 6(2), 318-339. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol6iss2pp318-339

scholarly journals News Articles and Online Comments as a Source of Linguistic Material for the Foreign Language Studies within M.A. Curricula

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (2) ◽  
pp. 198-205
Author(s):  
Anna V. Poloyan
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Contrastive Analysis ◽  
Language Studies ◽  
User Comments ◽  
Online Comments ◽  
Cultural Component ◽  
Modern Mass ◽  
Independent Work ◽  
Google Search ◽  
Linguistic Material

The paper presents the results of research on the potential of news articles and their online user comments as a linguistic material for the disciplines of the philological cycle that study the situational features of the language usage and its cultural component such as the National and Cultural Specifics of Modern Mass Media, Principles of Building Discourse, Country through Language Studies, Contrastive Analysis of Languages and Cultures, Similarities and Differences in Languages, etc. It also provides ways to search for authentic sources using advanced Google search and corpora; exercise options for independent work and assignments in groups are offered.

scholarly journals Media habits and attitudes of students about the possibilities of applying mobile learning in foreign language teaching

2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-69
Author(s):  
Goran Livazović ◽  
Vlasta Svalina
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
School Students ◽  
School Work ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Innovative Learning ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Habits ◽  
Search For Information

The paper analyses innovative learning and teaching through mobile learning on a sample of 96 adolescents. A 3-part questionnaire consisted of sociodemographic data, attitudes about mobile learning and media activities and the use of social networks. The research was done in 2019 with vocational school students. 15.1% of them use applications for learning English, while 92.5% use social networks in school work. Girls listen to music, take photos and use social networks significantly more often. Higher achievers are signifi[1]cantly more likely to read e-books, search for information in the media, and are generally more active on all media platforms except social networks. Girls use Snapchat and Instagram significantly more, while boys use Twitch. The use of mobile phones positively correlates with the attitude that it helps with learning, the belief that it can influence the improvement of language skills, and the de[1]sire for additional knowledge about mobile learning

scholarly journals An examination on the word of b1 level Turkish reading texts

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 30-37
Author(s):  
Erzhan Petek ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Special Importance ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Cultural Transfer ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Frequency Of Use ◽  
Reading Texts

Language and culture are inseparable like meat and nails. Language teaching is not only teaching words or grammar, but also the culture in which that language develops. Reading texts in language teaching books have a special importance in order to ensure cultural transfer. In this study, an evaluation was made on the vocabulary in reading texts in B1 level Turkish books. In addition, this study was prepared to determine the frequency of use of words in Yedi İklim Turkish, Istanbul Turkish for Foreigners and Yesevi Turkish B1 level, which were prepared as the main source in teaching Turkish as a foreign language with the "Zemberek" analysis method, and how often which types of words were used.

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