scholarly journals PROPAGATING CRITICAL READING AND CREATIVE WRITING LITERACY USING READER’S DIGEST MAGAZINES

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 330-335
Author(s):  
Wan Zumusni Wan Mustapha ◽  
Sheela Paramasivam
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Creative Writing ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Team Building ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Authentic Material ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Outdoor Setting ◽  
Sentence Construction ◽  
Esl Learners

Reading and writing have been seen as solitary, boring and individualized among ESL learners. Hence, teaching and learning critical reading and creative writing, can pose even a challenge to educators and learners of a second language, at all levels. The challenge is even greater in the digital era where students would rather spend time online on gadgets than flipping pages of magazines. As a receptive skill, reading a textbook outside the classroom would be next to impossible. This paper shares how second language educators can use an authentic material like Reader’s Digest magazines to propagate fun, engaging and outdoor critical reading and creative writing activities. It incorporates various elements such as team building, collaborative learning and problem-based learning while engaging students to learn vocabulary, sentence construction and paragraph writing in an outdoor setting.

scholarly journals A Case Study on Week without Walls (WWW) in UiTM Negeri Sembilan: Critical Reading and Creative Writing beyond the Second Language Classrooms

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wan Zumusni Wan Mustapha ◽  
Mohd Nur Fitri Mohd Salim ◽  
Irma Ahmad ◽  
Sheela Paramasivam
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Second Language ◽  
Creative Writing ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Language Classrooms ◽  
Flipped Classrooms ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Teaching and learning critical reading and creative writing in the second language have gone beyond the four walls of classrooms and language classrooms. Apart from flipped classrooms, where lessons and assignments can be conducted and done during weekends, public holidays and festive breaks, Universiti Teknologi MARA has moved another step in implementing Week without Walls (WWW) where students learn in a less structured way outside the classrooms. Qualitative method namely case study is used to design the research methodology for this study. The focus on the case study is to see how learning is demonstrated through the use of social media. The case study on diploma and degree students from three faculties found that WWW has increased motivation and interest in teaching and learning of second language reading and writing. Other than using the usual teaching videos, notes on the online platform, students are asked to read Reader’s Digest magazines and post a caption of an interesting article or activity they have read on the social media. Using social learning theory, analysis of the students’ narratives on social media postings reveal that given the freedom to demonstrate their learning experience, students can be creative by posting pictures and videos of what they have read on their social media and realize that learning is not just for assessments.

scholarly journals Mobile-assisted Language Learning (MALL) for ESL Learners: A Review of Affordances and Constraints

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1-5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Harwati Hashim ◽  
Melor Md. Yunus ◽  
Mohamed Amin Embi ◽  
Nor Azwa Mohamed Ozir
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
English As Second Language ◽  
Mobile Assisted Language Learning ◽  
Esl Learners

Nowadays, mobile technology is changing the landscape of language learning and is seen as the next frontier being researched for its potential in enhancing the teaching and learning of English language.  The portability of mobile devices is believed to bring new methods that can shape learning styles and pedagogies which could become more personalised and allow learners to learn on the move; thus, enhance English language teaching and learning.  This creates the potential for significant change in the teaching and learning of English as Second Language (ESL). Taking mobile learning as the setting within which developments in Mobile-assisted Language Learning (MALL) may be understood, this paper offers reflections on what Mobile-assisted Language Learning (MALL) has potentially offered and the constraints that might be faced by the English as Second Language (ESL) learners when using MALL.  Above all, it was a challenging issue to cover learning tasks by using a mobile device particularly in learning English as Second Language (ESL).  Nevertheless, mobile devices which are popular among students are motivational tools to be used in education as well as various learning activities.  This was proven by many researchers who have shown the positive outcomes.  Hence, we should admit that mobile devices are finding their way into classrooms in the student’s pockets, and we have to ensure that educational practice can include this mobile technology in effective and productive ways particularly for English as Second Language (ESL) learning.

scholarly journals Using flashcards for English second language creative writing in Grade 1

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shivona Mathura ◽  
Free-Queen B. Zulu
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Creative Writing ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Research Process ◽  
English Second Language ◽  
Esl Learners

Background: English Second Language (ESL) learners have difficulty constructing sentences due to internalising information in their home language and thereafter translating it into English. Learners who have difficulty speaking English generally encounter problems writing it, which hampers their creative writing ability.Objectives: The purpose of the research was to identify a teaching strategy to facilitate ESL learners with creative writing. This study explored the influence of flashcards on the creative writing skills of Grade 1 ESL learners and improved the researchers’ teaching practice.Method: This qualitative study depicted an action research design and utilised an inductive approach to data analysis. Convenience sampling was used when selecting the participants who were 31 Grade 1 learners in a school in Pietermaritzburg. The flashcards were used during the implementation stage of the action research process as an intervention to enhance learners’ creative writing skills.Findings: The findings indicate that learners who participated in the study had improved in their written assessments. There were three themes identified, which included misspelt words, incorrect use of tenses and ungrammatical sentence construction. Flashcards revealed the correct sentence writing techniques by depicting sentences. Learners’ written pieces were more logical and they participated actively during lessons. This enhanced the researcher’s teaching practice, which catered to both visual and auditory learners.Conclusion: The findings suggest that the use of flashcards had a positive effect on ESL learners’ creative writing skills. This encouraged participatory teaching and learning, which can be of benefit to many teachers seeking to engage learners using alternate learning styles.

scholarly journals LEITURA CRÍTICA E LETRAMENTO CRÍTICO EM LÍNGUA INGLESA RESPALDADA NAS NOVAS TECNOLOGIAS

Trama ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (35) ◽  
pp. 47-69
Author(s):  
Alex Alves EGIDO
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
Textual Practice ◽  
Critical Literacies ◽  
Oxford University Press

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scholarly journals Employment of Language Learning Strategies by Chinese School Learners in Learning ESL Vocabulary

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 330-339
Author(s):  
Chen Hie Chan ◽  
Azlina Abdul Aziz
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Main Element ◽  
Language Learning Strategies ◽  
Chinese School ◽  
Esl Learners

Language Learning Strategies (LLS) are widely implemented in the learning of English as a second language (ESL). In order to make the language communicable, vocabulary is the main element to cope by the ESL learners. Hence, LLS is helpful in aiding the learners to develop the ESL vocabulary effectively according to the learners’ needs. Derived from the issue, the study is aiming to identify the best strategies among Chinese school learners as they share the same environment background in learning ESL vocabulary. A survey was distributed through google form to all the Chinese primary schools in a suburban district. The total number of sixty-two respondents in Primary Five were chosen in collecting the LLSs in learning ESL vocabulary with the learners’ academic achievement. The findings portrayed the learners who performed high academic achievement are those who implemented metacognitive strategies widely when learning vocabulary. Thus, the findings could be an alternative for teachers and learners in future teaching and learning of ESL vocabulary in Chinese schools.

The Cycle of Academic Reading Fear Among Undergraduates

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 265
Author(s):  
Noor Hanim Rahmat ◽  
Mazlen Arepin ◽  
Suraiya Sulaiman
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Academic Reading ◽  
Reading Anxiety

This study investigates students' fear in academic reading as well as the influence of perceived difficulties in their reading comprehension. The paper aims to study the level of anxiety as experienced by undergaduate students in academic reading. Data from 25 respondents were analyzed quantitatively using Reading Anxiety Scale (FLRAS) developed by Saito, Horwitz, and Garza (1999). Te objectives of the study are to examine the influence of students' fear and perceived difficulties in academic reading. The findings of this study reveal that factors such as background and culture, general reading ability, vocabulary, grammar as well as teaching method can make readers fear reading. The results of this study bear interesting implications towards the teaching and learning of academic reading in English as a Second Language.

Productive Vocabulary Knowledge of ESL Learners

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdulmalik Usman ◽  
Dahiru Musa Abdullahi
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Vocabulary Knowledge ◽  
Writing Quality ◽  
Lexical Frequency ◽  
Frequency Profile ◽  
Esl Learners ◽  
The Relationship

The paper seeks to investigate the level of productive knowledge of ESL learners, the writing quality and the relationship between the vocabulary knowledge and the writing quality. 150 final year students of English language in a university in Nigeria were randomly selected as respondents. The respondents were asked to write an essay of 300 words within one hour. The essays were typed into Vocab Profiler of Cobb (2002) and analyzed the Lexical Frequency Profile of the respondents. The essays were also assessed by independent examiners using a standard rubric. The findings reveal that the level of productive vocabulary knowledge of the respondents is limited. The writing quality of the majority of the respondent is fair and there is a significant correlation between vocabulary and the witting quality of the subjects. The researchers posit that productive vocabulary is the predictor of writing quality and recommend various techniques through which teaching and learning of vocabulary can be improved.

scholarly journals Applying UTAUT in Predicting ESL Lecturers Intention to Use Flipped Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8571
Author(s):  
Siti Fatimah Abd Rahman ◽  
Melor Md Yunus ◽  
Harwati Hashim
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Intention To Use ◽  
Flipped Learning ◽  
Use Of Technology

Flipped learning empowers learners to take an engaging role in learning while educators assist the learning process. The employment of flipped learning has been confirmed to enhance the teaching and learning of English as a second language in previous studies. This study aimed to explore the application of the unified theory of technology acceptance and use of technology towards ESL lecturers’ intention to use flipped learning. This study used a quantitative research framework where a set of online questionnaires was used in collecting the data. A total of 206 English as a second language lecturers from four different universities participated in this study. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The result of this study indicates that only social influence is significant in predicting English as a second language lecturers’ intention to use the flipped learning approach. Furthermore, this study enriches the literature on 21st century education and the integration of technology in teaching and learning. In addition, this study could help educators and stakeholders in adapting or enhancing the flipped learning approach by distinguishing the distinct predictors of technology acceptance.

Teaching South African Sign Language as a second language to university students: an integrated pedagogy

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marga Stander ◽  
Annemarie Le Roux
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
University Students ◽  
Sign Language ◽  
South African ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Specific Method ◽  
Language Curriculum ◽  
Popular Language ◽  
Output Hypothesis

Abstract South African Sign Language (SASL) has become an increasingly popular language that hearing university students want to learn as a second language. This requires more qualified SASL instructors and new curricula at South African universities. This paper considers ways in which challenges associated with the teaching and learning of SASL can be overcome. Krashen’s Comprehension Input Hypothesis and Swain’s Output Hypothesis form the theoretical framework as reference to our own independent experience, praxis, and reflection. This study considered different teaching methods and pedagogies and found the post-method approach suggested by Kumaravadivelu (2003) a viable method for teaching SASL as a second language. This method aligns with the method we had independently identified as the most empowering for teachers to create their own strategies focused on their intuition, experiences and pedagogy. Therefore, we do not favour one specific method above another, but rather adopt an integrated approach. We make a few suggestions regarding sign language curriculum content and further research in sign language as an L2, which need urgent attention.

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