scholarly journals English for Secretarial Program: Target and Learning Needs of 'Cinta Kasih Tzu Chi' Vocational School Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Junita Junita ◽  
Nurdiana Nurdiana
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Vocational School ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
School Subject ◽  
School Students ◽  
Authentic Materials ◽  
Materials Development ◽  
The Common ◽  
Vocational High Schools

<p>English is one of compulsory subjects in vocational high schools. It is a required school subject as students of vocational school graduates are prepared to work based on their major and skills. In addition, in the workplace context, English is the common foreign language used in and among divisions in the workplace. To help the students use the language appropriately, schools need to prepare them with adequate learning materials. Thus, reliable sources of learning, one of which is English coursebooks, should incorporate appropriate language input for the students specifically devised for vocational school students. Unfortunately, most of the coursebooks contain materials which do not meet target and learning needs of the students who study in vocational schools. Therefore, this study aimed at examining their target and learning needs of English, particularly for those taking secretarial program. In order to achieve the objective of the study, a questionnaire consisting of target and learning needs items was distributed to the subjects of the research. The findings of this research revealed that the target needs of the students who majored in the secretarial program are to be able to communicate in English both in oral and written texts, vocabulary enhancement related to the workplace, and to pass the national exam. As for the learning needs, most of the students are keen on learning English from authentic materials integrated in all language skills.</p><strong>Keywords: </strong>materials development, target and learning needs, ESP

scholarly journals Andragogical principles in teaching professional foreign languages: challenges and perspectives

2021 ◽  
Vol 127 ◽  
pp. 01007
Author(s):  
Natalia Aleksandrovna Naumova ◽  
Natalya Vladimirovna Yudina
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Adult Students ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
School Students ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Part Time ◽  
The Government ◽  
Psychological Features ◽  
Andragogical Principles

The research shares the experience of the Vladimir branch of Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation in applying the andragogical principles in distance learning and teaching a professional foreign language for part-time and night school students. The research is aimed at considering the specific social and psychological features with a different nature of goal-setting, learning process and its outcomes in the adult student environment which are likely to cause the barriers, as well as the ways to reduce them during the pandemic of COVID-19 and an overall switch to distance learning. The subject matter is focused on the specific obstacles which prevent adult students from successful building of language skills. The research methods include monitoring, interviewing and content analysis. The outcomes showed that the andragogical principles of the adult students, including a student-oriented motivation, focus on personal individualization, mutual interactive activity with the teacher, immediate implementation of learning outcomes, might be available to eliminate the barriers and shift the focus to practical ways of learning and teaching a professional foreign language. The outcomes of the research have practical use in arranging online learning of part-time and night school students in the Vladimir branch of Financial University. The experience is recommended to be considered for the adult target audience to enhance their motivation for building professional foreign language skills.

scholarly journals PENGEMBANGAN KURIKULUM BIMBINGAN DAN KONSELING KOMPREHENSIF SMK DI ERA REVOLUSI INDUSTRI 4.0

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 120
Author(s):  
Naharus Surur ◽  
Ulya Makhmudah ◽  
Agit Purwo Hartanto
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Vocational School ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Guidance And Counseling ◽  
School Students ◽  
Class Level ◽  
Testing Stage ◽  
Vocational High Schools

Era revolusi industri 4.0 menuntut sumber daya manusia yang bermutu agar mampu bersaing dalam dunia kerja yang semakin kompetitif. Sehingga diperlukan ketrampilan dan kompetensi yang memadai dalam menghadapinya. Bimbingan dan konseling memiliki peran penting untuk membekali peserta didik, khususnya Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan  (SMK)  sebagai upaya membimbing peserta didik agar menjadi insan yang terampil dan kompeten dalam mencapai kemandirian pribadi, sosial, karier dan belajar. Maka dari itu, dibutuhkan pengembangan kurikulum bimbingan dan konseling komprehensif untuk peserta didik SMK pada era revolusi industri 4.0 dengan tujuan menjadi acuan bagi guru bimbingan dan konseling dalam memberikan  layanan yang efektif dan efisien. Kurikulum ini akan  memuat: layanan dan tujuan setiap ranah, rumusan kompetensi tingkat kelas (standar yang kompeten peserta didik yang bisa diukur), rincian kegiatan yang harus dilakukan peserta didik dan konselor dalam satuan waktu. Pengembangan kurikulum menggunakan desain penelitian dan pengembangan Borg and Gall yang sampai pada tahap uji ahli. Hasil dari pengujian yang menyatakan bahwa perhitungan yang layak untuk pembangunan pada tahap uji terbatas di penelitian tahun mendatang.___________________________________________________________________ The era of the industrial revolution 4.0 demands quality human resources to be able to compete in an increasingly competitive world of work. So that it requires adequate skills and competences in dealing with it. Guidance and counseling have an important role in equipping students, especially Vocational High Schools (SMK) as an effort to guide students to become skilled and competent individuals in achieving personal, social, career and learning independence. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a comprehensive guidance and counseling curriculum for vocational school students in the era of the industrial revolution 4.0 with the aim of being a reference for guidance and counseling teachers in providing effective and efficient services. This curriculum will contain: the services and objectives of each domain, the formulation of class level competencies (competent standards of measurable learners), details of activities that students and counselors must do in units of time. The curriculum development uses the research and development design of Borg and Gall which has reached the expert testing stage. The results of the test state that the calculations that are feasible for development at the test stage are limited to future research years.

scholarly journals PENGEMBANGAN SPEAKING SKILL MELALUI KEGIATAN VISITING FOREIGNERS

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-140
Author(s):  
Dwi Setyo Astuti ◽  
Eka Viola Setyowati ◽  
Zahratul Fadil ◽  
Fildzah Tita Adani ◽  
Ayu Wijiastuti
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Native Language ◽  
Vocational School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
Speaking Skills

The ability to speak English or speaking skills is one aspect of learning a language. There are various things that can be done to develop students' speaking skills, one of which is visiting foreigners conducted by SMK N 1 Banyudono in the English Conversation Club extracurricular activities. This is done so that students get a provision for communication in English so that when students graduate from school as graduates of vocational school students have provision of communication skills both in the native language and English as a foreign language. After this activity is carried out, a follow-up activity will be held, where students make reports and presentations about the conversations they have had so that students can evaluate the activities that have been carried out. Furthermore, this activity is considered quite important and must be continued in addition to developing speaking skills, this activity can also develop students' confidence.

scholarly journals Assessment for Secondary School Students’ Experiences in Using Tablet in Classroom

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 90
Author(s):  
Mohammed Elmetwali Mohammed Amer
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
School Students ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Egyptian Government

The Egyptian government integrated tablets in Egyptian secondary schools. Thus, the researcher aimed to explore the effectiveness of using tablet in Egyptian secondary schools from the students’ perspective. He aimed to explore that in order to assess students’ experiences in this regard. He selected a random sample consisting from 745 female and male secondary school students in Egypt. Those students were selected from three schools. Questionnaire forms were distributed to those students by hand. All the distributed forms were retrieved. However, 9 forms were excluded due to missing data. Thus, 736 questionnaire forms are valid for analysis. It was found that tablet serves as an effective learning method in Egyptian secondary schools. It was found that using tablet in classroom improves students’ creative thinking skills and makes teachers more creative. It was found that using tablet in classroom enriches students’ vocabulary, improves their language skills and increases their academic achievement in classroom. It was found that such use can meet the learning needs of various types of learners. The researcher recommends conducting studies about the challenges facing teachers in using tablets in classroom.

scholarly journals PROBLEMATYKA BADAŃ DOTYCZĄCYCH POSTAW WOBEC UCZENIA SIĘ JĘZYKÓW OBCYCH NA PRZYKŁADZIE JĘZYKA HISZPAŃSKIEGO

Neofilolog ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 209-223
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Spychała-Wawrzyniak
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Attitude Measurement ◽  
School Students ◽  
Behavioral Reactions ◽  
Common Trend ◽  
Fields Of Study ◽  
The Common ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
The Individual ◽  
First Time

Attitudes, including beliefs, values, and motivation are within the scope of interest of numerous fields of study such as psychology, philosophy, sociology, and anthropology. In psychology, attitudes related to affective, cognitive and, in particular, behavioral reactions are studied. It is believed that attitudes do not only affect the behavior of the individual, but also their ways of evaluating specific actions. At the same time, empirical research in this area is extremely problematic and conditioned by many individual differences (e.g. age, gender, place of residence, personality traits, etc.). On the other hand, in glottodidactics, the common trend in this type of research is analysis of students' attitudes (including motivation) towards a foreign language and its culture(s). The purpose of the article is to briefly present the methodology of research on attitudes towards learning different languages. First, we review the concepts of attitudes, beliefs, values, and motivation from a psychological and didactic perspective. We also focus our attention on the types of attitude measurement used (which include motivation). Finally, we present some results of research conducted for the first time in Poland in the field of attitudes and motivation of secondary school students towards learning Spanish.  

scholarly journals The Effect of Textbook Readability on Students’ Reading Comprehension

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-54
Author(s):  
Dinar Vincy Yunitaka Bahrudin
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
School Students ◽  
Text Readability ◽  
Readability Level ◽  
Central Purpose

Language learners should learn reading skill as one of four language skills. It is to make learners' ability on foreign language becomes more comprehensive. The purpose of reading is to improve the understanding about the content of the text and it is the central purpose of language learners. Text readability level is also influenced by the readers’ motivation, ability, and interest.  Thats whay in selecting reading texts, the teacher should concern to text readability level and the student language level. Students' level must be related with text readability level, so that it is inappropriate to give junior high school students difficult text such as a difficult scientific text. Therefore this study conclude that the is an effect of textbook readability on students reading comprehension.

Measurement of Attitudes Regarding Foreign Language Skills and Its Relation with Success

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 310
Author(s):  
Tülin Acar
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Language ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
School Students ◽  
Students Attitudes

<p>The aim of this research is to determine the attitudes of secondary level students regarding the skills in English as a Foreign Language and to compare the level of relationship between the academic success at English and the attitudes measured. Attitudes and success levels of the students of secondary education regarding their language skills were found to be high. A significant relationship at a linear low level was observed between the academic success of the students and their attitudes towards English language skills. In this study, the attitudes of high school students measured according to their gender concerning their reading, writing, speaking and listening skills, showed difference in favor of female students. Again, high school students’ attitudes towards writing, speaking and listening skills except for the attitudes towards reading skills do differentiate according to the type of school in which they receive education.</p>

scholarly journals Tertiary level proficiency in ESP: Employer survey analysis

CASALC Review ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Jana Jašková ◽  
Dagmar Šťastná
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
English For Specific Purposes ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Survey Analysis ◽  
Engineering Information ◽  
The Common ◽  
Technology And Economy

One of the most topical issues in the field of teaching and learning English for Specific Purposes is the question whether tertiary students are able to succeed in mastering English as a foreign language effectively and subsequently to be competitive in the multicultural corporate sphere. The paper presents a study aimed at large employers and their requirements on university graduates’ language skills. The research was conducted in November 2018 within 12th JobChallenge Fair in Brno, Czech Republic, where large companies and businesses targeted students as their prospective employees. Following theoretical groundwork, a questionnaire was designed and distributed to representatives of 36 companies operating in engineering, information technology and economy. The aim of the survey was to identify the required language proficiency according to the Common European Framework of References for Languages as a model for describing knowledge levels. Findings show that most of the employers prefer graduates in junior positions with B2 level of English, specifically of both English for General Purposes and English for Specific Purposes. In addition, the analysis reveals a great demand for productive skills such as active participating in meetings, telephoning, business correspondence or presentation skills whereas receptive skills are considered to be less important.

scholarly journals Listening, Grammar and Reading Comprehension Skills of the Test of English as a Foreign Language: A Correlational Study

Humaniora ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Jimmy Sapoetra
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
School Students ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills ◽  
Senior High School Students

The article aimed to investigate whether there was a correlation among the language skills and components. The researcher took two language skills and one language component to be part of the research: listening, reading comprehension skills, and grammar mastery. In the research, there were several questions regarding the three variables of listening, reading, and grammar which were focusing on the correlation among the variables. The independent variable was grammar mastery (X) while the independent variables were listening comprehension (Y1) and reading comprehension (Y2). The data collection was taken from the population of Grade X Budi Luhur Senior High School students, Tangerang, with 40 students served as a sample. The research was conducted using the quantitative method with the help of statistical calculation of Pearson Product Moment Correlation to prove whether there was a significant correlation among the three variables. As a result, it is proven that there is no significant correlation between grammar mastery and both listening and reading skills while there is a quite strong correlation between listening and reading skills of the students.

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