scholarly journals Mending Students’ Speaking Deficiencies in Moroccan EFL Classes

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arab World English Journal ◽  
Assya El Hannaoui
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Common Core ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Arab World ◽  
First Year ◽  
Learning Practices ◽  
Speaking Skills

This paper presents an attempt to help students enhance their speaking skills in Moroccan English as a foreign language (EFL) classes. It was observed that students in Moroccan high schools are generally not able to speak their minds out freely and imaginatively in English. This paper studies the causes for students’ weak speaking skills in the English language and suggests solutions to mend the situation. An observation of the teaching and learning practices took place in a sample Moroccan high school and interviews as well as questionnaires were administered for the aim of tracing the obstacles students face in their learning process as well as their preferences that they wish to have applied in the speaking sessions. Several speaking activities were tested and proved effective in encouraging students to speak English in class and defeat their shyness and reluctance to express their opinions. These activities are provided in this paper for teachers to use starting from common core classes passing by 1st year Baccalaureate( Bac )and ending with 2nd year Bac (common core being the first year of high school in Morocco and so on) and include watching films and conducting projects in the framework of a cooperative learning. They outline a project of forming good speakers of English in Morocco and maybe elsewhere in the Arab world.

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORIES OF VERBS IN ENGLISH AND ALBANIAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 2245-2249
Author(s):  
Suzana Ejupi ◽  
Lindita Skenderi
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Part Of Speech ◽  
Grammatical Categories ◽  
Learning English

Working with English learners for many years, gives you the opportunity to encounter linguistic obstacles that they face while learning English language as a foreign language. Additionally, teaching for 13 years and observing the learning process, it enables you to recognize the students’ needs and at the same time, detect linguistic mistakes that they make, while practicing the target language. During my experience as a teacher, in terms of teaching and learning verbs in general and its grammatical categories in specific, it is noticed that Albanian learners find it relatively difficult the correct use of verbs in context and even more confusing the equivalent use of verbs in Albanian. Since verbs present an important part of speech, this study aims to investigate several differences and similarities between grammatical categories of verbs in English and Albanian. As a result, the Albanian learners of English language will be able to identify some of the major differences and similarities between the grammatical categories of verbs in English and Albanian; overcome the usual mistakes; gain the necessary knowledge regarding verbs and use them properly in English and Albanian.

scholarly journals Digitalisation of Teaching and Learning as a Tool for Increasing Students’ Satisfaction and Educational Efficiency: Using Smart Platforms in EFL

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 4892
Author(s):  
Sandra Stefanovic ◽  
Elena Klochkova
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Application Development ◽  
Mobile Platforms ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Motivation For Learning ◽  
Study Programs

This manuscript aims to present possibilities for developing mobile and smart platforms and systems in teaching and learning the English language for engineering professionals in different engineering study programs. Foreign language teaching and learning processes are based on traditional methods, while in engineering and technical sciences, teaching and learning processes include different digital platforms. Therefore, the following hypotheses were stated. (H1) It is possible to develop a software solution for mobile platforms that can have a higher level of interactivity, and it may lead to better learning outcomes, especially in the field of adopting engineering vocabulary. (H2) Implementation of the developed solution increases motivation for learning and leads to a higher level of satisfaction with the learning process as a part of the quality of life. (H3) Students who have digital and mobile platforms in the learning process could have higher achievement values. This manuscript presents software application development and its implementation in teaching English as a foreign language for engineering and technical study programs on the bachelor level. Initial results in implementation and satisfaction of end users point to the justification of implementing such solutions.

scholarly journals ENSEÑANZA DE INGLÉS COMO LENGUA EXTRANJERA (EFL) EN EL DESARROLLO DE LA DESTREZA SPEAKING A TRAVÉS DE CLASES VIRTUALES EN LA EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 167
Author(s):  
Karlita Genyfer Cevallos Vélez ◽  
María Antonieta Palma Cedeño ◽  
Kenia Monserrate Cevallos Vélez ◽  
Gema Valentina Baquezea Ponce
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
English Language ◽  
Skill Learning ◽  
Educación Superior ◽  
Educacion Superior ◽  
Virtual Classes ◽  
Speaking Skills

Los entornos educativos virtuales en la educación superior brindan la oportunidad tanto a los estudiantes como a los docentes de poder conectarse desde cualquier lugar y en cualquier momento, permitiendo potenciar la destreza del speaking en el aprendizaje del idioma inglés. La enseñanza online puede reducir significativamente el efecto que tiene la ansiedad en los estudiantes a lo largo del proceso de aprendizaje. El desarrollo de la habilidad del speaking con la utilización de las herramientas tecnológicas brinda a los docentes y estudiantes un entorno educativo inclusivo con contenidos acorde a la vanguardia tecnológica que vivimos más aún ante la emergencia sanitaria que vivimos a causa del Covid-19. La realización de la presente investigación permitió determinar cuáles son los beneficios de las clases virtuales en la enseña del idioma inglés con la finalidad de evidenciar sus ventajas en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje. Para el desarrollo del presente artículo se empleó el método cuantitativo y a partir de una revisión minuciosa bibliográfica, acompañado de la aplicación de encuestas online, a los estudiantes que cursan las asignaturas de suficiencia en inglés I y II, de la Universidad Técnica de Manabí, facilitaron el análisis y discusión de la temática. PALABRAS CLAVE: Inglés como Lengua Extranjera: speaking; clases virtuales; aprendizaje cooperativo; habilidad; aprendizaje. TEACHING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (EFL) IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPEAKING SKILL THROUGH VIRTUAL CLASSES IN HIGHER EDUCATION ABSTRACT Virtual educational environments in higher education provide the opportunity for both students and teachers to connect from anywhere, anytime, empowering speaking skills in English language learning. Online teaching can significantly reduce the effect that anxiety has on students throughout the learning process. The development of speaking skills with the use of technological tools provides teachers and students with an inclusive educational environment with content according to the technological vanguard that we live even more in the face of the health emergency that we experience due to Covid-19. This research allowed us to determine what are the benefits of virtual classes in teaching the English language in order to demonstrate its advantages in the teaching-learning process. For the development of this article, the qualitative method was used and from a thorough bibliographic review, accompanied by the application of personalized interviews, they facilitated the analysis and discussion of the subject. KEYWORDS: English as a Foreign Language (EFL); speaking; virtual classes; cooperative learning; skill; learning.

scholarly journals The Roles of Language Shift in English Language Teaching (A Case Study in the Class of Grammar III in the English Department in Universitas Galuh Ciamis)

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
R Bunga Febriani
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Shift ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
English Department ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Language Classrooms

<p>This study emphasizes the use of language shift in the English language teaching classroom. Language shift is a common phenomenon in multilingual conversations, in this case, in the teaching and learning process in language classrooms. The purposes of the study are to find out the use and the roles of language shift in EFL classrooms, how the roles contributed to the Teaching English as Foreign Language in the EFL, and how the language shift affects the process of teaching and in the EFL classroom. The study employed a qualitative approach by using interview and classroom observations as the instruments of the research. The study was a case study in the teaching and learning process of Grammar III to the second-grade students of English department in Universitas Galuh Ciamis. The findings of the study revealed that using language shift while learning and teaching English is useful in the process of teaching and learning English as a foreign language, in this case in the subject of Grammar III subject; and that code-switching as one of the kinds of language shift is necessary and inevitable in language classrooms.</p>

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORIES OF VERBS IN ENGLISH AND ALBANIAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 2245-2249
Author(s):  
Suzana Ejupi ◽  
Lindita Skenderi
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Part Of Speech ◽  
Grammatical Categories ◽  
Learning English

Working with English learners for many years, gives you the opportunity to encounter linguistic obstacles that they face while learning English language as a foreign language. Additionally, teaching for 13 years and observing the learning process, it enables you to recognize the students’ needs and at the same time, detect linguistic mistakes that they make, while practicing the target language. During my experience as a teacher, in terms of teaching and learning verbs in general and its grammatical categories in specific, it is noticed that Albanian learners find it relatively difficult the correct use of verbs in context and even more confusing the equivalent use of verbs in Albanian. Since verbs present an important part of speech, this study aims to investigate several differences and similarities between grammatical categories of verbs in English and Albanian. As a result, the Albanian learners of English language will be able to identify some of the major differences and similarities between the grammatical categories of verbs in English and Albanian; overcome the usual mistakes; gain the necessary knowledge regarding verbs and use them properly in English and Albanian.

scholarly journals INOVASI PENGEMBANGAN MATERI PELAJARAN BAHASA ASING TINGKAT MADRASAH TSANAWIYAH BERBASIS WHITEBOARD ANIMATION

Al'Adalah ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-177
Author(s):  
Najahah Najahah ◽  
Ulin Ni'mah Rodliya Ulfah
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
Learning Materials ◽  
School Based ◽  
Language Technology

Teknologi dan bahasa asing adalah dua hal yang saling berkesinambungan. Penguasaan dua materi tersebut menjadi sebuah keniscayaan bagi sivitas akademika baik pendidik maupun siswa. Hal ini karena, mayoritas kegiatan pembelajaran berhubungan dengan alat-alat digital dan bahasa asing dalam penyampaiannya. Tekhnologi diciptakan untuk mempermudah usaha manusia, selain itu ia juga dapat meningkatkan  pencapaian tujuan. Dalam pengajaran bahasa asing, siswa cenderung lebih mudah  memahami materi jika disampaikan dalam bentuk gambar, film, video ataupun animasi. Pengajaran Bahasa bahasa Asing saat ini masih dianggap kurang memuaskan dikarenakan materi yang disampaikan terlalu monoton dan kurang bersentuhan dengan tekhnologi sehingga kurang menarik untuk disampaikan. Kedua, materi ajar lebih banyak  diasosiasikan dengan  buku  teks  pelajaran. Padahal sebenarnya,  materi ajar dapat berupa kamus, kaset, video, lembar kerja, dan sebagainya. Berdasarkan hal-hal di atas, maka peneliti mengembangkan materi pelajaran Bahasa Asing pada Madrasah Tsanawiyah berbasis Whiteboard Animation. Technology and foreign language are two related things. Mastery in the above two is a must for academic people, either for the teachers or the students. It is because, majority, the learning activity are done with the help of digital technology and foreign language. Technology is created in order to help human activity and also to improve the goals’ achievement. While in the teaching and learning process, students tend to understand the material more if it is delivered in the form of picture, movie, video or animation. The foreign learning, nowaday, is considered unsatisfied since the material delivered is monotone and less in touch with the technology, so it is not really attractive. Second, the learning materials are assosiated more with textbook. While actually, the learning materials can be in the form of dictionary, cassette, video, worksheet and so on. Based on the above fact, the researcher improvr the foreign (English and Arabic) learning materials for Islamic Junior High School based on whiteboard animation.

scholarly journals Motivational Strategies in Teaching English as Foreign Language: A Case Study in Junior High School 7 Kuningan

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
Muhammad Aprianto Budie Nugroho ◽  
Nining Mayda
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Classroom Observation ◽  
Motivational Strategies ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
English As Foreign Language ◽  
Students Attitudes

This research aims to analyze motivational strategies in teaching English as foreign language at 7th grade of Junior High School 7 Kuningan and to analyze students‟ attitudes towards motivational strategies that were applied by teachers in teaching EFL. The researchers used qualitative research by using classroom observation, interview, and questionnaires. The result taken from classroom observation and interview show teacher 1 and teacher 3 applied motivational strategies completely based on the phases of motivational strategies. Thus, the students responded these strategies positively. On the other hand, teacher 2 applied motivational strategies incompletely because the teacher missed the first phases. This was responded negatively by students. Therefore, the students were actively involved in teaching and learning process conducted by teacher 1 and teacher 2, but the students were passively involved in teaching and learning process conducted by teacher 2. Furthermore, the result taken from questionnaires shows that students gave positive attitudes towards the teacher 1 (88.25%), teacher 2 (79.02%), and teacher 3 (85.71%). Based on the findings, it can be concluded that the way the teachers applied motivational strategies in teaching EFL determined students‟ attitudes towards motivational strategies applied by teachers in teaching EFL.Keywords: motivational strategies, phases of motivational strategies, students attitudes, teaching EFL

scholarly journals English Speaking Skill and Language Component Practice: englisch-hilfen.de in Assistance

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (02) ◽  
pp. 210-223
Author(s):  
Husnul Hotimah
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
First Language ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Speaking Skills

English Foreign Language (EFL) students, most of the time, face difficulties in learning English, especially in mastering speaking skills. One of the most common problems faced in the teaching and learning process for speaking skills is the lack of motivation and students tend to use their first language. As the development of technology, the teacher is required to involve digital teaching, especially related to the use of computers. Employing computer or Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) in the teaching and learning process is highly recommended for a fun and exciting learning. In this particular case, englishch-hilfen.de serves as an answer for those seeking such a learning process. A qualitative study was involved to identify how the use of englishch-hilfen.de can improve and give a significant effect on students’ English performance, especially for speaking and vocabulary aspects. The result of this study suggested that the content within englishch-hilfen.de is very beneficial for it provides such meaningful and stimulating activities for English language students.

scholarly journals Using the Hello English Application in the EFL Classroom: Its Efficacy in Helping Students to Master Vocabulary

2021 ◽  
pp. 592-600
Author(s):  
Rita Seroja Br Ginting ◽  
Rahmah Fithriani
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Numerical Data ◽  
Choice Test ◽  
Significance Level

Integrating technology as a teaching media in language learning has been widely promoted by teaching practitioners. Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) is among the most popular approaches used in EFL classrooms and has been reported in some studies to be beneficial in supporting students’ language learning process. This study aimed to determine whether employing MALL through the Hello English (HE) application as a teaching media could significantly affect the mastery of vocabulary of eighth grade students in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Junior High School ( JHS) classroom. Using a quantitative approach with a quasi-experimental design, this study presented the numerical data collected through a multiple-choice test. In analyzing the data, t-tests were employed with a 5% (0.05) significance level using the SPSS statistical test tools v.20. According to the results, the HE application had a significant effect on the students’ mastery of the vocabulary, and so it is recommended that the HE application be used as a tool in the English language teaching and learning process. Keywords: Hello English appl MALL, vocabulary mastery, junior high school, EFL

scholarly journals Indonesian University Students’ Perception and Expectation towards ICT Use in Learning English as a Foreign Language

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
Tubagus Zam Zam Al Arif
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
University Students ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
State University ◽  
Ict Use ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Learning English

This study aims to know the use of ICT frequency and purposes among EFL university students. It is also examines the students’ perception and expectation towards ICT use in learning English as a foreign language. This research applied quantitative approach with a survey research design. The data were collected from a survey which involved 337 students who were selected using stratified random sampling technique from 13 faculties of a state university in Jambi, Indonesia. The instrument used in collecting the data was a questioner adapted from Tri and Nguyen (2014). Data collected were analyzed by using SPSS 23 in form of descriptive quantitative. The findings indicated that the students spent more time in using ICT for general purposes than English learning purposes. On the other hand, they showed positive attitudes towards the use of ICT in learning English. The students perceive that ICT has the important role in improving their English language skills, and they expected that the teachers use ICT more frequently in teaching and learning process. Furthermore, they expected that campus can provide sufficient equipment and ICT access in each classroom in order to make the learning process become effective.

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