scholarly journals Effective Reading Strategies for Generation Z Using Authentic Texts

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nataliia Bilonozhko ◽  
Anastasiia Syzenko
Keyword(s):  
Reading Strategies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Authentic Texts ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Learning Contexts ◽  
Language Classrooms ◽  
Digital Learners ◽  
Effective Reading Strategies

The article deals with the use of effective reading strategies with Generation Z students based on a critical review of modern psychological and pedagogical studies of ‘digital learners’. The relevance of the study is substantiated by the fact that the subjects of the modern educational process today are mostly representatives of Generation Z and their ways of study, preferences and values are bringing important changes to teaching and learning contexts. The purpose of the article is to analyse effective reading strategies using authentic texts. It features a brief overview of the studies devoted to the reading strategies and highlights the differences between reading skills and reading strategies. The authors explore the concept of authenticity of texts and tasks and suggest their highly motivational nature for digital learners. The article presents an analysis of Generation Z’s unique characteristics and projects them onto the choice of effective reading strategies for digital learners. The article concludes with a discussion of pedagogical implications and a list of recommendations to consider when selecting effective reading strategies for language classrooms.

CREATIVE APPROACHES TO THE TEACHING SOCIOHUMANITARIAN DISCIPLINES, IN THE TRAINING OF GENERATION “Z” REPRESENTATIVES

2020 ◽  
pp. 55-67
Author(s):  
Tatiana Kadlubovich ◽  
Darina Chernyak
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Cognitive Activity ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Everyday Reality ◽  
Independent Work

The article deals with the value orientations, attitudes, life views of modern students - representatives of Generation “Z”, for whom digital technologies are an everyday reality. The experience of working with students during class and independent work is given. The authors, based on the latest research, prove that the modern generation with its peculiarities needs new creative methods and teaching methods that will take into account the specifics of cognitive activity of modern youth, its values, needs, psychological characteristics and technical skills. It is necessary to change not only teaching and learning methods, but also the style of communication between the subjects of the educational process, the form of presentation of information, knowledge, preparation of a new type of educational and methodical literature, active use of information and communication technologies.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF UNIVERSITY FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Yu. Mamontova
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Digital Education ◽  
Foreign Language Study ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Digital Learners ◽  
On Line ◽  
Definition Of

The general issues of digital education are considered; the methodical aspects of distant education are actualized as well as pedagogical organization of the learning process; the educational project of foreign language study which is related to on-line and off-line learning forms is implemented in the educational process; creative tasks to develop communicative and digital learners' competences are used and described; the definition of «a learner's digital education» is supplemented; the characteristics of different level students are generalized according to the teaching experience of «generation Z» and masters.

scholarly journals FORMATION OF READING SKILLS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE REMOTE TEACHING PROCESS

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (10(78)) ◽  
pp. 184-187
Author(s):  
Maryna Bohachyk
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Reading Strategies ◽  
English Language ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Native Language ◽  
Text Processing ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Full Understanding ◽  
Age Features

The role of reading in the process of formation of communicative competence was analyzed. The essence of the concept of competence in reading was defined. The main factors influencing the effectiveness of formation of reading skills in English were defined (the features of perception of written texts – time spent on text processing and length of the text; psychophysiological and individual age features of the students – visual perception of the text, the features of mental operations – ability to analyze and make the conclusions, memory, in particular, visual, attention, intelligence, ability to use the experience of reading in the native language, motivation, the presence of cognitive interest, the ability to apply different reading strategies, etc.; the characteristics of the text – authentic, semi-authentic, adapted texts, compliance with cognitive interests, age and level of language proficiency of the students, etc.). Different classifications of types of reading and their application at different stages of English language learning were analyzed (by the target: educational and introductory search; by the method of content disclosure: analytical and synthetic; by the participation of the native language: translated and non-translated; by the nature of the implementation of the semantic side of perception and processing of the text: reading with incomplete understanding and reading with full understanding; by the nature of the organization of activity: prepared with the removed difficulties – training and unprepared without previously removed difficulties – control; depending on the length: extensive and intensive; by the fact of relation to the educational process: educational and real; by the way of using a bilingual dictionary: reading with or without a dictionary; by the place of organization of reading: classwork or homework). The features of different reading strategies were analyzed (predicting, monitoring, confirming, connecting, questioning, skimming, scanning, distinguishing, using context clues, paraphrasing or summarizing, visualizing). The features of different stages of learning to read were described (pre-reading, while-reading, after-reading). The requirements for the texts for reading in English were generalized. The levels of comprehension of the texts and typical tasks appropriate for each level was given (fragmentary understanding, general understanding, full understanding, critical understanding).

PowerToon Clues

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Hanis Kamarudin ◽  
Nur Ain Abdul Malek ◽  
Siti Ainul Ayzan Ayub ◽  
Izlin Mohamad Ghazali ◽  
Wan Nazihah Wan Mohamed
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Word Meaning ◽  
Technology Support ◽  
Teaching Aids ◽  
Language Classes ◽  
Language Classrooms ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
Esl Learners

Reading is an important learning area which ESL learners should master for interaction and academic purposes. However, ESL students are facing many difficulties in English reading skills particularly contextual clues. Hence, this product aims to ease the teaching and learning of inferring word meaning – contextual clues, to enrich the students’ vocabulary bank and to motivate the students to engage in reading. The challenge in teaching contextual clues is that the current technology-integrated teaching method has lost its way to cater students’ interest in reading. This product is believed to allow the students to enjoy meaningful language classes. The emergence and usage of PowToon in today’s classroom has helped to ease the process of teaching reading skills to the students. The features of this product include captivating graphics, lively animation, concise content and attractive background music. This product is user friendly as it is accessible to everyone; online and offline. İn addition, it is suitable to be used in language classes with limited technology support. Thus, this evolution in teaching pedagogy will encourage paperless teaching aids in language classrooms.

scholarly journals Influence of computer technologies popularization on modern youth today and tomorrow

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (Extra-A) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Svetlana Popova
Keyword(s):  
Generation Y ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Mind Mapping ◽  
Teaching Process ◽  
The Past ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Characteristic Features

Educational process of the past is different from the system which is being implemented at the present time.  The reason for this is the change of the set of requirements to the range of skills and competences that future employees should possess. The article compares two generation groups, Generation Z (‘Others’) and Generation Y (‘ Millenials’). It explains what difficulties they might have while communicating together. The paper gives grounding for hypertextual perception of reality and ‘nomophobia’ that are characteristic features of Generation Z. The article explains why the youth are responsive on gamification and mind mapping technologies; what problems they have with time management and reading skills and why it is important to implement hands-on technologies into the teaching process.  

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF READING STRATEGY ON COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT IN CHINESE LANGUAGE

2020 ◽  
pp. 173-186
Author(s):  
Looi Lay Hoon ◽  
Norfaneliza Mohd Embros
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Reading Strategies ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Chinese Language ◽  
Reading Strategy ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Control Group ◽  
The Impact

Reading skills play an important role in language learning. There are many reading strategies for effective reading. Yet, not many language teachers emphasized or integrated learning strategies into the learning process of reading skills, especially in Chinese language learning. This article aims to report the impact of reading strategies in teaching and learning on the achievement of Primary 5 students in Chinese national primary schools. The reading strategy of making inferences is the focus of this study. This study adopts a quasi-experimental design, with data collection through pre-test and post-test to identify the impact of reading strategy on student achievement. A descriptive analysis was used. The sample of this study consisted of 70 5th graders consisting of three groups based on three pre-test performance namely Category A (80 - 100), Category B (40-79) and Category C (0-39). The result showed that there was an increase in the number of pupils who received the Category A’s score for the treatment group, which increased from 9 students to 15 students (60%). On the contrary, for the control group, the findings show that pupil performance decreased, with the number of pupils in C category increased, from 4 students to 8 students. It can be concluded that the use of reading strategies can have a positive impact on reading comprehension in Chinese language. The findings implicated that the emphasis should be given to the learning of reading strategies in the teaching and learning reading skills. Language teachers should be aware of the importance of the reading strategies in developing reading skills among students. The learning and application of reading strategies should be giving more emphasis in mastering reading among students in language learning.

scholarly journals EFFECTIVE READING STRATEGIES FOR READING SKILLS

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 112
Author(s):  
Dewi Kartika Sari ◽  
Etty Pratiwi ◽  
Ana Thereana
Keyword(s):  
Reading Strategies ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Effective Reading Strategies

EXTERNAL INDEPENDENT EVALUATION IN ENGLISH AS A CRITERION FOR ADMISSION TO MASTER`S DEGREE PROGRAMS IN UKRAINE: PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES

2020 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-50
Author(s):  
Л. Е. Бєловецька
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Proficiency ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Independent Evaluation

The problem of external independent evaluation in English for admission Master`s degree programs in Ukraine is considered in the article. The perspective for further improvement of English teaching and learning standards at Ukrainian universities has been found. The correspondence to the CEFR basic levels and English proficiency has been identified. Conceptual Principles of State Policy on the Development of English in the Field of Higher Education are considered. The study included 1546 participants. The age of students, who studied to gain the first higher education, was between 17 and 20. The students were not familiar with the structure of External Independent Evaluation and they have never passed it. The research was carried out during the period 2018–2019. The relevance of English language competence in the professional context is noted emphasized as a key point of the presented research. The necessity to provide a sufficient competitive level for Ukrainian graduates through improving correspondent English language training has been considered. The study is based on a study of reports by British experts and contemporary scientific publications presented international researchers have focused on the problems of internationalization and perspectives for Ukrainian universities in the English language dimension. The relevance of studying and adaptation of the UK higher education successful practice has been highlighted. The problems and potential ways of improving students` English language proficiency in the given context are identified. In particular, the study contains important recommendations regarding the number of contact hours and the required levels of English proficiency for the main groups of participants in the educational process in higher education according to international standards.

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