scholarly journals Blended CEFR in Enhancing Vocabulary among Low Proficiency Students

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prisla Devi Krishnan ◽  
Melor Md Yunus
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
English Language ◽  
Vocabulary Acquisition ◽  
Vocabulary Knowledge ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Malaysian Students ◽  
Education Transformation

Emphasis on English language proficiency and digital literacy among Malaysian students in schools have been given utmost priority in the Malaysian Education Transformation (2013 – 2025). With the introduction of Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), (Council of Europe, 2001) the emphasize for low proficient students to acquire vocabulary knowledge is crucial for them to move progressively into the next band as stated in the CEFR global scales. Yet, concerns arises as how the implementation of (CEFR) will impact the low proficient students with almost none to limited vocabulary acquisition. This poses an extremely high risk of these students being left far behind as English is a second language to most students. Thus, the aim of this study is to use blended learning to expand the vocabulary acquisition among low proficient students and enable them to move progressively in the CEFR band. The mixed method study employed questionnaires, face to face interviews, pre and post test and observations to collect data from 20 low proficient students aged 14 from a semi urban secondary school. Data collected were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The study found that using blended learning not only enhances low proficient students vocabulary count in CEFR English but it also promotes autonomous learning and understanding of sentence structures. Hence, the use of blended learning proves to be a crucial alternative for low proficient students to enhance their vocabulary knowledge and understanding of sentence structures through digital literacy that is capable of motivating and challenging them to achieve their highest potential.

scholarly journals THE USE OF HYBRID/BLENDED LEARNING IN UNDERSTANDING OF ENGLISH STRUCTURE SUBJECT TO IMPROVE STUDENTS' ACHIEVEMENT AND THEIR DIGITAL LITERACY

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-102
Author(s):  
Lungguh Halira Vonti ◽  
Mursidah Rahmah
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Hybrid Learning ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Student Learning Outcome ◽  
Post Test

This research is aimed to find out whether the aplication of blended learning has significant effect on the students' achievement of Understanding English Structure subject or not, and to know if the students' achievement after the application of blended learning is better than the prior knowledge of the subject.  It was also to see if the application of blended learning give positive effect to the students' digital literacy.   Hence, the researcher employs experimental research by giving hybrid-learning model as the treatment.  It is expected that the students can achieved good score about English structure. The research involves the second semester students of English Language Education Study Program of FKIP Pakuan University. They were chosen through purposive sampling technique. Based on the result of data analysis by using ANOVA, the students' achievement in strcture class was improved. Based on the t-test results it is known that the average pre-test is 63.4 and after treatment in the form of learning using a hybrid / blended learning model, the average post-test value becomes 86 so that the increase is 22.6. So that it can be stated there is a significant increase in student learning outcome scores by using hybrid / blended learning models. The positive result was also gained from the digital literacy questionnaire.  Most of the students' digital literacy was improved significantly at about 10 to 20%.  Therefore, it can be stated that hybrid-learning model can improve students' achievement in grammar class and also can improve their digital literacy.

scholarly journals THE STUDENTS’ EYESIGHT: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LEARNING-BASED APPLICATIONS ON ELT IN PANDEMIC ERA

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 394
Author(s):  
Andi Bulkis Maghfirah Mannong
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Natural Interaction ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Learning English

The emergence of the Covid-19 has given a significant effect that inflicted policy changes in various sectors, including in the education field. The most basic policy is changing the students’ way to learn from what is usually done in the classroom (face to face) to online learning. As this condition, the implementation of learning-based applications has a necessary role in supporting online learning, includes English Language Teaching (ELT). This study aimed to analyze the students’ experience in utilizing learning-based applications in learning English and the barriers faced by them. As for some of the applications most commonly used are Zoom, Google Meet, Google Classroom, and WhatsApp. Besides, this study was also conducted to determine which application is the most effective used in ELT during online learning. This research used descriptive quantitative, where the sample was the seventh-semester students in the English department at one of the private universities in Makassar. The data was collected used questionnaire and the data analysis technique used descriptive statistics. The result of this study showed that the use of those four applications helped the students to adapt to the pandemic condition. Besides helping students to learn English virtually, it also improves the students’ digital literacy. Although, there were some obstacles in utilizing some applications faced by them, such as limited quota, unstable network, complicated in use, and not focus during the learning process. Among the four applications above, the most effective application based on the students’ response was Whatsapp. This application helps the students to develop their language proficiency through natural interaction. Moreover, it makes the students easier in learning English as the delivery of material is systematic and structured. Students also have more time to understand the material by rereading the material that has been delivered.

scholarly journals The role of blended learning in vocabulary acquisition and student autonomy development in an ESP context

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Ivana Grabar
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Vocabulary Acquisition ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Autonomy Development ◽  
Language Knowledge

Nowadays, when globalization is having a strong influence across all spheres of life, people are aware of the significance of (foreign) languages. Since languages are influenced by the surrounding environment and are therefore constantly developing, fast changes in technology have influenced second language acquisition and interaction between students, students and teachers and students and computers at higher education institutions. In line with the need for a better understanding of influences that technology has on language learning at this particular level, research was conducted to investigate the role of blended learning in vocabulary acquisition and learner autonomy development in the context of English for specific purposes. The study included 179 participants, first-year students of University North, allocated to two groups (a face-to-face group and a blended learning group) in accordance with the level of their English language knowledge. Three hypotheses were formulated and in order to test them, both groups were asked to complete several tasks during the semester. In order to test the first hypothesis, Blended learning of ESP vocabulary has the same effect on vocabulary acquisition as face-to-face learning, at the beginning of the semester, the students were asked to do a vocabulary test related to their study programme. At the end of the semester, vocabulary levels of both groups were tested once more and compared. Results of the study indicated that it is possible to acquire vocabulary in a blended learning environment to the same extent as in a traditional face-to-face environment. In order to test the second hypothesis, Blended learning raises students’ awareness of the possibility of more autonomous and independent English language acquisition in relation to the traditional classroom learning, and the third hypothesis, The effect of blended learning on the acquisition of ESP vocabulary and the level of students’ self-assessed competence is related to the students’ skill of using a blended approach to learning, that is their technological skills and the use of the technology for learning purposes, the students were asked to fill in a questionnaire containing questions about their self-assessed technology competence, attitude towards learning in blended and online environments and using technology for academic purposes, and to self-assess their English language knowledge using “can-do” statements. The results showed that the students involved in online learning were aware of the possibilities that blended learning offered, and the possibility of developing learner autonomy through technology and distance learning, but were not aware of any improvements in their language skills. The results, in spite of certain limitations, confirmed those obtained by previous research and contributed to the field of second language acquisition, and they can therefore be applied in theory and practice to tertiary contexts outside Croatia.

scholarly journals Blended Learning Multimedia Development to Support English Training at Bina Nusantara University

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 92
Author(s):  
Melania Wiannastiti
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Language Proficiency ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Multimedia Development ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Present Tense ◽  
English Training

In 2011, Bina Nusantara University put developing its people as the first priority, including developing English language proficiency. This development programs had been carried out since then. Some types of English trainings were given for the lecturers and staffs for some certain of times. Since the time provided for the trainings was limited, it was needed to support their language development by providing an autonomous learning through a website multimedia. This article aims to first describe the steps and result of the multimedia and second to find out whether the designed multimedia was useful for learners to develop their English. The multimedia focused on learning tenses which were needed in their field of work. The process was started by designing the objectives and the level of the target learners’ English proficiency. The process was continued by designing pre-test, the material, and the post test of each tense. To find out whether the designed multimedia was useful to develop the learners English the multimedia on simple present tense was tested to random respondents. By the end of applying this multimedia, a questionnaire was given to the respondents. The result was then analyzed qualitatively. The result shows that the multimedia on simple present tense is easy to follow and useful to develop their knowledge and skills in English.

scholarly journals Learning and Retaining Technical Vocabulary with Enhancement Activities in an ESP Course

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 145
Author(s):  
Liju Xu
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Vocabulary Knowledge ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Technical Vocabulary ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Group A ◽  
Group B ◽  
Knowledge Scale ◽  
Technical Terms

The purpose of this paper is to explore the effectiveness of vocabulary enhancement activities on vocabulary learning in an ESP course. In designing the activities, technical terms on journal entries were chosen for the acquisition of language necessary for the successful implementation of accounting major’s professional tasks. The desirable difficulty approach and the four strands principle，focused input, meaning-focused output, language-focused learning and fluency development, were guidelines in combining subject matter and English language learning. To test the result of the activities, the Vocabulary Knowledge Scale was employed to measure students’ knowledge of 50 vocabulary items. Subjects of the ESP course in discussion comprised 200 accounting juniors in Guangdong University of Foreign Studies in China. Half of them in Group A read the texts and did matching exercises and translation exercises. The other half in Group B read the texts and practiced journal entry activity, targeting at accounting concepts and terminologies. The results revealed that Group B gained better results than Group A at a post-test. After the test a reflection on the vocabulary activities was gathered among the participants of Group B. The feedback further proved that the students did benefit from the enhancement activities on selected technical terms.

scholarly journals The Impact of Blended Learning on the Twelfth Grade Students’ English Language Proficiency

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar Hussein Al Noursi
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Language Proficiency ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Twelfth Grade ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group

The blended learning approach utilizes modern technologies and electronic media in teaching to create a technology-based environment. However, it is not an exclusive online environment because the teacher and the students have to be present in a traditional face-to-face classroom. It is widely believed that adopting a blended learning approach will enable learners to have quality educational opportunities and improve their performance. The incentive for conducting the research is to evaluate the effect of the blended learning approach on high school students’ English proficiency. Specifically, the study aimed at answering the question: is there a significant difference in the Twelfth-Grade students’ English language proficiency as measured by IELTS due to the model of delivery (Blended learning model and the traditional delivery model)? To achieve the study’s goal, the researcher applied the experimental method and used IELTS to measure language proficiency. The study sample selected purposively consisted of 63 male twelfth-grade students in one of the private schools in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The study sample was assigned to two groups: the experimental group taught using blended learning consisted of 31 students, and the control group led by the traditional method consisted of 32 students. The results showed statistically significant differences at the level of (a<0.01) between the means of the results of the two groups on the post achievement test in favor of the experimental group. These results illustrated the impact of adopting the blended learning approach in an English Foreign Language (EFL) setting on students’ achievement in standardized tests. However, the successful implementation of blended learning largely depends on how responsible and committed students are towards active learning.

scholarly journals Improving English Language Proficiency of Graduate Students by Online Learning Apps available on Smartphone

2019 ◽  
Vol IV (III) ◽  
pp. 535-543
Author(s):  
Shahida Naz ◽  
Mamuna Ghani ◽  
Shahid Nawaz
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
English Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language Skills

The field of digital literacy is developing rapidly; consequently, the interest of researchers has also shifted now. The current research study was to explore the role of online learning Apps available on smartphones in improving graduate students' English language proficiency. Quantitative and qualitative research methods were used in this study. Data were collected through a questionnaire that had close-ended and open-ended questions. Questionnaires were distributed among 480 graduate-level students studying in 6 universities of Punjab, Pakistan. Data were analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS 22.0) to find out results in the form of Percentage, Mean Score, Standard Deviation by applying the Independent Sample T-Test. The results of the study demonstrated the potential of Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) as an anticipatory approach to improving English language skills. Results showed that students were pleased to use smartphones to improve their English language proficiency. They responded positively about the role of smartphones in improving English language skills. On the basis of findings, the researcher concluded that smartphone plays an important role in improving students' English language proficiency.

scholarly journals Students' Perception on Blended Learning in English Listening and Speaking Class

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena Kartikasari Tandy Rerung
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Face To Face Learning ◽  
Communicative Teaching ◽  
Listening And Speaking

<p>Nowadays, the communicative teaching has been influenced by the development of technology. Becoming interactive teacher would not be enough if it is not supported by technology usage. Online learning in this case has been a powerful tool to help language learners during their learning progress.  It is said that that online instruction raised the good and average student’s reading performance and the performance of the lowest-performing as well. In listening and speaking, online learning can help students improve their pronunciaton as well the comprehension skill. Therefore, the following study is designed to find out the students’ perceptions towards the use of both online and face-to-face learning in listening and speaking classroom. There are 30 students from the 1<sup>st</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup> semester of English Language and Culture Departement and they joined the class for 1 semester. Online learning platform used was taken from Cambridge Learning Management System integrated with Unlock 2 and Unlock 4 books as the source of learning. The result shows that most of the students see online learning as an alternative tool to help them during their learning process.<strong></strong></p><strong>Keywords: </strong>blended learning, online learning, face-to-face learning, language learning

scholarly journals An Investigation of the Perceptions and Experiences of the EFL Teachers and Learners About the Effectiveness of Blended Learning at Taif University

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 329
Author(s):  
Fahmeeda Gulnaz ◽  
Amani Dakheel Allah Althomali ◽  
Daliyah Hesham Alzeer
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Discussion Forums ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Negative Perceptions

The traditional face-to-face teaching, despite being constantly criticized by the methodologists and ever-emerging modern approaches, has never lost its scope in the (EFL) English as a Foreign Language context. Researchers and pedagogues, in order to get the both ends meet, have converged traditional face-to-face instructions and online activities into the concept of blended learning. By establishing on previous works and contexts, the present study aims at investigating Taif University&rsquo;s EFL teachers and learners&rsquo; positive and negative perceptions and experiences towards the effectiveness of online (CLMS) Cambridge Learning Management System and on-site learning environments. The work utilized triangulation in the use of research methods, i.e., both qualitative and quantitative methods overlap each other: (i) structured interview of experienced EFL (4 male and 4 female) teachers of Taif University, with maximum open ended questions, exhibit qualitative dimensions of the study; (ii) an opinionnaire developed with closed ended questions by employing Likert&rsquo;s five point scale to collect the data from 100 male and 100 female EFL learners of Taif University, represents quantitative perspective of the work. The opinionnaire includes 22 items and has been developed to measure the four subscales; learners&rsquo; beliefs and attitudes, promising strands that help develop learners&rsquo; confidence and language coupled with the perils that impede their creativity and motivation to learn. The findings of the study indicate that the level of strengths of blended learning is higher than its limitations. Learners found themselves satisfied being more exposed to the target language through vivid images, videos, audios, reading texts, chatting and discussion forums and acknowledged that (BLE) blended learning environment enhanced their language proficiency.

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