scholarly journals Problems Faced by English Teachers of Lower Secondary Schools in Assessments

Jurnal Kiprah ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-20
Author(s):  
Dewi Nopita
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
English Language ◽  
Research Result ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Language Assessments ◽  
English Language Teachers ◽  
Lower Secondary Schools

Dalam pengajaran Bahasa Inggris, guru memegang peranan penting dalam pencapaian tujuan pembelajaran. Kemampuan guru dalam merancang proses pembelajaran sangat berpengaruh terhadap tingkat pencapaian siswa. Agar dapat meengetahui tingkat capaian pembelajaran siswa, guru diharapkan untuk mempunyai kemampuan yang baik dalam merancang penilaian. Artikel ini bertujuan untuk memaparkan masalah-masalah yang dihadapi guru Sekolah Menengah Pertama (SMP) dalam merancang penilaian proses pembelajaran yang dilakukan oleh siswa, yang merupakan hasil penelitian. Adapun data penelitian diperoleh dari guru-guru Bahasa Inggris di SMPN 17 Bintan, SMPN 3 Bintan, SMPN 2 Bintan, dan SMPN 12 Bintan melalui pengamatan dan wawancara. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa guru-guru mata pelajaran Bahasa Inggris di Kabupaten Bintan benar-benar mengalami kesulitan dalam merancang penilaian terkait bentuk dan fokus penilaian. In the world of teaching English as a foreign language, teachers do hold a pivotal role in achieving the learning goals. The teachers’ skill in designing their classroom instruction contributes to students’ level of learning achievements. To be able to see the students’ achievement in learning, English teachers are required to have knowledge and skill in designing the assessment. This article, derived from a research result, intends to explore secondary school English language teachers’ problems related to English language assessment. There were 4 lower secondary schools in Bintan regency involved as the subjects of the research: SMPN 17 Bintan, SMPN 3 Bintan, SMPN 2 Bintan, and SMPN 12 Bintan. The instruments of the research were observation and interview. Finally, it was found that English language teachers of secondary schools in Bintan regency had serious problems in designing English language assessments related to the forms and the focus of the assessment. Keywords: Lower secondary school, English teachers, assessment

scholarly journals Phonological Perversion as Detriment to Effective Use of Spoken English among Secondary School English Teachers in Non-Native Context

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. p24
Author(s):  
OYINLOYE, Comfort Adebola ◽  
FATIMAYIN, Foluke ◽  
OSIKOMAIYA, Mojisola Olufunke ◽  
FATOLA, Olugbenga Lasisi
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Language Background ◽  
Spoken English ◽  
Ogun State ◽  
English Language Teachers ◽  
Intelligent Communication ◽  
Effective Use

This study investigates the effect of phonological perversion in the use of spoken English among secondary school English Teachers in Ogun State, Nigeria. The population of the study comprised all English Language teachers in the selected schools with the sample size of 120. The validated instruments used for collecting data were pronunciation test and questionnaire. A reliability index of 0.84 was achieved using Cronbach’s alpha. The data collected were statistically analyzed using frequency, percentages and t-test at 0.05 level of significant. The findings revealed that the English Language teachers in Ogun State whose language background is Yoruba had problems in pronouncing some English sounds, e.g., /v/ and /f/, /z/ and /s/, /ei/ and /e/, /i?/ and /ea/, /i:/ and /i/ and h-dropping (hard as add). It is recommended that Nigerian teachers of English Language be professionally developed in the rudiments of English sounds for intelligent communication.

scholarly journals Evaluating the Use of Kurdish in Efl Classes at Secondary Schools in Duhok City: A Teacher’s Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 284
Author(s):  
Asma A. Hussein ◽  
Hamza Zeebaree
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
First Language ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Ongoing Debate ◽  
English Language Teachers ◽  
Teacher's Perspective

This study examines the use of first language (L1) in secondary school EFL classes in Duhok city in the Kurdistan Region - Iraq. The use of L1 in EFL classes has been an ongoing debate among researchers and practitioners across the globe especially as regards its role as a facilitator of, or a hinderance/barrier to the teaching of English. Hence, the researcher aims to discover whether or not the use of Kurdish facilitates the teaching of English, in secondary schools in Duhok city. In addition, the researcher aims at finding out on what basis do teachers decide to use L1 and for what purposes do they use it. In this study, among the participants were 50 English language teachers from different secondary schools in Duhok city. The data were collected through interviews. The results indicated that the use of L1 (Kurdish) facilitates teaching of foreign language (FL) and that a balanced and judicious use of L1 in the EFL classroom by teachers can be useful in the language learning process especially with regard to grammar and vocabulary instruction.

scholarly journals The Role of Motivational Teaching Strategies Used by English Language Teachers in Urdu Medium Secondary Schools in Pakistan

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 343
Author(s):  
Muhammad Asif Saleem ◽  
Mamuna Ghani
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Teaching Strategies ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
English Language Teachers

A number of strategies are used by English language teachers to get the desired outcomes from the language learners. The strategies prove useful when implemented in accordance with the level of the students and the environment of the L2 classroom. The prime focus of the teachers is to keep the learners motivated in learning English language. This particular research is conducted with the objectives and reasons for which the English teachers in Urdu medium secondary schools and students make use of motivational teaching strategies in their L2 classroom and similarly to indicate the situations where these strategies would be more helpful and crucial. Interview questions were distributed among English teachers and the students of matriculation. They were asked to read the questions and spell comprehensive answers. A comparison is made between the results obtained by the answers of Urdu medium secondary schools’ teachers and students. The data were collected and interpreted qualitatively that reflected the views of teachers and students of Urdu medium schools about the use of motivational teaching practices in ELT classroom in relation to students’ proficiency of L2 learning.

scholarly journals Methodological analysis of speaking activities in secondary school textbooks

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2/S) ◽  
pp. 269-273
Author(s):  
Nigora Bakhodirova
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
English Language ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
English Language Teachers ◽  
Esl Learners

Today, in a competitive world knowing foreign languages is becoming more and more important. Due to lack of communication skills, learners of today are facing numerous problems in expressing their thoughts and ideas properly in English even if they know and express the same in their mother tongue. Now the responsibility mainly is on the shoulders of the English language teachers to train the EFL/ESL learners properly and systematically in applying these skills for their bright career by adopting innovative and novel techniques and strategies in the classroom. This article aims to analyze  various types of activities and techniques in textbooks at secondary schools.

scholarly journals The Dichotomy of Specialization: Is a Literature Teacher Necessarily a Language Teacher?

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-133
Author(s):  
Mariam Anana
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Literary Criticism ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Oral Literature ◽  
Language And Literature ◽  
English Language Teachers ◽  
Effective Teaching And Learning

This study investigates the dichotomy of specialization in Literature and English language. In many primary and secondary schools in Nigeria, many teachers who teach Literature are the same teachers who teach English Language. This is responsible for lack of ultimate successes in academic performance, foundational establishment and progressive developments in Literature and English language. Set against the backdrop of the inseparability and non-specialization in individual subjects in question, the study examines the need for a dichotomy of specialization in English Language and Literature with a view to reducing the rate of errors and students’ failures in both subjects. Adopting the simple randomisation, the researcher uses selected primary and secondary schools in Lagos State as the case study; the paper raises four questions and these are: Can English Language teachers effectively teach poetic devices? Are segmental phonemes easily taught by Literature teachers? Can English Language teachers proficiently teach oral literature, literary criticism and non-African literature? Can Literature teachers competently teach stress and intonation? This research uses a qualitative approach and adopts The Speech Act Theory as its theoretical framework. Questionnaire of fifteen (15) items was used for data collection and the simple percentage was applied for data analysis. The researcher discovered that: It is not possible for English Languageteachers to effectively teach poetic devices. Segmental phonemes cannot be easily taught by Literature teachers. Students would lag behind in areas where teachers are not proficient in the subjects they teach. Also, it is not possible for a teacher to place equal emphasis on both English Language and Literature in classrooms. The study therefore recommends the need for a dichotomy of specialization in the two subjects so as to ensure effective teaching and learning of these subjects.

scholarly journals Challenges in implementing CLT at secondary schools in rural Bangladesh

IIUC Studies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 93-102
Author(s):  
Md Morshedul Alam
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
English Language ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Communicative Language Teaching ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Large Class Size ◽  
Rural Bangladesh ◽  
English Language Teachers ◽  
Materials Used

This paper tries to identify the factors that hinder implementing Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) in the secondary schools in rural Bangladesh. This article takes a qualitative approach, and it is carried out in four rural schools in Banskhali, which is situated in Chittagong district in Bangladesh. Eight secondary level English language teachers were interviewed to generate data about the problems in implementing CLT in their respective institutions. The findings indicate several challenges that include: shortage of skilled teachers, unusually large class size, deficiency of modern materials used in CLT oriented classrooms, etc. This research may provide implications for the language policy makers and the practitioners for the improvement of CLT practices in the rural contexts of Bangladesh.IIUC Studies Vol.13 December 2016: 93-102

Spelling Pronunciation versus Relaxed Pronunciation in Foreign Language Teacher Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-46
Author(s):  
Mehmet DEMİREZEN
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Native Students ◽  
Language Teacher Education ◽  
Language Teacher ◽  
English Language Teachers ◽  
The Creation

Accurate pronunciation is an important part of learning any language, and especially when non-native students are trained to be English language teachers. Good pronunciation is more than just mastering individual sounds since it also requires understanding intonation, stress, pitch and junctures. In this respect, first things first, two functional issues come to the stage: Spelling pronunciation versus relaxed pronunciation. Spelling pronunciation depends on the use of a pronunciation that is based on spelling that includes common pronunciation of the silent vowel and consonant letters. The converse of spelling pronunciation is pronunciation spelling which produces the creation of a new spelling form on the basis of pronunciation. In this study, the contrastive positioning of spelling pronunciation versus pronunciation spelling in English words, phrases, clauses, and sentences will be analyzed to train the English teachers.

scholarly journals Smart Teacher Smart Class Portal in Enhancing Secondary School English Teachers’ English Language Teaching Knowledge in Bangladesh

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 147-157
Author(s):  
SM Kamruddin Ropum ◽  
Md Yasin Arafat
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Lesson Plan ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Teaching Knowledge ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Teaching Learning

Smart teacher smart class (STSC) is a portal developed by Dnet which contains curriculum, teachers’ guide, education policy, textbook, lesson plan, multimedia contents, and teaching-learning strategies on different subjects aiming to provide content and pedagogical support to the secondary school teachers in Bangladesh. Making an offline CD, the STSC portal is provided to the respective teachers of secondary schools Dnet works with. The regular use of the STSC portal helps the teachers to improve their knowledge about effective teaching-learning techniques. The study was designed as one group pre-test post-test quasi-experimental method to find the effect of STSC portal on secondary school English teachers’ English language teaching knowledge (ELTK). Twenty eight English teachers from 14 secondary schools were selected purposively to form the group and the tests were administered on them considering 6 months intervention (STSC portal) period. The test was adapted from Cambridge language teaching knowledge (TKT) test focusing on different ELT aspects. The tests scores of the teachers were categorized in 4 knowledge levels: limited, basic, deep and extensive. The findings of the study show that the STSC portal induces a significant improvement of the teachers’ ELTK. Most of the teachers showed better performances in the post-test than the pre-test. Moreover, significance (0.001) and effect size score (0.91) also depict a clear and large effect in enhancing teachers’ ELTK. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/nelta.v19i1-2.12087 Journal of NELTA, Vol 19 No. 1-2, December 2014: 147-157

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