scholarly journals Strategies Used by Iraqi EFL Students To Process English Idioms

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (119) ◽  
pp. 33-52
Author(s):  
كمال حازم حسين ◽  
اشرف عبد الواحد ذنون
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
College Of Education ◽  
Important Indicator ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Difficult Part

Idioms are considered to be a type of phraseological units which are largely figurative in nature and widely used in human languages. In fact, the level of command of idioms serves as an important indicator of language proficiency. Many non-native learners of English do their best to be fluent and have a native-like proficiency; this entails, among other things, a good mastery of multiple words expressions in general and idioms in particular. Perhaps the most difficult part in learning idioms for EFL learners is learning both literal and figurative meanings of these expressions. The present research attempts to investigate the strategies used by Iraqi EFL learners of English to identify the meaning of unfamiliar idioms. To achieve the aim of the present research, it is hypothesized that there is no statistically significant difference among EFL university students as far as the guessing strategies are concerned. To examine the validity of this hypothesis, a sample was chosen from the second–year students at the Department of English (College of Education for Humanities / University of Mosul) during the academic year 2012-2013. The sample consisted of 39 students. Since the present research requires preparation of two tools, the researchers designed an idiom familiarity questionnaire and a questionnaire to identify the strategies used by the subjects to infer the meaning of idioms. The results reveal that there is statistically significant difference among EFL university students as far as the guessing strategies are concerned.                                                           

scholarly journals The Effect of Using Scaffolding Strategies on EFL Students’ Reading Comprehension Achievement

2015 ◽  
pp. 91-118
Author(s):  
Maysaa Rasheed Abdul-Majeed
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Graphic Organizers ◽  
College Of Education ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Lecture Method ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Scaffolding Strategies ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Experimental Group

   Scaffolding is a process that supports and improves the performance of students before, during, and after reading. Graphic organizers, pictures, and charts can all serve as scaffolding tools. All of them can help, guide and shape students’ thinking when they apply them, i.e., students can discuss, write an essay, or use them with the difficult reading texts and new challenging information. This study is an attempt to investigate the effect of using scaffolding strategies on EFL students’ achievement in reading comprehension. To fulfil the aims of the study, the researchers have adopted two null hypotheses: first, there is no statistically significant difference between the achievement mean scores of students who practice scaffolding strategies and that of students who do not practice them. Second, there is no statistically significant difference between the experimental group students' achievement mean scores in the pre and posttests of reading comprehension. To achieve the aims of the study, a six-week experiment was conducted using pretest-posttest non-equivalent groups design. Two groups of 22 students each were selected from the population of second year students (N=123)/College of Education for Women/Department of English during the academic year (2013-2014). One group was selected as the experimental group that was taught reading comprehension using scaffolding strategies and other group was selected as the control group that was taught according to the lecture method. The students of both groups were exposed to pre and posttests. Using the t-test for two independent samples, it is found that there is a statistically significant difference in favour of the experimental group. This indicates that teaching by scaffolding strategies is more effective than the presentation practice production teaching or the Lecture Method teaching. Conclusions, recommendations and suggestions for further studies are put forward.

scholarly journals The Implementation of Color Vowel Chart to Enhance the EFL Students’ Pronunciation At SMPN 1 Majauleng

Tamaddun ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-132
Author(s):  
Andi Mulyani Kone ◽  
Hariratul Jannah ◽  
Andi Hafzah
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Method ◽  
Students Of Color ◽  
Test Design ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Academic Year

This research aims to find out the color vowel chart in improving the second year students’ pronunciation of SMPN 1 Majauleng. The method of this research is pre-experimental method with two class pre-test and post-test design. The population of this research is the second year students of Color Vowel Chart in academic year 2017/2018, it consists of 40 students which divided in two classes. This research uses random samping and two class as the sample is ten class women VIII B and ten class Men VIII C. The result of the research indicates that there is a significant difference between pre-test and post-test where the mean score of pre-test is 78 and the mean score of post-test 85. It indicates that there is a significant difference before and after teaching by using color vowel chart method in students’pronunciation.

scholarly journals Investigation of university students’ problematic usage of mobile phone in the context of personalityÜniversite öğrencilerinde cep telefonunun problemli kullanımının kişilik bağlamında incelenmesi

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 1263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mustafa Kutlu ◽  
Mustafa Pamuk
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Personality Test ◽  
Spring Period ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Mobile Phone Usage ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
Academic Year

Aim of this study is to examine problematic usage of mobile phone in the context of big five personality among university students. 103 male and 182 female, totally 285 university students who were from different Departments of Faculty of Education composed participants of the study in the spring period 2015-2016 academic year. Problematic mobile phone usage scale (PMPUS) and Quick Big Five Personality Test (QBFPT) were applied to 285 students, who were participants of the study. To analyse these data, Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient, Cronbach’s Alpha Coefficients, skewness, kurtosis, t test, and multiple regression were used. According to results obtained from the study, there was no significant difference between male and female in relation to problematic usage of mobile phone. Furthermore, agreeableness, extraversion, and openness to experience didn’t statistically predict to problematic usage of mobile phone, but conscientiousness and emotional stability statistically did. Discussion and some suggestions have been made based on the findings. ÖzetBu araştırmanın amacı üniversite öğrencilerinin cep telefonlarını problemli kullanma davranışlarını beş büyük kişilik bağlamında incelemektir. Araştırmanın katılımcılarını 2015-2016 Eğitim-Öğretim sezonunun bahar döneminde Eğitim Fakültesi’nde öğrenim görmekte olan 103’ü erkek, 182’si kadın olan toplamda 285 üniversite öğrencisi oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmanın katılımcılarına üniversite öğrencileri için problemli cep telefonu kullanım ölçeği (PCTKÖ) ve hızlı büyük beşli kişilik testi (HBBKT) uygulanmıştır. Elde edilen verilerin analizinde Pearson Korelasyon Katsayısı, iç tutarlılığa ilişkin güvenirlik katsayısını hesaplamak için Cronbach Alpha katsayıları, basıklık ve çarpıklık değerleri, cep telefonunun problemli kullanımının cinsiyete göre farklılaşıp farklılaşmadığını belirlemek için t testi ve son olarak da beş kişilik faktörünün cep telefonunun problemli kullanımını yordayıp yordamadığına ilişkin çoklu regresyon analizi yapılmıştır. Araştırmadan elde edilen sonuca göre, cep telefonunun problemli kullanımı cinsiyete göre istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir farklılığın olmadığı bulunmuştur. Ayrıca uyumluluk, dışadönüklük ve deneyime açıklık kişilik faktörlerinin cep telefonunun problemli kullanımını istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir şekilde yordamadığı; ancak duygusal denge ve sorumluluk kişilik faktörlerinin istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir şekilde yordadığı belirlenmiştir. Elde edilen bulgulara dayalı olarak önerilerde bulunulmuş ve tartışılmıştır.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Morphological Awareness and Vocabulary Knowledge of Thai EFL Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Sarunya Tarat
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Morphological Awareness ◽  
Northern Region ◽  
Vocabulary Knowledge ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Identification Test ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Unknown Words ◽  
The Relationship

This study focuses on the relationship between morphological awareness and vocabulary knowledge of English among Thai EFL university students. All participants are taking English language as their major field in the universities situated at the lower northern region of Thailand. The morphological awareness identification test was employed to identify the linkage between morphological awareness and vocabulary gain Thai EFL learners. The test was divided into 2 parts: self-checking and morpheme identification. Fifty English vocabularies in intermediate and upper-intermediate level were used in the test in which the participants were requested to check whether they have seen the vocabularies in the test and also asked to break those vocabularies into morphemic units. The results showed that the participants possessed an adequate level of morphological awareness to break words into morphemes correctly even though they were unknown words of the participants. Additionally, the findings also revealed that there is no significant difference between male and female in acquiring morphological awareness of English and gaining English vocabularies.

scholarly journals Yemeni EFL Learners’ Future Self-Images and Their Relationship to The English Language Proficiency: التصورات الذاتية المستقبلية لدى طلبة اللغة الانجليزية اليمنيين  وعلاقتها بالكفاءة في اللغة الإنجليزية

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (13) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdulrahim Ali Mohammad Al-Showthabi, Mohammad Abduh Ahmad A
Keyword(s):  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Proficiency ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Proficiency Tests ◽  
Ideal Self ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Future Self ◽  
Academic Year

This exploratory correlational study addresses the issue of Yemeni EFL Learners’ Future Self-images, Ideal Self-images and Ought-to Self-image and their relationship to the English language proficiency, mainly, speaking and writing --fourth level students, Department of English Sana’a University of the academic year of 2017-2018. It also aims at exploring which of the two Future Self-images addressed is more evident amongst Yemeni EFL learners. In addition, the study attempts to ascertain the role of gender on Future Self-images. Data gathering instruments were all set and validated for the purpose of the study; which were Future Self-images questionnaire (12 Ideal Self-image items & 12 Ought-to Self-image items), English proficiency (speaking & and writing) tests and two Scoring Scales. Fifty two Students (12 males and 40 females (the sample) took both the Future Self-images questionnaire and the English proficiency tests in the academic year 2017-2018. and two Data gathering instruments were all set and validated for the purpose of the study; which were Future Self-images questionnaire (12 Ideal Self-image items & 12 Ought-to Self-image items), English proficiency (speaking & and writing) tests and two Scoring Scales. Fifty two Students (12 males and 40 females (the sample) took both the Future Self-images questionnaire and the English proficiency tests in the academic year 2017-2018. Descriptive analyses— frequencies, and, t-test for independent groups, and Pearson-product moment correlation— were utilized to analyze the data. Results show that Yemeni EFL students have higher Ought-to Self-image mean scores (3.6) than Ideal Self-image mean scores (3.04) Further, each of the two Future Self-images, Ideal Self-image and Ought-to Self-image has a bipolar direction in regard to male and female students. While, female students have higher mean Ideal Self-image scores (2.6) toward learning English, their counterpart male students have higher mean Ought-to Self-image scores (3.15). Furthermore results revealed a significant and strong relationship between Yemeni EFL learners’ ---Ideal Self-images—Ought-to Self-image-- and speaking and writing proficiency respectively and uniquely. This article ends with some recommendations and suggestions for future research.

scholarly journals The Role of Teacher-Student Conferencing in Improving Grammatical Accuracy in University EFL Students’ Composition Writing

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arab World English Journal ◽  
Naima Hamlaoui ◽  
Sarra Fellahi
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Writing Classes ◽  
Oral Feedback ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Grammatical Accuracy ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Written Compositions ◽  
Over Time

Based on the value of teacher-student conferencing practice in writing classes, the study investigates the role of this practice in improving grammatical accuracy in EFL university students’ writing. One particular aim of this study is to help second-year students at Sétif 2 University (Algeria) reduce subject-verb (S-V) disagreement and run-ons in their writing. Ten students took part in this study; they wrote 120 drafts, and were provided with teacher’s oral feedback on their written compositions at the editing stage. Corpora of students’ compositions were examined and instances of errors were counted before each conferencing session for four weeks. The findings reveal that the participants successfully show progress in grammatical accuracy over time to reach elimination for Subject-Verb disagreements and a significant reduction for run-ons.

scholarly journals Cyberbullying and victimisation among Turkish university students

2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yavuz Akbulut ◽  
Bahadir Eristi
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
College Of Education ◽  
State College ◽  
Program Of Study ◽  
Turkish University Students ◽  
High Internal Consistency ◽  
Explained Variance ◽  
Moderate Relationship

<span>This study investigated the extent of cyberbullying and victimisation among Turkish university students at a state college of education. A personal information form and 56 scaled items were administered to 254 students. Items addressing cyberbullying victimisation were adopted from a recent study, whereas parallel cyberbullying items were developed and piloted in the current study. High internal consistency coefficients and explained variance values were observed in both 'cyberbullying' and 'victimisation' forms of the instrument. Findings revealed a moderate relationship between cyberbullying and victimisation. That is, being a victim in the cyberspace predicted 23 percent of being a cyberbully. Males were more likely to be both cybervictims and cyberbullies. Neither the cyberbullying nor the victimisation average differed with regard to age, program of study, daily Internet use, language proficiency, socioeconomic status, and the location where Internet was used. Reasons to cyberbully were investigated, which were mostly stemmed from interpersonal problems of participants. Limitations were discussed followed by suggestions for further research.</span>

scholarly journals Communication Strategies Used by Iranian EFL Learners and English Native Speakers: Gender in Focus

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Layla Hajiesmaeli ◽  
Laya Heidari Darani
Keyword(s):  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Communication Strategies ◽  
Numerical Data ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Native Speakers Of English ◽  
The Difference

<p>This article was intended to explore the frequency and order of communication strategies used by Iranian male and female EFL earners as well as English native speakers while facing communication breakdowns. Furthermore, it was aimed to investigate the difference between native speakers and non-native speakers of English in their use of communication strategies. In addition, it was probed whether gender had any effects on the use of these strategies among native and non-native speakers. To this end, the data were collected through the communication strategy questionnaire distributed among 30 male and female Iranian intermediate EFL learners and 15 English native speakers. The design of this study was a quantitative one in which the questionnaire and thus numerical data were applied. To analyze the data, Cronbach alpha and independent-samples t-tests were used. The results indicated that non-verbal and social affective strategies were the most frequent strategies used by non-native speakers and native speakers of English, respectively. Furthermore, there was no significant difference between male and female Iranian EFL learners, but a significant difference between male and female English native speakers were seen. It can be concluded that language proficiency can contribute to the type and frequency of communications strategies which are used non-native speakers; likewise, it can play a significant role in gender differences in language use.<em></em></p>

scholarly journals Exploring Thai EFL Students’ Knowledge of English Binomials

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Sichabhat Boonnoon
Keyword(s):  
Syntactic Structure ◽  
Placement Test ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Effective Pedagogy ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Acceptability Judgment ◽  
Northeastern Thailand

One sub-type of collocations which is under-researched is binomials. The purposes of this study were to investigate Thai EFL students&#39; knowledge of English binomials, determine the syntactic structure of the internal elements of binomials reported as most or least known by them, and test if the students&#39; knowledge of binomials was significantly different when taking account of their years of study. The sample was 130 first - sixth year students enrolled in four different faculties at a university in northeastern Thailand, and classified as intermediate EFL learners for the purpose of this study through the online Oxford Placement Test. An acceptability judgment test of English binomials was used to collect the data. The results revealed that, on the whole, the participants had a low level of knowledge of English binomials; there was no significant difference in their knowledge regarding the syntactic structure of binomials (Noun+Noun and Verb+Verb); and the participants were not significantly different in their knowledge in terms of their years of study. The results pertaining to the participants&rsquo; low level of knowledge of binomials were discussed in relation to lack of exposure to English and effective pedagogy of English idioms.

scholarly journals Investigating Iraqi EFL College Students’ Ability of Parametric Resetting

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Mahdi I. Kareem al-Utbi ◽  
Mawj K. Obeid Aljubory
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Negative Transfer ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Null Subject ◽  
Grammaticality Judgment ◽  
Null Subject Parameter ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Efl College Students ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Head Parameter

This paper tries to answer whether Iraqi EFL college students are able to reset the parametric values of their native Arabic into those which suit English. It aims at enhancing Iraqi students' knowledge of some of the parametric values of English via tackling three parameters: Null-subject parameter, Head-parameter, and Serial parameter. To achieve the aim of this study,  Grammaticality Judgment Tasks are administered to sixty students of the fourth year at the Department of English- College of Languages/ University of Baghdad for the academic year 2016-2017. The students' responses have been corrected and statically analysed. The study concludes that Iraqi EFL students' ability to reset parameters varies as to the parameter in question since they have succeeded to reset the Head parameter, but failed to reset the Serial parameter; this is accompanied by a partial ability to rest the Null-subject parameter. As well, it has further been revealed that Iraqi EFL students' inability to reset a parameter is due to negative transfer from Arabic to English, hence EFL learners need be exposed to extensive input data to encourage the resetting of parameters.

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