scholarly journals Assessing the Performance of Students in Communication Skills: A Case Study of Two Public Universities in Sierra Leone

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (11) ◽  
pp. 30-41
Author(s):  
John Dauda ◽  
Steven Sylvester Bockarie
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Time Allocation ◽  
English Language ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Language Studies ◽  
The Subject ◽  
English Textbooks ◽  
Teaching Learning

The purpose of this study is to assess the performance of students in Communication Skills in two tertiary institutions in Sierra Leone – the Eastern Technical University and the Njala University. The introduction of Communication Skills into the curriculum of teacher training institutions is viewed as a reaction to the poor performance of students in the written and spoken use of the English Language. However, the introduction of Communication Skills at tertiary institutions is yet to remedy the situation. To guide the study properly, some objectives were developed. These include; an investigation of the extent to which English is used by lecturers and students in the institutions, an examination of students' attitude towards the learning of Communication Skills, an investigation to time allocation to the teaching of the subject, and an examination of the pedagogical capabilities of the Language studies departments of both institutions with regards their personnel, teaching methodologies, and the teaching/learning resources. The result of the study revealed the following: that students speak English seldom in class and within the campus and also very seldom in their homes; that Krio and other Sierra Leonean languages are widely spoken in these institutions as does the English Language; that the credit hours allocated to the teaching of the subject is insufficient; that students find some aspects of Communication Skills Challenging; and that although both institutions have general libraries, these libraries are not very well stocked with English textbooks.

scholarly journals Using English Movie with Delay and Non Delay Subtitle to Improve Listening Skill

LETS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Muh. Ikhlasul Amal ◽  
Syahdan ◽  
Risal Pandi ◽  
Halid M ◽  
Arialdi
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
English Language ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
Listening Skill ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Teaching Learning

The aim of the study was  to  analyze  and  describe  the  process of  improving students’ listening skill for eleventh grade students of MAN 1 Majene, West Sulawesi Province through  watching English movies. The subject of this research is XI Agama 2 Class that consisted of 16 students. The method used in this study is Classroom Action Research (CAR) which the writer works  collaboratively with the English teacher. The results in this study indicate that there  was  improvement of the students’ skill listening. Most of the students gradually gained good scores at the end of the cycle. The data were collected from a questionnaire, observation note of performance, pre-test and post-test. The study was conducted with cycle model through the steps of planning, conducting, observation, and reflection. The results of this study show a significant relationship between students' learning by English movie with delay subtitle related to their listening skills as shown in their improvement of post- test and positive responses of students than  E nglish movie  with not delay. The questionnaire shows that more than 75% students felt easy to understand listening materials from native speakers. Consequently, it was suggested that teaching learning process using English movie with English subtitle is recommended  into  learning  process  to  improve students' listening skills in English language classroom. In conclusion, watching English movie can improve students listening skill.

scholarly journals Viewpoints of Intercultural Competence Development in English Language Teaching / Learning Classroom

Verbum ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 95-105
Author(s):  
Roma Kriaučiūnienė ◽  
Auksė Šiugždinienė
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Language Studies ◽  
Language Classes ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Teaching Learning

The article presents an analysis of viewpoints on the development of intercultural competence in the English language teaching/learning classroom. Intercultural competence, acknowledged as the key component of foreign language studies, increases the need to adapt teaching methods and materials to raise learners’ cultural awareness. The following research problem is formulated: how schoolchildren’s intercultural competence is developed at schools during English language classes and what the preconditions of its improvement are. Based on the survey carried out at secondary schools and gymnasiums, the article presents the findings on the ninth and tenth formers’ viewpoints regarding the extent to which cultural activities are incorporated into their English language classroom. The respondents’ answers indicated that the present practices for the development of intercultural competence in the English language classroom are not sufficient. A conclusion is made that the English language teaching/ learning process should be more purposefully aimed at developing all the dimensions of learners’ intercultural competence.

Alive and Kicking: Reflections on the Evolving Role of Subject Support Librarians at UWE Bristol

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 236-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Shreeve ◽  
Julie Hamley
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
English Language ◽  
Academic Skills ◽  
Learning Materials ◽  
Language Communication ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Role Profile

AbstractIn this article Sue Shreeve and Julie Hamley give an overview of how the subject support librarian role at UWE Bristol has evolved over the last five years, broadening from subject information specialist to encompass academic skills support and English language/communication skills support. They outline how they have implemented this change in role profile by evolving the skills set of the subject librarians and share some of the student online learning materials that have been created during this evolution in role.

The role and place of English language textbook in development of students’ communication competence skills

2020 ◽  
pp. 92-97
Author(s):  
N.V. Maklakova ◽  
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E.I. Besedina ◽  
I.A. Maklakov ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Correct Choice ◽  
Written Communication ◽  
Training Aids ◽  
Training Materials ◽  
In Series ◽  
English Textbooks

Presented is the analysis of correct choice of EFL Textbooks in the context of developing students’ effective communicative writing skills. Despite the needs of society for specialists, able to write in foreign language, most school graduates are not ready for written intercultural communication. Today, we should change the strategy of developing written communication skills and consider them as a goal, rather than as a means of teaching and learning. The paradigm shift is supposed to be reflected in training materials that should be appropriately selected in accordance with the goal. To be effective, the choice of training aids ought to be based on appropriate criteria. Our research was aimed to determine criteria for selecting EFL textbooks for effective developing written communication skills of students. The proposed criteria were verified in series of modern English textbooks.

scholarly journals Quality of Marketing Education and the Performance of Marketing Graduates in Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. p237
Author(s):  
Agu Godswill Agu
Keyword(s):  
Poor Performance ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Marketing Theory ◽  
Linkage Relationship ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Marketing Education ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Graduating Students

This study surveyed the views of marketing educators, practitioners and graduating students over the increasing gap between marketing theory and practice in Nigeria which has led to the displacement of marketing graduates from marketing positions in many companies across various industries. The survey research design was adopted while a convenience sample size of 180 respondents was used. The respondents were drawn from Marketing lecturers and students in tertiary institutions offering Marketing in the South-east and South-south, as well as industry managers. The study revealed that the level of synergy between marketing theory and practice in Nigeria was poor which results in poor performance of marketing graduates and that the quality of marketing education and methods adopted in teaching the subject matter have high impact on graduates’ performance. It was recommended among others that tertiary institutions offering marketing should seek strong linkage, relationship and knowledge coalition with industry players and employers of labour and that NUC, NIMN and institutional authorities should put an eagle eye on the quality of lecturers, materials and learning environment in order to boost the quality and relevance of marketing education.

scholarly journals Code Switching and Code Mixing in English Language Studies’ Speech Community: A Sociolinguistics Approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-14
Author(s):  
Ni Nyoman Wartinah ◽  
Chrisda N Wattimury
Keyword(s):  
Random Sampling ◽  
English Language ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Code Switching ◽  
Speech Community ◽  
School Students ◽  
Code Mixing ◽  
Language Studies ◽  
The Subject ◽  
State Of Affairs

Enormously complex and not well understood are some state of affairs for a bilingual to ‘change’ theuse of language from one to another when having conversation with other bilinguals in dailyconversation. This linguistics behavior of changing the language, or widely known as ‘languageswitching’ and ‘language mixing’, leads the researchers to find out the trigger behind this phenomenon.After done a research on Malaysian pre-school students, Karen Kow (2003) proposed some reasons ofdoing code switching and code mixing namely lack of one word in either language, to avoidmisunderstanding, to make a point, etc. However, students of graduated students of English LanguageStudies of Sanata Dharma University can be categorized as bilingual or multilingual since they employtwo even many languages in the daily conversation in their speech community. Therefore, by taking 12students of A class as the subject of the research through random sampling method, the discussion ofthis research will focus on investigating the reasons of both code switching and code mixing.

scholarly journals The influence of teaching media in learning English language

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3/S) ◽  
pp. 208-211
Author(s):  
Saodatkhan Khodjaeva
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
English Language ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Teacher Needs ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Learning Language

This article is devoted to the study of the issue of teaching media in learning language. The use of mass media to teach language in authentic context represents a double challenge for language teachers. Teaching media is one of important part in delivering the subject. Especially for the students as second language learners. Teacher needs to have media as strategy to attract the students to learn English in order to reach the goal of teaching learning.

scholarly journals Application of Effective Techniques in Teaching/Learning English

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 193
Author(s):  
Shweta Arora ◽  
Kavita A. Joshi ◽  
Sonymol Koshy ◽  
Deeksha Tewari
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
English Language ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Experimental Procedure ◽  
Vocabulary Building ◽  
Global Language ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Vital Element

English being a global language has become a vital element in all walks of life. The feelers of this language have left no sphere unmarked with its significance. Despite such a colossal tide for gaining command over the language it was found that the conventional pattern of teaching English language could not reap desired results. A comprehensive and analytical study of the aforesaid problem stirred researchers to work in this area. In order to enhance the communication skills of native speakers, practical implications were incorporated to theoretical principles of English Language teaching/learning. The present paper discusses the application and results of the experimental procedure of the effective techniques employed in English teaching/learning. The various techniques used in the modus operandi of enhancing the communication skills of the students were small talk conversations, SWOT analysis, phonetics, avoiding Indianism, vocabulary building through mnemonics and root words, describing and narrating visual stimulus, listening to important speeches followed by comprehension, sharing reviews after watching motivational videos/movies, peer learning and delivering effective presentations. The learning outcomes of the aforesaid activities included better reasoning, enhanced thought process, ability to concoct innovative ideas, command over language, improved communication skills, fluency etc.

scholarly journals The impact of communication skills as a subject in the programme Cost and management accounting at the Durban University of Technology

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Suntharmurthy Kristnasamy Naidoo
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
English Language ◽  
Management Accounting ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Esl Students ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact

The aim of this research is to evaluate the communication proficiency of students studying Cost and Management Accounting (CMA) and to assess whether the subject communication, as a course, is having any positive influence on students who are lacking critical thinking and literacy skills. It is necessary to analyse the factors affecting communication because of the diversity of the Durban University of Technology (DUT) students coming from different cultural, ethnic and geographic backgrounds before evaluating the communication proficiency of students. The field of accounting is broadly quantitative in nature, but Management Accounting, although a branch of this broad knowledge is more qualitative in nature. Data analysis, report writing and decision making are fundamental to Management Accounting. The target population for the study was CMA students. This population entails students enrolled for the first time in 2007 and current second and third year students. It was necessary to follow the progress of the 2007 cohort of students to establish whether students were achieving their qualification within the specified three year period as required by the CMA course and whether communication skills were an issue if they were unsuccessful. The objective to include second and third year students registered in the Department of Management Accounting at DUT in 2012 was to acquire current and pertinent information with regard to student perception on the subject relating to communication skills. An analytical type of research approach was used to conduct the study and quantitative data was collected using questionnaires and computer reports to gain an insight into the impact of communication skills as a subject in the CMA programme. The study confirmed that gender and the location of schools played a role in the academic performance of students. The overall performance between the genders revealed that female students performing slightly better than their male counterparts. English First Language (EFL) female students demonstrated much better academic performance than the EFL male students. Irrespective of language differences, if a student had an aptitude and performed well in the English Language at grade 12 or matric, the student has a better chance of being more successful with the CMA programme The number of EFL and English Second Language (ESL) students acknowledging that the English language affected them in obtaining better grades in CMA was fifty one per cent. Since the second and third year CMA students perceive that their lecturers were unaware of their poor understanding of the English language after completing the subject Communication Skills in the first year of study indicates that the subject is not having the desired affect. Both EFL and ESL students also acknowledged the vital role that Communication Skills play in education, social and economic development. This study, inter alia, recommends a screening of new students for English proficiency and providing academic support for students who have problem with literacy skills. It also recommends increasing the subject content of Communication Skills and extending the duration from one semester to two semesters.

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