scholarly journals The Role of Literature in Achieving Proficiency in Language Use: The Case of ESL

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (13) ◽  
pp. 27-35
Author(s):  
Geraldine Ifesinachi Nnamdi-Eruchalu
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
Functional Load ◽  
Language Status ◽  
Language And Literature ◽  
Comprehensible Input ◽  
Study Population

It has been observed that many users of English in Nigeria do not possess the required level of competence in the language despite its second language status, with its attendant high functional load. This paper seeks to discover the role of literature in achieving proficiency in the use of the English language. To this end, it is targeted at exploring literature in English as a veritable resource in achieving the required proficiency among Nigerian users of English as a second language. The study population consists of final year students of the Department of English language and Literature of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka in Nigeria. Questionnaires and participant observations were adopted as the instruments for data collection. It was discovered that students who have more exposure to literary works are more proficient in using the English language. It, therefore, concluded that making students read literary works, listen, dramatize, and recite them will acquaint them with the comprehensible input they need to achieve the requisite competence in the language.

scholarly journals CLASSROOM SHARING EXPERIENCES: BUILDING STUDENTS’ AWARENESS FOR PROBLEM SOLVING IN TRANSLATING POETRY

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Sri Handayani ◽  
Sri Harto
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
English Language ◽  
State University ◽  
Translation Process ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
Course Materials ◽  
Critical Knowledge ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Language And Literature ◽  
Target Languages

AbstrakPenelitian ini bertujuan menggambarkan pengalaman mahasiswa untuk membangun kepedulian dalam mengatasi masalah khususnya pada penerjemahan puisi.  Data penelitian dikumpulkan melalui kuesioner, wawancara dan observasi kelas yang melibatkan 85 orang mahasiswa semester enam dari dua kelas yang berbeda dan dua orang dosen pengampu mata kuliah Translating Literary Works di  Program Studi Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris pada salah satu perguruan tinggi negeri di kota Bandung. Kuesioner dilengkapi oleh 55 mahasiswa dari 85 yang terlibat dalam penelitian.  Wawancara dilakukan untuk melengkapi dan mengecek kebenaran informasi yang diperoleh melalui kuesioner.  Selain itu, observasi kelas dilakukan di dua kelas paralel untuk melihat aktivitas belajar mengajar yang dilakukan oleh dua orang dosen dan mahasiswa dari dua kelas tersebut. Observasi difokuskan pada materi perkuliahan, metode dan teknik pengajaran yang diterapkan oleh dosen, masalah yang dihadapi dan teknik yang digunakan untuk menyelesaikan masalah dalam penerjemahan puisi.  Data dianalisis berdasarkan beberapa teori penerjemahan yang relevan.  Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pengalaman mahasiswa yang disampaikan di dalam kelas memberikan beberapa keuntungan bagi mereka karena berbagi pengalaman di dalam kelas mampu: (1) memotivasi mahasiswa untuk menyelesaikan pekerjaan penerjemahan secara lebih serius karena mereka dituntut untuk menyajikan hasil karya terjemahan di dalam kelas; (2) membangun rasa percaya diri mahasiswa dalam menerjemahkan karena hasil terjemahannya akan diberikan umpan balik; (3) melatih kemampuan mahasiswa menganalisis masalah untuk mencari jalan keluar yang sesuai; (4) memperkenalkan mahasiswa terhadap pengetahuan kritis bahasa sumber dan bahasa sasaran; dan (5) membangun kepedulian mahasiswa agar masalah yang muncul dalam proses penerjemahan yang sangat kompleks dapat diselesaikan.Kata kunci: berbagi pengalaman, kepedulian, penyelesaian masalah AbstractThis research was aimed at describing the classroom sharing experiences to build students’ awareness dealing with the problem solving in translating poetry. The data were collected through questionnaire, interview and classroom observation involving 85 sixth semester students in two different classes and two lecturers of Translating Literary Works course at the English Language and Literature Studies in one state university in Bandung city.  The questionnaire was completed by 55 (out of 85) students invited to fill in the questionnaire. Interview was done to complete and cross check the information derived from the questionnaire.  Meanwhile, the observation was administered in the two parallel classes to observe the activities done by the two lecturers and students in the two classes.  The observation was focused on the course materials, teaching methods and techniques applied by the lecturers, problems faced and techniques used to solve the problems by the students in translating poetry. The data were then analyzed based on some relevant theories of translation.  The result of the research showed that the classroom sharing experiences gave some advantages to the students with several reasons: (1) motivating students to do their translation works more seriously since they had to present their translation works to the class; (2) developing the students’ self-confidence in translating the tasks since their translation works were given some feedbacks; (3) training the students to analyze the problems to find out the most appropriate techniques to solve the problems; (4) introducing the students to have more critical knowledge of both source and target languages; and (5) building the students’ awareness of how the problems appeared in a very complex translation process were solved. Keywords: awareness, problem solving, sharing experience

scholarly journals The Impact of Native Language Use on Second Language Vocabulary Learning by Saudi EFL Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Saleem Khan
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Second Language ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Native Language ◽  
Vocabulary Learning ◽  
Target Language ◽  
The Impact

<p>This paper strives to explore the impact of Native Language use on Foreign Language vocabulary learning on the basis of empirical and available data. The study is carried out with special reference to the English Language Programme students in Buraydah Community College, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia. The Native Language of these students is Arabic and their Second Language is English. The participants in this research study are the post-secondary students of Buraydah Community College in Intensive Course Programme. The instrument used in this study was in the form of two tests. It is well known that in language assessment tests play a pivotal role in evaluating the EFL learners’ language proficiency. The use of native language as a semantic tool for assessing second language learners’ understanding shouldn’t be rejected altogether especially for the undergrad Saudi EFL (English as a Foreign Language) students. The outcomes of the study show that in learning the vocabulary of target language is significantly helped by the use of translation method of native language (Arabic) in understanding the meaning of novel words and expressions of foreign language (English). This method is widely welcomed by majority of the students of Buraydah Community College. It’s recommended to use this method in order to take the students directly to the core meaning of the word or expression. It also, sometimes, gives a sense of accuracy of the meaning of native language equivalents.</p>

Corpus Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition – the use of ACORN in the teaching of Spanish Grammar

2010 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guadalupe Ruiz Yepes ◽  
Ramesh Krishnamurthy
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Corpus Linguistics ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Grammar Teaching ◽  
Real Language ◽  
Authentic Language

AbstractWith increasing demands for the use of authentic language in the teaching of a second language, the potential role of corpora has been an important issue of discussion in the last two decades. Corpora have helped to reveal patterns of real language use and uncovered discrepancies between the language portrayed in textbooks and the language used in real life.This article focuses on corpus-driven as well as corpus-based grammar teaching, summarising the experience of applying ACORN (the Aston Corpus Network) in the teaching of Spanish Grammar to students in the School of Languages and Social Sciences at Aston University. Our main goals were to show the students a large number of examples taken from authentic language texts, in order to support the grammar explained in class, and to provide them with a very useful resource that they can use while writing essays, preparing for exams, etc.

دور الإرشاد الوظيفي في دمج خريجي الجامعات الفلسطينية في سوق العمل

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-40
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
English Language ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Counseling Services ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Palestinian Universities ◽  
Sample Method

تهدف الدراسة الحالية إلى التعرف على دور الإرشاد الوظيفي في دمج خريجي الجامعات الفلسطينية في سوق العمل، من خلال دراسة حالة مركز الإرشاد الوظيفي التابع للكلية الجامعية للعلوم التطبيقية بغزة، وتمثل مجتمع الدراسة في المستفيدين من خدمات المركز والمشاركين في(البرامج التدريبية، وورش العمل الإرشادية، وأيام التوظيف، ومعارض مشاريع الخريجين الإبداعية(، والبالغ عددهم (4423) مستفيد، وتم استخدام طريقة العينة العشوائية حيث بلغ عدد الاستبانات الموزعة (400) استبانة على مجتمع الدراسة، وكان عدد الاستبانات المستردة (356) استبانة بنسبة (89%)، واستخدم الباحثان المنهج الوصفي التحليلي والاستبانة كأداة للدراسة، وكذلك برنامج (SPSS) الإحصائي لتحليل البيانات واختبار صحة الفرضيات وللإجابة عن تساؤلات الدراسة. أظهرت نتائج الدراسة وجود علاقة بين الإرشاد الوظيفي والمتمثل بالخدمات المقدمة للخريجين من حيث (البرامج التدريبية، وورش العمل الإرشادية، وأيام التوظيف، ومعارض مشاريع الخريجين الإبداعية) وبين دمج خريجي الجامعات الفلسطينية في سوق العمل، بالإضافة لوجود أثر للإرشاد الوظيفي في دمج خريجي الجامعات الفلسطينية في سوق العمل، وقد بينت نتائج الدراسة أن خدمات الإرشاد الوظيفي المؤثرة على المتغير التابع “دمج خريجي الجامعات الفلسطينية في سوق العمل” هي (البرامج التدريبية، وأيام التوظيف، ومعارض مشاريع الخريجين الإبداعية)، أما ورش العمل الإرشادية فقد تبين أنّ تأثيرها ضعيف. وفي ضوء تلك النتائج خلصت الدراسة إلى عدة توصيات أهمها ضرورة تطوير مركز الإرشاد الوظيفي للخدمات المقدمة للخريجين بما يراعي الاحتياجات الفعلية لهم، ويساهم في رفع كفاءتهم وتعزيز فرص منافستهم في سوق العمل، وخاصة البرامج التدريبية بمجال المهارات الحاسوبية ومهارات اللغة الإنجليزية، وورش العمل الإرشادية المختصة بمجال رسم المسار المهني للخريجين. This study aimed at identifying the role of career counseling in the integration of Palestinian university graduates in the labor market. The Job Advisory Center at University College of Applied Sciences in Gaza has been taken as a case study. The study population included the beneficiaries of the services offered by the Center, and participants in its training programs, counseling workshops, recruitment days, and graduation projects exhibits. Those were 4423 participants. The study used the random sample method. The number of questionnaires distributed was 400 questionnaire forms. The number of questionnaires retrieved was356, with a return rate of 89%. The study adopted the descriptive analytical approach, and the questionnaire as a tool. The study used SPSS program for statistical data analysis and hypotheses testing, and to answer the questions of the study. The results of the study showed that there is a relationship between career counseling through the services offered to graduates in terms of training programs, counseling workshops, recruitment days, and creative graduation projects exhibits, and the integration of graduates of Palestinian universities into the labor market. There is also an impact of career counseling and the integration of graduates of Palestinian universities into the labor market. Results of the study also showed that the career counseling services that influence the dependent variable of “integration of graduates of Palestinian universities in the labor market” are training programs, recruitment days and exhibitions of creative graduates’ projects. The study found that there is an insignificant role of the counseling workshops in this regard. In light of these results, the study reached a set of recommendations. Most importantly, the study recommends the development of the services offered by the Job Advisory center to take into consideration the actual needs of graduates, and contribute to raising their competency and improving their chances of competition in the labor market. Development of training programs in computer skills and English language skills and counseling workshops in the field of career track construction are more essential in this regard.

Tom Stoppard, New Historicism, and Estrangement in Travesties

2005 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 230-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zekiye Er
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
New Historicism ◽  
Incomplete Knowledge ◽  
Tom Stoppard ◽  
The Past ◽  
Linear Approach ◽  
Language And Literature

New historicism rewrites history from different viewpoints in order to prove that the past is inaccessible, and all historians can do is to work on incomplete knowledge, aware of the fact that a teleological, linear approach to their subject is misleading. In this study, Zekiye Er aims not only to analyze Tom Stoppard's Travesties from a new historicist stance, but also to utilize a new historicist approach to an understanding of what Stoppard is doing in the play, in the light of the striking parallels between Stoppard's technique and the new historicist critics' methods of analyzing history and literary texts. She concludes that Stoppard himself plays the role of a new historicist while writing a brilliant comedy of ideas. Zekiye Er received her PhD for a dissertation on Stoppardian drama from Ankara University in 2004. She has been working as a lecturer in the Department of English Language and Literature of Gaziantep University since 1993.

scholarly journals EXAMINING THE ROLE OF LINGUISTICS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AS EFL AT HIGHER INSTITUTION: THE CASE OF METTU UNIVERSITY

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 144-151
Author(s):  
Miressa Amenu T
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Mental Phenomenon ◽  
Teaching Role ◽  
Language And Literature ◽  
Higher Institution ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Mixed Approach

This paper was aimed at examining the role of linguistics in English language teaching as a EFL at higher education. The participants of the study were summer students of English Language and literature department of Mettu University. Accordingly, all participants were selected through purposive sampling techniques for the questionnaire and interview. Quantitative and qualitative data were obtained and analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. Thus, this study employed a mixed approach. The findings of the study revealed that all participants have reached on mutual understanding and well noted that linguistics and language teaching have the same subject matter to deal with the role of linguistics to play in the process of language teaching. Therefore it can be said that language is the fundamental unit of the branch of linguistics. Without languages the subject of linguistics cannot be there. In other words languages pave the way for the growth of the field of linguistics. A language is a mental phenomenon and a way of expression of thought by means of articulate sounds. On the other hand linguistics is a branch of study that deals with languages. Finally, the findings have significant implications for adoption of linguistics in teaching language. This is the reason why the role of linguistics in English language teaching is needed for language learners.Keywords: Linguistics, Language, Language Teaching, Teaching, Role Of Linguistics

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