scholarly journals The Interactive Effect of EFL Teachers’ Emotions and Cognitions on Their Pedagogical Practices

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Shi

Emotion and cognition have long been considered as two influential factors determining the quality of teaching and learning. They form the foundation of all aspects of teaching as an emotional and thought-provoking profession. With the advent of Positive Psychology (PP) and affective pedagogy, now English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers’ inner states and emotions are placed at the center of every educational program all around the world. This consideration has led to a rise in various domains of teaching and teacher education. However, the interactive influence and association between teachers’ emotions and cognitions concerning their pedagogical practices has been mostly left ignored in EFL contexts. To fill this gap, the present study aimed to offer a mini-review of the concepts, definitions, related theories, and empirical evidence in this line of research. It also presented practical implications for different stakeholders together with research gaps and future directions for enthusiastic L2 investigators.

Author(s):  
Le Van Tuyen ◽  
Le Bich Van

There has been a long-standing debate over the issue of including or excluding the student’s mother tongue (L1) in English as a foreign language (L2) classrooms. There are two opinions in this regard: monolingual approach and bilingual approach. While advocates of monolingual approach suggest that learning is determined by the exposure to L2, those advocating the bilingual approach think that L1 makes a valuable contribution to the learning process. Despite the widespread English-only use in EFL classes, the use of L1 is still a perennial topic. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the use of L1 in English for specific purposes (ESP) classes at a Technical College in Ho Chi Minh City-Vietnam (Henceforth called TC). More specifically, it attempts to explore the extent to which L1 is used and the reasons why L1 is used, and discover what attitudes engineering students have towards the use of L1 in the process of teaching ESP vocabulary to students. The instruments used for collecting data were questionnaires and class observations. The participants were 8 EFL teachers and 314 students at TC. The findings of the study indicated that all the teachers of English overused L1 in teaching ESP vocabulary. The study also revealed that the ESs had supportive attitudes towards their teachers’ use of L1 in teaching ESP vocabulary. Based on the findings, the study provided practical implications in order to help both EFL teachers and engineering students to improve their teaching and learning ESP at vocational training colleges in the Vietnamese context.


2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-202
Author(s):  
Elias Bensalem

This paper reports on a study of how a group of tertiary level EFL teachers perceived and used mobile devices in their teaching and personal learning. One hundred and fifty teachers (66 female, 84 male) from public universities in Saudi Arabia completed an online questionnaire. Results showed that the majority of participants used mobile devices and applications in their teaching and learning. Survey data showed that the vast majority of teachers had positively perceived and frequently used mobile technologies in their teaching and personal learning. In addition, there was a correlation between teachers’ use of mobile technologies in their teaching and their use in learning. There was also a correlation between how teachers perceived the value of mobile technologies in learning, and how they use them in their teaching.


2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 967 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbas Pourhosein Gilakjani ◽  
Narjes Banou Sabouri

One of the important parts of foreign language teaching and learning is English pronunciation because it impacts learners' communicative competence and performance. Lack of pronunciation skills reduces learners’ self-confidence and limit their social interactions. EFL teachers can help their learners obtain the necessary skills of pronunciation they need for effective communication. In this paper, the researchers define the term pronunciation, explain the importance of pronunciation, declare the goals of English pronunciation, state the aspects of English pronunciation, elaborate the reason of integrating pronunciation in EFL classes, express techniques for teaching English pronunciation, and mention implications for the learning and teaching of English pronunciation. The review of literature indicates that EFL teachers play a vital role in improving the learners’ pronunciation skill.


Author(s):  
Oleksandr Kapranov

The present article presents and discusses a study that seeks to analyse discursive representations of digital artifacts in the teaching and learning of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) by pre-service EFL teachers (henceforth – participants). The study involves a corpus of argumentative essays on a range of topics in EFL didactics written by the participants and their respective control group which is comprised of non-teacher EFL students. The analysis of the corpus of essays reveals that whilst there are discursive representations of digital artifacts that are shared between the groups of participants and controls, there appear to be discursive representations of digital artifacts that are group-specific. These findings and their linguo-didactic implications are further described in the article.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Musallam Al-Ma’ani ◽  
Al Ghalia Al-Kindi

The history of the didactics of translation indicates that it has been effectively used in the teaching of foreign languages. In the case of English as a Foreign Language (EFL), translation can have a sufficiently facilitating role in its teaching and learning. Particularly for the teaching of EFL in Oman, where English is taught at all stages of the educational system, translation from and into Arabic and English may improve the mastery of English. But there is disagreement among EFL teachers on the use of translation in their classes. This paper explores the views of EFL teachers in Oman with regard to the feasibility and usefulness of translation in EFL teaching. Findings suggest that EFL teachers in Oman are almost split on this vital issue.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 766
Author(s):  
Lina Guan

The quality of foreign language college English teachers will affect the quality of college English teaching. This article investigated 80 college foreign language teachers of SiChuan Province and writer found college English teachers had great pressures. They were eager to get the in-service training and they should be taught how to have self-development. Teachers should co-operate each other and break the isolation among them.


Author(s):  
Yustinus Calvin Gai Mali

This paper discusses three main projects and their related activities that students do in a Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) classroom at English Language Education Study Program, Dunia University Indonesia. The practical discussions in this paper will be an interest of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers in Indonesia who look for practical ideas to teach the use of CALL in EFL classrooms, feel interested in integrating CALL into their classroom practices, and wish to explore ideas about how their students can benefit from technology. At the end of the paper, I address voices to support the use of CALL in teaching and learning in Indonesia.  


2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 31-43
Author(s):  
Abraham Sunday Unubi

This paper investigated a contrastive study of English and Igala segmental phonemes: implications for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers and learners. A contrastive analysis is a linguistic tool used in comparing two unrelated languages, and the main objective of it is to bring out the differences in the two languages compared with a view to emphasising on the effects which such differences have on both EFL teachers and learners. This research appealed only to the secondary sources of data, which included the orthographies of both languages under study. The Igala orthography was obtained from the department of Igala Language and Culture, Kogi State College of Education Ankpa, in addition to other material in Igala. The consonant and vowel phonemes of the two languages were placed contiguously in a tabular form and given appropriate heading to be able to observe their level of differences and similarities easily. Then words in which these phonemes occur in the Igala language were supplied and the phonemes indicated. Some of the findings of this research revealed the following: (i) that the consonant phonemes such as /ð/, /θ/, /s/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /v/ and /z/, and the vowel phonemes /ǝ/ and /ʌ/, which are present in English are however absent in Igala, just as  /kp/, /gb/, /ny/, /kw/, /gw/ and /nw/ that are present in Igala are absent in English; (ii) English has twelve pure vowels (monophthongs) and eight diphthongs, while Igala has fourteen monophthongs and eleven diphthongs; (iii) that these differences have posed certain teaching and learning difficulties to both EFL teachers and learners who are native speakers of the Igala language; and (iv) that while English has twenty-four consonant phonemes, Igala has twenty-three.


Author(s):  
Flavia Oliveira da Silva Louzeiro

O turismo enquanto vetor do desenvolvimento de sociedades requer um cuidado em relação à qualidade da experiência e da profissionalização, nesse sentido o turismo pedagógico pode contribuir de modo contundente à formação de profissionais com olhar diferenciado para a responsabilidade social. O Grupo de Pesquisa em Patrimônio Cultural – UFMA, vinculado ao Departamento de Turismo e Hotelaria, desenvolve entre suas linhas de atuação trabalhos que buscam apropriar-se das demandas do turismo na região Nordeste. Partindo das temáticas do turismo pedagógico, da educação patrimonial e da sustentabilidade, as autoras, enquanto participantes desse grupo, desenvolveram uma pesquisa oriunda de um trabalho prático-pedagógico realizada no estado de Pernambuco com futuros guias de turismo do estado do Piauí, buscando analisar os efeitos decorrentes da sua participação em atividades práticas no âmbito do turismo, com fins a otimizar a compreensão, o entendimento e a formação desses futuros profissionais no que tange à questões sensíveis tanto ao ambiente, quanto ao ser humano. A metodologia utilizada foi no sentido de identificar as práticas do turismo pedagógico na eficácia do aprendizado e na absorção do conhecimento produzido em sala de aula, para tanto utilizou-se FREINET, AB’SABER, SANTOS, PERINOTTO como norteadores dessa elucidação. Foi possível perceber que a partir da utilização de ferramentas educacionais, mediantes a apropriação previa do conhecimento por parte dos alunos e a experimentação in loco da atividade turística, a importância do deslocamento sócio espacial para a ampliação de entendimentos necessários na formação de profissionais mais conscientes do seu lugar enquanto agente da transformação. Experiencing the knowledge: educational tourism as a tool for teaching and learning ABSTRACT Tourism as a vector of corporate development requires careful about the quality of the experience and professionalism in this regard, educational tourism can contribute powerfully to the formation of professionals with a different aspect of social responsibility. The Research Group on Cultural Heritage - UFMA, linked to the Ministry of Tourism and Hospitality, develops among its lines of action studies that attempt to hijack the demands of tourism in the Northeast. Based on the issues of educational tourism, heritage education and sustainability, the authors and participants of this group developed a search derived from a job practical pedagogical conducted in the state of Pernambuco with the future state tour guides of Piauí, trying to analyze the effects of their participation in practical activities in the field of tourism, in order to optimize understanding, understanding and training of these future professionals regarding sensitive issues for both the medium environment, such as humans. The methodology used was to identify pedagogical practices tourism in the effectiveness of learning and absorbing knowledge acquired in the classroom, therefore FREINET, AB'SABER, SANTOS, PERINOTTO was used as guide this clarification. It was observed that from the use of educational tools, through the knowledge appropriation provided by students and experimentation in place of tourist activity, the importance of socio-spatial change to the expansion of knowledge needed in training the more aware of their place while processing agent professionals. KEYWORDS: Educational Tourism; Heritage Education; Sustainability.


2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-169
Author(s):  
Nohora Inés Porras ◽  
Lenys Smith Díaz ◽  
Marlen María Nieves

Presently, learning a foreign language is an essential academic requirement in several contexts, hence the importance and the need for effective teaching in this field at all educational levels starting with the first years of school. As a consequence, teaching and learning in elementary school is a key issue to success in the learner’s future language learning. However, at some public elementary schools in Colombia there are many factors that hinder this process. One of them is the fact that most of the teachers who are in charge of teaching English in elementary schools are not sufficiently trained to do this job (McNulty & Quinchía, 2007). For this reason, the aim of this study is to strengthen the pedagogical practices of the participating teachers. Guided by the theoretical foundations of peer coaching and reverse mentoring, this mixed-methods study examined strategies for professional development via results of an English test, class observations, questionnaires, focus groups, interviews, and journals. Findings show the effectiveness of the proposal in terms of the professional growth of the participants who exchanged teaching experiences and pedagogical tools within a mutual and trusting atmosphere. This helped them to enhance their knowledge about teaching a foreign language and test new teaching techniques and strategies to favor their students’ language learning. 


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