scholarly journals Sustaining Language Skills Development of Pre-Service EFL Teachers despite the COVID-19 Interruption: A Case of Emergency Distance Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (19) ◽  
pp. 8188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuçe Öztürk Karataş ◽  
Hülya Tuncer
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
The Impact

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused teachers and students to abandon their physical classrooms and move into emergency distance education (EDE) settings. Thus, sustaining the quality in education has become a challenge during this transitional period. Within this context, the aim of this study was to explore the impact of EDE on language skills development (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) of Turkish pre-service teachers of English as a foreign language (EFL). In this qualitative study, data were gathered from 118 pre-service EFL teachers about the advantages and disadvantages of EDE for their language skills development. Thematic analysis was used as a research design, and nine themes emerged for both advantages and disadvantages. The most important theme for both categories is content and implementation of online courses. This study pinpointed the eminence of this theme, for if it is emphasized enough and handled efficiently, it plays a huge role in developing language skills. The themes and sub-themes generated through thematic analysis showed the advantages and disadvantages of EDE for each skill in detail and also proved that EDE was most advantageous for writing skill and least advantageous for speaking skill. The participants stated that, since writing skill was constantly used for almost all homework, assignments and projects, that skill was nurtured the most. Nevertheless, speaking skill was ignored during online courses, and writing became the new mode of communication by replacing speaking. The outcome of the present study encourages preparedness for EDE against a possible second wave. Thus, the study is hoped to pave the way for anticipating issues and developing solutions for EDE contexts to preserve sustainability in higher education.

scholarly journals Strategies for innovative teaching and learning Part 2: How to deliver a distance education online course

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Constance E. McIntosh ◽  
Diana Bantz ◽  
Cynthia M. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
History Of

The second article in a three-part series discusses how to deliver a distance education online course by i) assuring understanding of the learning platform, ii) developing a course model, iii) creating individual assignment rubrics for courses, iv) requiring active participation from both instructor and students, and v) setting-up quality communication. This paper is a continuation of the first paper whereby the history of distance learning, the positives and negatives of online learning, advantages and disadvantages of online learning, and the initial considerations for establishing online courses.

scholarly journals KOMPONEN-KOMPONEN PEMBELAJARAN AL-KITÂBAH BAHASA ARAB

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Nurul Huda
Keyword(s):  
Language Skills ◽  
Reading Skill ◽  
Listening Skill ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Student Reading ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
Main Component

The main component of Arabic learning covers the same four language skills for all competencies. They are: listening (istimâ’), speaking (kalâm), reading (qirâ’ah), and writing (kitâbah). Those four skills mutually connected. For instance, listening skill contributes to speaking skill and vice versa. In turn, those two skills will be strengthened by student reading skill or vice versa. Speaking skill is very close related to listening skill.  Speaking and listening skill refer to all means to communicate orally. Because of the importance of this writing skill, the writer sees the need of al-Kitabah study map and its parts that can be delivered to student systematically, start from the lowest level (Ibtidâiyyah) to the next level (I’dadiyyah) based on students condition and psychology, including components in Al-kitâbah.

scholarly journals The problem of distance learning in higher educational institutions during quarantine

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3 (136)) ◽  
pp. 120-127
Author(s):  
Nataliia Shylina
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Traditional Learning ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The Impact

The article is devoted to the problem of distance education, namely training and educating under conditions of the pandemic. The issue of the coronavirus epidemic, which forced the urgent restructuring of all spheres of social life of people around the world, is addressed in the article. As a result, the problem of the global transition to distance learning under severe quarantine is becoming urgent. The author analyzes domestic and foreign pedagogical experience of distance education. Among domestic authors this problem was studied by Gorbatyuk R. M, Turanov Y. O., Rak V. I., Vdovenko I. S., Bodnar S. V., Dekusar G. G., Kuznetsova O. V., Opanasenko Ya. Foreign researchers (Amanda Morin, Berman Grace, and Dubinsky Alison) are more likely to point out that distance learning is associated with many difficulties. The aim of our study was to highlight the problem of distance learning in the quarantine period, its advantages and disadvantages over traditional learning, as well as a comparative analysis of the traditional and distance forms of educational activities. In the process of solving problems, theoretical research methods were used: analysis, systematization, classification of educational and methodological literature to substantiate the theoretical and methodological foundations of research, surveys, analysis of the products of the students’ pedagogical activities. The article presents data from the study of the groups consisting of first- and fifth-year students who studied in different periods: in the first half of 2019, when the study was in classrooms, and in the first half of 2020 during the quarantine, when the study was carried out using distance education. The data according to three criteria: academic success, students’ attendance and students’ satisfaction with the learning process were analyzed by the author. A comparative analysis of the traditional and distance learning is shown in the article. Some conclusions about the ambiguity of the impact of distance learning on different contingents of students have been made.

Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Multilingual Learners

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn Crowe
Keyword(s):  
Hard Of Hearing ◽  
Linguistic Diversity ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Spoken Language ◽  
Research Knowledge ◽  
Evidence Based Practices ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Transnational Mobility ◽  
Therapy Services ◽  
The Impact

With nearly 8,000 languages used in the world and increasing levels of transnational mobility, the cultural and linguistic heterogeneity of deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) learners accessing education and therapy services has never been greater. This growing diversity creates a challenge for educators and clinicians who work with these children and their families, especially where DHH learners are exposed to or acquiring more than one spoken language. Spoken language multilingualism in DHH learners is an area in which research knowledge is gradually increasing but evidence-based practices for intervention and education are rarely described. This chapter presents information describing the increasing linguistic diversity and spoken language multilingualism of DHH learners and research concerning the advantages and disadvantages of multilingualism. The current research describing the speech and language skills of multilingual DHH learners is discussed with reference to the impact of multilingualism on learners’ outcomes.

scholarly journals Online Education Through the Eyes of Students and Lecturers (Based on the Results of a Pedagogical Study in 2019)

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 4-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. D. Ivanova ◽  
O. V. Murugova
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Winter School

Purpose of the research. The article discusses different views on online education: students, lecturers, politicians. Mass open online courses in the West began to be actively introduced in 2012, but after three years, European and American universities started disappointing in them and began to reduce their importance in training. In Russia, online learning is a popular modern educational trend, which is increasingly being talked about at the highest level and which is promoted by central universities that strive to cover the entire educational space with their digital courses. In October 2019, the Russian Federation President’s special representative for digital and technological development Mr. Dmitry Peskov described key trends for Russian universities in the next five - ten years: the first scenario is “cannibalistic" — several leading universities create online platforms and actually wash the core of regional universities. The second is digital platforms and digitalization, when all universities create their online courses. But behind all this, practically no voices of students are heard — do they want to massively switch to distance education on the Internet? The purpose of this study is to answer this question.Materials and methods. The study of students’ opinions was conducted in 2019 (from May to December) at the Ufa State Aviation Technical University (USATU). The work was carried out as part of the study of the basic course “Psychology and Pedagogy", which is taught to first-year undergraduates and second-year graduate students and during pedagogical practice for second-year undergraduates and third-year graduate students. The main method was a written survey of students about the advantages and disadvantages of online learning, followed by a group discussion in the classroom.The resultswere tested at the “Winter School of the Lecturer - 2020", which was held in January 2020 by the Yurait Publishing House for lecturers from Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia and Ukraine. The research materials were presented at the webinar “Online education through the eyes of students" (speaker — A. Ivanova) and caused wide discussion and multiple feedback from the audience in a group chat. The paper presents the results of a survey of students of USATU and statements from the chat of lecturers.Conclusion. The conclusions obtained as a result of processing the survey of graduate and postgraduate students of the USATU almost completely coincided with the conclusions of the lecturers participating in the “Winter School of Lecturer - 2020": the school and the first post-secondary education (secondary or higher) must be received in the “classical" format. Everyone recognized the best options for applying online education: advanced training; receiving a second education; self-development courses on the latest discoveries and technologies. Distance education must be developed, but only without campaigning: consciously, methodically and technologically thought out. It is necessary to check offline the “qualifications" of people with online diplomas. The main thing is not to rush in the pursuit of ratings and economic benefits with the adoption of ill-conceived and reckless decisions that can lead to intellectual degradation of youth and the correction of which will cost our state a hundred times more.

scholarly journals The use of Whatsapp in today’s mobile language teaching and learning

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 03007
Author(s):  
Karen Ferreira-Meyers ◽  
Joana Martins
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Language Teaching And Learning

This paper discusses the advantages and disadvantages of ICTs in the teaching and learning of foreign languages, in particular the use of WhatsApp in the Certificate in Portuguese programme offered by the Institute of Distance Education of the University of Eswatini. Theoretical aspects will be combined with practical examples of what has been happening on the WhatsApp platform since 2013 with learners of Portuguese. The practical part comes from field research undertaken by the tutor as a direct observer of activities and feedback between lecturers, tutors and students. The impact of COVID19 on the use of WhatsApp will also be looked at briefly. In conclusion, it will be noted that WhatsApp is a valuable environment to ensure that teaching and learning continues beyond the classroom and can be an important motivator for lifelong learning.

scholarly journals Burundian Teachers’ Conceptualisations of Philosophy-Based Language Teaching Approach in Developing EFL Students’ Speaking Skill

2022 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Juvénal Ntakarutimana ◽  
Ali Mohammad Fazilatfar
Keyword(s):  
Community Of Inquiry ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Philosophical Questions ◽  
Beliefs And Attitudes

This study investigated the EFL teachers’ conceptualisations of the use of PBLT in EFL instruction. Thirteen EFL teachers selected from two higher education institutions in Burundi participated in the inquiry. The inquiry set out to assess participants’ beliefs and attitudes towards three constructs, namely the use of philosophical questions in the EFL classroom, the use of the EFL classroom as a community of inquiry, and the impact of PBLT in developing the EFL students’ speaking skill. A background information questionnaire, a Likert scale questionnaire, and an online structured interview were used to collect data from participants. The findings revealed participants’ positive views and attitudes towards the role of PBLT in EFL instruction. The use of philosophical questions in the EFL classroom as well as the use of the EFL classroom as a community of inquiry in enhancing EFL students’ productive and receptive skills was found to be highly favoured among participants. Furthermore, it was found that participants believe in the high potential of PBLT in developing the five components of speaking, namely fluency, accuracy, range, coherence, and content. Participants, however, showed a relatively diminished trust in PBLT when it comes to its role in enhancing the accuracy component, and this diminished trust may be attributed to the fact that accuracy relates much more to the linguistic form while PBLT puts greater focus on meaning.

scholarly journals Distance education during COVID 19: an Italian survey on the university teachers’ perspectives and their emotional conditions

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Massimo Casacchia ◽  
Maria Grazia Cifone ◽  
Laura Giusti ◽  
Leila Fabiani ◽  
Roberto Gatto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
High Education System ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Short Version ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background Following the COVID-19 pandemic, distance education (DE) replaced traditional “face-to-face” teaching and has become the main method of teaching. The aim of this study was to 1) evaluate the impact of DE by teachers in our department during the second semester of the 2019–20 academic year following the March–May 2020 Italian national lockdown and 2) evaluate the relationship between DE and the emotional well-being of teachers during the period of home confinement. Methods Ninety-seven university teachers (51.5% women; most represented age group 60–69 years range, 40.2%) responded to an anonymous online cross-sectional survey between July 15 – September 30, 2020, on the advantages and disadvantages of DE, developed by one online teacher focus group. The emotional conditions were assessed by a short version of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II). The internal consistency reliability survey and the 10-item BDI-II were measured by Cronbach’s alpha. A correlation analysis (r-Pearson) was conducted between the overall evaluation of the experience of DE and the variables included in the study. Results Teachers reported difficulties in technical aspects, and in psychological factors, as the discomfort of “speaking in the void” (64.7%). The absence of “face-to-face” eye contact with the students was complained by 81% of teachers. Significant impairments in sleep patterns and loss of energy were reported, with female teachers having greater difficulty concentrating than their male colleagues. A quarter of teachers showed depressive symptoms of varying severity. The most satisfied teachers were those most stimulated by DE (r = 0.752, p < 0.000), who showed a lower impact of depressive symptoms (r = − 0.289, p = 0.005). The teaching load in hours influenced the perception of disadvantages (r = 0.214, p = 0.035) and contributed to a lower appreciation of the challenges of DE. The more significant the manifestation of depressive symptoms during the lockdown was, the greater the subjective recovery of a good emotional condition once the domestic confinement was over (r = 0.344, p = 0.001), despite maintaining DE. Conclusions Our study highlights the impact of technical, didactic, and psychological difficulties of DE, reported by our teachers. The appreciation of their new learning promoted by DE seemed related to better emotional well-being of university teachers accepting this “challenge” in their important role in the high-education system, influencing good learning and promoting students’ professional success.

Digitalization and the New Possibilities of Accounting Education

Auditor ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 44-49
Author(s):  
E. Voronova
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Accounting Education ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
The Impact

Th e article is devoted to the impact of digitalization on educational activities and, as a result, new opportunities for teaching accounting to students of higher educational institutions, including the introduction of online courses. Th e article discusses both the advantages and disadvantages of online learning. Attention is paid to the need for accounting teachers to understand the changes occurring in practical accounting and related to the digitalization of the economy.

scholarly journals The Effect of English Access Microscholarship Program on Developing Speaking Skill From Graduate Students’ Perspectives at the King Abdallah II for Excellence School in Zarqa-Jordan

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Waleed Ayyad Al-Soufi
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Primary Concern ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Access Program ◽  
Speaking Skills

The primary concern of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of English Access Microscholarship Program on developing the English Language Speaking Skill from the perspective of graduate students at the King Abdallah II for Excellence in Zarqa in the academic years from 2016 to 2020. The study also examined if Access Program encourages and motivates EFL learners to improve their speaking skills. In this study, the researcher designed a questionnaire consisting (40) items measuring students` perspectives towards the effect of Access program in improving their speaking ability. The subjects of the research were 60 homogenous students aged 14 to 19. Students consisting three classes; FY14, FY15 and FY16 respectively. Each class had 20 students studying at King Abdallah II for Excellence School in the Directorate of Education in Zarqa, Jordan. The results revealed that the overall degree of the students’ perspectives towards the effect of access program was high in improving their speaking skill and improved the participants` speaking skill. Moreover, the findings revealed that there were no statistically significant differences among students in their perspectives towards the effect of access program on developing their speaking skill. Finally, the researcher recommended that further studies should be conducted to measure the impact of access program in developing the four language skills (Listening, speaking, reading and writing).

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