scholarly journals FORTALECIMIENTO DE LA COMPETENCIA COMUNICATIVA DEL INGLÉS MEDIANTE LA PROPUESTA DIDÁCTICA “PLAYING WITH VERBS” EN ESTUDIANTES DE PRIMER NIVEL DE BACHILLERATO

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Aurelia María Cleonares Borbor ◽  
Silvia Marisol Gavilanez Villamarín
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
English Language ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
First Year ◽  
Significant Progress ◽  
Santo Domingo ◽  
The World ◽  
Integral Development ◽  
Para Determinar ◽  
Methodological Aspects

La presente investigación se basa en la identificación de los aspectos didácticos-metodológicos que caracterizan la situación actual de la enseñanza del idioma inglés con estrategias lúdicas para el desarrollo de las competencias comunicativas en inglés, para determinar la influencia que poseen las estrategias lúdicas en el proceso de enseñanza de los estudiantes del primer año de bachillerato, considerando la importancia y relevancia que tienen este tipo de estrategias dentro del aula, evidenciado el avance significativo en el desarrollo integral, donde el juego es parte esencial del aprendizaje, la cual contribuyen de manera efectiva en el mejoramiento del comportamiento de los estudiantes, fortaleciendo el conocimiento logrando una convivencia de armonía en el aula y su entorno. Ya que el juego, es una estrategia importante para conducir al estudiante en el mundo del conocimiento. PALABRAS CLAVES: Propuesta didáctica; Estrategias lúdicas; competencias comunicativas. STRENGTHENING OF ENGLISH COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE THROUGH THE DIDACTIC PROPOSAL "PLAYING WITH VERBS" IN STUDENTS OF FIRST YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL OF THE EDUCATIONAL UNIT VÍCTOR EMILIO ESTRADA OF SANTO DOMINGO CITY ABSTRACT                     This research is based on the identification of the didactic-methodological aspects that characterize the current situation of the teaching of the English language with playful strategies for the development of the communicative competences in English, to determine the influence that the playful strategies have in the process of teaching the students of the first year of high school, considering the importance and relevance of these types of strategies within the classroom, evidencing the significant progress in integral development, where play is an essential part of learning, which contribute effectively in the improvement of the behavior of the students, strengthening the knowledge achieving a coexistence of harmony in the classroom and its surroundings. Since the game is an important strategy to lead the student in the world of knowledge. KEYWORDS: Didactic proposal; Playful strategies; communicative competences.

scholarly journals Becoming Global Citizens through Bilingualism: English Learning in the Lives of University Students in China

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yangguang Chen
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
World Language ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Global Citizens ◽  
Global Issues ◽  
Chinese Learners ◽  
The World ◽  
English Classroom ◽  
L1 And L2

The ongoing globalisation has led to a tremendous expansion of the English language. With China striving to become part of the world economy since the late 1970's, there has been a great emphasis placed on the education of young people to become a world citizen with fluent English. “Being a global citizen” is having strong interests in global issues, cultivating the understanding and appreciation of diverse values, and enhancing country's competitiveness. All this however needs to be realized through communication in English, the world language. Improving communicative competence among Chinese learners of English depends on how English is learnt in the FL classroom and how it gets practiced outside the classroom. Data drawn from English corners, English clubs and English church all show that those informal learning settings have a complentary role to play especially when the formal English classroom is found having various deficits. Data also confirm that informal settings offer the opportunity to close the gap between L1 and L2 learning processes, and nurtutre learners' communicative competence through social intercourse and intercultural exchanges. Moreover, EFL learning is inherently intercultural, which facilitate cross cultural perspectives through bilingualism and bridges over the indigenous cultural traditions and the western democratic values.

scholarly journals Predictive Validity of Saudi Admission Criteria for Freshmen Students’ English Performance: Experience of King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
Abdulaziz Althewini ◽  
Abdulmohsen Alkushi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
English Language ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
First Year ◽  
Admission Criteria ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
High School Grades ◽  
Freshmen Students ◽  
Admission Tests

This study examines the relationship and correlation between initial admission criteria and  English performance of first year students at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. The performance of 1,595 English language students was compared to the initial academic admission criteria to determine if a correlation exists between academic achievement pre and post admission.  Admission criteria include high school grades, General Aptitude Test score (GAT), and Scholastic Achievement Admission Test scores (SAAT). Deep statistical analyses, including independent t tests and multiple linear regression reveal a correlation between pre and post admission performance. For this student population, GAT score was more predictive of English performance than SAAT scores, while the high school grade had no significant relationship to performance on the course. Furthermore, GAT had a higher predictive weight of 7% when compared individually with other admission criteria. However, in a combined model, all of the admission tests cumulatively predicted 17.3% of  English performance. Such power is relatively low and requires additional variables to accurately predict a student’s final English score. This study provides unique analyses of performance within the Saudi higher education system and provides insight for those teaching or studying English as a second language. This study is therefore relevant for educators in universities using English for the instruction of non-English, native students and raises questions as to the value of current admission criteria.

scholarly journals Análisis para determinar la viabilidad del uso de un software traductor de documentos con notación matemática a voz como apoyo al aprendizaje de las personas con discapacidad visual

2020 ◽  
pp. 23-32
Author(s):  
Eduardo Vázquez-Zayas ◽  
Liliana Elena Olguín-Gil ◽  
Francisco Vázquez-Guzmán
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Visual Disabilities ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Educational Environments ◽  
Learning Mathematics ◽  
The World ◽  
Para Determinar ◽  
Visually Impaired Students ◽  
Teaching Learning

This article describes the process followed to test software, the result of the first stage of an investigation, which aims to be a support tool for people with visual disabilities to improve their experience in learning mathematics. An analysis is made of the current situation in the country and the world of people with disabilities who wish to continue their studies at a high school or higher level, but who have found as main obstacles not having enough bibliography in Braille, or teachers not They have the means to generate content that visually impaired students can use in the same way as their classmates. Now with the Covid-19 pandemic there was a rebound in the use of educational platforms and distance education, leaving aside people with visual disabilities. We present the results of surveys applied to people with visual disabilities who participated using the software to evaluate their experience as users and their opinions to improve interaction with it. The objective of this study is to make people with visual disabilities feel included in regular educational environments, reducing the barriers that they may encounter in the teaching-learning process in the classroom, and converting them into inclusive classrooms.

scholarly journals Mending Students’ Speaking Deficiencies in Moroccan EFL Classes

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arab World English Journal ◽  
Assya El Hannaoui
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Common Core ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Arab World ◽  
First Year ◽  
Learning Practices ◽  
Speaking Skills

This paper presents an attempt to help students enhance their speaking skills in Moroccan English as a foreign language (EFL) classes. It was observed that students in Moroccan high schools are generally not able to speak their minds out freely and imaginatively in English. This paper studies the causes for students’ weak speaking skills in the English language and suggests solutions to mend the situation. An observation of the teaching and learning practices took place in a sample Moroccan high school and interviews as well as questionnaires were administered for the aim of tracing the obstacles students face in their learning process as well as their preferences that they wish to have applied in the speaking sessions. Several speaking activities were tested and proved effective in encouraging students to speak English in class and defeat their shyness and reluctance to express their opinions. These activities are provided in this paper for teachers to use starting from common core classes passing by 1st year Baccalaureate( Bac )and ending with 2nd year Bac (common core being the first year of high school in Morocco and so on) and include watching films and conducting projects in the framework of a cooperative learning. They outline a project of forming good speakers of English in Morocco and maybe elsewhere in the Arab world.

scholarly journals “Passport to The World 1” Based on Communicative Language Teaching Principle

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
Ayu Putri Prihatiningsih ◽  
Joko Nurkamto ◽  
Teguh Sarosa
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Communicative Language Teaching ◽  
Teaching Principles ◽  
The World ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Descriptive Method

<p>The purposes underlying this study are (1) to describe an English textbook entitled “Passport to the World 1” in general; (2) to analyze the quality of the English textbook in developing communicative tasks and types of communicative materials. This research used a descriptive method. The data source of this research is the textbook for seventh grade of Junior High School, published in 2009 by PT Tiga Serangkai Pustaka Mandiri. In collecting data, this study takes four of ten units in the textbook randomly. The study uses theory of Cunningsworth (1995) to analyze the textbook in general and Communicative Language Teaching principles to analyze the tasks and material of the textbook. The result of the study shows that (1) the description of the textbook in general is fairly good (62.5 %); (2) the quality of communicative tasks is good (68.7%), and the quality of types of material in CLT is very good (75.03%). The textbook has all criteria of communicative tasks and materials, but each unit of the the textbook is still not complete. It means that the textbook is appropriate to be used and it  will be better if the teacher also completes each unit which is not appropriate communicative criteria by using other sources in order to develop students’ communicative competence.</p>

scholarly journals The Effect of Familiar Songs’ Tune to Improve Students’ Understanding in Irregular Verbs

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-176
Author(s):  
Tirza A. Kumayas
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
English Language Learners ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Department ◽  
Simple Sentence ◽  
English Sentence ◽  
The World ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Irregular Verbs ◽  
Learning English

English is one of the most important language in the world. It can be used as a language in any part of the world. That is why it is taught at all level of education in our country, Indonesia. Elementary school, high school and university students are all learning English now. However, learning English sentence pattern is much more difficult than learning Indonesian’s. English language learners usually get problems in understanding and using those three forms of verb which are commonly called irregular verbs as the core of tenses which are very essential in formulating tenses, have been taught at Junior and Senior High School. However, it is assumed that they are hardly used, even by those students of English Department of FBS UNIMA in Tondano. As prove it is observed that almost all students rarely speak English although they always meet at campus it is seems that they do not know how to speak English even a very simple sentence. It is assumed that their low of English competence has made them not have confidence to do their performance. Anyway, this is still an assumption that needs to be investigated. The low of competence of English knowledge might have been one of the causes that make them not able to communicate in English. Not mastering the three forms of verbs, their meanings and functions caused them enable to expressed what happened in the past present and future or they might know the structure or the pattern but do not know when to use. The research questions: Can the effect of familiar songs’ tune improve students’ understanding on irregular verbs. The study was delimited to the forms, meanings and functions of irregular verbs. The focus on this study was the fourth semester students of English department, FBS UNIMA. The tune is limited to that belongs to the songs which are well known by the students. To learn and memorize irregular verbs which have the same V2 and V3, the tune is taken from the song “Are you sleeping Brother John”. Each line was sung twice in order that the students are able to memorize easily. This is a quantitative research through pre-experimental design with one group pre-test and post-test design. The pretest was given to the students before treatment and the post-test was given after the treatment. This research showed that the effect of Familiar Songs’ Tune was improved students’ understanding on irregular verbs and it has made the class atmosphere become so lively and the students enjoy learning English by singing. Learning English by singing is fun.

Assistance in handling large-enrolment, introductory General Chemistry courses

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Pavelka ◽  
Avik Ghoshdastidar ◽  
Mitchell J. Huot ◽  
Ian S. Butler
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
General Chemistry ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
First Year Experience ◽  
First Year ◽  
Post Secondary Education ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Science Courses ◽  
The World ◽  
Mcgill University

AbstractThe post-secondary education system in the Province de Québec is quite different from that in the rest of Canada and in many other countries throughout the world. The introduction of a 2-year Collèges d’enseignement général et professionnel (CEGEP) program in 1967 has led to a reduction in the number of years that Quebec students have to spend in both high school and at university. The CEGEP program combines the last year of high school with the first year of a traditional 4-year university program meaning that students living in Quebec must do a 3-year undergraduate degree at the universities, while all other students must do a 4-year degree. Moreover, since almost 50 % of 27 000 undergraduate students at McGill come from other parts of Canada and internationally, this has led to enrolments of about 1000 students in the basic science courses. We present here an overview of how the introductory General Chemistry courses at McGill University are currently being handled so that the students have a meaningful first-year experience.

scholarly journals SOCIOCULTURAL ASPECT AS A COMPONENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-115
Author(s):  
M. Kulakhmetova ◽  
◽  
O. Tasbolatov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Young People ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Language ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
Healthy Behavior ◽  
Depth Study

The article considers the relevance and importance of the formation of sociocultural competence in modern educational practice. It is shown that in order to create a more tolerant and cultural oriented society, as well as successful socialization of young people, high-school’s foreign language teachers need to create a positive ethno-linguistic and ethno-psychological cultural atmosphere in the classroom, that leads young minds to tolerant and healthy behavior towards other cultures and nations, which is one of the most important aspects of education in the context of modern and comprehensive globalization. The formation of sociocultural competence as a component of the communicative competence of schoolchildren is considered and examples of its successful formation in high school with in-depth study of the English language are given.

scholarly journals TASKS FOR DEVELOPING CULTURAL AWARENESS IN L2 COMMUNITY

2020 ◽  
pp. 171-179
Author(s):  
Madina ISAMUKHAMEDOVA
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
English Language ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
First Year ◽  
State University ◽  
Cultural Legacy ◽  
Language And Literature ◽  
The World

Abstract. The knowledge of English language has become an objective social need of nowadays, because for millions of people the English is a tool of their trade. Since English is the international means of exchange of information and experience, it is current need for businessmen, tradesmen, engineers, scientists and scholars all over the world. It is widely recognised that any language conceals cultural heritage of the nation as a language is the only instrument that conveys traditions, customs, stories, written manuscripts that indeed make up cultural legacy and historical background of a nation. In this article the researcher is going to analyze the importance of the term “cultural awareness” in EFL classrooms, as well as to work out, analyze and organize different tasks and activities which are directed to raise students’ awareness of culture norms in target language community. This will help students not only in gaining intercultural communication skills, but their proficiency in comprehension, interpretation, translation and production of written and oral texts as well. For the investigation the researcher selected thirty four students from two first year groups in the Tashkent State University of Uzbek language and literature.

scholarly journals Creative Translation Tasks for ELT (English Language Teaching)

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonu Gohil
Keyword(s):  
Classroom Management ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
First Language ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Language Competence ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Cultures

This article looks at the function of creative translation tasks for learners in the ELT classroom. It does not advocate the use of L1 (Language 1, first language, mother tongue) as a teaching tool, for classroom management, setting up activities, or for explaining new vocabulary but encourages the use of innovative translation tasks for developing language competence. The article starts by looking at benefits of creative translation as an aid to language learning. It then briefly reviews the current education system. It concludes with some creative translation tasks and observations on how to utilize them in the best possible ways. This paper advocates the effectiveness of using creative translation to develop the communicative competence of a language among the students at tertiary level. English dominates the world as no other language ever has in the world. There is a need to emphasize the conscious acquisition of English as a meaningful system and a creative process. When there is a need there is an urge of finding various mediums to satisfy that need, now this medium should be such as it not only helps in learning a language but also develops competency of the learner. Thus, one of the effective and fairly possible fundamentals of learning a new language is translation. Translation is desirable as it does not undermine the adult learners’ confidence. This paper thus, aims at the development of communicative competence, enabling the learners to discuss the cultures they encounter while translating and eventually helps the learners in deepening their sensitivity to language through heightening their critical ability and creative power. The tasks on translation helps learners make use of the English language while communicating with each other in more realistic situations than what generally happens in the classrooms. They get aware of different cultures while discussing different languages. Thus, translation becomes an intellectually challenging process.

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