READING FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSE

2019 ◽  
pp. 83-85
Author(s):  
Umetalieva Aigul
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Reading Instruction ◽  
Reading Teachers ◽  
Learning Tasks ◽  
Academic Settings ◽  
Text Reading ◽  
Important Means ◽  
Reading Curricula ◽  
Listening And Speaking

Abstract: The central concepts underlying academic reding and their implications for instruction are outlined as well as the development of reading curricula including the analyses and choosing material and text. Reading teachers need to design content based courses by building coherent and effective reading curricula. So teachers need to set ex- pectations for their students and assist them in achieving them by means of principled and purposeful reading instruction. In academic settings reading instruction is consid- ered to be the important means for learning information and access to explanations. It is also used to carry out language-learning tasks usually with writing activities, though listening and speaking activities may be linked to reading as well. Key words: multiple purpose, to synthesize, integrated skills, bilingual.

scholarly journals Reading Assessment: A Case Study of Teachers’ Beliefs and Classroom Evaluative Practices

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdelbassed Anes BOUBRIS ◽  
Faiza HADDAM
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Reading Instruction ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Reading Assessment ◽  
Reading Teachers ◽  
Theoretical Orientations ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Teachers Beliefs ◽  
Comprehension Ability

Research has revealed that teachers’ thinking processes highly influence their instructional and evaluative behaviors. Understanding teachers’ beliefs and theoretical orientations about reading are more than necessary to rethink reading instruction and assessment. The present paper reviews a case study conducted at the Department of English, Tlemcen University, Algeria. The study looked at teachers’ beliefs and theoretical orientations regarding reading assessment and its effect on EFL learners’ comprehension ability. It examines the correspondence between reading teachers’ theoretical orientations and classroom reading assessment. This study included 20 teachers and 120 students. Data collection procedures included questionnaires and classroom observations. Data analysis exposed the congruence between teachers’ beliefs about reading and classroom reading assessment. Moreover, standardized classroom reading assessment negatively impacted learners’ comprehension ability and reading motivation. The discussions underscored the importance of alternative reading assessment methods such as portfolios, which represent genuine and effective language learning strategies according to modern research.

scholarly journals Reading Assessment: A Case Study of Teachers’ Beliefs and Classroom Evaluative Practices

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 236-253
Author(s):  
Abdelbassed Anes BOUBRIS ◽  
Faiza HADDAM
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Reading Instruction ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Reading Assessment ◽  
Reading Teachers ◽  
Theoretical Orientations ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Teachers Beliefs ◽  
Comprehension Ability

Research has revealed that teachers’ thinking processes highly influence their instructional and evaluative behaviors. Understanding teachers’ beliefs and theoretical orientations about reading are more than necessary to rethink reading instruction and assessment. The present paper reviews a case study conducted at the Department of English, Tlemcen University, Algeria. The study looked at teachers’ beliefs and theoretical orientations regarding reading assessment and its effect on EFL learners’ comprehension ability. It examines the correspondence between reading teachers’ theoretical orientations and classroom reading assessment. This study included 20 teachers and 120 students. Data collection procedures included questionnaires and classroom observations. Data analysis exposed the congruence between teachers’ beliefs about reading and classroom reading assessment. Moreover, standardized classroom reading assessment negatively impacted learners’ comprehension ability and reading motivation. The discussions underscored the importance of alternative reading assessment methods such as portfolios, which represent genuine and effective language learning strategies according to modern research.

Perfecting Communication Skills of the Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Dr. Neeta Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
Effective Communication ◽  
Major Elements ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Listening And Speaking

Abstract Communication is a process of sharing information through speech, writing, gestures or symbols between two or more people. The focus of the present paper is oral communication and the language under consideration is English. The teacher should adopt a student centered approach. The learners should be encouraged to do things in the class which result in developing their communication skills. The trainer has to focus on both the linguistic and paralinguistic features of the communication process while enhancing learners’ communication skills. These features involve the effective use of words, forming grammatically intelligible sentences and an appropriate use of voice and intonation. The teacher should encourage and train his students to use positive body language while listening and speaking. In order to hone the communication skills of the learners, it is very important to make the learners comfortable with the language they have to communicate in. Shedding their inhibitions is also one of the pivotal areas of concerns. This paper explores different techniques that could be useful while training students in communication skills. Communication is a process of sharing information through speech, writing, gestures or symbols between two or more people. The focus of the present paper is oral communication and the language under consideration is English. The major elements of a communication process are sender, receiver, message and feedback. Effective communication is a two way process. It involves both expressive (speaking) skills and receptive (listening) skills. It entails receiver’s understanding of the message sent by the sender and his feedback to the sender. Listening plays a very important role in the language learning process. It is the most primary of the four basic skills of any language i.e. Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. Listening paves way for speaking. One can never be a good speaker if one is not a good listener. An effective communicator is first a good listener and then a good speaker. According to Tickoo ( 2003 ), ‘Good listening skills not only lay the foundations of good speech, but they grow best through effective communication’.

THE CORRELATION BETWEEN LISTENING AND SPEAKING AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yune Andryani Pinem
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Field Study ◽  
School Students ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Listening And Speaking

This research looks at listening as one factor that gives contribution toward speaking among high school students. The study attempts to reveal through data analysis, in the form of students. score from each variable that both have correlation. Further the objective of the study is also to find out the extent of influence contributed by listening toward speaking. The research applies library study and field study (instrument designing and test performing both for listening and speaking). The theory used for analysis deals with listening and speaking correlation from language learning review. The result of the study demonstrates that the correlation of listening as the independent variable with speaking as dependent variable is positive. It also proves that with a unit of program or treatment given toward listening class, there will be a significant improvement equals with 3.134 times from previous speaking score for the same sample. For the analysis of data, the extent of correlation between two varibales is shown as low. It indicates that even though listening do have positive correlation towarde speaking, it is not the only deminant factor to determine success in speaking.

Scaffolds for Learning to Read in an Inclusion Classroom

2000 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine R. Silliman ◽  
Ruth Bahr ◽  
Jill Beasman ◽  
Louise C. Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Reading Instruction ◽  
Skill Learning ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Emergent Reading ◽  
Reading Groups ◽  
Learning To Read ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Inclusion Classroom ◽  
Language Learning Disability

Purpose: This article describes a study on the scaffolding of learning to read in a primary-level, continuous-progress, inclusion classroom that stressed a critical thinking curriculum and employed a collaborative teaching model. Two emergent reading groups were the focus of study—one group that was taught by a general educator and the other by a special educator. The primary purposes were to discern the teachers’ discourse patterns in order to define whether scaffolding sequences were more directive or more supportive and the degree to which these sequences represented differentiated instruction for children with a language learning disability (LLD). Method: Two students with an LLD and two younger, typically developing peers were videotaped in their emergent reading groups during an 8-week period. The distribution, types, and functions of teacher scaffolding sequences were examined. Results: Both team members primarily used directive scaffolding sequences, suggesting that the assistance provided to children emphasized only direct instruction (skill learning) and not analytical thinking concerning phonemegrapheme relationships (strategy learning). Distribution of scaffolding sequence types directed to the four students indicated that the two children with an LLD were receiving reading instruction that was undifferentiated from the two typically developing, younger children. Clinical Implications: In order for children with an LLD to benefit from inclusion, explicit, systematic, and intensive instruction in phonological awareness and spelling-sound relationships should be implemented within the context of multilevel instruction that balances skill- and strategy-based learning.

A qualitative analysis of language learning tasks: the design of a tool

2008 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 803-820 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Driessen ◽  
Gerard Westhoff ◽  
Jacques Haenen ◽  
Mieke Brekelmans
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Tasks

Linguistic Consciousness and Foreign Language Learning in Multilingual Education

2021 ◽  
Vol X (2) ◽  
pp. 71-83
Author(s):  
Nataliia Safonova ◽  
◽  
Alla Anisimova
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Multilingual Education ◽  
Important Means

The article deals with the issues where linguistic consciousness as a sociolinguistic phenomenon is successfully revealed in FLT, namely, in problematic questions of language learning. It covers the description of linguistic consciousness and some aspects of its influence on the process of development of students’ communicative competence. It is emphasized that the philosophy of lifelong learning has become a widespread phenomenon in modern society. Learning a foreign language can be considered an important means of forming linguistic consciousness and the ability to conduct intercultural dialogues. The correlation of two languages and cultures (Ukrainian and foreign ones) helps to outline their national specific features, which contribute to a deeper understanding of both the foreign and the native language and culture. Any education system is open and fairly stable. As for the methods and learning tools, they can vary depending on the applicable learning concept. The article gives a detailed description of the development of linguistic consciousness of Ukrainian students from different social groups while learning English. So linguistic consciousness is a reflection of the actual language sphere contributes to the development of both communicative and multilingual competences. The main aim of the use of modern educational technologies is to increase the level of the communicative competence and linguistic consciousness in students, their educational achievements, and to improve the quality of language education.

L’acquisition de la langue orale par l’entremise de tâches de centres d’apprentissage de littératie dans des classes d’immersion française

2021 ◽  
pp. e20200116
Author(s):  
Josée Le Bouthillier ◽  
Renée Bourgoin ◽  
Joseph Dicks
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Professional Learning ◽  
Oral Language ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Independent Learning ◽  
French Immersion ◽  
Oral Production ◽  
Learning Tasks ◽  
Language Literacy

This qualitative exploratory study examined the language/literacy tasks performed by elementary students from six elementary French Immersion (FI) classrooms. Various literacy tasks were performed as students rotated through different literacy centres/stations which had been pre-planned by their teachers. Specifically, researchers investigated students’ oral production and opportunities for extended oral output when working at independent learning centres/stations in order to identify key principles for creating literacy-enhancing tasks suitable for developing language literacy skills within second language (L2) contexts. Data were collected through classroom observations ( n = 23) to identify the types of literacy/language tasks proposed to L2 students, the nature of communicative functions, the targeted learning outcomes, and principles of effective L2 learning tasks. Results demonstrate the importance of adapting pedagogical practices, such as literacy centres/stations, borrowed from the first language teaching contexts to maximize L2 literacy/language learning and meet the specific needs of FI students. Results also highlighted the importance of ongoing professional learning opportunities for FI teachers specific to their L2 teaching contexts. Researchers propose principles for creating literacy/language tasks that promote oral language learning in FI contexts.

scholarly journals Whole-Part-Whole Reading Instruction in the Teaching and Learning of Arabic as a Foreign Language at Beginner Level

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Facchin
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Reading Instruction ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Standard Arabic ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Theoretical Reasoning ◽  
Modern Standard

The neurological bimodality theory, espousing the principles of directionality and cerebral hemisphericity, has led to a series of expedients in the field of foreign language teaching, like the use of inductive strategies. Accordingly, this contribution focuses on a methodological proposal stemming from the aforementioned theoretical perspectives and tackles the question of reading in the early phase of Arabic as Foreign Language learning. In doing so it questions how to teach Modern Standard Arabic at beginner level and proposes solutions to it through the use of new technological tools in the service of languages. Specifically, the focus is set on Pre-A1 and A1 levels of the recently issued Companion Volume to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. As a result of theoretical reasoning, the ‘Whole-Part-Whole’ method teaching philosophy is presented, theorized and verified in relation to the study of Arabic by non-Arab beginner learners.

scholarly journals L’EFFICACITÉ DE LA MÉTHODE D’APPRENTISSAGE BRAINSTORMING POUR COMPRENDRE LE TEXTE DESCRIPTIF EN FRANÇAIS POUR LES ÉLÈVES DE LA CLASSE X AU LYCÉE 2 MAGELANG

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Riri Restiarti ◽  
Sudarwoto Sudarwoto ◽  
Neli Purwani
Keyword(s):  
French Text ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
T Test ◽  
French Language ◽  
Learning Method ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Text Reading ◽  
French Language Learning

Dans le processus d’apprentissage du français, la plupart des élèves lisent le texte français sans comprendre le sens. Pour surmonter ce problème, la méthode brainstorming peut être appliqué pour que les élèves soient plus actifs et comprennent le contenu du texte. La méthode brainstorming oblige les élèves à donner leurs opinions afin que l’apprentissage ne soit pas dominé par des élèves intelligents. L’objectif de cette recherche est de décrire l’efficacité de l’apprentissage du français en utilisant la méthode brainstorming pour la compréhension écrite du texte descriptif pour la classe X au lycée 2 Magelang. C’est une recherche expérimentale, utilisant pre-test et post-test. Les échantillons dans cette recherche sont les élèves dans la classe X IPA 3 et X IPA 4. La technique d’échantillonnage est random sampling, pour collecter les données j’ai utilisé la documentation et le test. Cette recherche a utilisé la validité du contenu. J’ai utilisé la formule de KR 21 pour assurer la fiabilité de résultat. Je les ai analysés en utilisant de t-test. Cette recherche montre que l’utilisation de la méthode brainstorming est efficace pour la compétence de compréhension écrite du texte descriptif français pour les élèves à la classe X au lycée 2 Magelang. Le résultat de t-test montre une différence significative que tcalcul = 8.86 plus grand de ttab = 2.05. C'est-à-dire que l’apprentissage avec la méthode brainstorming est efficace pour améliorer la capacité de la compréhension écrite du texte descriptif français. In the process of French language learning, most of the students are only able to spell French text, without understanding its meaning. To overcome this problem, can be applied the brainstorming method to encourage students to be more active in understanding the content of the text. The brainstorming method requires students to argue, therefore learning is not only dominated by students who are good at it. The purpose of this research is to describe whether learning French using brainstorming method as learning method in reading descriptive text of the X grade students at SMA N 2 Magelang is effective or not. This research is an experimental research with pre-test and post-test. The population in this research is the students in Class X IPA SMA N 2 Magelang. The respondents in this study are students in X IPA 3 and X IPA 4. To collect the data is documentation and test. This research uses the content validity. Level of trust instrument is measured by the formula KR 21. The data was analyzed using the formula t-test. In addition, to know the material that understood by the students the data was analyzed using the formula effect size. This research shows that the brainstorming learning method is effective for descriptive text Reading Skills of 10th grade students of SMA N 2 Magelang. The results of the t-test shows a significant difference that tvalue more than ttable, the result is 8.6 more than 1.07. Therefore, learning by using brainstorming method is effective to improve reading skills of descriptive text in French.

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