scholarly journals PROJECT-BASED LEARNING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOM: PECULIARITIES OF IMPLEMENTATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (13) ◽  
pp. 90-98
Author(s):  
Олена Касаткіна-Кубишкіна ◽  
Алла Фрідріх ◽  
Юлія Курята
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Higher Order Thinking ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Planning Team ◽  
Central Target ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Practical Guidelines ◽  
Personal Career ◽  
Academic Year

The article deals with the aspects of project-based learning (PBL) for teaching foreign languages. The authors state that although PBL has much in common with task-based learning, which makes a task the central target of a lesson, PBL often makes it a whole semester or even academic year target and promotes learner centeredness to a higher level.  PBL is usually comprised of three main stages: pre-task stage, performance stage and presentation stage which have their own peculiarities and standards to comply. Project-based learning allows students to achieve the highest level of mastery of a foreign language as it leads them to higher-order thinking, prepares them for academic, personal, career success, and makes young people ready to meet the challenges, gain the 21st century skills. Struggling students and students’ misbehavior and reluctance are considered to be essential factors that keep teachers away from implementing the method into life. Practical guidelines are given on how to get over obstacles and how to evaluate the outcomes of project work. The authors emphasize on the necessity of careful planning, team formation which will meet the needs of all the students, and elaboration of a rubric with sharply defined criteria (e.g., needs, accommodations, modifications, assets and team position) to evaluate students.

scholarly journals A Case Study on Mobile-Blended Collaborative Learning in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Context

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hulya Avci ◽  
Tufan Adiguzel
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Instant Messaging ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Vocabulary Knowledge ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Positive Effects

As learning a foreign language poses a number of challenges for the students, it has become indispensable to search for “optimal” conditions to enhance opportunities of engaging in the target language. Within this context, the Mobile-Blended Collaborative Learning model has been integrated in and out of the classroom learning in order to enable language learners to practice English by means of collaborative, authentic language activities based on project-based learning approach. The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of using mobile instant messaging application, WhatsApp on the language proficiency of EFL students.  Participants (N = 85) were enrolled in five upper-intermediate prep classes at a foundation university in Istanbul and took part in a seven-week Project Work. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions, self- and peer evaluations of group work, a rubric for assessing project work, and log files of WhatsApp conversations. Results revealed practicing English in an authentic setting where the students used the target language for a real purpose facilitated their language learning, improved their communication skills and vocabulary knowledge, and made them recognize colloquial English. Additionally, instant messaging in an informal platform for educational purposes had positive effects on their performance and the quality of their work.

scholarly journals The influences of lecturers on foreign language classroom anxiety

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Norliani Norliani ◽  
Wulida Makhtuna
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Communication Apprehension ◽  
Negative Evaluation ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety ◽  
Foreign Language Classroom ◽  
Strongly Agree ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Classroom Anxiety

This study is to find out the influences of lecturers’ attitudes on foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA) levels of students. The study has been carried out at the fifth semester students of English Departement of STKIP PGRI Banjarmsin academic year 2015/2016. The data have been collected by means of questionnaire and interview, designed to measure the FLCA levels. The aim of which is to obtain information about the effects of lecturers’ attitudes on students with different anxiety levels. FLCA tested on three dimensions, communication apprehension, fear of negative evaluation, and test anxiety. It was a five point likert’s scale questionnaire, ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree. Strongly agree was coded by (5) and strongly disagree was coded by (1). The interview and questionnaire were translated into Bahasa Indonesia to make it easy for students to understand. The result of the study have revealed that, in  the  classroom the level of anxiety increases by the influence of lecturers.

scholarly journals Reverse Transfer Of L2 To L1: The Case Of Code-Switching

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (7) ◽  
pp. 57-68
Author(s):  
Shima Ghobadi ◽  
Mohammad Reza Talebinejad
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Code Switching ◽  
Reverse Transfer ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Convenience Sampling ◽  
And Control ◽  
Academic Year

Issues related to the learners’ use of the foreign language and the mother tongue (code-switching) in the foreign language classroom and their role in language teaching and learning processes have been a common area of research. This study aimed at investigating Reverse Transfer of L2 to L1.To this end, 50 Iranian intermediate EFL learners (25 males, 25 females) at Islamic Azad University, Shahreza Branch studies in the second semester of the academic year 2016-2017 were selected through the convenience sampling method. They were then assigned randomly to the experimental and control groups.

scholarly journals THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ ANXIETY AND SPEAKING SKILL AT STKIP KUSUMA NEGARA JAKARTA (A survey research first semester academic year 2018/2019)

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Megawati Megawati
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Speaking Test ◽  
Correlational Research ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Smirnov Test

<p>The purpose of this research is to know whether there is any correlation between students’anxiety and speaking skill at STKIP Kusuma Negara Jakarta, first semester  academic year 2018/2019.</p><p>This research used quantitative method and the design was correlational research. The sample of this research consists of 25 students. The data of the students’anxiety were collected by using the questionaire which was adopted from foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale Horwitz et.at FLCAS, while the data of students’speaking skill were collected by using speaking test. In this research, researcher has two variables, independent variable which variable students’anxiety and dependent variable consists of students’ speaking skill.</p><p>The researcher use SPSS program, before doing the analysis the data normality was tested by using Kolmogorf-Smirnov test to see if the population was distributed normal. The result of this research concluded that there is significant correlation between variable (X) students’anxiety and variable (Y) speaking skill. Sig. (2-tailed) is 0.001 &lt; 0.05. It means that students who have higher speaking skill, they was influenced by anxiety. The value of correlation coefficient is -0.629 &lt;0.5. It means that there is negative correlation between students’anxiety and speaking skill. If the students’anxiety is high so speaking skill is low and if the students’anxiety is low so speaking skill is high.</p>

scholarly journals The use of Quizlet to enhance vocabulary in the English language classroom

2019 ◽  
pp. 304-309
Author(s):  
Salvador Montaner-Villalba
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Vocabulary Acquisition ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Academic Year

This research focuses on vocabulary acquisition in foreign language learning. The latest trends of teaching as well as the huge advance of technology allow teachers to utilize online and mobile applications through diverse apps. This quasi-experimental design research investigated Quizlet, in its mobile version, on vocabulary acquisition in English as a Foreign Language (EFL). One group of A2 (according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) EFL learners at a state secondary school in Valencia (Spain) (N=24) participated in this study. Learners from the Treatment group (henceforth, T-group) underwent a pre-test and a post-test to assess their acquisition of the assigned vocabulary lessons which were extracted from the course syllabus. After utilizing Quizlet for vocabulary learning for the academic year 2017-2018, the results proved that these learners improved significantly their level of EFL vocabulary at the post-test. Accordingly, this research recommends utilizing Quizlet in its mobile version at secondary education.

scholarly journals Project-based learning usage in L2 teaching in a contemporary comprehensive school (on the example of English as a foreign language classroom)

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (33) ◽  
pp. e16754
Author(s):  
Alla Guslyakova ◽  
Nina Guslyakova ◽  
Nailya Valeeva ◽  
Ludmila Veretennikova
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Comprehensive School ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Young Learners ◽  
The Third ◽  
Language Class ◽  
Language Classes ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Effective Analysis

The article covers the problem of project-based learning (PBL) in present-day foreign language classes. The main aim of this research is to identify how PBL method can be implemented in teaching a foreign language (for example, English as a second language) in a modern comprehensive school and to give recommendations on organizing a foreign language class with the help of PBL. The working hypothesis of the study says that PBL method can be a relevant and effective methodological technique allowing educators to improve the quality of school education and motivating young learners to work hard at L2 classes and study a foreign language better. For the effective analysis and estimation of project-based learning in teaching ESL a two-step experiment was conducted. Overall, the results of the study demonstrated the importance of introduction of project-based learning in foreign language classes as an essential component of the teacher’s work in the present-day education. They also proved that project-based learning should be a must in every educator’s pedagogical “piggy-bank” because PBL is an effective professional instrument which may overcome the latest demands and challenges of the third millennium society.

scholarly journals The Use of Project-based Learning Focusing on Drama to Promote Speaking Skills of EFL Learners

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawarn Sirisrimangkorn
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Affective Factors ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Communicative Context ◽  
Speaking Skills

This study focuses on the use of project-based learning focusing on drama to promote the speaking skills of EFL learners. It also aims to investigate how the use of project-based learning focusing on drama is beneficial to learners’ speaking skills. The participants of this study were EFL learners majoring in English who were enrolled in Learning English through Drama course. The data of the current study was collected quantitatively and qualitatively. Both quantitative and qualitative data analysis revealed that learners’ speaking skills were improved as a result of the use of project-based learning focusing on drama. Moreover, the principles of project-based learning and drama are advantageous for learners’ language learning and speaking skills. Hence, the use of project-based learning focusing on drama is recommended for promoting speaking skills and affective factors. The present study also highlights the advantages of using project-based learning focusing on drama as an effective teaching method as it provides learners with opportunities to speak English and is seen as an enjoyable way for learners to learn a foreign language. Finally, the study recommends the use of project-based learning focusing on drama in the language classroom as it provides learners with opportunities to speak a foreign language in a communicative context.

scholarly journals THE CORRELATION BETWEEN EFL ANXIETY AND STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION”.

Prosodi ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-134
Author(s):  
Asri Nofa Rama
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Language ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety ◽  
Foreign Language Classroom ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Classroom Anxiety

The objective of the current study examined whether there was any significant correlation between foreign language classroom anxiety and students’ reading comprehension. In this regard, hopefully, this study provided English language lecturers to recognize the most provoking factor that affect learning a foreign language, such anxiety and helped students to solve language anxiety to become better English language students. This researcher was conducted at Lakidende University, particularly 32 university students of English Language Teaching Department who enrolled in academic year 2018/2019. The data were obtained from students’ reading comprehension test and questionnaire that is Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) and to analyze the data this study applied Pearson Correlation analysis. The finding revealed that there was a significant relationship between foreign language classroom anxiety and students’ reading comprehension, p (.061) 0.05. Meanwhile, the strength of correlation between reading anxiety and students’ reading comprehension was categorized “moderate” according to table Guidelines of Interpreting Pearson's Correlation Coefficient (r =.381). It might be the fact that most of students frequently experienced moderate level of foreign language classroom anxiety in their reading comprehension class.

The Effectiveness of Project –Based Learning in the Acquisition of English as a Foreign Language

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 210
Author(s):  
Olga Supe ◽  
Aivars Kaupuzs
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Intermediate Level ◽  
Teaching Approach ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Education Process

<p><em>In the last years the project – based learning has become a popular teaching method in Latvia. Project work is a student-centred teaching approach; it motivates students to use language in real life situations and involves a great number of students’ feelings, talents, skills and knowledge in the education process. It is a way to express students’ own decisions, experience, almost dreams. This approach can be used for both: small kids (beginners’ level) and for adolescents (upper-intermediate level).The goal of this research is to analyse the effectiveness of project –based learning in the acquisition of English as a foreign language This investigation is based upon Legutke, Thomas, Fried-Booth, Haines, researches. </em></p><p> </p>

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