scholarly journals The development of creative ideas for pre-writing in the english language case: “Francisco Huerta Rendón” high school

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 188-198
Author(s):  
Angélica Rosario Espinoza Llanos
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
General Education ◽  
English Language ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Teaching Style ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
English Classes

The purpose of this article was to establish the incidence of techniques to generate ideas in pre-writing in the students of Basic General Education of "Francisco Huerta Rendón" High School of Guayaquil in the period 2019-2020.Aqualitative-quantitative methodological approach was used, 59 students of 151 belonging to the tenth year were evaluated, of which 44% were men and 56% women, using an observation guide based on the Likert scale, to determine the incidence of the problem in the sample studied. The results showed that 29% agree that it is difficult for them to organize their ideas and it takes them time to start short writings, 29% state that they do not notice that their teachers carry out procedures to be able to write easily, showing that only 15% totally agreed that teachers apply procedures to facilitate writing, noting that 32% totally agreed that teachers should be updated in relation to pre-writing techniques. It is concluded that teachers do not have the necessary resources, they continue with a traditional teaching style and rarely apply techniques to facilitate the generation of ideas and it is offered a series of pedagogical recommendations that could be adapted to English classes in the development of writing.

scholarly journals Research on the Influence of Interactive Teaching Method on the Learning Effect of College English

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Yang
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
English Language ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Teaching Style ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
Self Directed Learning ◽  
Interactive Teaching ◽  
Teaching Mode ◽  
Traditional Teaching Methods

English has been a subject in the university classroom since the 1980s. This subject helps produce more excellent talents in economics, politics, and culture who are proficient in English language in China, and enable our country to better integrate with the global economy. At the same time, the relationship between our country and the international community has become closer. However, the social environment is constantly developing and changing. The traditional teaching methods can be said to be ineffective and associated with many shortcomings. Traditional teaching methods were used in the English lessons. Under this teaching mode, students were the passive subjects on the receiving end of what have been taught. The teacher was always talking in the classroom and the students were listening. This teaching style also affects the effectiveness of learning. Compared with traditional teaching, interactive teaching method has its unique advantages. It is a new teaching mode and under this teaching mode, students can actively communicate with teachers in the classroom to complete learning tasks. The initiative to perform self-directed learning is also greatly improved, and the students’ English proficiency can be improved.

The Role of the Literary Theatrical Project in the Development of the Sociocultural Competence on English Classes (Based on Work Experience)

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-17
Author(s):  
Диянова ◽  
O. Diyanova
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
English Language ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Cultural Communication ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
English Classes ◽  
Theater Festivals ◽  
Drawing Room

In this article the author shares her experience on how to develop sociocultural competence by means of the literary and theatrical project on English classes. The Author´s need of appealing to the study of literature and theatreof the country which language is learned is caused by the nowadays increased necessity in cross-cultural communication and cooperation. The search for the solution led to the idea to organize the process of training English language on the basis of modern educational technologies allowing to improve educational process, to increase efficiency and quality of its organization. The method of projects became one of the primary ones. The author offers the creative project "Literary Drawing Room" with staging elements allowing to create the language environment, maintaining interest in studying of English and motivation for the new knowledge. The theatrical project became another integral part of the educational process organized by the author of this article. She refers to the prominent educatorswho proved the expediency of carrying out theatrical classes in general education process. The participation of the drama school headed by the author of this article in the International Theater Festivals in Russia and abroad, receiving Grants and recognition are a bright confirmation of the right choice of the literary and theatrical project as a way to polycultural personality formation prepared for cross-cultural communication.

scholarly journals Attaining Fluency in the Language Classroom at College Level

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S3) ◽  
pp. 97-102
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
Teaching Style ◽  
Tertiary Level ◽  
College Level ◽  
Spoken English ◽  
English Classes ◽  
Learning Techniques

The popularity of English language as well as its practice as a link language have received a paramount importance in every field all around the world. Students face many problems in using English language during their higher studies. People spend huge money for spoken English classes for getting good jobs. This aspect promotes the language to untangle the problems of people in language proficiency. Even after attending those classes, no change can be seen in the ability of the students in the language. This is because the improper curriculum from schooling to the tertiary level. Not all the English teachers can write the letter or CV properly. This is because of the poor curriculum. This paper deals with the challenges faced by the students during the college level. Moreover, this paper analyses the causes and effects of the problems faced by students and ability in attaining the language efficacy at tertiary level. Proper curative measures are mentioned for the effective rectification of these complications. The capacity to comprehend the learning styles of the pupils can upsurge their involvement in learning. The tutors have to amend their teaching style so that it will be consistent with the students' way of learning in the classroom. One of the most vital applications of learning style create an easy way for the teachers to integrate the learners into their teaching. Numerous probable teaching styles have to be adopted by the teachers to support the learning of the students. The instructors can integrate these learning methods in their course activities so that the boys/girls will be able to flourish in their classes. This article is an investigation of learning techniques for the English language students in the college classroom. The aim of this analysis is to intensify the faculty consciousness and recognizing the different ways of learning and the effective teaching process.

scholarly journals Causes of English Major Student-Teachers' Classroom Participation Reluctance at Kuwait University

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 643
Author(s):  
Wafaa S. Al-Yaseen
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
English Language ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
Classroom Participation ◽  
Analytical Methodology ◽  
Kuwait University ◽  
Oral Fluency ◽  
English Major ◽  
The Subject

Classroom participation plays an important role in developing students' oral fluency, and general understanding of the subject content. However, there is a noticeable participation reluctance among English major student-teachers in the College of Ed-ucation at Kuwait University. The present study investigates the causes of such a reluc-tance. The study adopted the descriptive analytical methodology applying a 4-Likert scale to respond to a thirty questionnaire items. Two domains were covered: the English language professor, and the English major student-teachers. The sample covered a total of 150 English major student-teachers 30 males and 120 females. The study revealed significant differences α=0.05 in the means between the participants according to gender in favor of females-student teachers and according to high school specialization in favor of Arts specialization. However, there were no significant differences according to the years of study.

DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH WORK OF STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY IN ENGLISH CLASSES

2020 ◽  
pp. 141-149
Author(s):  
Tat'yana V. Baranova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Scientific Activity ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
State University ◽  
English Classes ◽  
Russian State ◽  
Objective Reasoning ◽  
Oriental Studies ◽  
The University

The present article is dedicated to the problems of the organization and planning of scientific and research work of students of the University in English classes, gives grounds for the purposes and tasks of such competence-forming activity as part of the “Oriental studies” speciality program, the Russian State University for the Humanities. The article analyzes these competences, as well as forms and methods of their formation and development. The author presents demarcation of scientific knowledge and gives its characteristics: using most general qualities of a subject, objective reasoning, argumentativeness, results verifiability and reproducibility, consistency, practicality, capability to change, anticipating the future, making forecasts, methodological reflection. The author tried to analyze the reflexive component of scientific and research work of students in more detail. The article presents possible reflexive positions in the interaction between the teacher and the student and shows the dynamics of this interaction, i.e. gives a hierarchy of positions which the student can occupy in the educational process depending on how independent they are in their activity. The article also highlights the content of scientific and research work of students of the University in English classes on the basis of work with foreign texts in the macro-discourse for the “Oriental studies” speciality. The given foundations of the organization and content of scientific and research work of students have been regularly used in English language classes, as well as in optional forms of scientific activity. The students have shown good results and passion for this kind of work, which confirms the correctness of this approach.

Process Drama and Teacher in Role in ELT

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-12
Author(s):  
Robert Donegan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Process Drama ◽  
Specific Technique

This paper is a discussion of the potential of using specific drama techniques during English lessons at a Japanese private senior high school. The techniques in focus are process drama and specifically teacher in role (TiR). TiR is a specific technique that is often used in the broader area of process drama. Process drama concerns itself more with the experiential rather than the performance aspect of drama. In it, a teacher, or facilitator, goes into role with the participants in the co-construction of extended role-plays and dramas. Such methods have been used in English language teaching by many practitioners. The methods are discussed in this paper, with the focus on their suitability for teaching in a Japanese senior high school.

scholarly journals A critical investigation of Y7 students’ perceptions of Roman slavery as evidenced in the stories of the Cambridge Latin Course

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (42) ◽  
pp. 43-54
Author(s):  
Ella Parodi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
English Language ◽  
Slave Trade ◽  
Roman Law ◽  
Public High School ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Greco Roman ◽  
Sensitive Topics ◽  
Roman Culture ◽  
Introductory Textbooks

In an article, ‘The Slaves were Happy’: High School Latin and the Horrors of Classical Studies, Erik Robinson, a Latin teacher from a public high school in Texas, criticises how, in his experience, Classics teaching tends to avoid in-depth discussions on issues such as the brutality of war, the treatment of women and the experience of slaves (Robinson, 2017). However, texts such as the article ‘Teaching Sensitive Topics in the Secondary Classics Classroom’ (Hunt, 2016), and the book ‘From abortion to pederasty: addressing difficult topics in the Classics classroom’ (Sorkin Rabinowitz & McHardy, 2014) strongly advocate for teachers to address these difficult and sensitive topics. They argue that the historical distance between us and Greco-Roman culture and history can allow students to engage and participate in discussions that may otherwise be difficult and can provide a valuable opportunity to address uncomfortable topics in the classroom. Thus, Robinson's assertion that Classics teaching avoids these sensitive topics may not be so definitive. Regardless, Robinson claims that honest confrontations in the classroom with the ‘legacy of horror and abuse’ from the ancient world can be significantly complicated by many introductory textbooks used in Latin classes, such as the Cambridge Latin Course (CLC), one of the most widely used high school Latin textbooks in use in both America and the United Kingdom (Robinson, 2017). In particular, Robinson views the presentation of slavery within the CLC as ‘rather jocular and trivialising’ which can then hinder a reader's perspective on the realities of the violent and abusive nature of the Roman slave trade (Robinson, 2017). As far as he was concerned, the problem lay with the characterisation of the CLC's slave characters Grumio and Clemens, who, he argued, were presented there as happy beings and seemingly unfazed by their positions as slaves. There was never any hint in the book that Grumio or Clemens were unhappy with their lives or their positions as slaves, even though, as the CLC itself states in its English background section on Roman slavery, Roman law ‘did not regard slaves as human beings, but as things that could be bought or sold, treated well or badly, according to the whim of their master’ (CLC I, 1998, p. 78). One might argue, therefore, that there seems to be a disconnect between the English language information we learn about the brutality of the Roman slave trade provided in the background section of Stage 6, and what we can infer about Roman slavery from the Latin language stories involving our two ‘happy’ slaves.

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