scholarly journals Get ‘em While They’re Young: Complex Digitally-Mediated Tasks for EFL Learners in Primary Schools

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-176
Author(s):  
Celestine Caruso ◽  
Judith Hofmann ◽  
Andreas Rohde
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
School Level ◽  
Teaching Techniques ◽  
Complex Tasks ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Primary Level ◽  
Primary School Level

We suggest that complex tasks can be introduced to learners as early as primary school level with the help of digital media in the form of different apps. As a theoretical basis, we will first outline the principles of teaching English in (German) primary schools. Secondly, we will look at the framework of Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) according to Nunan (2004) and explore how digitally-mediated tasks can be connected to this framework. Then, we will look at complex tasks as outlined by Hallet (2011) and present an example of a complex digital task for young English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners that we developed and tested in a German primary school classroom. It is suggested that TBLT at the primary level is a motivating alternative to playful teaching techniques traditionally championed at the primary level. Moreover, it may be a way of bridging the problematic gap between the primary and secondary levels as tasks can prepare young learners for the challenges they will face at the secondary level.

scholarly journals A Systematic Review of Role and Responsibilities of Head Teachers at Primary Level in District Shaheed Benazirabad

2019 ◽  
Vol IV (I) ◽  
pp. 384-388
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ali Shaikh ◽  
Mahboob Ali Deraj ◽  
Zahid Hussain Sahito
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Research Study ◽  
School Level ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Head Teachers ◽  
Primary Level ◽  
Primary School Level

The purpose of this research study was to review the expected role and responsibilities to be played by headteachers and done in reality at the primary school level in District Shaheed Benazirabad. It has been observed that headteachers in public schools at the primary level are not performing as per the need of the time. For the purpose, a tailor-made questionnaire was distributed among randomly selected headteachers. The quantitative research approach was used to solve the query. The results indicate the lenient approach of headteachers towards their duties.

Exploring Students' Motivations in Using Blogs at the Primary School Level

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-44
Author(s):  
Gina May Yuen Ong ◽  
Wing Sum Cheung
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Context ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
School Level ◽  
Primary Level ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Instructional Activities ◽  
Primary School Level

Blogs have been widely used in education for the numerous benefits the tool offers. Previous research has examined the use of blogs in various educational settings, but very few studies have been carried out at the primary level. This study explored students' motivations to use blogs in a primary school context. A case study approach was adopted and data were collected through online reflections, supported by and triangulated with data from face-to-face interviews. Findings revealed several reasons that motivated students to blog, and students' motivations to blog seemed to suggest that the students were subconsciously meeting one or more psychological needs, namely belonging, competence, freedom, and fun, and the need for competence was the most prevalent amongst students in this study. This study also provides teachers in the school to gain some insights into what motivated their students to use blogs when they design instructional activities in the future.

scholarly journals Musical Activity in The Music Learning Process Through Children Songs in Primary School Level

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-51
Author(s):  
Syahrul Syah Sinaga ◽  
Susanto Susanto ◽  
Victor Ganap ◽  
Tjetjep Rehendi Rohidi
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Music Teachers ◽  
Field Research ◽  
School Level ◽  
Music Learning ◽  
Musical Activity ◽  
Collection Data ◽  
Primary School Level ◽  
Musical Activities

This study aims to analyze and describe the musical activity in the process of learning music through children songs in primary school. A qualitative approach in this research is made by focusing on the field research method. Data were collected by observation techniques, interviews, and documentation studies. Data analysis was done by following certain stages respectively, i.e. data collection, data reduction, data display, conclusion drawing, and verification. The results showed that musical activities implemented in three primary schools consist of (1) listening to music; (2) singing; (3) playing musical instruments; (4) moving to follow the music; and (5) reading music. However, forms, types, and variations of the musical activities taking place in these schools are different, depending on the schools’ policy, schools’ abilities, and music teachers’ abilities in teaching the music subject.

scholarly journals Application Database School Health Program in Primary School Level of Surabaya City

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 366
Author(s):  
Armyade Armyade ◽  
Chatarina Umbul Wahyuni ◽  
Rachmat Hargono
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Health ◽  
Health Program ◽  
Reporting System ◽  
School Level ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Primary Level ◽  
School Health Program ◽  
Primary School Level

The school health program (UKS) is a unit of the existing health activities of the primary school level. Currently the UKS programme has not been able to contribute optimally in an increasing the health of school-age children. This condition is caused due to the UKS programme planning have not been based on data and information related to health problems of school-age children. Constraints which cause yet the existence of the data and information of health problems that school age children recording and reporting system “paper based” incomplete data, and delivery information is not yet in the form of graphs or tables. The purpose of this research to develop a database application UKS primary school level. The scope of this research included implementation of the UKS Trias and recording system and reporting on team Implementing the UKS primary level. This type of research was Action Research. The subject of this research team on implementing the UKS primary level I/240 Sutorejo Surabaya. System analysis of the recording and reporting of the UKS SDN 1/240 Sutorejo found the problem that is the data source that is available only the fields of health care, so that analysis can not be based on Trias UKS. This research resulted in a prototype database of UKS developed based on the results of the analysis recording and reporting system progress on implementing team UKS SDN 1/240 Sutorejo. The prototype database UKS produces health education information, health services, and health coaching school environment that can be used for program planning UKS in managing teams and Puskesmas.. The use of the UKS data base is necessary among other supporting facilities maintenance management system that aims to let the uks programme sustainabilityas well as the monitoring and evaluation activities data base system.Keywords: database, school health program, recording and reporting system.

scholarly journals Application Database School Health Program in Primary School Level of Surabaya City

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 366
Author(s):  
Armyade Armyade ◽  
Chatarina Umbul Wahyuni ◽  
Rachmat Hargono
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Health ◽  
Health Program ◽  
Reporting System ◽  
School Level ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Primary Level ◽  
School Health Program ◽  
Primary School Level

ABSTRACTThe school health program (UKS) is a unit of the existing health activities of the primary school level. Currently the UKS programme has not been able to contribute optimally in an increasing the health of school-age children. This condition is caused due to the UKS programme planning have not been based on data and information related to health problems of school-age children. Constraints which cause yet the existence of the data and information of health problems that school age children recording and reporting system “paper based” incomplete data, and delivery information is not yet in the form of graphs or tables. The purpose of this research to develop a database application UKS primary school level. The scope of this research included implementation of the UKS Trias and recording system and reporting on team Implementing the UKS primary level. This type of research was Action Research. The subject of this research team on implementing the UKS primary level I/240 Sutorejo Surabaya. System analysis of the recording and reporting of the UKS SDN 1/240 Sutorejo found the problem that is the data source that is available only the fields of health care, so that analysis can not be based on Trias UKS. This research resulted in a prototype database of UKS developed based on the results of the analysis recording and reporting system progress on implementing team UKS SDN 1/240 Sutorejo. The prototype database UKS produces health education information, health services, and health coaching school environment that can be used for program planning UKS in managing teams and Puskesmas.. The use of the UKS data base is necessary among other supporting facilities maintenance management system that aims to let the uks programme sustainabilityas well as the monitoring and evaluation activities data base system.Keywords: database, school health program, recording and reporting system.

scholarly journals Teaching English at Primary School

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-140
Author(s):  
Diah Ikawati Ayuningtias
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Policy Maker ◽  
Social Life ◽  
School Level ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Primary School Level

There is a fear that teaching foreign language to primary school students may distract the growth of nationalism feeling of the students. It is due to the fact that children within 6 to 12 years old are vulnerable. They are easy to be influenced or shaped by other cultures. Within this age, they are still in the process of developing themselves, in the aspect of personality and social life. However, research conducted on this matter does not prove that teaching foreign language to primary school students can obstruct the growth of students’ nationality feeling. The aim of this article is to present literature review related to the questions whether teaching English as a foreign language may distract students’ growth of nationality feeling. Then it goes further on the explanation on the requirements that policy maker must prepare when deciding to include English lesson as one of the subjects taught at primary school level.

scholarly journals Some peculiarities of Italian language instruction at primary school age

2010 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 150-164
Author(s):  
Danijela Djorovic ◽  
Natasa Lalic-Vucetic
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Approaches To Learning ◽  
School Level ◽  
Linguistic Knowledge ◽  
School Students ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Italian Language

Instruction of Italian language at primary school level has not been studied more comprehensively in our expert and scientific literature so far, since Italian has been studied as a compulsory foreign language in Serbian schools since the school year 2001/2002. This paper discusses some peculiarities of learning and teaching a foreign language, with emphasis on the socio-cultural aspect and functional usage of the language as the primary task of instruction. The paper presents the results of one part of a larger empirical research that studies the attitude of primary school students towards learning Italian as a foreign language. The goal of the research refers to identifying the competences that students acquire by learning this language and the possibility of applying the linguistic knowledge and skills in real-life situations of students' interaction with the members of other culture, as well as identifying learning difficulties. The sample comprised 185 fifth grade students and 110 seventh grade students from three primary schools where the Italian language has been studied the longest. Research findings indicate that there is an initial positive attitude towards learning Italian and the sensitivity for extralinguistic and cultural elements of instruction of foreign language. Students pointed out to the need for a more active participation in instruction and selection of teaching contents, for more modern approaches to learning, and for a larger degree of applicability of linguistic knowledge and skills in real-life situations.

Pedagogical challenges of foreign language teaching in mixed-age primary school classrooms

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomáš Kos
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
School Level ◽  
Language Classrooms ◽  
Foreign Language Classrooms ◽  
The Right ◽  
Mixed Age

Abstract An increasing number of primary schools, mainly in western European countries, have established mixed-age (M-A) classrooms due to the belief of the teaching community in the pedagogical and social benefits of this approach. In the area of foreign language teaching, the M-A approach has gained popularity, particularly at the primary school level. However, despite the increase in the number of M-A foreign language classrooms, the benefits of this approach remain unclear. This lack of clarity might be caused by the lack of research on M-A teaching practices in foreign language classrooms. In this article, I first describe what M-A classrooms are and address relevant research findings on M-A teaching. At the heart of the article, I address in detail some important pedagogical challenges of M-A teaching. Specifically, I consider in what ways and to what extent differentiated instruction is possible in these classrooms. Later, I discuss the issue of the “right” approach to M-A teaching and provide some pedagogical suggestions.

scholarly journals The Effect of Early Child Introduction to Pre-Vocational Subjects at the Primary School Level to Enhance Technological Growth in Developing Nations

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 45-58
Author(s):  
Ohwojero Chamberlain
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Education ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
School Level ◽  
Western World ◽  
Technological Growth ◽  
Primary School Level

Technology is the power of development in many nations economy in this 21st century. Many developed nations in the western world have viable economy and strong technological background because of good educational foundation that was enhanced from the elementary stage of a child. Elementary education equips a child with good future background that will help to groom and prepare a child for future technological development and challenges. Nigeria as one of the developing countries in the world was used as a case study because of its poor educational background, which is the reason of this research on how to impart technological skills into children at the primary school level to enhance technological growth. To carry out this study three research questions were raised to guide the study with three hypotheses. All the primary schools in Nigeria were used as the population of the study. Questionnaire was the major instrument used for data collection. Data were analysed using mean and t-test analysis. Findings and recommendations were made to enhance the implementation of pre- vocational subjects in the developing Nations.

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