Learning to LOLIPOP

2010 ◽  
pp. 176-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Bruen ◽  
Juliette Péchenart ◽  
Veronica Crosbie
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Electronic Version ◽  
First Year ◽  
European Language ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Intercultural Studies

The focus of this chapter is twofold: firstly, on the development of an electronic version of a European Language Portfolio, known as the LOLIPOP ELP,1 and, secondly, on its integration into a study and research skills module for first-year students on the BA in Applied Language and Intercultural Studies at Dublin City University. The chapter begins with an introduction to the concept of a European Language Portfolio (ELP) in the context of current trends in foreign language learning and teaching. It then describes the development and key features of the LOLIPOP ELP. It explains how it was integrated into a first-year, undergraduate research and study skills module focusing on elements of course design and assessment. Finally, the chapter concludes by analysing the output from the participants in this study which indicates that they appreciated the opportunity to engage with the LOLIPOP ELP and found it beneficial to their language learning although issues remain around its design and integration into an academic programme.

scholarly journals An Investigation into the Benefits of the Intercultural Approach to EFL Learning and Teaching: A Case Study of Taif University, KSA

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir H. Abdalla
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Language Education ◽  
First Year ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Preparatory Year ◽  
Study Participants

The purpose of this study is to investigate the potential benefits of using the intercultural approach to teaching English as a foreign language in the preparatory –year programme (male branch), Taif University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The intercultural approach is considered a viable means of foreign language education that seeks to address issues of culture in foreign language learning and teaching and how best to address them. Hence, this study intends to explore the attitudes of first year EFL Taif university students to the potential benefits of the intercultural approach to EFL. A sample of 200 EFL students participated in the study. Participants’ views on the topic of the study are collected via a questionnaire the researcher designed and administered to the participants. In addition, the views of 50 EFL instructors teaching in the preparatory programme were gathered by a questionnaire regarding the topic researched. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the collected data.

scholarly journals Pre-Service Teachers’ Beliefs about Foreign Language Learning: A Study of Three Different Teacher Training Study Programmes in Slovenia

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-116
Author(s):  
Darija Skubic ◽  
Mateja Dagarin Fojkar
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Training Study ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Teachers Beliefs ◽  
Beliefs About Language Learning

It has been determined that beliefs about language learning are significant for the learning and teaching process, and that learners may differ in their beliefs towards learning a new language. Similarly, student-teachers of different subjects may differ in their beliefs about language learning. The main aim of this study was thus to investigate pre-service preschool teachers’, primary school teachers’, and special education teachers’ beliefs about foreign language learning in Slovenia. Three different areas were researched more closely: beliefs about foreign language aptitude, beliefs about the nature of learning and beliefs about foreign language motivations and expectations. The BALLI questionnaire was used to gather data, with responses provided by170 first-year students. The results show that despite attending different teacher training study programmes, students do not differ significantly in their beliefs about language learning; however, in comparison to other studies, the results imply that learners from different cultures see language learning differently.

scholarly journals University Students' Beliefs and Attitudes Regarding Foreign Language Learning in France

2006 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathalie Piquemal ◽  
Robert Renaud
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
University Students ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
First Year ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Personal Attitude ◽  
Language Classes ◽  
Beliefs And Attitudes

This study is based on a survey of 1,305 university students enrolled in English and other foreign-language classes across year levels in four major universities in France. It explores the factors that promote or hinder multilingualism, with special attention to the following questions: What are the beliefs and attitudes of students enrolled in various postsecondary institutions across France toward learning a foreign language? How do these beliefs and attitudes change as students progress from beginning first-year students to upper years? The results suggest that the reasons first-year students typically have for studying a foreign language have more to do with internal factors (e.g., personal attitude) than with external factoars (e.g., social value). Moreover, this trend becomes more pronounced with upper-year students whose motivation to learn a foreign language compared with that of first-year students is influenced less by perceived societal beliefs and more by intrinsic reasons.

scholarly journals The European language portfolio (ELP) in Slovenian primary education: the teachers’ perspective

Linguistica ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-46
Author(s):  
Urška Sešek ◽  
Janez Skela ◽  
Tomi Deutsch
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Learning Material ◽  
European Language ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Positive Effects

The European Language Portfolio (ELP) is a unique, pan-European language learning material, aimed at supporting life-long language learning and the development of learner autonomy and intercultural competences. The article outlines the ELP's origins, structure and functions, and its impact on foreign language learning and teaching in Europe. Of the Slovenian ELP models, the two intended for primary school have been the most widely-implemented. Their implementation was the subject of a three-year study, in the context of a national piloting project involving over 600 learners and 100 teachers, held in 2008 and 2009. Due to the complexity and scope of the study, this article focuses on the perspective of the teachers, as carriers of pedagogical innovation. The results show that the two versions of ELP validated for Slovenian primary schools are judged by the teachers as being quality materials which are well-adapted to the learners. This pilot period yielded a number of positive effects in both teaching and learning, most notably more communicative and learner-centered instruction formats, and an increase in the learners' motivation and self-assessment skills. The main concern was strained lesson planning, due to the fact that the ELP was not integrated into the curriculum. Overall, the study shows that, of the two parallel functions of the ELP, the documenting of language learning and achievement is more readily embraced, while the self-assessment and self-directedness aspects involve a paradigm shift, which would require further sustained and widely-supported implementation. This would enable the full unfolding of the ELP's great potential for the promotion of language and intercultural competences and lifelong learning in Slovenia and in Europe. 

scholarly journals TEACHING STUDENT'S SPEAKING ABILITY USING TIME TOKEN ARENDS

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 454
Author(s):  
Mira Nurjanah ◽  
Ahmad Hambali ◽  
Sri Supiah Cahyati
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
High School ◽  
New York ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Survey Research Methods

Speaking is one of skills that should be mastered by all of students who learn English. However, passive students face some difficulties in speaking. They are less confident, so they difficult to talk in present of the class. Regarding this, the teacher should teach using appropriate strategy to improve students’ speaking ability and to increase their confidence. This research was conducted to find out whether Time Token Arends can improve students’ speaking ability. This research was arranged using Classroom Action Research. The  sample taken by using purposive sampling technique. The writers took 32 students of class X IPS 1 in one of a senior high school in Cianjur as the sample of this research. The result showed that Time Token Arends can improve students’speaking ability, especially in encouraging passive students become active students.Aratry. S, Rumiri, A. & Desri, M. S. (2017). The Effect of Please Strategy on the Ability of the first year Students of SMPN 5 Pekan baru in Paragraph writing. FKIP Universitas Riau.Arends, R. (2009). Learning to teach. United States: McGraw Hill.Arikunto, S. (2013). Prosedur Penelitian. Jakarta: PT. Rineka Cipta.Babie, E. (1990). Survey Research Methods (2nd ed.). California: Wadsworth Publishing company, 2nd ed.Brown, H. D. (2001). Principles of Language Learning and Teaching (5 editions). New York: Pearson Education Inc.Hatch, E. M., & Farhady, H. (1982). Research design and statistics for applied linguitics. Rowley, Mass: Newbury House.

scholarly journals Using BBC Learning English Podcasts to develop university students’ listening skills

e-mentor ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 92 (5) ◽  
pp. 26-35
Author(s):  
Olena Davydenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
University Students ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Listening Comprehension ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
First Year ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Alternative Means ◽  
Learning English

The emergence of podcasts in an English foreign language (EFL) setting is seen as a helpful aid to foreign language learning. Using podcasts might help improve language learning efficiency. This research addresses how podcasts can be an alternative means of improving English listening comprehension for university students. The study was carried out at Nizhyn Gogol State University, Ukraine, using quantitative and qualitative methods of analyzing data. To collect the data, research tools such as a questionnaire, initial and final testing, and observation were used. The procedure was introduced for a group of first-year students and implemented for six weeks. Special BBC Learning English podcast activities were designed and offered to the students. The main stages have been specified in the process of developing students’ listening skills. In the pre-listening stage, students do preparation activities to prepare for the podcast using their background knowledge. The while-listening stage is aimed at listening for gist, listening for details, making inferences, and summarizing. In the post-listening stage, the listeners are taken beyond the podcast content and set tasks which contribute to integrating other language skills. Samples of activities which correspond to these three stages are provided. A balanced approach to choosing top-down or bottom-up processing within the stages improves the process of forming competencies in listening of first-year students. Hence, based on the positive results of this study, BBC Learning English podcasts with meaningful, appropriate, and interesting activities attract the students’ attention, increase their motivation, and improve their listening comprehension.

scholarly journals ОРГАНІЗАЦІЯ САМОСТІЙНОЇ РОБОТИ СТУДЕНТІВ ЗАСОБАМИ MOODLE В ПРОЦЕСІ НАВЧАННЯ ІНОЗЕМНОЇ МОВИ

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 218
Author(s):  
Kateryna V. Rudnitska ◽  
Veronika V. Drozdova
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Practical Work ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
First Year ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Self Study ◽  
Study Monitoring

The authors have analyzed the problem of students’ self-study organization at higher school on the basis of studying pedagogical, psychological and methodical literature, program-methodical documentation of higher educational institutions, experience of practical work. In accordance with the normative increase on students’ self-study load, there was a need to use Moodle system. It has been found out that the organization of students’ self-study by means of Moodle system in the process of foreign language learning has not been properly researched. To solve this problem, a new curriculum and the author’s special course «Professional language of an economist» for foreign language learning have been developed and implemented for the first-year students of economic specialties. The main advantages of the special course for organization of students’ self-study, monitoring and analysis of students’ activity in the process of foreign language learning have been determined. The effectiveness of organization of students’ self-study by means of Moodle system in the process of foreign language learning has been experimentally tested and proved.

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