Seamless Integration Between Online and Face-to-Face

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 19-39
Author(s):  
Shenglan Zhang ◽  
Nadia Jaramillo Cherrez
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Focus Group Interview ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Interaction Theory ◽  
Student Surveys ◽  
Seamless Integration ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Face To Face

This study explores learners' perceptions of and experiences in a flipped-blended Chinese-as-a-Foreign-Language (CFL) course. Based upon dynamic complex system and social interaction theory for language learning as well as on instructional design approaches, this study examines the seamless integration between the online and face-to-face (FTF) components. Twenty-three first-semester CFL learners participated in the study. Data were collected via student surveys and a semi-formal focus group interview. The findings show that students' perceptions are highly positive and that the seamless integration of the two modes is beneficial and conducive to meeting the learning outcomes. The students also pointed out weaknesses of the design, such as the length of the videos, the need for more interesting writing tasks in the FTF meetings, and the lack of immediate help during the video watching process.

Strategies to Transform the Foreign Language Classroom and Increase Learning Outcomes with the Flipped Model

2015 ◽  
pp. 60-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esperanza Granados-Bezi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Language Development ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Language Classroom

The scaffolds of American colleges and universities can no longer protect our institutions from the winds of change that penetrate their walls and appear to be threatening their foundations. They also seem incapable of protecting faculties from persistent criticism due to unsatisfactory performance and reluctance to modify educational approaches to meet society's current demands. This chapter reviews some of the most common concerns pertaining not only to the quality of higher education in general but also to that of foreign language teaching in particular. It analyzes the reasons that there is a general sense of dissatisfaction with the results of traditional practices to language learning and discusses the benefits of implementing the flipped model to enhance the quality of instruction. In addition, it underlines the importance of adopting innovative technologies to increase language development in a world in which instructors are expected to be more productive and students have to reach higher learning outcomes.

scholarly journals FOREIGN LEARNERS’ PERCEPTION, SATISFACTION, AND LEARNING OUTCOME IN LEARNING INDONESIAN LANGUAGE

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-146
Author(s):  
Imam Suyitno ◽  
Kusubakti Andayani ◽  
Peni Dyah Anggari ◽  
Taufiq Kurniawan ◽  
Heni Dwi Arista
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Learning Outcome ◽  
High Learning ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Learning Satisfaction ◽  
Foreign Language Learners ◽  
Communication Needs

Indonesian language learning institute for foreign learners emphasizes on increasing the experiences and skills of foreigners to speak Indonesian in the real context. One of the models used to achieve this is by optimizing the learning process. Therefore, this research studied the learning model and its impact on the perceptions, satisfaction, and outcomes using qualitative and quantitative approaches. The sample study consists of 21 foreign learners and 10 tutors. Data were obtained from the experiential-tutorial learning, scores of perception, satisfaction, and outcomes through interviews, questionnaires, and tutor assessment on the speaking abilities recorded on document sheets. The study found that the experiential-tutorial learning was developed based on the learners’ daily communication needs. The statistical analysis results showed that the average scores of their perception, satisfaction, and learning outcomes were in the high category. Therefore, foreign learners have a good perception and high learning satisfaction in conducting experiential-tutorial learning to increase their outcomes. These findings indicate that experiential-tutorial learning is an effective model for foreign language learners.

scholarly journals What linguistics advice on teaching English as a foreign language learning using blended learning system

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 342-351
Author(s):  
Husna Imro'athush Sholihah ◽  
Ahmad Wahyu Hidayat ◽  
Wawat Srinawati ◽  
Abdul Wahab Syakhrani ◽  
Khasanah Khasanah
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Coding Systems ◽  
Google Books

Although many studies on blended have been done, very few have studied what linguists advise about teaching English as a foreign language using blended learning-based teaching methods and systems. So, we have collected as much data as possible and began to study it with a phenomenological approach. We get the data by searching electronic engines in well-known journals that discuss the issue of Learning English with a blended teaching system. Because this is a data review study, we focus on the field data evidence published between 2010 and 2021. The data sources include Elsevier journal publications, Google Books, Sage, ERIC, and other national publications. After a series of studies involving in-depth evaluation and coding systems, we can finally conclude our findings with valid and reliable principles, which include, among other things, that mixed teaching allows students to learn all English skills, including writing, listening, speaking, and reading. It is divided into face-to-face and online stages, and both practices listening well to each other, and they can balance the two learning models.

scholarly journals Learners’ Beliefs and Communities Around Them: The Social Pressure to Learn Language

SAGE Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 215824401989884
Author(s):  
Munassir Alhamami
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Social Pressure ◽  
Mixed Methods Design ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Social ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Learning Language

This study used a mixed-methods design to investigate the effects of language learners’ subjective norm (SN) beliefs on learning English as a foreign language (EFL). To examine the perceived social pressure to learn EFL, two experiments were conducted in a Saudi university: a face-to-face language learning (FLL) experiment and an online language learning (OLL) experiment. A total of 674 EFL learners participated in the FLL treatment, and 286 EFL learners participated in the OLL treatment. In addition, several interviews were conducted with participants from both groups. The results show that understanding the SN beliefs of particular groups of people can help predict EFL students’ perceived social pressure to engage or not in learning a foreign language in online and face-to-face settings. Comparing the results of both groups shows that EFL learners hold more positive SN beliefs toward learning language in face-to-face settings than in online settings due to the participants’ SN beliefs. This finding highlights the importance of understanding the social pressure confronting language learners.

Learning English Idioms With a Web-Based Educational Game

2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 848-865 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Müller ◽  
Jeong-Bae Son ◽  
Kazunori Nozawa ◽  
Reza Dashtestani
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Educational Games ◽  
Educational Game ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Attitudinal Factors ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Web Based Education ◽  
Learning English

This article explores the usefulness of a web-based education game for learning English idioms and examines attitudinal factors contributing to the learning of the idioms with the game. The two studies reported in this article involved two groups of English as a foreign language students in two different contexts. The students were surveyed on their opinions of language learning and games and tested on their idiom knowledge before and after using the web-based educational game over a similar period of gameplay time. The studies found that both groups had significant gains in idiom knowledge, with some variation. It was also found that idiom knowledge improvement was largely mediated by willingness to learn English. In addition, other factors such as satisfaction and self-perception of improvement were noted. It is suggested that, in game-based language learning, attitudinal and motivational factors such as satisfaction with games and willingness to learn with games need to be carefully considered as they can generate positive learning outcomes. Further studies on the use of online educational games for language learning are recommended to be conducted in and out of the classroom in line with the evaluation of the games.

scholarly journals The Teacher’s Role in Telecollaborative Language Learning: The Case of Institutional Integrated Teletandem

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 555-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzi M. S. Cavalari ◽  
Solange Aranha
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Language Teacher Education ◽  
Present Evidence ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Teacher’S Role ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Teacher's Role

ABSTRACT Teletandeem is a model of telecollaboration in which pairs of speakers of different languages meet virtually and regularly in order to learn each other’s language. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the pedagogical implications of integrating teletandem into the foreign language syllabus, focusing on the professor’s dual role: teaching English in regular face-to-face lessons and mediating virtual autonomous and collaborative learning in teletandem. Learning diaries, produced by EFL students from a Language Teacher Education course, were collected during eight weeks of an institutional integrated teletandem project between a Brazilian and a British university. Our analysis focused on the teacher’s role in mediating foreign language learning both in the classroom and through the learning diaries. We present evidence on what the professor does so that teletandem practice can contribute to language learning in the classroom and, by the same token, how EFL lessons can aid in autonomous telecollaborative learning.

scholarly journals What languages do undergraduates study, and why?

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 722
Author(s):  
Mary Hudgens Henderson ◽  
Miho Nagai ◽  
Weidong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Language Attitudes ◽  
World Language ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Language Programs ◽  
American University ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Quality Instruction ◽  
World Languages

Language attitudes and motivations are among the most important factors in language acquisition that condition the language learning outcomes. College students enrolled in first-semester and second-semester courses of Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish at a Midwest American university completed a survey eliciting instrumental motivations, integrative motivations, and language attitudes. The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions the learners of that language(s) held and how their language attitudes and motivations correlate with specific world languages. There was strong interest in using Chinese and Spanish for careers, while participants in Japanese were more interested in using the language for personal enjoyment. American-raised participants take Spanish and Asian-raised students take Chinese and Japanese for much the same reasons, in that they perceive the languages to be easy. Implications for world language programs recruitment are discussed, along with what world language educators can do to take advantage of these pre-existing attitudes and motivations to deliver high quality instruction beyond simply grammar.

scholarly journals Increasing Arabic Vocabulary Mastery Through Gamification; is Kahoot! Effective?

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-35
Author(s):  
Agus Riwanda ◽  
Muhammad Ridha ◽  
M Irfan Islamy
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Reading Aloud ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Game Based Learning ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Minimum Criteria

Vocabulary (mufradat) mastery is decisive in the success of foreign language learning. Mastering many vocabularies can improve students’ listening, speaking, reading, and writing skill. Various strategies have been applied to improve vocabulary mastery, but the results are not satisfactory. They were only able to achieve an average score of 42, far below the minimum criteria of mastery leaning, which is 75. It was because the students are less motivated to master it. Quantitative research with experimental design was carried out to test Kahoot! media, one of the game-based learning methods to improve students’ vocabulary learning outcomes in class X MAN 4 HST. The results showed that students' learning outcomes in the experimental class which used Kahoot! Gamification method is significantly higher than the control class, which used reading aloud and guessing the meaning method. The average learning outcomes in the experimental class were 28,269 points higher than that of the control class. The average value of the control class N-Gain is 25.95, which is categorized as ineffective. While the average N-Gain value of the experimental class is 74.31, categorized as quite effective category. The results indicated that Kahoot! implementation can increase the average score of students in learning mufradat to 85.

scholarly journals Constructivism and contextual based learning in improving indonesian language learning outcomes in elementary school using online learning techniques in the middle of the covid 19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 304
Author(s):  
Edy Sulistiyono ◽  
Missriani Missriani ◽  
Yessi Fitriani
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Learning Spaces ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
On Line ◽  
On Line Learning

This study aims to determine the success of implementing constructivism-based and contextual learning systems in Indonesian language learning, in particular, the five-grade first semester at SD Negeri 44 OKU with on-line learning techniques in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. This study uses qualitative research methods. The data collection techniques used were participant observation, structured interviews, and documentation. The results showed several recommendations for distance learning designs by viewing teaching as a process of interaction between learning actors. Interactions that are mediated by this technology need to be carefully designed and implemented based on the needs of students. Apart from what has been shared here, the spaces for innovation are still very wide open in the design and implementation of distance learning, with learning spaces to continuously improve teaching. The vast space for innovation and learning is what frees educators to continue to observe, ask, try, find, and reflect on what forms of distance learning are most appropriate to the context of their students.

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