Sociocultural Factors Influencing Online Instruction

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Christine M. Reyes ◽  
Cecilia Hernandez ◽  
H. Prentice Baptiste
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Ability ◽  
Generational Status ◽  
Sociocultural Factors ◽  
Racial Groups ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
English Language Ability

Home computer ownership and Internet access have become essential to education, job security and economic opportunity. The digital divide remains greatest for ethnic/racial groups placing them at a disadvantage. The purpose of the study was to gain understanding and insight into the sociocultural factors influencing the digital divide as related to Latinos as a group, specifically a group of non-traditional Latina pre-service teachers from the midwest in a required online instructional media and technology course. The following sociocultural factors (1) generational status, (2) English language ability, (3) educational attainment, (4) socioeconomic status and (5) gender identity are defined and identified in relationship to the success of these participants. Of the five sociocultural factors explored in this study, only English language ability did not appear to have any direct influence on the success of these particular students. These sociocultural factors also influenced one another, particularly as generational status influences English language ability, educational attainment, gender roles, and ultimately socioeconomic status.

Enhancing the English Language Ability of Postgraduate Research Students

2020 ◽  
pp. 84-96
Author(s):  
Johnson Ocan
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Ability ◽  
Resource Setting ◽  
Low Resource Setting ◽  
Postgraduate Level ◽  
English Language Ability ◽  
Good Writing ◽  
Research Students

The chapter discusses opinions about grammar as a prescriptive diction in academic writing. It also argues that the problem of personal pronouns can be used to analyze the language used by post-graduate students in low-resource setting and others whether in speech or writing, in non-literally discourse or literature. The chapter analyzes four maxims of good writing: Make your language easy to follow; be clear; be economical; and be effective. To successfully create knowledge, especially at postgraduate level, authors must communicate concisely to present their sense.

scholarly journals Mapping the TOEFL iBT ® Test Scores to China's Standards of English Language Ability: Implications for Score Interpretation and Use

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-49
Author(s):  
Spiros Papageorgiou ◽  
Sha Wu ◽  
Ching‐Ni Hsieh ◽  
Richard J. Tannenbaum ◽  
Mengmeng Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Test Scores ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Ability ◽  
Score Interpretation ◽  
English Language Ability ◽  
Toefl Ibt

scholarly journals CAMPUR KODE BAHASA INGGRIS DALAM TUTURAN BERBAHASA INDONESIA PADA PROGRAM PW BANGET RADIO ELRIA BUANA JAMBI

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Ade Rahima ◽  
Repha Krisdianti
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Ability ◽  
Dominant Factor ◽  
Code Mixing ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
English Language Ability ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive

This research is aimed at describing two things, 1) the forms of English code-mixing in the Indonesian utterance on the program PW Banget by Radio announcer Elria Buana Jambi, 2) the factors of code-mixing of English into Indonesian language by Radio announcer Elria Buana Jambi. This research is qualitative descriptive with content analysis technique. The data of this research was acquired from the broadcast record of Radio Elria Buana Jambi and interview with announcer of Radio Elria Buana Jambi. The result of this research are. 1) the forms of code-mixing in the form of word, phrase, and clause are as follows: there are 38 quotations in the form of word pieces; there are 15 quotations in the form phrase pieces;  there are 2 quotations in the form of clause pieces; and the most dominant of code-mixing code occured is word pieces. 2) The dominant factor which causes the code-mixing by announcer of Radio Elria Buana Jambi is  the identification of role which covers social and registral which is derived from three causes: a) the choice of language is adjusted with the condition of broadcasting program;  b) the lack of English language ability of the announcer; c)  the use of uncommon English language by the youth (unconventional).

scholarly journals Language Testing in China: Past and Future

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Xuelian Li
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Performance Test ◽  
Classroom Assessment ◽  
Language Testing ◽  
Language Ability ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Mainland Chinese ◽  
English Language Ability ◽  
Future Research Directions

Based on the articles written by mainland Chinese scholars published in the most influential Chinese and international journals, the present article analyzed the language testing research, compared the tendencies of seven categories between 2000-2009 and 2010-2019, and put forward future research directions by referring to international hot topics. Of all the seven categories of research topics, validity, performance test and China’s Standards of English Language Ability were three most popular themes, while classroom assessment, technology, rater/test taker differences and professionalization were much less popular. Except for research on performance test and technology, the other five aspects showed an increase in the second decade, with that of China’s Standards of English Language Ability rising the most dramatically. Referring to international research trends, the research predicted that validity, classroom assessment, China’s Standards of English Language Ability and professionalization, especially the ethics and social justice, might be the promising research topics for language testers.

scholarly journals A Study on the Improvement of College Students’ English Cultural Accomplishment under the Concept of General Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 1215
Author(s):  
Xunfeng Yin
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
General Education ◽  
English Language ◽  
Western Culture ◽  
Language Ability ◽  
Cultural Literacy ◽  
College English ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
English Language Ability ◽  
Education Theory

Besides imparting knowledge, college English course is also a language carrier for students to understand western culture and a way to improve their comprehensive cultural literacy. Therefore, under the guidance of General Education theory, this paper attempts to integrate the appreciation of English literary translations into College English teaching, so that non-English majors can improve their English language ability, at the same time, they can improve their critical appreciation ability and cultural accomplishment.

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