scholarly journals Making Omelette without Breaking Eggs: Improving the Reading Comprehension Skills of English as a Second Language Teachers in Nigeria Secondary Schools

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 165
Author(s):  
COO Kolawole ◽  
EO Jire-Alao
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Second Language Teachers ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills

scholarly journals Reading Strategies, Reading Comprehension, and Translation

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-67
Author(s):  
Gabriella Kovács
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Reading Strategies ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Border Crossings ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Intercultural Mediators ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills

AbstractTranslators and language teachers are cultural and intercultural mediators, facilitators of intercultural transfers and border crossings between cultures. The abilities to understand, interpret, and produce written texts appropriately play an essential role in these professions. In the process of translation, source-language texts have to be understood and translated using the most appropriate target-language equivalents. Reading skills and awareness of reading strategies are equally essential for language teachers, who are expected to guide language learners in developing these skills. In this study, we intend to examine the reading habits and reading strategies used by a group of Hungarian translator and teacher trainees when dealing with texts written in English. Their reading comprehension performance will be assessed with a test and compared with their ability to translate English texts into Hungarian. Based on the literature and our personal experience in language teaching, teacher training, and translator training, we assume that students preparing for the above mentioned professions have a well-developed reading strategy awareness and that their reading comprehension skills in English strongly influence the ability to translate texts into their native language.

scholarly journals Perceived View of Teachers Towards Pentaksiran Tingkatan Tiga (PT3) (Form Three Assessment) English Language: A Case Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Fatima Sabbir
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
English As Second Language ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Second Language Teachers ◽  
The Common

The Standard-Based Curriculum for Secondary Schools (KSSM) was introduced in secondary schools in 2017. Parallel to the changes in the curriculum, Malaysian ESL (English as a Second Language) was revised to align with the Common European Framework of References (CEFR). Similarly, there is a change in the assessment of form three students. Therefore, this study aims to identify the perceived view of teachers towards ‘Pentaksiran Tingkatan Tiga’ (PT3) (Form Three Assessment) English Language. A qualitative research method using snowball sampling was employed in obtaining the data. This study is designed based on a case study approach. Five TESL (Teaching English as Second Language) teachers were interviewed by using open-ended questions to ascertain their perceived view on the PT3 English language. The findings show that the teachers were generally positive on the CEFR-aligned PT3 English language. However, the teachers indicated that the teaching of CEFR-aligned English language in an ESL classroom must be tailored by the teachers according to the proficiency levels of the students. This study also illustrated that teachers faced challenges of facilities and relevant materials in assessing the students. Further research should employ a larger sample size to obtain a broader perspective on the perceived view of teachers towards PT3 English Language.   KEYWORDS: Form Three Assessment (PT3), Pentaksiran Tingkatan Tiga (PT3), Perception of teachers.

scholarly journals Scaffolding Reading Comprehension Skills

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashraf Atta Mohamed Safein Salem
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
English Language Teachers ◽  
Scaffolding Strategies ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills

The current study investigates whether English language teachers use scaffolding strategies for developing their students’ reading comprehension skills or just for assessing their comprehension. It also tries to demonstrate whether teachers are aware of these strategies or they use them as a matter of habit. A questionnaire as well as structured interviews were basically designed for the purpose of the study. The descriptive qualitative research design was adopted due to suitability for the nature of the study. Results of the study revealed that Non-native English language teachers are not aware of the nature of scaffolding strategies they use; they use such strategies for the purpose of assessing their students’ comprehension rather than scaffolding their comprehension. It is recommended that English language teachers have an adequate orientation of the nature of scaffolding strategies, to what extent to be used (when to begin using these strategies and when to stop using them) and the significance in developing comprehension skills of students in the mainstream schools.

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Self-Efficacy on Teaching Reading Comprehension Skills among Secondary Schools Teachers in Telangana State, India

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 197
Author(s):  
Farhath Unissa Begum ◽  
Mohd Hilmi Bin Hamzah
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Comprehension Skill ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Telangana State ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills

Over the years, the quality and effectiveness of teaching have been the priority of the Indian government in improving the education sector, particularly the teaching reading comprehension skill among teachers.  This paper investigates the relationship between self-efficacy on teaching reading comprehension skills among secondary school teachers in Telangana State, India.  The study is a quantitative research of the survey type.  The total of 2019 teachers of government owned secondary schools constituted the population, simple random sampling technique was used to select 192 teaching English language across all secondary schools in the state.  Two sets of questionnaire title Teacher self-efficacy Scale (TSES) and Teaching Reading Comprehension Skills which was adapted from Progress International Literacy Study (PIRLS) were used to seek information from English teachers.  Pearson product moment correlation statistics was used to analysis the data and the results of the findings revealed that there is a statistically significant relationship between self-efficacy and teaching reading comprehension skill among secondary school teachers in Telangana State India.  Therefore, this study recommends that the school management should implement a policy that will increase teacher efficacy to improve students reading comprehension and to design more effective reading course and activities in the classroom.

scholarly journals The Cruciality of Using Literature to Enhance Reading Comprehension Skills

IJOHMN ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 44-59
Author(s):  
Dr. Khaled Hassan Ali Eltayb
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
English Language ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Teaching Literature ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Language Courses ◽  
English Language Teachers ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills

This paper attempted to shade the light upon “The cruciality of teaching Literature to enhance reading comprehension skills”, is conducted to find out the role and importance of teaching literature in developing comprehension skills in tertiary level. The researcher adopted descriptive analysis method, the population of this study of (30) English language teachers from different Sudanese universities. Date was gathered by questionnaire. The researcher used a statistical package for social studies (SPSS package). The study comes up with followings: Teaching literature in language courses helps students to develop Reading Comprehension skills, teaching literature in reading lessons helps students to develop skimming and scanning techniques, literature presents valuable material to teach reading comprehension lesson, literature is a good way to practice acquiring quick information from the texts, and teaching literature develops students’ interpretative abilities. 

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of a Training Program of Improving Arabic Language Teaching Practices on Developing Reading Comprehension Skills of Grade-Ten Students in Oman "This article is extracted from an unpublished PhD dissertation by the first author"

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-199
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills

The purpose of the study was to explore the effectiveness of a training program of enhancing Arabic language teaching practices on developing grade-ten students’ reading comprehension skills in Oman. The study sample consisted of 40 teachers and 400 male and female students. A training program, an observation form and a reading comprehension test were developed. The results showed there are statistically significant differences between the average scores of the experimental and the control groups after applying the teaching practices for developing reading comprehension skills (the literal, the inferential, the critical, the aesthetic and the creative). This also applied to the total score, with the experimental group outperforming the control group. There is no statistically significant effect of the interaction between the study group type and gender in developing these skills among Arabic language teachers. The study results indicated that there are differences in developing reading comprehension skills between male and female grade-ten students in both study groups, in favor of females. The researcher recommends organizing training courses for Arabic language teachers to improve reading comprehension skills when analyzing a passage and to benefit from the designed observation form. Keywords: training, teaching practices, reading comprehension * This article is extracted from an unpublished PhD dissertation by the first author, Maryam Hasan Al Balushi, titled " The effectiveness of a training program based on the constructivism theory in developing the practices of Arabic teachers in develping the reading comprehension skills of grade ten student in the Sultanate of Oman and teachers attitudes towards constructive teaching. Sultan Qaboos university, Sultanate of Oman.

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