Use of Storylines to develop reading and writing skills in the modern foreign language VERNA BRANDFORD

2006 ◽  
pp. 79-87
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Reading And Writing

scholarly journals An Attempt at Promoting Undergraduate Sudanese EFL Students’ Performance in Academic Writing Skills

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ammar Mohammed Ahmed Mudawy
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Extensive Reading ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Holy Quran ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
University Level

The study aims at suggesting effective methods and techniques that could improve English as a foreign language EFL students’ performance in writing skills. The researcher uses the descriptive, analytical method. Four tools were adopted pretest, post-test, supporting program, and a questionnaire for teachers for collecting data. Twenty-five students in Holy Quran University, Sudan, were chosen purposively, and thirty EFL teachers at a university level were randomly selected as a sample for the study. Ninty percent of the teachers agree on the suggested program and techniques. The findings of the study indicate that: using varied techniques and activities in pre-writing stage promotes students’ performances in writing, integration of reading and writing skills in the classroom improves students’ writing skills, as well as encouraging extensive reading outside the classroom promotes students’ performance in writing skills. Accordingly, the researcher recommends that: teachers should focus on the prewriting stage through different activities as well as reading and writing should be used in an integrated way in-class writing to guide the writing process.

Collaborative Learning and Concept Mapping for Language Teaching

2012 ◽  
pp. 160-181
Author(s):  
Rita de Cássia Veiga Marriott
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Concept Mapping ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Authentic Material ◽  
Reading And Writing

This chapter outlines how collaborative learning and concept mapping have been incorporated and implemented within a blended foreign language course. Focusing on these two approaches, it introduces the reader to LAPLI – The Language Learning Lab: a methodology of integrative CALL using the Internet. The aim in LAPLI’s 12 activities is to challenge high-intermediate and advanced language students to go beyond their limitations and be more active and responsible for their own learning. Students, based on authentic material selected by themselves, work individually and collaboratively throughout its activities. They are stimulated to develop fluency and accuracy in the foreign language, focusing on the development of their reading and writing skills, but also promoting their oral and social skills. Some feedback from the students is presented. The chapter concludes with a few considerations on the challenges of life-long education.

Collaborative Learning and Concept Mapping for Language Teaching

2010 ◽  
pp. 13-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita de Cássia Veiga Marriott
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Concept Mapping ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Authentic Material ◽  
Reading And Writing

This chapter outlines how collaborative learning and concept mapping have been incorporated and implemented within a blended foreign language course. Focusing on these two approaches, it introduces the reader to LAPLI – The Language Learning Lab: a methodology of integrative CALL using the Internet. The aim in LAPLI’s 12 activities is to challenge high-intermediate and advanced language students to go beyond their limitations and be more active and responsible for their own learning. Students, based on authentic material selected by themselves, work individually and collaboratively throughout its activities. They are stimulated to develop fluency and accuracy in the foreign language, focusing on the development of their reading and writing skills, but also promoting their oral and social skills. Some feedback from the students is presented. The chapter concludes with a few considerations on the challenges of life-long education.

scholarly journals Practitioners’ Perspectives on the Application of Integration Theory in the Saudi EFL Context

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Mansoor S. Almalki ◽  
Abdul Fattah Soomro
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Lesson Plan ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Teaching Writing ◽  
Integration Theory ◽  
Traditional Model ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Written Responses ◽  
Efl Context ◽  
Efl Teachers

There is a close connection between reading and writing. Several studies suggest integrating reading in the instruction of teaching writing skills to English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learner.  This study seeks to determine the extent Saudi EFL teachers support, apply and understand the theory of integration between reading and writing. To achieve the research objectives, the researcher compiled two lesson plans; one based on the integration theory and the other, based on a traditional model to see which lesson plan teacher-participants chose to teach writing. The data was then collected through questionnaire containing both closed and open-ended questions to determine the implications of the results in relation to the objectives of the research. The major findings of this research project were that, for the ten EFL teachers surveyed, most of the teachers indicated that they usually taught writing as a separate skill apart from reading, and the written responses from the open-ended questions that was analyzed indicated that the teachers taught writing in the traditional way. The results from the ten participants’ responses also suggested that almost none of the participants were familiar with the concept of integrating reading and writing for the purposes of teaching writing. However, most of the respondents did comment that they agree with the idea of integrating reading in the instruction of teaching the writing skills and given a choice of a lesson plan, most of the teachers choose the integrated lesson plan.

scholarly journals Teaching Reading and Writing Skills to Young Learners in English as a Foreign Language Using Blogs: A Case Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Stella Spanou ◽  
Makrina-Nina Zafiri
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Private Language ◽  
Web Tool ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Young Learners ◽  
Experimental Group

Abstract This study focused on the development of reading and writing skills to a group of B1 level learners of English in a private language institute in Athens, Greece with the aid of blogs (a web tool), since Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) enhances foreign language learning. To this end, two groups of young learners were formed; the control group which was taught through the traditional coursebook and the experimental group which was taught through a differentiated approach to language teaching. The differentiated approach which was applied involved eight teaching sessions in a private language institute. Pre-tests and post-tests were administered to both groups in order to evaluate the use of CALL in the improvement of literacy skills. Pre- and post- semi-structured interviews were also conducted with the students of the experimental group to evaluate their attitudes and feelings before and after the instruction. The aim of using blogs, as a web tool, was to enhance collaborative learning and social interaction. This research attempted to prove that blogs create a social interaction between students, and between the students and the teacher. For the purposes of this research, students were involved in process writing by making drafts and writing their posts and in active reading when they read other posts and texts from other web sites.

scholarly journals Teaching a Second or Foreign Language Based on Literacy Notions

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Rama Dwika Herdiawan
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
The Other ◽  
Literary Interpretation ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Innovative Strategy ◽  
Reading And Writing

Nowadays, litearcy has become the most prominent issue which must be paid attention in terms of second or foreign language teaching. In addition, this can be a prospective paradigm for the purpose of building the innovative teaching and learning process as well as enhancing the studetns’ schemata in relation to reading and writing particularly. Therefore, this study is aimed to describe as well as prove whether the notions of literacy is appropriate or not for teaching second or foreign language, on the other hand, it also presents a number of relevant theories and also previous studies which reflect notions of literacy its self. However, there are still handicaps as well as constraints towards the implementation of literacy in terms of non native language teaching, the finding in various studies show the evidences which are related to the function of literacy as supplementary sucject or course in certain schools or colleges. Regarding the study, literacy is considered to be the affective as well as innovative strategy that can function to assist the students in acquiring the second or foreign language. Thus, notions of literacy not only conveys the traditional limits of reading and writing skills but also beyond the skills of text-centric literary interpretation.

scholarly journals Using storytelling with adult EFL learners: an enriching classroom experience

2016 ◽  
pp. 254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana Vecino
Keyword(s):  
Adult Learners ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
Classroom Experience ◽  
Pedagogical Innovation ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Efl Classrooms ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

Storytelling has obvious benefits in the development of speaking and listening skills, vocabulary andmemory abilities. It also nurtures reading and writing skills and offers learners opportunities to increase theirconfidence. Given the great value in employing storytelling as a support when learning a foreign language,I decided to use this technique with one of my adult EFL classrooms and observe the benefits and possibleconstraints. This paper presents the theoretical foundations that underlie my pedagogical innovation as wellas the results obtained from its implementation. In addition, valuable reflections invite teachers to integratestorytelling into their English lessons and explore their use with adult learners.

Perceptions of Developing Reading and Writing Skills in Swedish in an Online Context

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 231-248
Author(s):  
Roxana-Ema Dreve ◽  
Raluca Pop
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Academic Context ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
The North ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Additional Support

"Perceptions of Developing Reading and Writing Skills in Swedish in an Online Context. This paper intends to focus on BA students’ reading and writing skills in Swedish as a foreign language in a Scandinavian context. In addition, the study aims to discuss the difficulties students have encountered when studying Swedish as a foreign language in an online academic context amid Covid-19 pandemic. A survey research comprising closed-ended and open-ended questions was conducted by using a questionnaire as the main instrument for collecting data. The respondents were BA students in Norwegian language and literature, enrolled at the Faculty of Letters at Babeș-Bolyai University, who had already studied Norwegian for four semesters in the frame of this programme and who took the one semester optional course in Swedish. The language distance between Norwegian and Swedish is relatively small because both languages are part of the North-Germanic branch. We considered it relevant to explore the manner in which students tackle these similarities, differences and the cross-linguistic transfer between the two languages and whether their reading and writing practices in Norwegian have influenced in any way the acquisition of Swedish. Nowadays, new technological advances provide additional support to foreign language learning and develop learners’ digital literacy. Therefore, the paper aimed at understanding what types of authentic resources are used by students, in order to develop their linguistic and sociolinguistic competence in Swedish. The results showed that students are willing to improve their language skills, as they believe that mastering another Scandinavian language could help them increase their academic and professional opportunities and would constitute an advantage in terms of easiness to develop writing and reading skills in Swedish. Keywords: Norwegian, Swedish, language distance, language similarities, cross-linguistic influence, foreign language learning, BA level "

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