scholarly journals On the Role of Phraseological Units in Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Adult Learners

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2 (20)) ◽  
pp. 56-63
Author(s):  
Minoo Khamesian
Keyword(s):  
Adult Learners ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Present Article ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Common Belief ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Global Village ◽  
Advanced Learners

One of the challenges of learning English for Iranian learners is “native-like” production of speech rarely achieved by even the most advanced learners. Unfortunately, it is common belief among Iranian English learners that knowledge of individual lexical items is the key to communicative competence. But alas! The outcome has shown this is counterproductive. As an anglicist teaching ESP in general and EAP in particular in my country, I feel responsible for shedding light on this issue inasmuch as I experience the lapse in my everyday professional work. It should be noted that in this Global Village, in which English is considered the Lingua Franca of science and technology, focusing on phraseological units as a sub-branch of lexical proficiency seems to be of paramount importance to avoid misunderstanding and miscommunication. The present article makes an effort to highlight the role of contextual usages of these units in TEFL to help the learners reach the desired native-like production of English speech.

scholarly journals From the Curtain to the Façade: Enhancing ESL/EFL Learners’ Communicative Competence through an Interactive Digital Drama

2012 ◽  
Vol VI (2) ◽  
pp. 61-75
Author(s):  
Ivan Lombardi
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Human Factor ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Technological Tool ◽  
One Act ◽  
Meaningful Role

Façade is a one-act interactive digital drama about a marital crisis. The player is asked to play the role of a friend of the couple, and to try to cope with the situation by using his or her interaction skills. In this paper, I argue that Façade may be a valuable tool for teaching English as a second/foreign language, especially for the development of communicative competence. In order show how Façade may be used effectively, I (i) highlight the features of the tool that can play a meaningful role in language teaching; (ii) give examples of drama techniques that best exploit Façade; (iii) trace the techniques back to a methodology of reference; (iv) stress the primary importance of the human factor, the learners and teacher, over the technological tool. I then linger on the role of the teacher in activities that involve Façade, as well as other digital media. My proposal is presented under the metaphor of the edurector.

Advanced Learners’ Use of Dutch Second Person Pronouns During Residence Abroad

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roel Vismans
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Approaches To Learning ◽  
Intercultural Communicative Competence ◽  
Low Countries ◽  
Second Person ◽  
Advanced Learners ◽  
The Uk

The complex sociolinguistic system for Dutch forms of address presents students of Dutch as a foreign language with particular difficulties in learning to use second person pronouns appropriately. This article discusses the role of a period of residence in the Low Countries in advancing these students’ proficiency in this respect. The research is based on interviews with final-year students of Dutch in the UK. The analysis is framed in terms of intercultural communicative competence and approaches to learning.

THE ROLE OF PRODUCTIVE WORD-FORMATION MODELS IN COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Диана Григорьевна Акубекова
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Word Formation ◽  
Language Classes

В статье освещается проблема использования продуктивных словообразовательных моделей на занятиях иностранного языка. The article presents the problem of using productive word-formation models in foreign language classes.

scholarly journals Formation of paremiological competence using mobile applications in a foreign language lesson in elementary school

2021 ◽  
Vol 113 ◽  
pp. 00058
Author(s):  
M.A. Kulkova ◽  
A.I. Giniatullina ◽  
N.V. Konopleva
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Flexible Adaptation ◽  
The Individual

This article is devoted to the study of the conditions for the formation of paremiological competence in a foreign language lesson using mobile applications. Their usage allows to improve the quality of the process of learning foreign language thanks to the elements of interactivity. Mobile applications provide the ability of flexible adaptation of educational content to the individual needs of the teacher. Using the mobile application called ‘Quizlet’ is one of the most effective ways to form the paremiological component of communicative competence in schoolchildren at the initial stage of education. The success of using this mobile application in teaching English vocabulary is confirmed by the results of the pedagogical experiment.

Kijkend Leren

1997 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 9-21
Author(s):  
Karolien Kamma
Keyword(s):  
Adult Learners ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Effect ◽  
Incidental Learning ◽  
Lexical Acquisition ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Television Programs ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Learning Instruction

The research reported on in this paper concerns the role of television in the lexical acquisition of a foreign language. Twenty higher educated adult learners of Dutch as a foreign language watched a 15-minute compilation of the educative television programs Klokhuis and Lucht. By means of a pre-post-test-design, it was examined whether the subjects learned words by watching and listening to the television programs. The results indicated a significant learning effect, which persisted after a one-week time interval. There was also a tendency for the learning effect in the ten students who watched with explicit word-learning instruction (intentional learning) to be stronger than the learning effect in the students who watched without instruction (incidental learning). The learnability of a word was neither positively influenced by the visual support as extra contextual cue, as offered by television, nor by the number of times a word was offered in the television fragments. It was concluded that television could play an important role in the lexical acquisition of Dutch as a foreign language.

The Role of Intercultural Approach in Teaching Foreign Languages at the University

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 65-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Л. Иванова ◽  
L. Ivanova ◽  
Е. Лукомская ◽  
E. Lukomskaya
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Mutual Understanding ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
Cultural Approach ◽  
The University ◽  
Different Cultures

The article deals with a new trend in foreign language teaching based on the cross-cultural approach. The challenge for teachers today is to develop students common, communicative and language competences which are essential conditions for the realization of such a task of modern language policy as the establishment of mutual understanding between different cultures. The components of communicative competence are established. The development of communicative competence is considered to be an obligatory condition for mutual understanding between nations in modern world.

Toward a Modified Structural Syllabus

1982 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Valdman
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Target Language ◽  
General Context ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
Rhetorical Devices ◽  
Functional Orientation ◽  
Linguistic Means

This paper argues for an integration of the notion of communicative competence in the elaboration of syllabuses and the preparation of teaching materials for beginning and intermediate generalforeign languagecourses. A distinction is made between such courses and the teaching of English as a medium of wider communication on an international basis. In FL instruction, as opposed to the teaching of a MWC, metalinguistic, epilinguistic, or cultural objectives may be more highly valued than the use of language for daily communication. In addition, the general context of FL instruction precludes the authentic use of the target language in the classroom, a prerequisite for the attainment of communicative competence. The integration of the notion of communive competence in FL instruction, including the inclusion of notions and functions, involves the grafting of these last mentioned considerations onto a structural-situational-functional base. That base would be modified by moving in five directions: (1) adopting a functional orientation, i.e., providing learners with linguistic means to express notions and functions rather than the teaching of structures for their own sake; (2) focus on semantic notions; (3) cyclical progression; (4) aiming for discursive authenticity by identifying rhetorical devices) providing stylistic manoeuver by the recognition of the role of variants.

scholarly journals Teaching English to Adult Learners: A Practical Remedial Method

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 62-69
Author(s):  
Hamza Ethelb ◽  
Mahfouz Shalabi ◽  
Ishraq Sasi
Keyword(s):  
Adult Learners ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching Style ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Style Preferences

This study explores the particularities of teaching English to adult learners. It looks at whether adult learners’ comprehension of lessons is slowed down by factors of teaching style or classroom settings. The study uses a questionnaire to collect views of adult learners from the Libyan context. The questionnaire that contains 37 statements measures different aspects of teaching English. It was delivered online using Google Forms. Those aspects include teaching style, preferences of correcting mistakes, willingness of cooperation among adult learners, self-dependence and self-confidence of learners, and preferred techniques to learning grammar and vocabulary. This study also offers a remedial method that is inferred from the experience of the researchers and supported by the results of the data. The results show that adult learners have different perception towards acquiring a foreign language. They agree that they need to better their learning input. The suggested remedial process could be an answer to their needs.

scholarly journals From preschool educator to preschool English Educator: A study of transformation of classroom practice

Psicoespacios ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (25) ◽  
pp. 44-66
Author(s):  
Sonia Ruth Quintero Arrubla ◽  
Evelin Cristina Quiceno Sosa ◽  
Claudia María Uribe Hoyos
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Classroom Practice ◽  
Classroom Practices ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Preschool Educators

This case study aims to analyze how preschool educators can play the role of language educators (Spanish and English) and how their pedagogical and teaching practice is being transformed. This study considers the theoretical framework behind the constructivist paradigm, which states that the context, participants' actions and views, and historical elements all play a part in constructing a theory. That truth is relative depending on one's perspective, while also focusing on establishing a rigorous and thorough process throughout this study, focusing on qualitative research principles (Creswell, 2014). The findings show that preschool educators can significantly improve their communicative competence, particularly in discourse, strategic and socio-cultural competencies. Furthermore, through reflection and self-assessment, preschool educators refine their classroom practices and enhance their conception about teaching English to preschool learners. 

scholarly journals FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT AS A MEANS OF INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERING COOPERATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 69-76
Author(s):  
A. N. Kazantseva
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
English Language ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
International Volunteering ◽  
International Participation ◽  
High Level

The article is devoted to the description of opportunities for developing a foreign language communicative competence to establish international cooperation in the field of volunteering using the methods of teaching English for Specific Purposes (ESP). The relevance of the topic is determined by dissemination of ideas of volunteerism around the world. The programmes for the development of social policy in Russia state the need to establish international cooperation on volunteerism issues; there are plans for organizing some events with international participation. They require a high level of proficiency in English for communication in the field of volunteering. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the methodology of teaching English for establishing cooperation on volunteering from a theoretical point of view. The current policy of activating international volunteering is analysed, the possibilities of using the ESP concept as a method of short-term specialized teaching of English on a specific topic are discussed, and an approximate thematic planning of a language training course for participation in international volunteer projects is presented. The following methods are used to conduct the research: the analysis of Acts on volunteering at the international and Russian levels, an overview of the websites of Russian volunteer projects and foreign volunteer organizations, the analysis of scientific literature on the methods of teaching English, including ESP. The results of the study confirm the need to develop a foreign language communicative competence for establishing a professional and productive international cooperation on volunteering. An approximate thematic planning of English language classes within the framework of the ESP concept to establish such cooperation is proposed.

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