scholarly journals Review: TEACHERS VOICES 8: EXPLICITLY SUPPORTING READING AND WRITING IN THE CLASSROOM

1970 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-76
Author(s):  
Sarah Ahern
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Classroom Teaching ◽  
Recent Book ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Adult Esl ◽  
Action Research Approach

EDITED BY ANNE BURNS AND HELEN DE SILVA JOYCENational Centre for English Language Teaching and Research, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW 2005, 77pp, ISBN 1 74138 103 7 This is the most recent book in a series that deals with teaching and learning in the classroom.  The specific focus of this book is the explicit support of reading and writing in adult ESL teaching, investigated through classroom projects within the framework of an action research approach. It consists of three sections: the first outlines the theoretical ideas underpinning the book, the second deals with the nature of action research, and the third and longest section presents the participating teachers’ own accounts of their research projects. It is accompanied by a DVD containing excerpts of their classroom teaching.

scholarly journals Materiais didáticos aplicados no ensino de Língua Inglesa tematizados na escrita de Relatórios de Estágio

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 34333
Author(s):  
Lívia Chaves Melo
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Interdisciplinary Field ◽  
Theoretical Apparatus

Within the interdisciplinary field of Applied Linguistics, this research proposes analyzing how the Supervised Internship Reports that focus the use of didactic materials applied in the teaching and learning English language during the practicum activities help pre-serve teachers to reflect upon the teaching practice. Dialogical studies of language according to Bakhtin’s perspective is the theoretical apparatus that guided this research. Qualitative research approach and the methodology of documentation were applied to characterize supervised internship reports. The research results show that the use of didactic materials it is focused in the writing of the Supervised Internship reports, however, it is essential to invest in the adaptation and production of materials that attend the objectives and characteristics of the English language teaching contexts.

The Design of Learning Materials within Small Scale Projects

2012 ◽  
pp. 371-386
Author(s):  
Michael Hammond ◽  
Jie Hu
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Instructional Material ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
User Participation ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Learning Materials ◽  
Academic Reading ◽  
Action Research Approach

This chapter discusses the design of learning materials in the context of small scale projects within higher education. It describes the enduring appeal of instructional material and its growing use following the take up of virtual learning environments (VLEs) / learning platforms in teaching and learning. It suggests that action research approaches may be of value in the design of instructional material as they offer systematic, formative feedback at an early stage in the design process and prioritise user participation. A case study is provided of a broadly action research approach to the design of instructional material to support academic reading skills at one university. The case exemplifies the strengths of action research but also highlights the tensions and difficulties, in particular that of securing the engagement of stakeholders. The implications for further research are brought out.

The challenges of participation in doing community-based participatory action research: Lessons from the Kwithu Project

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 198-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathalis G Wamba
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Random Group ◽  
Running Water

The Kwithu project started when a volunteer who joined Kwithu, a community-based organization in Mzuzu, Malawi (Africa), to teach English gave a diagnostic test to a random group of forty 7th and 8th graders (20 boys and 20 girls) and discovered that most of them could hardly read or write in English. The test results prompted Maureen, the Kwithu director and co-founder, the teacher and myself to meet with the headteachers of the three schools mostly attended by Kwithu children. The headteachers appreciated our concerns about the English proficiency of the children, but they advised us to focus on more urgent matters if we truly wanted to help, e.g., lack of teaching and learning materials, lack of running water in schools, hunger, teacher qualifications, etc. This advice shifted our initial inquiry goal—from English language teaching—to a community-based participatory action research project designed to address the school conditions in Luwinga. In this paper, I describe the community-based participatory action research inquiry and I reflect on the process of participation.

scholarly journals Teaching assimilations to improve listening skills for Vietnamese students

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 88-92
Author(s):  
Du Thanh Tran
Keyword(s):  
Language Learners ◽  
Reference Materials ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
Connected Speech ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Careful Observation ◽  
Learning Language

Few would deny that at the very first stage of learning, language learners have to spend most of their time on practising listening skills in communication inside and outside class. They have to listen to others speaking, listen to themselves while talking and even implicitly while reading and writing. Listening is an important way of acquiring the language as well as picking up the structures and vocabulary. With a careful observation of the current situation of Vietnamese learners’ listening competencies and a thorough review of reference materials in English language teaching and learning, it is hoped that the study will help heighten students’ awareness of the problematic sounds that they encounter when listening to colloquial, casual and connected speech.

scholarly journals IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL THROUGH SEDONA METHOD

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
Nur Qalby
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Diagnostic Test ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Classroom Action Research

The objective of this research was to find out the improvement of content and organization in writing skill by using Sedona Method at the Tenth Grade Students of SMA Batara, Gowa. The researcher used A Classroom Action Research (CAR). The Researcher had conducted two cycles, where each cycle consisted of four meetings. This classroom Action Research (CAR) was at The Eighth Grade of SMA Batara Gowa, Class XB. As the subject in this research was the X Grade with students’ number as about 29 students. The instruments were writing test and observation sheet. The application of Sedona Method can improve the students’ writing, especially in content and organization. This leads to the conclusion that application of Sedona Method was needed in the English Language teaching and learning in improve their competence to organize their idea. Sedona Method that was focused on the learners can engage the students to organize their ideas better than before. The findings of the research were (1) the students’ content achievement was improved 9.98% from diagnostic test to cycle 1 and was improve 10.03% from cycle I to cycle II (2) the students’ organization achievement was improving 8.63% from diagnostic test to cycle I and improved 10.03% from cycle I to Cycle II. From the description above it could conclude the improving of the students’ writing skill in the descriptive paragraph in terms of content and organization by using Sedona Method at the Tenth Grade of SMA Batara Gowa was improved.Keywords: Writing Skill, Sedona Method

Upaya Meningkatkan Hasil Belajar Fiqih pada Materi Menginfaqkan Harta di Luar Zakat Melalui Strategi the Power of Two Siswa Kelas VIII MTs Jam’iyah Mahmudiyah Tanjung Pura

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-150
Author(s):  
Khairuddin YM
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Student Responses ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Action Research Approach ◽  
Class Viii

The purpose of this paper is to find out whether there is an increase in fiqh learning outcomes through the implementation of the power of two strategy for class VIII students at MTs Jam'iyah Mahmudiyah Tanjung Pura. This research method is by using a classroom action research approach. The data obtained from research through observation, tests or by using other strategies. The conclusions that can be drawn from this paper are student responses after the implementation of The Power Of Two learning strategy about improving Fiqh teaching and learning outcomes in the material of raising assets outside zakat for class VIII students at MTs Jam'iyah Mahmudiyah Tanjung Pura at the pre-test stage with an average value class 57.93 with the number of students who completed as many as 6 people with a percentage of 20.68% and students who did not complete as many as 23 people with a percentage of 79.31%, then after applying the power of two strategy there was an increase in the first cycle as many as 17 students completed with a percentage of 58.62% and as many as 12 students did not complete with a percentage of 41.38%. Because it has not met the researcher's target, it is continued in the second cycle. In the second cycle, there was an increase of 25 students who completed with a percentage of 88.20% and as many as 4 students did not complete with a percentage of 13.80%. Keywords: Improvement, The Power Of Two Strategy, creativity, Fiqh pelajaran lessons

The Design of Learning Materials within Small Scale Projects

2011 ◽  
pp. 437-451
Author(s):  
Michael Hammond ◽  
Jie Hu
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Instructional Material ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
User Participation ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Learning Materials ◽  
Academic Reading ◽  
Action Research Approach

This chapter discusses the design of learning materials in the context of small scale projects within higher education. It describes the enduring appeal of instructional material and its growing use following the take up of virtual learning environments (VLEs) / learning platforms in teaching and learning. It suggests that action research approaches may be of value in the design of instructional material as they offer systematic, formative feedback at an early stage in the design process and prioritise user participation. A case study is provided of a broadly action research approach to the design of instructional material to support academic reading skills at one university. The case exemplifies the strengths of action research but also highlights the tensions and difficulties, in particular that of securing the engagement of stakeholders. The implications for further research are brought out.

Post-Paradigm Pedagogy

2019 ◽  
pp. 350-376
Author(s):  
Neveta S. Roberts ◽  
Yonae F. O'Meally-Donald
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Standard English ◽  
Language Politics ◽  
Language Environment ◽  
Jamaican Creole ◽  
Jamaican Standard English

The Jamaican language environment is complex and unique. The two languages, Jamaican Creole and Jamaican Standard English, have been perpetually at odds with the root of this being the language politics. Compounding this situation is the varied language backgrounds of learners. A qualitative research was done to explore the perspectives and experiences of a teacher and fourteen students in order to get a deeper understanding of how they are affected by the controversy surrounding the ‘methods' approach and how post method pedagogy would fit into their context. Interviews done with the teacher and students validated the importance of a post-method paradigm by confirming the value and possibilities of employing this approach in Jamaican classrooms. It was found that once instruction informed by action research and that responds to the language situation is employed in English language teaching, there will be much improvement in the teaching and learning of English in Jamaican classrooms. Therefore, the solution-based approach that is much needed is a post-method pedagogy.

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