scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Cooperative Work Procedure in Enhancing Translation Skills among Saudi Students of Translation at King Khalid University

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Ali Albashir Mohammed Alhaj ◽  
Mohammed H. Albahiri
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Cooperative Work ◽  
The Other ◽  
Active Part ◽  
Saudi Students ◽  
Translation Techniques ◽  
And Control ◽  
Purposive Sample ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Working Alone

The present paper aimed at exploring the effectiveness of using the translation techniques, namely, Cooperative Work Procedure. (Gerding- Salas, 2000) on teaching translation courses for the students of translation at King Khalid University. The researcher used two tools to collect data, a translation test, and a questionnaire which were designed by the researcher. The purposive sample of the study consisted of forty-eight students of translation who were assigned randomly to two groups, i.e., experimental and control. One group extensively utilized Cooperative Learning, whilst the other did not. The paper revealed that the utilization of Cooperative learning (CL) in teaching translation courses take an active part in promoting translation students' performance in translating texts. The experimental group subjects' results show positive obtains through the synthesis of Cooperative Learning (CL) in teaching translation courses. Moreover, data from the questionnaire indicated the students of translation have spectra responses towards cooperative learning and a majority of them favored working alone. The study also revealed that nearly all of the students of translation appreciated fully the issue of discussing and debating their renditions tasks with their colleagues while they do not like the idea of working in groups.

scholarly journals The Impact of Smartboard on Preparatory Year EFL Learners’ Motivation at a Saudi University

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 172
Author(s):  
Waqar Ahmad ◽  
Zuraina Ali ◽  
Muhammad Aslam Sipra ◽  
Imtiaz Hassan Taj
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Saudi Students ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Literature Reviews ◽  
Preparatory Year ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group

Smartboards, which are now widely used in the teaching and learning process in Saudi Arabia, have turned the traditional environments of the classrooms, especially the EFL classrooms to be more interesting and encouraging. Literature reviews suggest that Saudi students usually lack motivation for studying English as a foreign language. This study tends to investigate the impact of Smartboards on preparatory year EFL learners motivation at a Saudi university. Two intact groups were selected, in which one was termed as experimental and the second as control group. The experimental group was taught using the Smartboard while the control group was taught with the traditional whiteboard, pen and book method. The treatment was given for seven weeks. A questionnaire was administered to both the groups at the beginning and the end of the study. The data was analysed using the SPSS and the results showed that there was significant difference between the experimental and control groups in terms of motivation.  

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of a Cognitive-Behavioral Counseling Program in Modifying the Negative Behavior Among Students of Aqabat Jaber School Camp in the Governorate of Jericho

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
Kamal A. Salameh
Keyword(s):  
Male Students ◽  
Negative Behavior ◽  
Counseling Program ◽  
Behavioral Counseling ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Semi Empirical ◽  
And Control ◽  
Purposive Sample ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Positive Results

The objective of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of a counseling program in modifying the negativebehavior of male students aged 11-15 years. The researcher used the semi-empirical approach with twomeasurements, pre and posttest measurements. A purposive sample of 52 students was selected and divided into twogroups, experimental and control groups. Each group comprised a number of 26 male students respectively. Theresearcher developed the behavioral modification and counseling program questionnaire.The study showed that there were statistically significant differences in reducing the level of negative behavior in theexperimental group attributed to the counseling program. The experimental group mean reached a score of 87.08 andthe control group’s mean was 227. The results also indicated that the experimental group has a statisticallysignificant difference for the minimum permissible level of negative behavior (110), where the mean for negativebehavior reached 87.08, a decrease of 22.92. The effect of the independent factor on the dependent factor wassignificant, given that the d-value was 2.07, which is greater than the value 0.8. The study recommended for thegroup counseling program to be employed and circulated due to its positive results in modifying behavior.

scholarly journals Can Machine Translation Assist to Prepare for Simultaneous Interpretation?

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (16) ◽  
pp. 230
Author(s):  
Ying Qin ◽  
Chunqing Wang
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Machine Translation ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
The Other ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Simultaneous Interpretation ◽  
Simultaneous Interpreting ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

With the rapid development of machine translation, the research of man-machine coordinated translation is drawing much concern. This paper explores roles of machine translation on advance preparation for simultaneous interpreting. We carry out a comparative study on 14 student interpreters, which are divided into experimental group and control group. The students in experimental group are allowed to use machine translation to prepare for a simultaneous interpreting, while the students in control group are not. The experimental results show that errors in machine translation might mislead the student interpreters in the simultaneous interpreting practice. On the other hand, if the time of preparation is limited, it is better not to resort to machine to make preparation because of time-consuming proofreading, or twice the effort would achieve half the result.

The metacognitive awareness listening questionnaire as a metacognitive-raising tool: Does it work?

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahman Sahragrard ◽  
Ali Kushki ◽  
M. Miri ◽  
Farzad Mahmooudi
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Repeated Exposure ◽  
Metacognitive Awareness ◽  
The Other ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Post Test ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

The present study aimed at exploring the influence of a repeated exposure to the Metacognitive Awareness Listening Questionnaire (MALQ) on EFL learners’ level of metacognitive awareness. Participants of the study were forty intermediate university students who were randomly assigned to experimental (n=20) and control (n=20) groups. The experimental group completed MALQ in odd sessions (seven sessions in total) across a semester. The control group, on the other hand, completed it in the first and last sessions of the course as pre-test and post-test, respectively. Results of the study showed that the questionnaire benefited the experimental group in a statistically significant way. Also, findings of the study revealed that less-skilled participants of the experimental groups benefited from the treatment more in comparison to their more-skilled counterparts in the experimental group. Keywords: MALQ, metacognitive instruction, metacognitive awareness

scholarly journals role of instruction in the perception of English high back vowels

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-41
Author(s):  
Raimundo Nonato Sousa Filho ◽  
Rafael Zaccaron ◽  
Rosane Silveira ◽  
Carlla Dall’Igna
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
The Other ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Pronunciation Instruction ◽  
Formal Instruction ◽  
Single Category ◽  
Beginning Learners ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

This article aims to analyze whether formal instruction influences Brazilian speakers' perception of the English high back vowels contrast. There have been a few L2 pieces of research that focused on the instruction of specific vowel contrasts. Previous studies indicate that a single L1 category seems to be a source of difficulty to L2 vowel discrimination. However, some of these investigations did not focus on the role of instruction to such discrimination. The participants of the present study were 17 Brazilian speakers of Portuguese as L1, beginning learners of English, divided into experimental and control groups. The study included a perception pretest, a pronunciation instruction class, taught only to the experimental group, and a perception posttest. Results showed that experimental and control groups obtained similar results. Based on that, some factors were pointed to possibly explain this outcome, such as the duration of the pronunciation instruction, the possibility of participants learning with the pretest itself, the duration of the data collection, the participants' possible assimilation of the target contrast into a single category, and the interference of the mid central vowel /?/ used as a distractor in the data collection. On the other hand, a qualitative analysis revealed that all participants in the experimental group found the pronunciation instruction helpful. Such findings seem to agree entirely or in part with other similar studies' results.

scholarly journals THE EFFECTIVENESS OF JIGSAW LEARNING METHOD COMPARED TO LECTURE-BASED LEARNING IN ANATOMY LECTURES

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 118
Author(s):  
Saharnauli J. Verawaty Simorangkir
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Retention Test ◽  
Test Score ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Learning Method ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Jigsaw Method ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

Background: Jigsaw is a cooperative learning method in which students work together in small groups, helping one another towards a common goal. The aim of this research were to find out the different effect of Jigsaw cooperative learning method with conventional method in terms of anatomy learning achievement and retention. Method: Forty-nine students were randomly assigned into two groups, control group (n=24) and experimental group (n=25). A pretest was administered to all students before classes. The Jigsaw learning method was applied to the experimental group for one session. At the same day, control group was taking classes using the lecture-based learning method. At the end of session, all students were retested (post test) on subject. A retention test was administered 3 weeks after the post test. Mean scores were calculated for each test for the experimental and control groups, and the data obtained were analysed using the independent samples t-test.Results: No significant difference was determined between the Jigsaw and lecture based methods at pretest or post-test. The highest mean test score was observed in the post-test with the Jigsaw method. In the retention test, no significant difference between the Jigsaw and lecture-based methods. The highest mean retention test score was observed in the lecture-based method.Conclusion: The Jigsaw method is less effective than lecture-based method. 

scholarly journals PENGARUH LATIHAN BANDUL STROKE WITH FEEDING TERHADAP KEMAMPUAN GROUNDSTROKE TENNIS

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-118
Author(s):  
David Siahaan
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Research ◽  
T Test ◽  
The Other ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Not Given ◽  
Technical Ability ◽  
Test Requirements ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Paired T Test

ABSTRAK Tujuan penelitian  ini untuk mengetahui pengaruh latihan bandul stroke with feeding untuk meningkatkan kemampuan groundstroke dalam permainan tennis. Metode penelitian ini adalah eksperimen dengan uji t-berpasangan. Populasi adalah mahasiswa prodi PKO Unimed, dengan jumlah 81 orang. Kelompok pertama adalah kelompok eksperimen dengan jumlah 40 orang dan kelompok kedua adalah kelas kontrol dengan jumlah 41 orang. Setiap kelompok dirandom untuk memperoleh sample dengan teknik Slovin. Pada kelas eksperimen jumlah sampel adalah 36 orang dan pada kelompok kontrol jumlah sampel adalah 37 orang. Pada kelas ekperimen diberikan perlakuan yaitu latihan bandul stroke with feeding sebanyak 16 kali pertemuan dengan frekuensi latihan tiga kali dalam satu minggu. Sedangkan pada kelas kontrol tetap melakukan latihan seperti apa adanya. Pengukuran kemampuan groundstroke dengan groundstroke tennis tes yang dilakukan dua kali yaitu sebelum diberikan perlakukan dan sesudah diberikan perlakuan. Uji persyaratan analsis yaitu data harus berdistribusi normal dan juga homogen serta pengambilan sampel dari populasi adalah random. Hasil penelitian adalah terdapat pengaruh yang singnifikan dari latihan bandul stroke with feeding terhadap kemampuan groundstroke dalam bermain tennis lapangan. Sedangkan pada kelas kontrol yang tidak diberikan latihan bandul stroke with feeding tidak menujukkan pengaruh yang singnifikan. Sangat disarankan kepada pelatih dan juga instruktur agar memberikan bentuk latihan ini kepada atletnya untuk meningkatkan kemampuan teknik dalam bermain tennis yaitu groundstroke. Kata Kunci:  Latihan Bandul Stroke with Feeding, Groundstroke Tennis ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of bandul stroke with feeding to improve the groundstroke abilities in tennis. The method is experimental research using paired t-test. The population is PKO – FIK Unimed students, with 81 people for two groups, experiment and control. The first is experimental group with 40 people and the other is control group with 41 people. Each group was randomized with Slovin techniques. 36 students for experimental group and 37 students for control group. The treatment was given for experimental group, namely bandul stroke with feeding. 16 times exercises with the frequency is three times a week. While in the control class, they still do the exercises as they are. Measuring the ability of a groundstroke with a groundstroke tennis test is done twice, before being given treatment and after being given treatment. Test requirements analysis are normally distributed and also homogeneous and sampling from the population is random. The results of this study is there are significant effects of bandul stroke with feeding on groundstroke abilities in playing tennis. Where as in the control group that was not given bandul stroke with feeding with conventional feeding or exercise did not show significant effect. It is strongly recommended for the tennis coach or tennis instructor to give this exercise to tennis athlete for improve their technical ability to play tennis, especially groundstroke. Keywords:  Bandul Stroke with Feeding, Tennis Groundstroke

scholarly journals The Effect of Extensive Reading on Students Reading Comprehension

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-64
Author(s):  
Dadan Hidayat ◽  
Titi Dewi Rohati
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
The Other ◽  
Reading Process ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Extensive Reading ◽  
Student Reading ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Class Room ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

This research investigated the effect of extensive reading on students reading comprehension. The writer used the quantitative as the researched method and the writer used the queasy experiment as the research design. For collecting the data the writer gave the test for experimental and control group. For experimental group the writer used the extensive reading method as the reading class room and the other method for the control group. After the post- test gave to both classes, the writer analyzed it by using SPPS 20 program to found out the improvement on student reading comprehension after extensive reading implied on reading classroom. Based on the finding and discussion. It can be concluded that hypothesis was accepted. It meant that there was effect on extensive reading on student reading comprehension. Based on the resulted of this research. The writer suggested the teacher to used extensive reading on reading process to improved student reading comprehension.

scholarly journals Effect of Interpersonal Intelligence Based Teaching Strategies on Students Academic Achievement

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Vinita Advani ◽  
Ms. Hema G
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
The Other ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
Conventional Teaching ◽  
T Values ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

The intent of the present study was to investigate the effect of interpersonal intelligence based teaching strategy (IBTS) on students’ academic achievement. Totally, 101 students who were found to be having higher mean scores in interpersonal intelligence participated in the study. The experimental and control group encompassed 51 and 50 students, respectively. All students were of IX standard students belonging to a school in Ahmedabad city. The sample was selected through purposive sampling. The experimental group was taught through IBTS whereas the control group received conventional teaching of same science topics. To determine the effectiveness of IBTS over conventional teaching method, an academic achievement test on the science topics which consisted of 30 multiple choice questions was administered. Mean, SD, SEd, and t-values were calculated to compare to test the hypotheses. The results showed that students who were taught through IBTS were achieved higher score than the other group. There was no difference in the academic achievement of boys and girls students who were taught through IBTS.

scholarly journals The Impact of Modifying the Junior Volleyball Dimensions Court and the Related Equipment By Applying the Concept of Human Engineering Ergonomics on the Skill Performance in Volleyball

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 386
Author(s):  
Mwafaq Abu Ahmada ◽  
Abdelsalam Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Male Students ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Human Engineering ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Skill Performance ◽  
Post Test ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Purposive Sample ◽  
Experimental Group

The purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of modifying the dimensions of junior volleyball court and the related equipment on the skill performance in volleyball by applying the concept of human engineering ergonomics. A purposive sample of 40 male students at Al-Frair basic school was selected. The sample was divided into two groups: experimental group (20) and control group (20). The two groups implemented the suggested learning program with the experimental used the modified volleyball playground, while the control group used ordinary volleyball playground. The learning program lasted 8 weeks /3 learning sessions per week and that each learning unit lasted 45 minutes. The results showed that the performance of the experimental group was enhanced significantly compared to the control group in the post test, suggesting the impact of ergonomics in modifying the volleyball play-ground dimensions and the related equipment. The researchers recommend utilizing the modified playground as it reflects significant related skill performance for (8-10) years aged students and to apply the concept of ergonomics in the different PE sciences to modify both dimensions and the related equipment to go with the relevant age group. 

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