scholarly journals Photovoice as A Participatory Learning Method in Writing

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-137
Author(s):  
Fauziah Rizqyana Dien Rosmawanty ◽  
Tryanti R. Abdulrahman
Keyword(s):  
Writing Skills ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Generic Structure ◽  
Pedagogical Tool ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Participatory Learning ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Writing Genres ◽  
Efl Students

This study is aimed at examining how EFL students in Indonesia utilized photovoice in writing analytical exposition text and exploring their experience as well as perception in learning to write. Four (4) students of senior high school in Indonesia who are taken randomly participated in this qualitative study. The data were gathered from students’ writing of analytical text along with the picture/photograph and interview. Students’ photographs and analytical text were analyzed using photovoice analysis procedures. It consisted of selecting, contextualizing, and codifying phases. Results found three main themes: the main idea, generic structure, and language features. According to the results, photovoice is not only effective for students but also makes them feel interested and motivated in learning writing. In addition, photovoice allows students to express their creativity through the lens of a camera. Photovoice has incredibly fostered students’ learning in writing. They all have positive attitudes toward photovoice participatory learning. Thus, it can be a pedagogical tool to teach writing in an EFL setting. Although this study yielded positive outcomes in writing skills, this can not overgeneralize the outcomes. Therefore, future studies on how students write other writing genres in EFL classrooms need to be conducted.

scholarly journals Reading and Writing Skills: The Challenges of Teaching at College Level

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (10) ◽  
pp. 41-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walid Ali Zaiter
Keyword(s):  
Arab World ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
College Level ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
To Come ◽  
Paper Documentation ◽  
Main Ideas

Throughout my teaching career I can claim that reading and writing are interchangeable skills. One cannot improve without the other.That is why I keep asking my students how we can improve our reading and writing skills? They give unclear answers simply because they do not read and write academically; they just read and write to pass exams and get a degree to get a job or wait for a promotion. At this point, students should be motivated well enough so that they like reading and writing as a means of improving their academic performance. To solve these problems or challenges, I have made claims that there are common grounds between reading and writing. Both require certain skills such as note-taking, good language as an aid to understand any topic and to write well. Both reading and writing need topics to read and write about. Similarly, reading and writing require a student, who should have a good command of rich vocabulary to understand topics, and to choose words that suit any topic they may tackle in English. However, there are basic differences between reading and writing. Firstly, in the process of reading, students focus their attention on the topic and the main idea. However, in the process of writing, students need to read as much as possible to find a topic to write about. Furthermore, during reading, students should take notes of the main ideas. However, on tests, students do not need to use documentation, as, in the process of writing a research paper, documentation is a must to avoid plagiarism. Thus, this paper tackles teaching reading and writing for EFL students at the college level in the Arab world and provide remedies based on observation, experience, and corrections of thousands of students’ exercises, assignments, and exams. The researcher has delved into many research areas to come up with remedies and recommendations for the challenges discussed in the article.

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.

scholarly journals Enjoying Learning Writing through Facebook Group

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Zulfadli Abdul Aziz ◽  
Husnul Khatimah
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Situational Interest ◽  
Individual Interest ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Interactive Feedback ◽  
Group 1

This research showed many English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students in Aceh struggle in learning English writing as they had a lack of interest in it. This descriptive qualitative study aimed to find out in what ways Facebook Group might facilitate the enjoyment of the students in learning this skill. The data were collected using interviews and was analyzed through thematic analysis. The interview was done one by one at a time. Ten students from UIN Ar-Raniry were purposely chosen for the interviews in this research. The research findings show that there are four themes found that caused the participants enjoyment of the learning writing in the group: (1) it provides unlimited timing; (2) it facilitates the participants’ freedom and creativity; (3) it provides the interactive feedback; and (4) it helps them in brainstorming the ideas. These four themes directly enhance the students’ situational interest in learning writing that related to an environmental factor, but it results in the development of their individual interest. This research suggests that the teacher should combine the learning process in the classroom with the Facebook group media to fasten the enhancement of the learners’ writing skills. For the learners, it is suggested that they should utilize their social media such as Facebook group not only as their communication media but also for developing their learning in writing.

scholarly journals Promoting Students’ Motivation in Learning English Vocabulary through a Collaborative Video Project

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Tryanti R. Abdulrahman ◽  
Noni Basalama
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Computer Application ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Production Phase ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Vocabulary Building ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Video Project ◽  
Learning English ◽  
Collaborative Video

The main objective of this study was to motivate EFL (English Foreign Language) students in learning English vocabulary by using collaborative video Project. This study followed a case study methodology to describe how video project experience can engage students to learn English and provide them an opportunity to participate in tasks as well as enrich their vocabulary. Twenty-five EFL students in the Vocabulary Building Course (VBC) participated in this study. This study used three phases for evaluations: the pre-production phase, production phase and post production phase. Data were collected from classroom observations, the video Project process and document analyses. A summary of the findings related to the video theme and narrative analysis of students’ videos are presented in this paper. Data analysis showed that students responded differently to their video project assignments and produced different types of collaborative videos with the help of a camcorder and computer application. Then, a survey was conducted to collect feedback from participants to learn their opinions and attitudes regarding the use of collaborative video project, students’ learning and motivation. Participants in this study expressed positive attitudes and opinions toward their video-project experiences. This study demonstrates that video Project can be a great tool for promoting students’ motivation and participation in learning English, enriching their vocabulary and can be an effective and powerful tool to create fun, interactive, and collaborative learning environments.

scholarly journals THE EFL STUDENTS’ CRITICAL READING SKILLS ACROSS COGNITIVE STYLES

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonardus Par
Keyword(s):  
Reading Skills ◽  
Cognitive Styles ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
Test Items ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Reading Texts

This study aims to explore the difference between the field independent (FI) and field dependent (FD) learners in the area of EFL critical reading skills. To this end, 60 undergraduate EFL students who had taken and passed the Critical Reading course involved as the subjects. The Group Embedded Figure Test (GEFT) was administered to classify the students’ cognitive styles into FI and FD groups. Furthermore, to measure the students’ critical reading skills, the critical reading comprehension test (CRCT) in the form of multiple choice questions was developed and administered. The test items were focused on assessing students’ analytical and inferential skills of reading texts, specifically on determining the main idea, the purpose, the tone, making an inference and taking conclusion. The findings indicate that there is a statistically significant difference in the critical reading skills between FI and FD students. More specifically, the differences are in determining the main idea, determining the purpose, making an inference, and taking the conclusion of the texts in the CRCT. Pedagogically, selecting appropriate reading texts to be used in Critical Reading course practice for developing the students’ critical reading skills will be beneficial for both of FI and FD students.

scholarly journals The elimination of anticipated written errors from L1 interference through flipped classrooms

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 216
Author(s):  
Napacha Prapawadee
Keyword(s):  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Asynchronous Learning ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Thai Students ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Flipped Classrooms ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Simple Sentences ◽  
Support Students

Several studies have been conducted on written errors discovered in an EFL classroom, and the findings are similar, and that common errors have been discovered in Thai students’ written work, so these studies conclude that the main cause of errors is L1 interference.  In addition, other related studies reveal that flipped classrooms can support students’ learning process.  It is due to the fact that these days, EFL students still have problems with some grammatical aspects due to their mother tongue, and the class time provided is limited.  Therefore, to ascertain that the flipped classroom can help eliminate the anticipated grammatical problems repeatedly in class; the study looks to develop online lessons on LMS to encourage the students to learn at their own pace and to engage students with class activities.  The online lessons and class activities are currently being implemented, and 25 freshmen participate in this study.  The questionnaire will be completed at the end of the semester to discover their attitudes towards the flipped classroom covering online lessons and class activities.  Also, a pre-test and post-test on simple sentences are used to investigate the students’ learning outcomes via the flipped classroom.  The findings from the pre- and post-tests confirm the results of the former studies that the students produce the anticipated errors such as articles, capitalization, punctuation, nouns, and subject-verb agreement.  Also, synchronous and asynchronous learning can help eliminate those mentioned errors and the students have positive attitudes towards the flipped classroom.Keywords: written errors; L1 interference; flipped classroom

scholarly journals EFL students’ responses to learning basic reading and writing skills

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syayid Sandi Sukandi ◽  
Dian Noviani Syafar
Keyword(s):  
English Education ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Academic Texts ◽  
Basic Reading Skills ◽  
West Sumatra ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Teaching Learning

This research presents the responses from Indonesian EFL students to teaching-learning basic reading and writing skills in the context of Indonesian higher education. The 120 respondents, who completed questionnaires, were students enrolled in Writing 1 and Reading 2 courses in the English Education Study Program of the Teachers Academy in West Sumatra [STKIP PGRI Sumatera Barat]. There were four findings from the survey, namely: 1) EFL students preferred studying reading (37%) more than writing (27%), 2) EFL students read about the same amount of literary texts (25%) as they did popular texts (23%) and academic texts (22%), 3) grammar and spelling are the most difficult aspects for EFL students to learn with 33% having difficulty with basic reading skills, and 53% with basic writing skills, and finally 4) EFL students prefer to open a dictionary when they encounter difficult words in reading a text (62%) and do the same when they have difficulties in expressing their thoughts in writing English (38%). These findings show that EFL students have a variety of responses in terms of learning basic reading and writing in EFL English. In addition, the findings show that the tendency of EFL students to prefer reading to writing is relatively high.

Mobile Assisted Vocabulary Acquisition and Wikis to Enhance Writing Skills

2019 ◽  
pp. 1317-1340
Author(s):  
Ruby Vurdien
Keyword(s):  
Vocabulary Acquisition ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Advanced Level ◽  
Peer Editing ◽  
Convenient Tool ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Feedback Data

This project examined how a group of advanced-level EFL students read articles on their smartphone to acquire new vocabulary which they later inserted in their essays on wikis. The aim of the study was (a) to explore the students' perceptions regarding learning vocabulary from their smartphone followed by the use of wikis to improve their writing skills; (b) to analyse how peer editing and feedback can help students towards grammar and vocabulary accuracy with a view to enhancing their writing skills. The twenty-one participants used a Google application on their smartphone to perform reading and vocabulary exercises before writing essays on the wikis, followed by peer editing and feedback. Data were gathered from two questionnaires, interviews and 168 essays. The findings suggested that positive learning took place throughout the development of the study. The smartphone was considered a convenient tool for reading and performing vocabulary exercises. Peer editing and feedback were deemed crucial towards grammar and vocabulary accuracy to enhance writing skills.

The Role of Input in Second Language Acquisition

2000 ◽  
Vol 129-130 ◽  
pp. 225-274
Author(s):  
Ali Işik
Keyword(s):  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Placement Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
And Control ◽  
Grammatical Structures

The present study investigates the combined effects of different amounts of comprehension-based and form-focused instruction on skill-based proficiency and knowledge of grammatical structures of beginner-level efl students. Specifically, the study addresses the following research questions : 1) Does a basically comprehension-based program of instruction supported by form-focused instruction help beginner-level efl learners improve/develop their listening, reading and writing abilities more than a basically form- focused program of instruction? 2) Does a basically form-focused program of instruction help beginner-level efl learners improve their knowledge of grammatical structures more than a basically comprehension-based program of instruction? One experimental and one control group, each containing 20 lycee prep level Turkish efl students, participated in the study. The subjects in the experimental and control groups were randomly selected from among lycee prep classes in two different schools. The experimental group enrolled in a program of comprehension-based instruction supported by form- focused instruction; whereas, the control group enrolled in a basically form-focused program of instruction. Both the experimental and control groups had 29 hours of efl instruction per week for 36 weeks. Different instruments were used to see the effects of these two different types of instruction on their reading, listening, writing skills and knowledge of grammatical structures. At the end of the fourth month, both groups were given the listening, reading and writing components of the Key English Test (ket) and the grammar component of the Oxford Placement Test. At the end of the eighth month, they were given the Preliminary English Test (pet) and another version of the grammar component of the Oxford Placement Test. The results indicated that the program of comprehension-based efl instruction supported by form-focused instruction was more effective than a basically form-focused program of instruction in helping beginner-level students develop their listening, reading, and writing skills as well as their knowledge of grammatical structures.

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