scholarly journals Pedagogical Practices Employed in Teaching and Learning Speaking Skills at Taif University

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 273
Author(s):  
Abdul Fattah Soomro
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Female Undergraduate ◽  
Picture Description ◽  
Play Group ◽  
Speaking Skills

The aim of instructing speaking skills is to help students develop better oral communication. That is possible if teachers employ better techniques to enhance the use of English in the class and motivate their learners to utilize important strategies for practicing speaking skills. The current study investigates pedagogical practices in use by English professionals to teach speaking skills to their students, and strategies and approaches applied by leaners to improve their speaking skills. Questionnaire survey was conducted by recruiting 184 male and female undergraduate students from different streams at Taif University. The data was analyzed through SPSS and presented with the help of descriptive tables. The results of this study reveal that teachers moderately employed important techniques and strategies in their teaching. Among the strategies and techniques which were not frequently employed by English professionals were: role-play, group work, pair discussion, picture description, dialogue, debating, and storytelling. Students also lacked in utilizing important strategies which hinder their progress in developing better speaking skills. The attitude of learners towards learning a foreign language was negatively affected by the level of difficulties faced by them. The study concluded that teachers’ role is very important to develop a favorable learning environment and involve students to practice English through various useful techniques and strategies necessary for the development of speaking skills.

scholarly journals College students’ attitudes towards the use of Flipgrid to improve speaking skills

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3.1) ◽  
pp. 161-170
Author(s):  
Silvia Elizabeth Cárdenas Sánchez ◽  
Ximena Elizabeth Naranjo Lozada
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Online Resource ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Speaking Skills

Introduction. Flipgrid, as a tool to use in class, has been designed in order to help teachers and students record videos and post them on Internet. Research has demonstrated that it works for teaching and learning English since it promotes students´ interactions. Objective. This research aims to analyze students´ points of view about their speaking improvement using Flipgrid. Methodology. There were 65 undergraduate students, with a A2 English level, who participated in this study and they were attending online classes because of the pandemic. Students recorded around five videos individually during the academic period and at the end of the semester they answered a questionnaire and had an interview with the instructor. The interviews were necessary in order to know opinions and attitudes about the use of Flipgrid as an innovative form of instruction of English as a Foreign Language. Results. The results demonstrated that students liked to use Flipgrid and their confidence, motivation, vocabulary, language and pronunciation improved. Conclusion. The use of Flipgrid as an online resource can be beneficial for students in order to promote speaking skills; however, there are some important implications that language instructors need to consider during the language learning process if they decide to use Flipgrid in classes.

scholarly journals CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHING SPEAKING: VOICES OF INDONESIAN EFL LEARNERS

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Arif Nugroho ◽  
Novrika Nartiningrum
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Classroom Activities ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
The Ideal

<p>Among the four English skills, oral communication becomes crucial for undergraduate students to be more competitive in the work-places. In a foreign language teaching, designing appropriate classroom activities is a prerequisite for the success of a language learning. Therefore, this study sheds some light on 92 EFL learners’ perceptions and insights of classroom activities for teaching speaking. Drawing on the data obtained from questionnaire and focus group discussion (FGD), the findings illustrated that the students held moderately positive perceptions toward the speaking activities in their classroom. In addition, the results of FGD revealed some insights from the students with regard to the ideal classroom activities for teaching speaking. The findings of this study provide insights for EFL teachers in designing appropriate classroom activities to achieve the success of teaching speaking.</p><p><strong>Keywords: </strong>teaching speaking, classroom activities, students’ perception</p>

scholarly journals CLASSROOM DISCUSSION: AN ACTIVITY TO PROMOTE SPEAKING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-101
Author(s):  
Marina Lidya ◽  
Melvina Amir
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Communication Skill ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
International Communication ◽  
Classroom Discussion ◽  
Basic Requirement ◽  
Globalized World

In the era of information and technology, every people are demanding to master the English language for communication purpose. Nowadays English is widely used for different purpose such as academic, business, diplomacy, news and information, entertainment and others. It proves that the English language has become a basic requirement for students and job seeker in this increasingly globalized world. In order to meet the needs for international communication, Indonesians students need to be proficient in English, especially in oral communication skill. Communication skill is highly needed by students in order to prepare them for their possible further academic career and future workplace. This paper is intended to discuss about classroom discussion. Classroom discussion is one kinds of activity that is done by the teacher in teaching and learning. In this activity, the students will present their opinions to the class. Therefore, the students get the opportunities to speak English well. It also gives valuable experience for them to prepare themselves to use English in multi society where English is a demanding tool for communication in our today’s life.

scholarly journals Conceptions and Perceptions of Pre-service Teachers on the use of Paradidactic Books in Chemistry Teaching

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 62-80
Author(s):  
Débora Luana Kurz ◽  
Lucilene Piva ◽  
Everton Bedin
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Data Representation ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Learning Mechanisms ◽  
Chemistry Teaching ◽  
Data Collection Instrument ◽  
Didactic Strategies

This research aimed to investigate the conception of chemistry pre-service teachers in the use of para-didactic books in the teaching of Chemistry, with emphasis on questions related to learning mechanisms, didactic strategies and discussion in the classroom. In the methodology, a questionnaire structured in two axes was used as a data collection instrument, which was made available to students of the Chemistry course of a community university in Canoas, metropolitan region of Porto Alegre/RS. This questionnaire, as an empirical part of this article, was analyzed in the light of Bardin's Content Analysis (2011), and its qualitative and quantitative data are expressed through figures and tables. In the data representation, after analysis and interpretation, through the conceptions of the undergraduate students, the importance of the use of this resource in pedagogical practices was verified, corroborating, in addition to the teaching and learning processes, with the improvement of teaching and, mainly , with the contextualization of scientific knowledge in the light of the socio-cultural knowledge of the student. Thus, based on the paradigmatic book, advances in school actions are expected to build and experience a new contextualized and meaningful narrative to the student, also contributing to the way of teaching and learning of the different teachers, providing them with a tool that has the scientific, epistemological and social foundation.

scholarly journals Reverse mentoring and peer coaching as professional development strategies

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-169
Author(s):  
Nohora Inés Porras ◽  
Lenys Smith Díaz ◽  
Marlen María Nieves
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Peer Coaching ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Pedagogical Tools ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

Presently, learning a foreign language is an essential academic requirement in several contexts, hence the importance and the need for effective teaching in this field at all educational levels starting with the first years of school. As a consequence, teaching and learning in elementary school is a key issue to success in the learner’s future language learning. However, at some public elementary schools in Colombia there are many factors that hinder this process. One of them is the fact that most of the teachers who are in charge of teaching English in elementary schools are not sufficiently trained to do this job (McNulty & Quinchía, 2007). For this reason, the aim of this study is to strengthen the pedagogical practices of the participating teachers. Guided by the theoretical foundations of peer coaching and reverse mentoring, this mixed-methods study examined strategies for professional development via results of an English test, class observations, questionnaires, focus groups, interviews, and journals. Findings show the effectiveness of the proposal in terms of the professional growth of the participants who exchanged teaching experiences and pedagogical tools within a mutual and trusting atmosphere. This helped them to enhance their knowledge about teaching a foreign language and test new teaching techniques and strategies to favor their students’ language learning. 

scholarly journals Communication as the Center of Teaching/Learning Process of Foreign Languages (the Case of French Language)

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 147
Author(s):  
Leonarda Myslihaka
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
French Language ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Core Element ◽  
Communicative Skills ◽  
Language Communication ◽  
The One ◽  
Teaching Learning

Knowing at least one foreign language has become almost a necessity. However, in learning a foreign language, communication definitely plays a crucial role. Moreover, without communication there is no interaction, language teaching or learning. Communication is considered as very important and more and more is used as a useful tool to organize a pupil – centered lesson. In this article is treated the need to strengthen and highlight the communicative aspects in teaching foreign language, in our case French language, for a better learning of the language. The objective of learning a foreign language is to develop at pupils the communicative competences in this language. More and more we are going towards a method where communication is the one that realizes successfully the process of teaching and learning. The hypothesis that is set in the article is: Is communication the core element in teaching and learning a foreign language? Other research questions and cases that will be treated are: Communication methods of the foreign languages. What communicative skills are required to develop at pupils/students who learn a foreign language and the strategies of their lessons?; Linguistic competences and their communication role; Communication and the importance of interaction; Oral communication in teaching / learning French language, in the French and Italian language department, in “Aleksandër Xhuvani” university, Elbasan.

scholarly journals Challenges in English Teaching and Learning in Colombia

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Zaily Patricia Del Toro ◽  
Ana Carolina Mercado ◽  
Milton Pájaro Manjarres ◽  
Luis Fernando Noriega ◽  
Willington Watts ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
The Other ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
National Context ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
English Reading ◽  
English Reading Comprehension ◽  
Conducting Research

This article presents a reflection on the educational scenario that permeates the teaching of English as a foreign language (EFL) in its political, methodological, didactic, curricular and investigative dimensions. A description of the current English reading comprehension level in the national context is presented. On the other hand, from a transformative conception in which educational practices must be developed, different elements aiming to the development of formative practices are explored. This is achieved, with the active participation of all the subjects that participate in the educational process by conducting research, which plays a fundamental role that contributes to achieve the emancipation of human beings and the transformation of the environment where they live. Furthermore, this article invites readers to think about and transform the pedagogical practices that are around the teaching of English as a foreign language in Colombia, Latin America and the whole world. This is possible to be achieved, from a resignification of the curriculum and emerging didactics, focused on research and the multidimensionality of human beings.

scholarly journals Mending Students’ Speaking Deficiencies in Moroccan EFL Classes

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arab World English Journal ◽  
Assya El Hannaoui
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Common Core ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Arab World ◽  
First Year ◽  
Learning Practices ◽  
Speaking Skills

This paper presents an attempt to help students enhance their speaking skills in Moroccan English as a foreign language (EFL) classes. It was observed that students in Moroccan high schools are generally not able to speak their minds out freely and imaginatively in English. This paper studies the causes for students’ weak speaking skills in the English language and suggests solutions to mend the situation. An observation of the teaching and learning practices took place in a sample Moroccan high school and interviews as well as questionnaires were administered for the aim of tracing the obstacles students face in their learning process as well as their preferences that they wish to have applied in the speaking sessions. Several speaking activities were tested and proved effective in encouraging students to speak English in class and defeat their shyness and reluctance to express their opinions. These activities are provided in this paper for teachers to use starting from common core classes passing by 1st year Baccalaureate( Bac )and ending with 2nd year Bac (common core being the first year of high school in Morocco and so on) and include watching films and conducting projects in the framework of a cooperative learning. They outline a project of forming good speakers of English in Morocco and maybe elsewhere in the Arab world.

scholarly journals Fiction Stories and Poster Presentation in Teaching Indonesian EFL Students

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
AWEJ-tls for Translation &amp; Literary Studies ◽  
Asmi Rusmanayanti
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Poster Presentation ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Classroom Interaction ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Time Reading ◽  
Essential Knowledge ◽  
Poster Presentations ◽  
Reading Activity

Literacy is a crucial topic for most countries around the globe. As in Indonesia, literacy becomes a major issue since most of young Indonesian people decrease their tendency of reading books in their free time. Reading, either it is extensive or intensive ones, is an essential knowledge for everyone. Fictions are needed to be explored for better literacy. As English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students, English fiction is one of a good source to improve students ability in using English. By reading more fictions, EFL students can gain many benefits directly or indirectly to their English, and it can be seen easily from their fluency by using a special model named Poster Presentation. Furthermore, poster presentation can be used in teaching and learning as variations in reading activity. This research is to explore the use of fiction stories and Poster Presentations for Indonesian EFL students at Lambung Mangkurat University. There were some stages during the Fiction stories and poster presentation project which involved tutoring, group work, and the poster presentation. The students were asked to read short fiction stories, make a summary of it, and finally design the summary into posters. The tutoring part was beneficial to keep students understand the project. The questionnaire by using Likert-scale was distributed which to investigate students’ perception on the use of poster presentation in learning fiction stories. The results showed that the students interpret poster presentation to improve their reading comprehension, communication, cooperation, collaboration, and creativity during the classroom interaction.

scholarly journals Exploring EFL Teaching and Learning Processes in Two Undergraduate Mandatory Courses

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-160
Author(s):  
Estefanía Durán ◽  
Katherin García
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Stimulated Recall ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Stimulated Recall Interviews

This multiple case study explored the influence of English teachers’ methodological practices over undergraduate students’ learning processes in two English as a foreign language mandatory courses for different majors, at Universidad de Pamplona (Colombia). Data were gathered through non-participant observations, field notes, stimulated recall interviews, and semistructured interviews. Findings revealed that teacher-centeredness, the grammar-translation and audiolingual methods dominated the lessons; textbook-oriented classes with an emphasis on listening and writing characterized the courses; teacher and peer correction were encouraged; and classroom tasks and evaluation mostly focused on grammar and vocabulary. Although teachers had methodological practices, these influenced students’ learning processes differently.

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