scholarly journals The Impact of Teaching EFL Medical Vocabulary Through Collocations on Vocabulary Retention of EFL Medical Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Maryam Najafi ◽  
Mohammad Reza Talebinezhad
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Medical Vocabulary ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group

Teaching technical vocabulary in ESP context is a vital part of English language teaching at a university level. EFL teachers almost use traditional techniques for teaching new medical vocabulary. This study aimed at examining the impact of teaching medical vocabulary through collocations on vocabulary learning of medical students. This quasi-experimental study with a pretest/posttest control group design was conducted on 80 students majoring Nursing at Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Iran. The proficiency test was used to determine the proficiency level of the students and 62 students were selected as intermediate students. The students were assigned into two groups. In the experimental group new medical vocabulary was taught through collocations, while in the control group new vocabularies were instructed through traditional techniques including synonym, antonym, definition and mother tongue translation. Data were collected using a researcher-made test of collocation. Results showed that the mean score of teaching medical vocabulary was increased in the experimental group after the treatment. It can be seen that the experimental group outperformed the control group on the medical collocation tests.

scholarly journals Investigating the Effect of Blending MOOCs with Flipped Classroom on Engagement in Learning and Course Grades

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. p8
Author(s):  
Nahed F. Abdel-Maksoud
Keyword(s):  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Methodology ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Course Grades ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group

Though MOOCs are usually used as stand-alone online courses, more and more instructors are using them to complement their traditional lectures, others are using them to flip their classrooms. This study investigates the impact of MOOCs-based flipped classroom on engagement in learning and course grades. This quasi-experimental study employed post-test only control group design. Participants of the study consisted of 155 pre-service teachers studying the undergraduate "EFL Teaching Methodology course at one of the universities in Egypt in the year 2018-2019. Participants were randomly assigned to either an experimental (flipped classroom) (N=78) or a control group (traditional) (N=77). Both groups were taught by the same instructor, the control group was taught in the traditional method, while the experimental group were required to enroll in two English Language Teaching MOOCs, assigned by the course instructor, and complete specific parts of each course, students had to watch videos, read articles, complete quizzes, and come to class prepared to discuss what they have read and watched, and complete in-class activities. Ten weeks later, the instrument of the study, Engagement Scale, was administered to both groups to assess their engagement in learning. Course grades were obtained from the instructor. Results showed that there were statistically significant differences in both engagement and course grades in favor of the ‎experimental group (flipped classroom group). Using MOOCs to flip traditional courses is found to improve students' engagement and learning, this is because students were able to use limited class time to engage in higher‐level interactive learning activities. There is no fear that technology or video lectures will replace faculty, rather it can make their teaching more effective. Integrating MOOCs and flipped classroom can harness technology to radically redesign teaching and learning experiences.

scholarly journals Developing the English Language Teaching Skills of Saudi Teachers of Young Learners

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Ayman Sabry Daif-Allah ◽  
Fahad Hamad Aljumah
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Skills ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Young Learners ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Impact

This study aimed at investigating the impact of a program on developing the English language teaching skills of pre-service English for Young Learners (EYL) Teachers. The sample of the study consisted of 70 English language major students in Qassim University. The researchers made use of the quasi-experimental pre-test post-test control group design and data were collected quantitatively by means of questionnaires and observation checklists used for pre- post testing. Results revealed the effectiveness of the program on developing the necessary English language teaching skills for pre-service EYL teachers. The study recommended introducing appropriate teaching practices in the EFL context in general and in elementary school settings in particular.

scholarly journals The Effect of Comparative FonF Structure on Learning L2 Verb Components

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Gholam Reza Parvizi
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Explicit Knowledge ◽  
Judgment Task ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Perfect Form ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Grammatical Judgment ◽  
L1 And L2 ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group

This study focuses on the impact of the type of form-focused instruction (FFI) on its efficiency in mastering L2forms. The hypothesis that FFI, which induces structural and metalinguistic salience on the basis of contrastiveanalysis of the learner’s L1 and L2, would be particularly effective at facilitating the acquisition of difficult L2 formswas tested in a quasi-experimental study comparing the effectiveness of two types of FFI, one with and one without acontrastive component. The contrastive FFI explicitly drew learners’ attention to the cross-linguistic differences inthe tense-aspect systems of their L2 and L1 while the non-contrastive treatment only focused on the tense-aspectsystem of the L2. The effects of these two types of FFI were assessed by analyzing the learners’ pre-test and post-testperformance on two tasks differing in the extent to which they involve the activation of explicit and implicitlinguistic knowledge: a grammatical judgment task and a controlled translation task. The subjects of the studycomprised of 43 students majoring in English language in the Iranian capital university, Tehran, 22 were selected asfor experimental group and 21 for control group randomly. The results of the study revealed that the quantitativeanalysis of the Grammatical Judgment Test (GJT) data indicated no significant effect of CFFI due to the novelty ofthe translatory technique, or the potential individual differences in the learning orientation of the learners. On thecontrary, the qualitative analysis indicated differential effects of this type of FFI according to the nature of targetform, i.e. CFFI was beneficial in raising the grammatical judgment of Persian Learners of English (PLE) regardingpresent perfect form but not effective in their judgment of ungrammatical progressive forms. In terms of translationtask, the CFFI appeared to be effective in the correct use of the target structures by PLE. This may be mainly due tothe fact that Translation Test (TT) needed explicit knowledge which was presented in CFFI and that translation is acontrastive activity in nature.

scholarly journals The Impact of Podcasts on EFL Students’ Listening Comprehension

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tryanti R. Abdulrahman ◽  
Nonny Basalama ◽  
Moh. Rizky Widodo
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Listening Comprehension ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group

This research has objective to investigate students’ listening comprehension through the use of podcast in EFL classroom. 60 high school students in Indonesia were taken as sample for this research with distribution of 30 students in experiment class and 30 students in control class. The samples were taken by using cluster random sampling. Quasi-experimental method with the post-test only control group design was applied in this research. In addition, a survey questionnaire was administered to experimental group to explore their perception on the use of podcast instruction in teaching listening. Findings revealed that there is a significant difference of post-test score between two groups, favoring experimental group. Data analysis using one way ANOVA showed significance value (sig. 0.010) is lower than < 0.05 which interpreted that Podcast has significant impact on students’ listening comprehension. Additionally, the result of questionnaire indicated that students have positive attitude toward the use of podcast in listening classroom. Students perceived that podcasts provided authentic materials, interesting activities including listening exercises and meaningful tasks for them so they felt more motivated to learn English. This study recommended that teacher may utilize podcast in teaching listening considering its effectiveness as technology based learning tool.

scholarly journals Kearifan Lokal dalam Pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris: Sarana Meningkatkan Keterampilan Pelajar Bahasa Inggris Dewasa

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
Aco Nasir ◽  
Andriani Andriani
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Control Group ◽  
P Value ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Parametric Testing ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Experimental Group

This study aims at investigating the effect of the integrated local wisdom on English Learning at university Students. The research employed a quasi-experimental design. The experimental class was taught by implementing the integrated local wisdom on English Learning and the non-experimental class by conventional strategy. The subject was the 152 second semester students of Non-English Language teaching Department, Al Asyariah Mandar University. The sample was randomly selected to be one of the classes into the experimental group and the other one into the control group. Since the statistical assumptions were not fulfilled in this study therefore, the data were analyzed by utilizing non parametric testing: Mann–Whitney U and Kruskall-Wallis. The mean score of the students’ reading comprehension achievement in the end of the study was 79.63 in the experimental group while the mean score of the students’ achievement in control group was 56.76 and the p-value was .000, meaning was smaller than level of significance 0.05 (sig 0.000 < 0.05). The finding showed that the integrated local wisdom on English Learning statistically impacted students’ skill using English as Communication devise in daily life compared to one taught using the Conventional strategy.

scholarly journals The Effect of Problem-Based Spot Capturing Models on Creative and Care Character of Students in Elementary School

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Freddy Widya Ariesta
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group

This study aims to determine the impact of applying problem-based spot capturing models in teaching social science in order to develop creativity and caring of students in elementary school. The experimental research was carried out for four weeks by using problem-based spot capturing models learning in two groups is experimental group (n = 24) and control group (n = 23). This study used quasi experimental method with pre-test and post-test control group design. The research instrument was taken from observation and questionnaire then the data was analysed by using qualitative descriptive percentage. Based on the data, the researchers figure out that a teacher plays an important role in developing the character of the students through the learning design. In addition, there are differences in the higher score obtained by the experimental group than the control group on creative and care characters by using problem-based spot capturing models. Students also gain an improvement in technology use and skills in social science class by using the problem-based spot capturing models.

scholarly journals Fortalecimiento De La Producción Escrita De Diálogos No Literarios A Través De Las Expresiones Idiomáticas En El Aprendizaje Del Idioma Inglés

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (25) ◽  
pp. 177
Author(s):  
Lorena Maribel Yumi Guacho ◽  
Enrique Jesús Guambo Yerovi ◽  
Carmita Eulalia Rojas Castro ◽  
Lara Olivo Lenín Iván
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Idiomatic Expressions ◽  
Class B ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Experimental Group

The purpose of the current research was to strength the production of non-literary written dialogues by using idiomatic expressions in the English- Language teaching-learning process, applied to second level students, class B in the Language Center at Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo from October 2016 to March 2017. It has been evidenced that the syllabus of the Language Center does not consider the use of idiomatic expressions, so the students acquire neither lexicography nor appropriate vocabulary. This was a correlational, quasi experimental, field trip and documentary research applied to two heterogeneous groups; a control group and an experimental group. The control group developed the traditional contents planned in the institutional syllabus, while the experimental group developed a set of activities as a methodological strategy; a booklet was also designed for being used as a guide by the teachers. Both groups were evaluated through a rubric in two stages: the pre-test and post-test obtaining data to be tabulated, analyzed, interpreted and then compared in order to prove the hypothesis. It was determined that the use of idiomatic expressions strengthens the production of non-literary written dialogues, so it is recommended to apply them in the English language teaching-learning process.

scholarly journals The Use Of Content Based Instruction In English Language Teaching

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 359
Author(s):  
Sitti Nurjannah ◽  
Erniati Erniati ◽  
Jusmaniar N
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Based Instruction ◽  
Experimental Group

Content-Based Instruction is an approach used in English language teaching. This research aims to investigate the use of CBI in improving the students’ achievement in English Language Teaching at SMK Negeri 2 Makassar. This research used quantitative method which is designed in Quasi Experimental. There were two classes taken as a sample they are control group and experimental group. Both of the group were administered pre-test before implementing CBI in the learning process. after the impelementation of CBI, the posttest was administered to know the students’ achievement in English Language Teaching. From the result of data analysis, it was found that the use of CBI in English Language Teaching is effective in improving the students’ achievement. It is proved by the improvement of the students’ score from the pre-test to the post-test.

scholarly journals The impact of mediated learning on the academic writing performance of medical students in flipped and traditional classrooms: scaffolding techniques

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laleh Khojasteh ◽  
Seyyed Ali Hosseini ◽  
Elham Nasiri
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Mediated Learning ◽  
Writing Classes ◽  
Writing Group ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group

AbstractWriting as a multiple-step process is one of the most complex and demanding skills for graduate students to master. Foreign or second language learners who are required to write for academic purposes at the university level may even find it more demanding to master. One of the ways of decreasing the burden of mastering this skill for learners is mediation, using scaffolding techniques to teach writing. Hence, having a good understanding of the impact(s) of adopting mediating or scaffolding techniques in writing classes is absolutely indispensable. To this end, the present study employed an experimental research design to investigate the impact of mediation in the flipped writing classrooms of the students of medicine. To peruse this goal, 47 medical students were selected through purposive sampling and put into control and treatment groups. Medical students in the treatment group watched teacher-made video content(s) before their writing classes. The students in this group experienced organized-interactive writing group activities in their classes. Unlike the experimental group, the students in the control group received all the instructions in the classroom and were assigned homework. The findings obtained through the ANOVA and t-test indicated that the students in the experimental group significantly outperformed their counterparts in the control group in terms of their writing. A probable conclusion could be that by requiring students to study in advance and take responsibility for their learning, flipped classroom can provide the opportunity for learners to actively construct knowledge rather than receive the information passively in the classroom. Flipped classroom can also cultivate interactive class time for teachers and enable them to invest in more fruitful academic practices, instead of asking students to spend a substantial amount of time each week doing homework independently.

The effect of body-movement teaching, learning motivation and performance

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 414-437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satoshi Sugahara ◽  
Hisayo Sugao ◽  
Steven Dellaportas ◽  
Takahiro Masaoka
Keyword(s):  
Body Movement ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Entry Level ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group

Purpose This research applies a quasi-experimental research method to investigate the impact of an innovative resource titled “Accounting Exercise” (teaching intervention using physical movement and lyrics) on learning motivation and performance on a group of students enrolled in a first-year undergraduate accounting course in Japan. Design/methodology/approach Five classes were randomly assigned to either an experimental group (two classes) or a control group (three classes). In the experimental group, 90 students participated in a 15-min “Accounting Exercise” at the commencement of lectures over three consecutive weeks. The remaining 133 students assigned to the control group did not participate in the Accounting Exercise. Findings The findings indicate that the Accounting Exercise provided stimuli in maintaining students’ learning motivation. This finding is important for entry-level students where learning motivation has the potential to influence students’ future decisions on major areas of study and career choices. Originality/value This finding is important for entry-level students where future career options are decided. This effect is also believed to contribute to reducing the declining numbers of students in accounting majors.

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