The Second Language Exposure and Proficiency of the High School Students in Cebu City

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ma. Dolores L. Aday
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Second Language ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
School Students ◽  
Regional Dialects ◽  
Language Proficiency Test

              This study deals on how the Cebuano high school students are exposed to a second language--English and Filipino, their attitudes towards learning the same and their level of proficiency in such languages. A non-probability convenience sampling was conducted in three high schools in Cebu City getting 171 respondents. They were made to take a language proficiency test in Filipino and English. Interviews and focused group discussions were also done to assess clearly their competence in both languages. The study showed that their exposure to a language counts much in achieving language proficiency. The study, however, negates the relationship between the students’ level of proficiency and their attitude towards learning both languages. Further, this study illustrates how the Bilingual Education Policy as well as the new trends of the Mother Tongue-Based Learning had contributed more to the decline of the students’ English   proficiency.  The domains of English are contracting while those of the Filipino language as well as the regional dialects are expanding. School administrators must look into the language policy in schools to improve the English language competency of the students and make them more globally competitive. 

scholarly journals Acquisition of Language Proficiency in English Among Senior High School Students from the Different Strands

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-75
Author(s):  
Kerny M. Macado ◽  
Felix M. Diano Jr.
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
Proficiency Test ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Language Proficiency Test ◽  
Senior High School Students

Using a quantitative-comparative design, this study compares the language proficiency of the Senior High School Students of a certain University from the five (5) different strands; Science-Technology-Engineering-Mathematics (STEM), Humanities-Education-Social Sciences (HESS or HUMSS), Business-Accountancy-Management (BAM or ABM), Technical-Vocational-Livelihood (TVL) and General Academic Strand (GAS) and determine on which of these strands excels in the language proficiency test. There are 40 students randomly selected per strand. They are tested using the Language Proficiency Test in English. The one-way Analysis of Variance was utilized in the study. The findings reveal that there is a significant difference (p<0.05) in the English language proficiency of the students from the five (5) strands. Moreover, the students from the STEM strand excel from the other strands. This further indicates that the STEM students are more superior and developed on the academic literacy, alternative understandings and adequate formulation of theories and concepts in dealing with different variations of linguistics skills.  

scholarly journals Influence of Native Language Transfer on Senior High School English Writing

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 170
Author(s):  
Yuhang Yuan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Second Language ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Native Language ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Language Transfer ◽  
School Students ◽  
Quantitative Research Methods ◽  
English Writing

English writing is one of the important ways to show the comprehensive ability of second language. The native language transfer has long been concerned by language learners since it was proposed. This study adopts qualitative and quantitative research methods to explore the influence of mother tongue transfer on senior high school students' English writing and puts forward corresponding teaching strategies. Through the research, it can be found that native language transfer errors account for a large proportion of errors in English writing error types. In addition, native language transfer has a significant influence on students’ English writing level. It is helpful for students to improve their second language writing ability by adopting comprehensible input and other teaching methods related to mother tongue transfer.

Report on the Demographics and Language Groups of Thursday Island State High School Students at the State Esl (English as a Second Language) Conference, Brisbane, December 2001

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 71-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mette Morrison David
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Second Language ◽  
High School Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
The State ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
School Students ◽  
English Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Groups ◽  
Island State

ABSTRACTThis report was originally delivered to the State English as a Second Language Conference held in Brisbane in December 2001. It was part of a team presentation made to a plenary session by representatives from Torres Strait (Terry McCarthy, Mette Morrison David, Judy Christian Ketchell, Raba Jobi, Keith Fisher, Kay Ahmat and Susan Shepherd). Its aim was to inform Queensland English as a Second Language teachers about the language situation at Thursday Island State High School shortly after the appointment of an Education Advisor English Language Acquisition. The report deals with the linguistic background of the students, the teaching of languages other than English and the urgent need for appropriate professional development in English as a Second Language or English as a Foreign Language insights and methodologies.

scholarly journals The Voice of Learners on English Literary Texts: Passing on the Mantle

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 153-166
Author(s):  
Norhanim Abdul Samat ◽  
Nur Alwani Syahirah Azmi ◽  
Tina Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
School Students ◽  
Selection Of

This study examines how pre-service teachers assess the appropriateness of literary texts used by high school students in terms of learners’ age, linguistic needs, and language proficiency. It also aims to determine the relevance of the texts used to learners’ cultural understanding. The participants in this study were five pre-service teachers who participated in a content analysis study of five literary texts. They analyzed the content of the texts using the four categories of textbook evaluation criteria proposed by Tomlinson (2001), namely, media-specific criteria, content-specific criteria, learner-specific criteria, and language criteria. The evaluation results were positive. All participants agreed that all five texts were appropriate for high school learners, with average levels of compliance ranging from moderate to appropriate. In addition to selecting texts that are appropriate for the learners’ language level, the topics and issues addressed in the texts should also be appropriate for the learners’ interest, so the selection of literary texts is crucial. Finally, more local texts should be selected for the English literature curriculum to highlight local cultures and practices. It is expected that this study will contribute to English language teaching as the findings of this study will provide necessary information to those who are concerned with the selection of appropriate literary texts for schools. In addition, this study will raise awareness among teachers and curriculum designers of the need to consider learners’ level of competence when evaluating and selecting from the many literary texts available.

scholarly journals The English teachers’ challenges in TOEFL preparation for senior high school students

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-45
Author(s):  
Saiful Akmal ◽  
Risdaneva Risdaneva ◽  
Habiburrahim Habiburrahim ◽  
Maulina Sari
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
School Students ◽  
Aceh Province ◽  
English Language Teachers ◽  
Senior High School Students

This descriptive qualitative study was aimed at discovering English language teachers’ challenges in teaching TOEFL preparation for senior high school students. The data were collected by using an in-depth interview with six experienced and qualified English language teachers teaching TOEFL in the three-state and private senior high schools in Aceh province, Indonesia. Open, axial, and selective coding techniques were used to analyze the data from in-depth interviews. The results show that teachers faced some challenges during teaching TOEFL preparation for senior high school students including students’ different language proficiency, their lack of vocabulary mastery, their fatigue, their passive attitude, class size, and time limitation. The findings recommend the further idea to organize a more organized preparation TOEFL program for high school students that can be integrated into the existing curriculum, and thus it will no longer be viewed merely as an extracurricular program.

scholarly journals Impact of Language Ego, the Native Language Effect on Oral English Learning of High School Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Guo Xiashi ◽  
Yuewu Lin
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Second Language ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Negative Transfer ◽  
Native Language ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
English Learning ◽  
School Students

Language transfer, especially the native language effect on the process of second language acquisition, has always been a hot issue of various linguists. Language transfer is inevitable in the process of second language acquisition, which can be divided into positive transfer and negative transfer. The positive transfer will promote the foreign language learning while negative transfer of mother tongue will hinder the second language learning. In English learning, compared with reading and writing, oral English learning is more important and more complex. Chinese high school students are often disturbed by negative effect of their mother tongue in oral English communication. In China, experts and scholars have done a lot of researches on the negative native language effect in English learning, but most of the researches focus on writing and translation skills, while few of them emphasize on listening and speaking skills.At present, English teaching is undergoing a profound reform, and English teachers and learners are paying an increasing number of attention to the study of spoken English. In order to fill the gap and correctly understand the influences of oral English acquisition of high school students, through the analysis of the principle of native language effect, this paper finds that the vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation and pragmatics of mother tongue all have negative transfer to foreign language learning. What’s more, language ego, as an important part of affective principles, has a profound impact on the process of oral English learning. There is a strong and negative correlation between language ego and oral English learning to some extent. The less students´language ego is, the more oral English output students will produce.

Lexical Features of Reading Passages in English-language Textbooks for Vietnamese High-school Students: Do they Foster both Content and Vocabulary Gain?

RELC Journal ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 003368821989504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chi-Duc Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Second Language ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Text Comprehension ◽  
English Language ◽  
Vocabulary Acquisition ◽  
School Students ◽  
Incidental Vocabulary ◽  
Language Textbooks

This study examined whether the reading passages in the new series of English-language textbooks for high-school students in Vietnam fostered reading comprehension and incidental vocabulary acquisition through reading by looking at four factors: the number of unfamiliar words in the texts, the importance of these words for text comprehension, the usefulness of contextual clues for interpreting the meanings of these words, and the frequency of these words within and across the texts. Results showed that most of the reading passages were overloaded with novel words and few of these words were important for text comprehension. Rarely did these words reoccur in the texts and the chance for successful lexical inferencing was extremely slim due to the paucity of useful contextual clues. These findings provide useful implications for both second language (L2) instructors and textbook writers inside and outside of this context.

scholarly journals EFL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON TOEIC PRACTICE CLASS AT TWELFTH GRADERS SMK KESEHATAN HUSADA PRATAMA

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Imam Fauzi
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Listening Comprehension ◽  
English Language ◽  
Proficiency Tests ◽  
School Students ◽  
Twelfth Graders ◽  
Twelfth Grade ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Language Proficiency Test

Learning English language is much demanded and crucial for EFL students. Students are supposed to be able to prove their language skills through language proficiency test. TOEIC is one of the language proficiency tests that mostly EFL students especially vocational high school students need to learn and master it. However, the students often encounter some difficulties in conducting the TOEIC test. Improving students’ comprehension about practicing the TOEIC test highly requires a good strategy. TOEIC practice class is considered to be one of appropriate approaches to be applied to encourage the students’ comprehension. The purpose of the research is to investigate comprehensively whether there is any significant improvement of practicing TOEIC strategy on the students’ listening comprehension of the twelfth grade students. This research applied descriptive qualitative approach that engages one group participated by 30 students of twelfth grade of SMK Kesehatan Husada Pratama. It can be seen that there was such significant improvements of practicing TOEIC strategy on the students’ listening comprehension of the twelfth grade at SMK Kesehatan Husada Pratama academic year 2019/2020.   

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