“Teaching Strategies and Techniques to Motivate Students Learning English in the Preparatory Schools – Qatar”, an Action Study

Educational process has a great impact on the motivation of the learners, and these incentives (motives) are under the control of the teacher who directs the educational process. Accordingly, this action research is carried out to examine the effectiveness of certain teaching/ learning strategies and techniques applied for grade nine students chosen from Fatima Al-Zahra Preparatory School- Qatar to raise their motivation for learning English language. The findings show that external motivations (extrinsic) are among the most important factors in the success of learning English language, which are compensatory factors in the absence of the spontaneous desire to learn that language. The selected students have undergone varieties of active learning strategies, resources and tensive use of modern technology. The methods that are implemented in this study, include the designed questionnaire and the official exams sheets conducted on the targeted students. However, both qualitative and quantitative approaches are used to analyze the data. The present study shows that the students are academically weak in English language, not well motivated to learn English, the learning strategies, resources, and techniques utilized in the classroom proved to be effective to motivate the students and are reflected on the academic performance of the students. Therefore, the data analysis of the success ratio among the targeted students has shown an increase from 41.5% to 91.5% after the application of new strategies and techniques.

Teacher Burnout: A Case Study among EFL Instructors at the English Preparatory Schools at Universities in North Cyprus

The job of being an English language instructor is both demanding and challenging. Recently many researchers have been paying attention to determine teachers’ attitudes, burnouts, and self-efficacy towards the subject and to find a relationship between those psychological concepts and certain variables. However, there is not much research done in the field of English language teaching in North Cyprus, Turkey, and in the Middle East regarding EFL teacher burnout and self-efficacy. This study aimed to investigate the perceived levels of burnout among EFL Instructors at the English Preparatory Schools in Girne American University, Near East University and the European University of Lefke in North Cyprus using the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Education Survey developed by Friedman. The study, in which 51 EFL instructors participated found that instructors experienced low levels of emotional exhaustion, low levels of depersonalization in relationships with students, colleagues, and others, and a high level of personal accomplishment in their work. An EFL instructor’s age, marital status, work experience, weekly teaching hours, job status, native or non-native status do not seem to influence instructors’ responses on each of the sub-scales of the Maslach Burnout Inventory. However, variables gender and the university they work to influence their responses related to emotional exhaustion, but they do not influence their responses related to depersonalization and personal accomplishment scores on the Maslach Burnout Inventory.

Indian Art Education and Contemporary Art Practices

Arts education is a distinct academic discipline in India, with governmental and private institutions offering specialised training in the arts.Religious paradigms such as the Hindu Ashram and Muslim madrasas, Buddhist monastery etc., were used to build ancient Indian educational systemsuntil the British instituted schools following their system of preparatory schools under the Cambridge system to promote service to the British Empire. As a result, Indian perceptions of literacy and education, as well as the culture of learning, have shiftedincluding, in the context of the arts, the concepts of differences between art and craft, the social relationship between master craftsperson and artisan, public art and individual art, religious art and secular art, and so on. Art in India, as in the rest of the world, has undergone numerous changes that have resulted in what we see today, a unique amalgamation of sensibilities from the west as well as from across Asia. In the twenty-first century, a new era in India begun.The country's cultural diversity adds to the multi-dimensional approach, which is a direct approach and a direct contribution of various religious beliefs, languages, and the still prevalent rural culture congregating with the rapidly growing urban culture.The country's diversity, like its art, is an experience in and of itself that is difficult to comprehend.This is the core and crux of the new modern India and its emerging art. The paper will discuss about the contemporary art practices in India with reference to its practising artists.

Achievement of fourth-grade students in physics

The aim of the current research is to identify the achievement of fourth-grade scientific students in physics, and for the purpose of achieving this goal, the two researchers used the descriptive approach of their research community, which consisted of (400) students of the fourth scientific grade from preparatory schools affiliated to the Directorate of Education in Al-Qadisiyah Governorate for the academic year (2020-2021). M) The researchers built an achievement test tool that consisted of (40) objective paragraphs, where the results showed that the research sample achieved good results in the physics achievement test, that there is a statistically significant difference in the physics achievement test, between males and females and in favor of males, and the most important The recommendations reached by the researchers that physics teachers use different methods in teaching physics as they contributed to increasing their achievement. The most important proposals are to conduct similar studies for other academic stages to identify the students' achievement in physics according to the gender variable, and to conduct similar studies with the diversity of variables. Keywords: achievement, fourth grade students of science

Metamemory Among Fourth grade science students

The current research aim to identify Metamemory among students of the fourth scientific grade The research has been limited to students of the fourth scientific grade in secondary and Preparatory schools in the center of Al-Qadisiyah Governorate for the academic year (2020-2021), and the descriptive survey approach was adopted, and the sample size amounted to (400) male and female students who were chosen randomly. To achieve the objectives of the research, the tow researchers prepared research tool represented by a measure of Metamemory, which in its final form consisted of (36) items, with (19) paragraphs of positive wording and (17) paragraphs of negative wording, according to the definition (Troyer & Rich, 2002) who classified Metamemory into three dimensions: satisfaction with memory, ability or memory errors and remembering strategies. And has been verified the apparent validity, content and constructive validity of the scale, the calculation of discrimination coefficients for the items of the scale, and checking the scale's stability through out the calculation of the Cronbach's alpha coefficient, which amounted to (0.919). The research tool were applied in the first semester of the year (2020-2021), and statistical analysis and data processing were carried out using the Statistical Portfolio for Social Sciences (SPSS) program. By applying the equation of the t-test for one sample to the data obtained from the final application of the research tool, it was concluded that students of the fourth scientific grade possess a high level of metamemory. Accordingly, the researchers presented some recommendations and suggestions. key words : Metamemory

The Perception of Preparatory Schools Teachers for the Daily Lesson Plan

Daily lesson plan is one of the most important thing that every teacher should consider in teaching process. It leads to a clarity of vision for the educational teacher, as this contributes to defining the students’ previous experiences in an accurate way, and the objectives of the current educational process, after which he is able to develop and prepare the best appropriate procedures for implementing and evaluating the teaching process. The current paper tries to find out the understanding of teachers to the daily lesson plan by give the questionnaire of twenty items.

The Correlation between Iraqi EFL Preparatory School Students’ Cognitive Styles and English Productive Skills

Cognitive styles are important in field of foreign language learning. Knowing of cognitive styles can be as guide to help teachers in order to determine students’ preferences that may used in learning process. This study aims to find the Iraqi EFL preparatory school students’ cognitive styles. In addition, it aims to find the Iraqi EFL preparatory school students’ performance of productive skills. Moreover, the study aims to find the relationship between Iraqi EFL preparatory school students’ cognitive styles and performance of language productive skills. Where are your hypotheses? The sample of the present study consists of 200 students from Iraqi different preparatory schools. To achieve the aims of the current study, two instruments have been used, namely; cognitive styles questionnaire and productive skills test. After ensuring the validity and reliability of the instruments, the two instruments are applied to the sample of the study.

An Investigation Into the Implementation and Selection of Literary Texts to Teach Reading Skills in EFL Classes: The Case of Preparatory Schools in Awi Zone, Ethiopia

This study was conducted to investigate the selection and implementation of literary texts for teaching of reading skills in English as a foreign language classes in preparatory schools in Ethiopia. In doing so, descriptive survey design was employed. To collect data, observation, questionnaire, interview and text analysis were used as data collection tools. Using simple random sampling technique, 30 grade 11 English teachers for questionnaire and 6 teachers for observation and interview were selected. Text analysis was also used to evaluate the suitability of literary texts. The study revealed that literary texts designed in grade 11 English textbook are not suitable for the students’ age, interest, cultural background, social background, linguistic proficiency and literacy background. The reading tasks have almost no pre-reading activities, some while-reading activities and plenty of post-reading activities which are not well designed. Besides, EFL teachers perceived that literary texts are important to facilitate the students’ reading classes but they were limited in using literary texts meaningfully. The study also revealed that difficulty level of literary texts, unfamiliarity of the cultures from texts, lack of interest, lack of reading experience and students’ limited vocabulary were the major difficulties that hindered the proper use of literary texts in reading lessons.

The Role of the Portal to English Syllabuses in Developing the Language Skills of Preparatory School Students

Teaching English through an effective curriculum enables EFL students to establish and achieve effective communication. The study aims to investigate issues affecting EFL students by learning English and discussing the role of Portal to English syllabuses in developing the language skills of Qatari school students. Research has harmonized the analytical approach. The required information was collected from a questionnaire distributed to twenty (20) Qatari EFL teachers in preparatory schools. Then, the data was analyzed according to the SPSS system. The results show that the Portal course syllabuses of Qatari preparatory schools introduce language activities that promote oral interaction in addition to the previous syllabuses. This current syllabus motivates students and builds a good understanding of learning English and improving language skills. The textbooks emphasize the use of English in social media and in the practice of Qataris customs and traditions. Portal lessons emphasize oral interactions with group work and discussions. Vocabulary and writing activities are presented and tested in many units in the Portal course series.