Didactic Potential of an Electronic Textbook for Improving Speaking Skills at Foreign Language Classes

An important aim of higher education intuitions of our country is creating of electronic educational system. Informatization of education has influenced all subjects, including foreign languages. The integration of digital technologies into the teaching process and production of multimedia electronic textbooks are the principal directions of modernization of language education. The paper aims to prove the high didactic potential of an electronic textbook on the subject “Foreign language” for development students’ communicative competence by means of analyzing of Russian and foreign authors’ scientific researches, development of electronic textbook and its use at foreign language classes. A detailed list of the lesson objective which can be solved by means of an electronic textbook on the subject “Foreign language” is given in the present article. The necessity of inclusion the digital products in the process of teaching foreign languages is also proved. The appropriateness of its use for development students’ communicative skills is justified. The list of speaking skills developed by means of electronic text book is. The examples of tasks for individual and group work are given too. The possibility of using the electronic textbook “French language for adjuncts” for the complex formation of speaking skills in oral and written communication is also shown. The necessity of its inclusion into the program of linguistic education at university is proved.

FORMATION OF COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE SKILLS IN GERMAN LANGUAGE LESSONS AS A LESSON OBJECTIVE

Ушбу мақолада немис тили ўқитишда коммуникатив тил кўникмаларини шакллантириш дарс мақсади сифатида танлаб олиниб, кўзланган мақсадга эришиш учун айрим дарсликлардан фойдаланишда ўрганувчилар тасаввурида юзага келадиган баъзи тушунчалар билан боғлиқ бўлган англашдаги қийинчиликлар ва уларни бартараф этишда ижобий фойда берадиган ижодий ёндашувлар хақида амалий изланишлар баён этилади. Шунингдек, бундай ёндашувларнинг коммуникатив кўникмалар шаклланишидаги муҳим аҳамияти хусусидаги амалий тажрибанинг ўрни тўғрисида ҳам сўз боради.

Exploring Accessibility: An Application of Inverse Trigonometric Functions

Each school year, students enter our classrooms with unique experiences and perspectives that ought to be shared. One year, I noticed a student in our school who used a wheelchair. When I saw how difficult it was for that student to navigate the ramps in our school, I began to think about a trigonometry lesson focused on accessibility. I wanted to use mathematics to explore what life was like—albeit to a minor degree—for those with disabilities. The lesson objective was to explore angles of incline in wheelchair ramps to determine whether such ramps truly offer accessibility.

USING MOBILE APPLICATION TO PROMOTE AUTONOMOUS LEARNING FOR SYNTAX SUBJECT

This is a descriptive qualitative research aiming at exploring the use of mobile apps to promote autonomous learning for students of English Education study program in Syntax subject. Syntax is given in the fourth semester and the lesson objective is students are able to analyze sentence construction in their correct structures. There are three mobile apps used namely Quizlet, Socrative, and Sli.do. They are used randomly based on certain subtopic in the semester. Purposive sampling is applied for data collection. The data are then analyzed using content based analysis. It is found out that the use of mobile apps is able to promote students’ autonomous learning since they are eager to dig more and learn further to find materials for their subject namely Syntax. They are challenged to find answers to some problems given by the lecturer. They become more creative in presenting ideas as well as doing tree diagram analysis on sentence constructions.

ABCD REQUIREMENTS OF LESSON OBJECTIVES MADE BY THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS OF UNLAM FOR PRAKTEK PENGENALAN LAPANGAN (PPL) I COURSE

Writing a lesson objective is still a challenging task for the English Department students of Lambung Mangkurat University when they do their micro teaching practice in Praktek Pengenalan Lapangan (PPL) I Course. The formulated lesson objectives have to include the ABCD elements -Audience/Actor, Behavior, Condition, Degree- which require distinct characteristics for each. The study examines the lesson objectives of the lesson plans made by the English Department students of Lambung Mangkurat University for PPL I Course in the Academic Year of 2010/2011. There are 91 lesson plans were collected, and there are 91 lesson objectives investigated. The findings discuss the formulation of ABCD requirements in the lesson objectives. It is recommended that the students’ English proficiency must be enhanced because the formulation of a good lesson objective is closely related with the ability to produce grammatically correct sentence. Key words: Lesson Objectives, Audience, Behavior, Condition, Degree Abstrak: Menulis tujuan pembelajaran masih merupakan tugas yang menantang bagi mahasiswa Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Universitas Lambung Mangkurat ketika mereka melakukan praktek pembelajaran mikro dalam Mata Kuliah Praktek Pengenalan Lapangan (PPL) I. Tujuan pembelajaran yang dirumuskan harus mencakup unsur-unsur ABCD -Audiens/Aktor, Perilaku, Kondisi, Taraf- yang membutuhkan karakteristik berbeda untuk masing-masing unsur. Studi ini meneliti tujuan pembelajaran dari Rencana Pembelajaran (RP) yang dibuat oleh mahasiswa Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Universitas Lambung Mangkurat untuk Mata Kuliah PPL I Course di Tahun Akademik 2010/2011. Ada 91 rencana pembelajaran dikumpulkan, dan ada 91 tujuan pembelajaran yang diteliti. Temuan membahas perumusan dari syarat ABCD di tujuan pembelajaran. Disarankan bahwa kemampuan bahasa Inggris siswa harus ditingkatkan karena perumusan tujuan pembelajaran yang baik terkait erat dengan kemampuan untuk menghasilkan kalimat dengan tata bahasa yang benar. Kata kunci: Tujuan Pembelajaran, Audiens/Aktor, Perilaku, Kondisi, Taraf

The “Brick Wall” Graphic Organizer

Use this visual tool to plan lessons and assessments, diagnose gaps in students' conceptual knowledge, and help you and your students see connections within a particular lesson objective.

Students’ Voice Toward Good English Teachers' Characteristics at Secondary Schools in Indonesia

This research aims at finding out the secondary school students’ voices towards good English teachers’ characteristics and the most dominant good teachers’ characteristics preferred by the students. This research employed descriptive method supported by descriptive statistics. There were thirty-two students participated in this research who were in the second year in 2012. The instrument used in this research was the checklist in which the students were asked to choose the descriptions which consisted of three choices; disagree, agree, and disagree. The research reports illustrate that students' voices toward good English teachers' characteristics in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) at a secondary school in Indonesia are ranging from explaining lesson objective clearly to provide jokes while teaching. The most dominant good teachers' characteristics preferred by the secondary school students were "gives clear explanation" in which there were 56.25% students gave "strongly agree" answer. There were also "56.25% students gave "strongly agree" answer to "the teacher should provide jokes or funny stories in the classroom setting." There were 65.62% students gave "agree" answer to "the teacher should use a variety of materials." There were 65.62% students gave "agree" answer to "the teacher should be relaxed and he should create a pleasant atmosphere." Well prepared is also important in the classroom, where there were 62.5% students gave "agree" answer to this statement. There were 43.75% students gave "disagree" answer to “gives follow up/feedback.” Even though, the “disagree” choice to this statement is highest than other choices in the “disagree” choice but the “agree” and “strongly agree” choice have higher score, because the accumulation of the total score is 56.25%. This means that the teachers need to give feedback to students’ works in the classroom. Keywords: students’ voice, teachers’ good characteristics, EFL, secondary school