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Racca, Robelle Millie Ann B., and Ronald Candy S. Lasaten. "English Language Proficiency and Academic Performance of Philippine Science High School Students." International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics 2, no. 2 (June 2016): 44–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.18178/ijlll.2016.2.2.65.
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Ginsberg, Daniel, Maya Honda, and Wayne O'Neil. "Looking beyond English: Linguistic inquiry for English Language Learners." LSA Annual Meeting Extended Abstracts 1 (May 2, 2010): 28. http://dx.doi.org/10.3765/exabs.v0i0.507.
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Is there a role for linguistic inquiry in a class of high school English Language Learners? Based on a year-long pilot project initiated by a Greater Boston high school teacher, we present evidence: (1) that examining the spoken and written languages represented in the classroom captures students’ interest and engages them in critical inquiry about the nature of linguistic knowledge and about their beliefs about language; (2) that the analysis of students’ home languages validates these languages in the school context, defining them as a rich resource worthy of study, rather than as a hindrance to education.
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Sansaluna, Saima, Lydia Bawa, Amour Camua, and Leonel Untong. "Senior High School Students’ Anxiety and Performance in Learning English." Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal 8, no. 4 (May 6, 2021): 605–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/assrj.84.10018.
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This study focused on the anxiety and performance of the students in learning English specifically in speaking. It sought to find out anxieties and its causes that affect their English performance in terms of inter-language phonology, grammar and meaning system. The study covered the use of Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) developed by Horwitz et al. (1986) that measure the English learners’ anxiety levels while learning English in the classroom. The respondents of the study were the selected Grade 12 senior high school students from the selected public schools in Maguindanao Division, Philippines. Descriptive-correlational survey method was used in the study.
The findings show that English language speaking anxiety does exist among Senior High School students in Maguindanao Division and their level of anxiety in learning English is high. It is further concluded that students’ anxiety levels in speaking English in terms of inter-language phonology, inter-language grammar and inter-language meaning system contributed to students’ performance in learning in English.
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Naumenko, Liudmyla, and Yana Bilyk. "TEACHING ENGLISH GRAMMAR TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS: COGNITIVE APPROACH." АRS LINGUODIDACTICAE, no. 3 (2019): 21–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/2663-0303.2019.3.03.
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Background: Cognitive approach to teaching foreign languages at high school proves rather effective given the level of intellectual development and interests of learners in their early youth. The approach, based on conscious learning, currently finds support in the documents on school reform being conducted in Ukraine. Purpose: The purpose of the article is to discuss provisions of cognitive approach to teaching a foreign language at high school and establish correlation between logical operations of thinking and types of syntactic exercises in the process of learning grammar. Discussion: Teaching grammar is a challenging task, especially if combined with the basic vocabulary taught parallelly. However, cognitively and thematically oriented exercises facilitate the learning process, making it more sensible and smoother. Cognitive grammar exercises also meet the learners’ expectations and develop their intellectual abilities, deepen memory, train attention and logical thinking. Besides developing their grammatical and lexical skills, the students acquire cognitive abilities to make a choice, find out necessary answers, solve problems, etc., which can be exceptionally useful in everyday life and professional setting. The proposed grammar exercises which are classified according to their types into multiple choice, transformation, comparing, grouping, logical thinking, formulation of definitions and language games can be further completed with different variations which will add additional quest to the learners. Results: The latest achievements of cognitive linguistics and cognitive psychology have a powerful impact on the development of new methods and approaches to language teaching. Cognitive approach to teaching foreign languages proves to be one of the most effective instruments of teaching-learning process, especially based on the knowledge of psycho-physiological development of the object of study.
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Rustamovna, Razzakova Gulchekhra. "Teaching English As A Foreign Language To Students With Learning Disabilities." American Journal of Social Science and Education Innovations 03, no. 04 (April 30, 2021): 385–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.37547/tajssei/volume03issue04-59.
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Foreign language study is an increasingly prominent part of education everywhere. Not only are high school students nearly always required to study a foreign language, but many lower and middle schools have added foreign languages to their curricula, whether as enrichment or a requirement. While it has long been recognized in the learning disabilities field that foreign language study would be a terrific challenge to learning disabled students, somehow this fact has been widely ignored in the field of foreign language instruction and in schools in general until very recently. The following article looks into the ways to teach foreign languages to students with learning disabilities.
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Alyousif, Raneem, and Zainab Alsuhaibani. "English Language Learning Demotivating Factors for Saudi High School EFL Students." English Language Teaching 14, no. 8 (July 26, 2021): 29. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/elt.v14n8p29.
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Demotivating factors are one of the sources that can reduce students’ motivation toward language learning. This study investigated language learning demotivating factors among high school EFL students. It also explored the educational implications and recommendations for promoting EFL students’ motivation from teachers’ perspectives. A total of 365 Saudi high school EFL students and 18 secondary English language teachers from six public schools participated in the study. The data of the study were collected via two research instruments: a questionnaire and semi-structured interviews with students and teachers. The results revealed that subject- related and teacher-related demotivating factors were the most reported demotivating factors for Saudi high school EFL students. The results also showed that lack of interesting topics, lack of activities for practicing English, overemphasis on grammar, and incompetence of teachers were the most demotivating factors for EFL students toward English learning. Moreover, several recommendations for promoting students’ motivation have been suggested by teachers such as technology use, extrinsic motivation and encouragement, and competitive and collaborative work.
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Giaschi, Peter. "Time, Timing, Timetabling: Critical Elements of Successful Graduation of High School ESL Learners." TESL Canada Journal 18, no. 1 (October 31, 2000): 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.18806/tesl.v18i1.897.
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As we begin the new millennium, it is clear that the classrooms of today are unlike those of the past. The most visible change has been the diversity now present in our high schools, reflected in the large numbers of students who are learning English as a second language. These students are in the process of developing English language proficiency at the same time as they are pursuing high school graduation requirements. School administrators can apply what is known about the process of developing English language proficiency when making decisions about deployment of staff and building their school timetable. When time, timing, and timetabling converge in a school plan that permits the development of English language proficiency while ESL students are in the mainstream, the success of ESL students can be greatly enhanced.
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Liu, Guobing, and Yafei Zhang. "The Production-oriented Approach to Teaching English Writing in Chinese Junior High Schools." Journal of Language Teaching and Research 10, no. 6 (November 1, 2019): 1288. http://dx.doi.org/10.17507/jltr.1006.18.
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With the acceleration of globalization, English communicative competence has become a necessary ability in modern society. The teaching of English writing in junior high schools not only improves students’ comprehensive language ability, but also lays a favorable foundation for their future English learning. Writing classes should highlight the importance of writing. But in fact, students’ actual output is neglected. The writing classes exist in name only. Based on the above questions, this research attempts to apply the Production-Oriented Approach (POA) in junior high school English writing teaching which is proposed by Chinese scholar Wen Qiufang. This research aims to find the effectiveness of POA in English writing teaching of Chinese junior high schools. We adopt the experimental research approaches, using classroom observation, interviews and tests to collect research data. Taking a class of 50 students in Grade 8 of junior high school as the research subjects, the researcher carries out the production-oriented English teaching experiment for one semester. It has been found: (1) Compared with traditional English instructions, POA can improve the English writing quality and comprehensive language using ability of junior high school students. (2) Both teachers and students believe that POA can stimulate students’ positive emotional experience, and students have more opportunities to use language in class. Through “enabling”, the quality of students’ language output has been significantly improved.
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Yu, Lihong, Qiuqian Song, and Junxiang Miao. "A Study on the Problems and Countermeasures of Oral English Teaching in Rural Junior Middle Schools under the Background of Man-machine Dialogue Examination in China." Theory and Practice in Language Studies 9, no. 7 (July 1, 2019): 810. http://dx.doi.org/10.17507/tpls.0907.09.
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English is a main subject of high school entrance examination in China. Many Students have learned English for more than ten years, but they are still unable to communicate with others in English after they graduate from middle school or even high school because of the poor oral English. With the advocacy of the new curriculum reform and quality-oriented education, many provinces and municipalities in China have introduced oral English test into the English exam of high school entrance examination. However, comparing with urban students, students’ oral English in rural areas is relatively weak, which is undoubtedly a huge challenge for rural junior middle schools. Hence, rural junior middle schools need to take measures to improve the oral English of students. This paper analyses the problems of oral English teaching in rural junior middle schools from the aspects of teaching facilities, teachers and students, putting forward some suggestions accordingly.
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Shnukal, Anna. "Language in Learning at Thursday Island High Schoo." Australian Journal of Indigenous Education 24, no. 2 (1996): 42–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1326011100002465.
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Last year I was approached by the Thursday Island High School in Torres Strait to analyse the major linguistic differences between Standard English and Torres Strait Creole – the language of the majority of the students – insofar as these affect the students' comprehension and production of written English texts. In this, the High School was responding to a request by its Management Committee and general concern about the students' acquisition of English literacy.
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Dai, Fan. "English-language creative writing by Chinese university students." English Today 28, no. 3 (September 2012): 21–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266078412000259.
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In China, most universities have a school of foreign languages, where students majoring in English, German, French, Japanese, and other languages study the language for the first two years, and take introductory courses in the linguistics and literature of the language concerned, and then progress to higher-level linguistic and literary courses, as well as translation studies. English is the most popular foreign language in China, and, with the improvement of English teaching in high schools, the average student entering university now has a higher level of English proficiency than previous generations of students. However, students with high scores in English often choose to study ‘practical’ subjects other than English, such as business studies, computer science, economics, medicine, etc. Increasingly, a number of programs at universities in China are even being taught through the medium of English. Consequently, English majors have less and less advantage over non-English majors, and departments of English have had to restructure their syllabi to cope with the situation. Courses in translation studies, intercultural communication and applied linguistics have thus gained greater recognition because of their functional importance in the real world (see Qu, this issue).
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Sukamto, Katharina Endriati, Maria Fe Suganob Nicolau, K. R. Vinitha Rani, and Sugiyanta Sugiyanta. "Language use, language attitude, and identity: Perceptions of high school students attending an international school in Jakarta." Studies in English Language and Education 8, no. 1 (January 3, 2021): 381–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.24815/siele.v8i1.17608.
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This study explores the perceptions of high school students who attend an international school in Jakarta towards language use, language attitude, and identity. One hundred sixty-five students aged between 15-18 years old participated in this study. They were divided into three categories based on their nationalities, namely (1) Indonesian students who were born and raised in Indonesia, (2) Indonesian students who were born and raised outside Indonesia, and (3) non-Indonesian students (expatriates) who were studying in Indonesia. The data were collected using a survey and in-depth interviews. The findings reveal that the majority of the students in the first and second categories were more comfortable with both oral and written English rather than their first language. However, for the expatriates in the third group, they could express themselves better when they used their first language. Generally, their attitude towards their home language was quite positive. The need to speak their first language (e.g., Korean, Hindi) was a gateway to connect with friends and relatives who did not speak English. As for the students’ identity, this study reveals that although the students were more fluent in English, they felt that they were strongly connected to their country of birth. This study draws out the pedagogical implication that the use of English as a medium of instruction can be quite critical, especially for Indonesian students, as it may have an impact on the loss of their home language.
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Afdian, Silva, and Delvi Wahyuni. "INDONESIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TOWARDS LITERATURE IN ENGLISH." Journal of English Language Teaching 9, no. 1 (March 8, 2020): 160. http://dx.doi.org/10.24036/jelt.v9i1.107889.
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This study aimed to investigate senior high school students’ attitude towards advantages of learning literature in English. The participants of this research were 22 eleventh grade students in SMAN 2 Padang who took English as Specialization class. This study was descriptive qualitative research used in investigating senior high school students’ attitude towards literature in English. The instrumentations of this research were questionnaire and interview. The following are advantages of learning literature in English, encouraging language sources, improving language skill, expanding students’ awareness through environment and willingness to learn English language. The findings of the research showed that students’ attitude towards advantages of learning literature in English is positive.
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Gestanti, Rohfin Andria, and Elok Putri Nimasari. "High School Students’ Foreign Language Acquisition and Their English Achievement." International Journal of Multicultural and Multireligious Understanding 8, no. 1 (February 2, 2021): 495. http://dx.doi.org/10.18415/ijmmu.v8i1.2328.
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This present study aims to examine language proficiency levels of high school students in particular assessment form and describe how such level of skills is appropriately matched for particular level of learners. While a proper language literacy investigation may be biased to perception that it can fairly measures students’ comprehension, Second Language Acquisition (SLA) theories view that learner’s age may influence how they acquire a new language. In responding to such issue, this observational study seeks for the information through document observation on students’ scores of an English test conducted by the school as the main data. This observation allows the researchers to analyze the scores and describe it according to justified language competency and language acquisition. The data are classified and clarified by underpinning the theories related to the issues. The result showed that senior high school students generally obtain average scores that allow them to be categorized as Minimal and Basic level of proficiency. As per this level, the justification of language acquisition reveals that the students are included in pre-production and early production stage. Students in this stage are considered able to have average competency, especially in receptive English.
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Khalik, Muhammad Fathur Rahman, and Nur Hidayanto Pancoro Setyo Putro. "Students’ Readiness in Implementing Mobile Learning for English Language Learning Purposes." Script Journal: Journal of Linguistics and English Teaching 6, no. 1 (April 29, 2021): 19–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.24903/sj.v6i1.502.
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The application of mobile learning (m-learning), especially in the area of language learning, has gained interest in the last several years due to the benefits offered by mobile devices. However, to maximize the effectiveness of m-learning, students are required to be ready. Thus, it is crucial to assess students’ readiness before implementing m-learning. By focusing on rural schools, this quantitative study aims to examine students’ readiness in implementing m-learning in their English language learning.
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This study employed a survey design to measure m-learning readiness of senior high school students by investigating three factors, namely mobile self-efficacy, optimism, and self-directed learning. Through an online questionnaire, 140 responses were successfully collected from students in two public senior high schools (one high school and one vocational high school) located in a rural area in Soppeng, Indonesia. The data collected were subsequently analyzed using SPSS Statistics ver. 25.
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The results revealed that senior high school students from a rural area in Soppeng, Indonesia, had a high level of self-efficacy and optimism in implementing m-learning in their English language learning. However, their self-directed learning was still at a moderate level. Moreover, further analysis showed that type of school significantly affected students’ mobile self-efficacy and optimism, while self-directed learning was not affected.
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Students from rural senior high schools in Soppeng, Indonesia, showed readiness in implementing m-learning for English language learning purposes.
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Szymanski, Antonia (Toni), and Michelle Lynch. "Educator Perceptions of English Language Learners." Journal of Advanced Academics 31, no. 4 (May 13, 2020): 436–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1932202x20917141.
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This article explores educator perceptions of gifted and talented (GT) English language learning (ELL) students. Nine educators from two schools within a school district with high population of ELL students were interviewed in this qualitative study. Discussion focused on understanding teachers’ ideas regarding ELL gifted students. Three main themes emerged from interviews: educator perceptions, identification, and professional development. Implications from the study include the need for specific professional development to restructure thinking regarding ELL students and to inform educators on the myriad of ways giftedness may manifest itself.
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Gunawan, Sandra, and Haris Saputra. "PROBLEMS AND TEACHING SOLUTIONS FOR STUDENTS’ IN LEARNING ENGLISH." PROJECT (Professional Journal of English Education) 3, no. 1 (January 26, 2020): 59. http://dx.doi.org/10.22460/project.v3i1.p59-64.
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ABSTRACTThe Indonesian government has recognized the importance of English by including it in the education system for five decades. English has been integrated into secondary school for a long time. English exerts a stronger influence in the modern world and has become an international language. There are also advantages to introducing foreign languages to young students. Therefore, the Indonesian government made a policy to introduce English starting, elementary, middle and high school. At Katapang 1 Junior High School, this policy is optional. That depends on the demands of the school and the community. Schools and communities are responsible for providing teachers, curriculum and facilities. The teacher is one of the most important parts of the educational discourse and teaching and learning process in school. The two research questions formulated are: 1) what problems are faced by teachers in teaching? 2) how they find out the solutions? These questions urged the study to conduct a research at Katapang 1 junior high school. Three English teachers were chosen as respondents. In qualitative descriptive method, the interview was implemented to collect the data. As a result the teachers believe that providing good teaching materials can increase positive outcomes for student, the implementation program for teaching English at Katapang 1 Junior High School was very good as a stage of introducing foreign languages before they continued to higher education. Keywords: English teaching, problems, solutions
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Tsang, Sau-Lim, Anne Katz, and Jim Stack. "Achieving testing for English Language Learners, ready or not?." education policy analysis archives 16 (January 17, 2008): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v16n1.2008.
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School reform efforts across the US have focused on creating systems in which all students are expected to achieve to high standards. To ensure that students reach those standards and to document what students know and can do, schools collect assessment information on students' academic achievement. More information is needed, however, to find out when such assessments are appropriate for English learners and can provide meaningful information about what such learners know and can do. We describe and discuss a study that addresses the question of when it is appropriate to administer content area tests in English to English learners. Drawing on the student database of San Francisco Unified School District, we examined the effect of language demands on the SAT/9 mathematics scores of Chinese-speaking and Spanish-speaking students. Our results showed that while the English language demands of the problem solving subscale affect all students, they have a larger effect on English learners' performance, thus rendering the tests inaccurate in measuring English learners' subject matter achievement. Our results also showed that this effect gradually decreases as students become more proficient in English, taking five to six years for students to reach parity with national norms. These results have important implications for the design of school accountability systems and policies with high-stakes consequences for English learners such as high-school graduation requirements based on standardized tests.
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Bouchaib, Benzehaf, Bouylmani Ahmadou, and Sabil Abdelkader. "High School Students’ Attributions of success in English Language Learning." International Journal of Instruction 11, no. 2 (April 3, 2018): 89–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.12973/iji.2018.1127a.
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Ramadhana, Muhammad Affan, Opik Dwi Indah, and Suhardi Suhardi. "An Evaluation of English Language Textbook: Interlanguage English for Senior High School Students." Jurnal Studi Guru dan Pembelajaran 2, no. 1 (March 21, 2019): 33–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.30605/jsgp.2.1.2019.1262.
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English Language Teaching (ELT) textbooks serve as the basis for many language inputs that learners receive and language practices that occur in the classroom. They may provide the basis for ideas and instructional activities as well as giving teachers rationales for what they do. The objective of this analysis is to know about how much a textbook meets the requirements of a good EFL textbook. The evaluation checklist used in this paper is the modification of Cunningsworth’s (1995) checklist developed by Al-sowat (2012). There are nine issues of textbook evaluating in this checklist: (1) layout and physical appearance; (2) content; (3) objectives; (4) language type; (5) skills; (6) activities and tasks; (7) structure and vocabulary; (8) culture values; and (9) teacher's needs.
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Saputra, Muhammad Ari. "Classroom Management in DC Public School: Coolidge Senior High School." SALEE: Study of Applied Linguistics and English Education 2, no. 2 (July 29, 2021): 163–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.35961/salee.v2i02.237.
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Teaching a language is a scientific process to give knowledge of language to the students in order that the students enable to communicate through in written and spoken form with one another. The students are able to communicate in spoken and written English accurately, fluently and in good manners. Managing a class full of students is one of the biggest challenges faced by teachers. If teachers do not have an effective plan in place, there will not be much opportunity for students to engage in meaningful learning experiences. Thus, teachers will find themselves refereeing instead of teaching. Classroom management is a term used by teachers to describe the process of ensuring that classroom lessons run smoothly despite disruptive behavior by students. Classroom management means teachers’ strategies to create and maintain an orderly learning environment and discipline means teachers’ responses to students’ misbehavior. The goal of classroom management is to create and maintain a positive, productive learning environment, to support and foster a safe classroom community, to assist students to keep task focused, to reduce distraction from learning, to organize and facilitate the flow of learning activities and to help the students to manage them. This is part want to analysis the video taken from YouTube; focus on native or first language in English language teaching on senior high school level. The video coming to DC Public School: Coolidge Senior High School.
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Cheng, Wei. "Exploring the Development of English Club Activities in Junior High School English Language Learning." Journal of Contemporary Educational Research 3, no. 1 (February 26, 2019): 31–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.26689/jcer.v3i1.581.
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Abstract: English language activities are enjoyable and respect the students’ subjectivity, which stimulates their enthusiasm for using English communication. Therefore, it is widely welcomed by junior high school students. The development of the English club and their activities, such as membership, management systems, event planning, advisory lecturers and cooperation with school management, among others, all directly affect the club activities. Therefore, it is essential to promote their club activities in junior high school English language learning. This paper analyzes the role of the English club and explores their process of conducting specific activities. It is hoped that this paper will be used as a reference for future studies.
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Shilova, Lyudmila, Svetlana Masterskikh, Elena Mensh, and Maria Zemlyanova. "Learning English language in primary school." International Journal of Educational Management 34, no. 9 (August 29, 2019): 1475–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijem-03-2019-0115.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the level of intrinsic motivation of primary-school-age children alongside the factors that influence these levels when learning English. Design/methodology/approach This goal was reached through a study that was conducted in four educational establishments of Tyumen. The study benefits from qualitative and quantitative methods. The qualitative part consists of an experiment in a group setting. Two groups of students were learning under two different programmes and the teachers were making records of student outcomes, interest in learning and motivation. The findings demonstrate that the level of motivation/interest is higher when interactive techniques (appropriate for the age of students) are in use. The quantitative part involved a survey to identify intrinsic motivations by completing which the students revealed high and medium levels of motivation/interest to learn. Findings The findings can be used when updating or re-designing education programmes and when creating new methods for teaching English in Russian educational establishments. Originality/value Giving the schoolchildren a motivation to learn is, without any exaggeration, one of the central problems in modern school. Teaching English as a foreign language to students of younger age (schoolchildren) requires a special approach due to special psychological and mental characteristics that these students have. The scholars have established that learning of foreign languages happens best at a very young age. However, without proper methods of teaching, teachers will not be able to reach the learning objectives, which they were attempting to reach. The reason for this effect is simple. The way the subject is taught is expected to spark interest but with the lack of interest in the subject, students will not feel sufficiently motivated to actually learn something. Hence, motivation is essential for learning any foreign language. In the home setting, motivation to learn, as well as a positive learning environment, is the responsibility of parents.
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Yuan, Yuhang. "Influence of Native Language Transfer on Senior High School English Writing." Theory and Practice in Language Studies 11, no. 2 (February 1, 2021): 170. http://dx.doi.org/10.17507/tpls.1102.08.
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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.
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Akmal, Saiful, Risdaneva Risdaneva, Habiburrahim Habiburrahim, and Maulina Sari. "The English teachers’ challenges in TOEFL preparation for senior high school students." Journal on English as a Foreign Language 10, no. 1 (March 9, 2020): 25–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.23971/jefl.v10i1.1627.
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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.
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Sebestyén, Krisztina. "Differences in Foreign Language Choice of Students from Different Social Backgrounds." Central European Journal of Educational Research 3, no. 2 (July 19, 2021): 78–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.37441/cejer/2021/3/2/9364.
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According to previous research (e.g. Bernstein, 1971; Gogolin, 2014; Hegedűs et al., 2019), family background plays a decisive role in an individual's mother tongue acquisition and in learning foreign languages. In another study, parents with a high social background (54.0%) chose German for their children, and parents with a low social background (56.9%) chose English in primary school (Sebestyén, 2021). Based on this, in the study I examine what difference can be detected in the foreign language choice of high school students from different social backgrounds. In the study, I analyze the student data (890 people) of my database entitled “German learning and teaching in Hajdú-Bihar and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg counties” prepared in the 2018/2019 school year, during which I perform cross-tabulation and cluster analysis with the help of SPSS program. The database contains data on 11th grade high school and vocational high school students who studied German and / or English in high school. As the results, there are differences between the learned foreign languages among secondary school students according to family background. Among the clusters related to high school choice, those belonging to the “Higher Education Oriented Local” cluster are most interested in foreign languages, most German-speaking (74.0%) and English (89,0%) students tend to be in this cluster. Overall, the majority of respondents learn English, while students from higher social backgrounds (also) learn German.
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Ramganesh, E., and I. Joseph Milton Paulraj. "Effectiveness of Technology Enabled Psycho-NLP on the Performance of High School Students in Spoken English." Asian Journal of Social Science Studies 1, no. 2 (April 6, 2016): 37. http://dx.doi.org/10.20849/ajsss.v1i2.54.
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The main objective of this study was to diagnose the problems of std. IX rural students in English language learning and to determine the effect of Psycho NLP on spoken English of rural students since students at rural high schools were not trained to speak in English. School students were not able to speak properly and they form wrong sentences in English (Ranjan, 2013). It is in this context, this experimentation was set to carry out with 24 rural-government school students of IX std.. Single group pre test and post test design was adopted for this study. Students’ problems in language learning were assessed with Diagnostic Assessment Scale (DAS). Based on the students’ language problems, the content was prepared and integrated in the experimentation. A model “Technology Enabled Psycho-NLP” was developed by the researchers based on literature and studies reviewed that have positive outcomes in NLP. The conceptual, technical and empirical evidences were established for the development of the model. At the end of the experimentation Spoken English of the students was assessed with Spoken English Assessment Scale (SEAS). The result of the study revealed that students taught through the strategy had significant improvements in Spoken English.
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Sase, Amal Saleh, Noureldin Mohamed Abdelaal, and Nahid Salih Amhimmid. "Investigating Motivation among Libyan High School Students." International Journal of English Linguistics 5, no. 6 (November 30, 2015): 59. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijel.v5n6p59.
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<p>There are many factors that are likely to affect the acquisition of English as a second or foreign language; among the most important affective factors is motivation. This study examined instrumental and integrative motivations among Libyan high school students in Kajang, Malaysia. It investigated whether EFL Libyan students are instrumentally or integratively motivated to study English, and the relationship between gender and type of motivation. This study adopted a qualitative approach through employing focus group interview. The findings of the study revealed that students are more integratively motivated than instrumentally. However, female students are more integratively motivated than male students are.</p>
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Guo, Ruiming. "Pedagogical Implications on Error Analysis in the High school." Modern Management Forum 5, no. 1 (April 10, 2021): 65. http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/mmf.v5i1.3297.
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In senior high school English teaching, students make various errors in the process of learning English, and these errors are a way for learners to test their assumptions about the nature of the language they have learnt. Therefore, by analyzing students’ errors through error analysis, we can get feedback, effectively understand students’ learning condition, check the teaching effect, effectively improve the teaching method, and then reduce or avoid students making mistakes in English, so as to effectively improve the English writing level of Chinese high school students.
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Radić-Bojanić, Biljana. "EFL vocabulary learning strategies among high school students." Nastava i vaspitanje 70, no. 1 (2021): 25–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/nasvas2101025r.
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The paper examines how frequently high school students use EFL vocabulary learning strategies and whether contextual educational factors have any influence on strategy selection. The theoretical part discusses the importance of language learning strategies, which can facilitate the internalization, storage, retrieval, or use of the new language, factors that affect their usage and selection (e.g. nature of the task, students' motivation, foreign language proficiency, teacher's expectations, students' learning styles, students' gender), as well as the process of vocabulary acquisition. The empirical part presents the results of the analysis of a survey conducted among students from two high schools in Serbia, a vocational school and a grammar school. The aim of the research is to determine how frequently students use vocabulary learning strategies and if there are any statistically significant differences in strategy use between students from the two schools which are the consequence of different subjects and learning objectives. The results show that the majority of vocabulary learning strategies have medium use among high school students (seven out of nine memory strategies, seven out of nine cognitive strategies and two out of four compensatory strategies) and that there are certain inter-group differences (whereas students from the medical high school use memory strategies more frequently, students from the grammar school report higher use of cognitive and compensatory strategies). The results indicate that there are important cross-curricular links which point to the transfer of learning strategies from content subjects to English language classes.
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Vlasiuk, I. "FEATURES OF MODERN ENGLISH READING OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BY MEANS OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES." Zhytomyr Ivan Franko state university journal. Рedagogical sciences, no. 1 (104) (June 1, 2021): 69–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.35433/pedagogy.1(104).2021.69-77.
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The article highlights the importance of English reading as a type of linguistic activity that has great cognitive value and actually implements communicative, educational, and developmental function for high school students, and at the same time, considers the specifics of usage of innovative technologies as modern tools for English reading and learning a foreign language in general, as well as the suitability of using innovative technologies in the process of learning foreign languages at schools for high school students. There are many new methods of teaching English, and a necessary condition for choosing a particular method of teaching that is suitable for both teacher and student - knowledge of innovative learning technologies. Innovative technologies have become an integral part of a holistic educational process and can increase its effectiveness, as they affect the student's consciousness, feelings and will, form a creative personality that is able to effectively apply the acquired knowledge, skills and abilities in practice in any sphere of public life. English reading is a type of linguistic activity that allows not to imitate, but to reproduce one of the forms of real communication in English. With the help of reading in a foreign language, students get acquainted with the world of their foreign peers, with songs, poetry and fairy tales, available samples of children's fiction of the country whose language is studied. Looking at the process of reading from a psychological point of view, we can say that the process of perception and understanding of the text is directly related to thinking and memory. When a student perceives a text, he identifies the most important links in it and synthesizes them into a single whole. At the same time, memory helps logical and technical thinking. The main principles of integration of innovative technologies in the process of learning English are: movement from whole to separate, student-centred classes, purposefulness and relevance of classes, their focus on achieving social interaction facilitated by teacher’s faith in their students' success, language integration and language acquisition using knowledge from other fields of science. As a result of the use of innovative technologies, an information-rich educational process is created.
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Bartlett, Lydia, Lori Kupczynski, and Glenda Holland. "Impact Of School Reform On Dropout Rates And Test Scores In An Urban High School." Contemporary Issues in Education Research (CIER) 4, no. 11 (October 27, 2011): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/cier.v4i11.6483.
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The primary focus of the study was to explore the effect of School Within a School reform on two components in the Adequate Yearly Progress Report by which Texas schools are measured - dropout rates and scores on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills test. The demographics of the particular study sample included 11th grade students considered economically disadvantaged, English language learners, and regular, as well as special education students, attending an urban Texas high school. Data were acquired from the Texas Education Agency and hypotheses were tested with a non-parametric test of statistical significance, chi-square. Results indicated that the reform made a positive impact on dropout rates and on math and English Language Arts scores.
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Andriani, Agis, Vani Dwi Yuniar, and Fuad Abdullah. "Teaching English Grammar in an Indonesian Junior High School." AL-ISHLAH: Jurnal Pendidikan 13, no. 2 (August 17, 2021): 1046–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.35445/alishlah.v13i2.956.
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English grammar has a pivotal position in language learning. It is also considered the basis of a series of language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing). However, although previous studies focused on teaching English grammar either from a traditional or functional view, where English as L1 and L2 across various educational levels, scarce studies have emphasized teaching English Grammar in the Indonesian EFL context, particularly in Junior High School. Hence, this study aimed at filling such a void, namely teaching English grammar in an Indonesian junior high school. In an attempt for collecting the data, this study interviewed a participant in one of the junior high schools in Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis (Braun Clarke, 2006). The findings of this study revealed that the teacher use focus on forms and focus on form in teaching English grammar. Those focus on forms involve (1) Deductive English Teaching Grammar, (2) Score-Oriented English Language Learning Activities, and (3) Accuracy-Oriented English Language Learning Activities. Another approach is focus on form include (1) Task-Based Sentence Making and (2) Contextual Teaching of English Grammar. By knowing these teaching techniques, the teachers are expected to be able to implement those teaching techniques of teaching English grammar to junior high school students more effectively.
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Reza Ghamari, Mohammad, and Farzad Hosseini. "The Relationship between the Type of High School and the Students' English Language Proficiency." International Journal of English Language Education 4, no. 2 (July 19, 2016): 107. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ijele.v4i2.9754.
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<p>This study investigated the English language learning status in 18 high schools in Tehran, Iran. The aim was to examine the extent to which the students have achieved English proficiency, due to the type of high school (non- profit and ordinary- governmental) in which they studied. Also, an attempt was made to explore whether the student' performance on vocabulary, listening, speaking, reading, and writing would be different in terms of students' attendance in language institutes. Furthermore, in this study, the subjects' attitude toward English and its effect on the skills was taken into account.</p>
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Xiashi, Guo, and Yuewu Lin. "Impact of Language Ego, the Native Language Effect on Oral English Learning of High School Students." International Journal of English and Cultural Studies 3, no. 1 (May 6, 2020): 33. http://dx.doi.org/10.11114/ijecs.v3i1.4841.
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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.
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Astawa, I. Nengah, Ida Bagus Nyoman Mantra, and Ida Ayu Made Sri Widiastuti. "Developing communicative English language tests for tourism vocational high school students." International journal of social sciences and humanities 1, no. 2 (August 30, 2017): 58–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.29332/ijssh.v1n2.43.
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The present study aimed at developing communicative language tests for vocational high school students. A Research and Development design was employed in this study with the primary target was to develop communicative English language tests. The main procedures in the development of the test include: (1) identifying objectives, (2) developing the test specification, (3) developing the communicative tests, (4) analyzing the results of the preliminary tryout of the communicative tests drafts, (5) revising the communicative test drafts, (6) trying out the communicative test drafts, (7) analyzing the results of the tryout of the communicative tests, (8) revising the communicative test drafts. Questionnaires and observation blanks sheet was used to gather comments, opinions, and criticisms on the draft of communicative tests from a number of selected experts. The analysis of the communicative tests tryout was done to ensure the validity, reliability, and practicality of the tests.
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송현영 and 박은성. "An Error Analysis of Foreign Language High School Students’ English Writings." Korean Journal of English Language and Linguistics 12, no. 3 (October 2012): 425–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.15738/kjell.12.3.201210.425.
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ERDEM, Serdar. "PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING ACCORDING TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS." Journal of Academic Social Sciences 38, no. 38 (January 1, 2016): 328. http://dx.doi.org/10.16992/asos.11711.
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Astawa, I. Nengah, Ida Bagus Nyoman Mantra, and Ida Ayu Made Sri Widiastuti. "Developing Communicative English Language Tests for Tourism Vocational High School Students." International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (IJSSH) 1, no. 2 (August 30, 2017): 58. http://dx.doi.org/10.21744/ijssh.v1i2.43.
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The present study aimed at developing communicative language tests for vocational high school students. A Research and Development design was employed in this study with the primary target was to develop communicative English language tests. The main procedures in the development of the test include: (1) identifying objectives, (2) developing the test specification, (3) developing the communicative tests, (4) analyzing the results of the preliminary tryout of the communicative tests drafts, (5) revising the communicative test drafts, (6) trying out the communicative test drafts, (7) analyzing the results of the tryout of the communicative tests, (8) revising the communicative test drafts. Questionnaires and observation blanks sheet was used to gather comments, opinions, and criticisms on the draft of communicative tests from a number of selected experts. The analysis of the communicative tests tryout was done to ensure the validity, reliability, and practicality of the tests.
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Shepherd, Susan. "Answering Teachers’ Questions at the Esl (English as a Second Language) Conference, Badu Island, 15-18 May 2000." Australian Journal of Indigenous Education 31 (2003): 73–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1326011100003719.
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AbstractIn 2000 a program of English as a Second Language inservice provision was initiated by the Thursday Island State High School in response to teacher and community concerns about low literacy rates in Torres Strait, as measured by the National Languages and Literacy Institute of Australia Bandscales and other related difficulties. In mid-May of that year an English as a Second Language conference was held on Badu Island and was attended by teachers from throughout Torres Strait. During the conference, Susan Shepherd (Education Adviser English Language Acquisition at Thursday Island State High School) conducted a question-and-answer session dealing with some of the most commonly asked questions: What is English as a Second Language teaching? What is an English as a Second Language learner? What is an English as a Second Language school? Why is the students’ English not improving in my school? Can we have learning support teachers? Why shouldn’t the children’s home language be banned from the school so that the students will learn English more quickly? Why can’t the children understand more about what they read? Why, if the local Creole is so much like English, do we need special programs in English?
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Willyarto, Mario Nugroho. "Learning Polygons using English Language." Humaniora 8, no. 4 (October 31, 2017): 391. http://dx.doi.org/10.21512/humaniora.v8i4.4102.
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The authors conducted a study related to using English in learning mathematics, for grade 7 junior high school students in a private national plus school. The purpose of this study was for the reader to open up further insights related to the topic. This study was carried out with experimental design, by doing different treatment between classes in the same level. The subjects of the study consisted of 63 students spread into three classes; 7A, 7B, and 7C. Class 7C was a control group, using Bahasa Indonesia (mother tongue) in learning Mathematics. Class 7A and 7B were the experimental groups, where 7A was in English and 7B used bilingual (English and Indonesian). Results of the study include the following; using English is not detrimental to the students in mark achievement that is shown by the average of the final mark of Mathematics that is not significantly different. The challenges that arise from learning Mathematics need to be reviewed from the process, readiness, independence, motivation of students and needs to be followed up critically so that students can achieve better results. Short and long-term programs need to be created and observed in order to support the learning process of Mathematics for students, such as training teachers to be able to teach mathematics in English, in supporting action study by teachers, managed by the school.
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AL-MAHROOQI, RAHMA, CHRISTOPHER DENMAN, and FAISAL AL-MAAMARI. "OMANI SCHOOL SUPERVISOR PERSPECTIVES OF CONTEXTUAL FACTORS IMPACTING UPON STUDENTS’ LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY." International Journal for 21st Century Education 3, no. 1 (June 30, 2016): 59. http://dx.doi.org/10.21071/ij21ce.v3i1.5647.
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Since the beginning of Oman’s “modern era” in 1970, English has assumed a central role in the country’s education system and has acted as a lingua franca across a variety of domains. However, despite this, graduates of Omani public schools are often reported as lacking the English-language linguistic and communicative abilities demanded by higher education institutions and the world of work. Consequently, most high school graduates entering tertiary education are required to enrol in foundation programs to improve their English language skills, while the employability of graduates seeking jobs straight from high school has also been reported as being negatively affected. Within this context, the current research explored the ways in which contextual factors relate to Omani school graduates’ development of English language skills. To achieve this, eight high school English language teaching supervisors responded to an on-line, open-ended question about the contextual factors they believed caused Omani school students to graduate with low English language proficiency. Results indicate that participants believed families, parents, and “Englishness” are the most important contextual factors contributing to this issue. The practical implications of these findings are discussed.
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Wang, Junhua. "The Enlightenment of Second Language Ego to Oral English Teaching in Senior High School." Theory and Practice in Language Studies 10, no. 10 (October 1, 2020): 1310. http://dx.doi.org/10.17507/tpls.1010.19.
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Affective factors play a vital role in second language acquisition. Language ego, as a crucial affective factor, should be taken into consideration when teachers teach oral English in senior high school. Learning a new language is the process of acquiring a new language ego. A positive second language ego can promote students’ English learning. A negative language ego, especially inhibition, can become the major hindrance to students’ oral English learning. However, many English teachers cannot realize the importance of second language ego, which causes many problems in oral English teaching. In this paper, the author elaborates the concept of language ego and demonstrates that the primary focus of developing a positive second language ego in senior high school is to overcome inhibition, which is beneficial to oral English learning. Furthermore, the author also gives some suggestions to English teachers concerning solving problems when they teach oral English. As a result, students can get into an optimal learning state, then the efficiency of oral English teaching can also be improved.
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Wright, Wayne E., and Daniel Choi. "The impact of language and high-stakes testing policies on elementary school English language learners in Arizona." education policy analysis archives 14 (May 22, 2006): 13. http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v14n13.2006.
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This article reports the results of a survey of third-grade teachers of English Language Learners (ELLs) in Arizona regarding school language and accountability policies—Proposition 203, which restricts bilingual education and mandates sheltered English Immersion; the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB); and Arizona LEARNS, the state’s high-stakes testing and accountability program. The instrument, consisting of 126 survey questions plus open-ended interview question, was designed to obtain teacher’s views, to ascertain the impact of these polices, and to explore their effectiveness in improving the education of ELL students. The survey was administered via telephone to 40 teacher participants from different urban, rural and reservation schools across the state. Each participant represents the elementary school in their respective school district which has the largest population of ELL students. Analyses of both quantitative and qualitative data reveal that these policies have mostly resulted in confusion in schools throughout the state over what is and is not allowed, and what constitutes quality instruction for ELLs, that there is little evidence that such policies have led to improvements in the education of ELL students, and that these policies may be causing more harm than good. Specifically, teachers report they have been given little to no guidance over what constitutes sheltered English immersion, and provide evidence that most ELL students in their schools are receiving mainstream sink-or-swim instruction. In terms of accountability, while the overwhelming majority of teachers support the general principle, they believe that high-stakes tests are inappropriate for ELLs and participants provided evidence that the focus on testing is leading to instruction practices for ELLs which fail to meet their unique linguistic and academic needs. The article concludes with suggestions for needed changes to improve the quality of education for ELLs in Arizona.
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Yang, Xiaoling. "Cultural Background on Reading Comprehension in Junior High School." Journal of Language Teaching and Research 8, no. 2 (March 1, 2017): 370. http://dx.doi.org/10.17507/jltr.0802.21.
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Reading ability is the important part of English learning and the close relationship between language and culture determines the significant impact of cultural background knowledge on reading comprehension. The cultivation of students' English cultural awareness and sensitivity of English culture should be paid attention at the beginning. In this paper, the impact of the cultural knowledge on reading comprehension here is emphasized. And how to improve the junior high school students' cultural background is also discussed further.
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Shnukal, Anna. "Report on the Torres Strait Creole Project, Thursday Island State High School." Australian Journal of Indigenous Education 31 (2003): 61–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1326011100003690.
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AbstractThis is a slightly abbreviated version of part of a report commissioned at the end of 1995 by the Queensland Department of Education, Peninsula Region, and carried out with the help of teachers at Thursday Island State High School. It analyses some formal language differences between written Standard Australian English and spoken Torres Strait Creole (the language of most of the students) as a basis for workshop writers to develop material in a form suitable for teachers. Looked at objectively, most of the students’ errors in written English occur as a result of transference from their first language, or in areas of grammatical complexity which pose problems for all English as a Second Language learners. Certain common spelling errors seem also to be a result of transference from the Creole.The report has been fairly widely circulated and is sometimes quoted inaccurately; hence the decision to publish the formal linguistic section here. Some of the material in the report - on the languages of the region, students’ language backgrounds and cultural factors influencing language choice and language mixing and issues of classroom management - has been omitted (see Shnukal, 1996; see also Morrison David, 2003). The report fulfilled its main aim of raising awareness of language issues and providing information and rationale for various language and literacy programs now operating in the region (Shopen & Hickey, 2003).
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Rachmawati, Umi. "READING INTEREST OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS: A CASE STUDY." Journal of Languages and Language Teaching 6, no. 1 (May 23, 2018): 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.33394/jollt.v6i1.809.
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Nowadays, the development of the teaching and learning of English as a foreign language has been transformed. Learners do not only focus on the learning of speaking and writing but also reading since they are required to be able to smartly respond to the texts they are reading. The development of the information and technology forces the focus of teaching and learning on the critical reading that might be less interesting for the students. The students may not know their interest in reading before they start reading. A unique condition in Magelang regency, a small town close to Yogyakarta, the students of senior high schools have achieved their best achievement for their learning that can be seen from the rank of the school that becomes the best school in terms of the final examination in Central Java. To know the teaching and learning of English in that school can be an alternative for other schools. Based on the case study conducted in some schools in Magelang regency, it can be found that the teaching and learning are still varied. The findings were discussed under the following terms; students’ reading activities, mastery of reading skills, reading materials, and reading modality. It is a problem for the success of language teaching as the students can have low motivation in reading if the reading materials were not interesting for them.
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Thoyyibah, Luthfiyatun. "STUDENTS’ BACKGROUND TOWARDS LEARNING ENGLISH OUT OF CLASSROOM SETTING." JALL (Journal of Applied Linguistics and Literacy) 3, no. 1 (February 26, 2019): 54. http://dx.doi.org/10.25157/jall.v3i1.2644.
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There have been many facts showed that senior high school students in Indonesia faced some problems in learning English at school. Because of that, students try to seek a solution which offered outside the class, commonly known as independent language learning. Because there are limited studies elaborated activity of learning English out of school context, thus this paper aims to explore what kind of activity that the senior high school students choose for learning English out of the school context. This study employed qualitative descriptive study. Data were drawn from questionnaires that were disseminated to 40 students of state and private senior high schools, in order to respond with their own views. Based on the findings of this study, activity of learning English that mostly conducted by students from state school is attending extra course while most of students from private school prefer individual learning. According to the findings, this study recommends the further study of the similar field involving a bigger number of respondents and enrichment of the theory. Keywords: state school, private school, independent learning, extra course
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Manohar, Palle, and Dr G. Chenna Reddy. "The Lacuna of Secondary Skills Among High School Students of South Coastal Andhra Pradesh." SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJELLH 9, no. 5 (May 28, 2021): 123–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.24113/ijellh.v9i5.11051.
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The present paper covers the teaching and learning process of English language teaching in government schools of Andhra Pradesh. As the aim of the syllabus by the SCERT, Andhra Pradesh, the learners of English are expected to achieve proper communication skills to apply it in the global context. Bright and Marc Gregor (1978) have remarked that “there is no language learning without exposure” At this juncture mere knowledge of English, based upon listening, speaking, reading and writing directed towards acquisition of communication skills among high school students. The present study intended to find out the lacuna of secondary skills in English language among the students at high school level. An Oxford dictionary defines lacuna as ‘an absent part’. This paper portrays the percentage of expected and achieved skills of the students which is technically the term called as ‘Lacuna’. Most of the students are promoted to the next classes without adequate all the skills expected by the SCERT. Gradually the differences between expected and achieved skills have been increasing by the students year by year. At this juncture, it is very much needed to fill the lacuna between expected and achieved skills among the students for the strong foundation of the students in the field of communication skills.
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Astrid, Annisa, Deta Desvitasari, and Aghor Aqdam. "The Language Attitude towards English Learning among EFL Learners: A Case at One Private Islamic Senior High School." Ta'dib: Jurnal Pendidikan Islam 25, no. 1 (June 22, 2020): 32–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.19109/td.v25i1.5253.
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Attitude is one of the considerable factors in learning and plays an essential role since it can influence language learning and performance. This study aimed at investigating students’ attitudes towards English language learning. Survey method was used in this study to describe the attitudes of the students at one Islamic private senior high school towards English language learning. The participants involved in this study were 217 students at one Islamic private senior high school in Indralaya. In collecting the data, we employed a Likert scale questionnaire consisting of 20 items which were divided into 5 components; (1) attitude towards native English speakers, (2) motivational orientation in learning English, (3) interest in English, (4) attitude towards English class, and (5) attitude towards English teachers. The result of this study indicated that the attitude of the students of one Islamic private senior high school in Indralaya South Sumatera towards English language learning was generally positive.