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Moser, Kelly, Daina Zhu, Ha Nguyen, and Emily Williams. "Teaching English Language Learners." International Journal of Teacher Education and Professional Development 1, no. 1 (January 2018): 58–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijtepd.2018010105.
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English language learners (ELLs) are increasingly placed in classes with mainstream teachers lacking training and experience to teach diverse populations. Rural areas are being characterized by a growing number of ELLs, challenges to attract and retain qualified educators, and budgetary constraints. One solution to this quandary is to provide all teachers with ELL-related knowledge and skills prior to certification. The purpose of this article was to explore the experiences of secondary preservice teachers across a variety of disciplines in a rural teacher education program as they learned about and implemented strategies for differentiating instructions for ELLs. The article sought to examine if a simulation experience contributed toward an inclusive view of teaching ELLs and if preservice teachers were able to apply learned strategies to lesson planning and reflection activities. By studying how these experiences impact future teachers, this study attempts to contribute to improving teacher education that ultimately leads to a better educational experience for all learners.
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Goh, Rachel, and Yanping Fang. "Improving English language teaching through lesson study." International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies 6, no. 2 (April 10, 2017): 135–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijlls-11-2015-0037.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on how a grade level team in a Singapore primary school used lesson study to mediate the implementation of the English language national curriculum. It aims to explore how this process had mobilised different teachers’ knowledge, challenged their beliefs of teaching and student learning, and created impact on their learning and knowledge. Design/methodology/approach An interpretive qualitative study using a case study methodology was employed. Data collected included participant observations and individual interviews. Transcripts of lesson study discussions were open coded for the content of teacher discourse and the sources of influences on the teachers’ reasoning and action. Findings The findings indicate that each stage of the lesson process engaged teachers’ deliberative discourse differently and constituted their building a common inquiry stance into the problem of student learning in reading and writing, moving away from a lesson-based view to embracing a curriculum-based deliberation, and challenging their shared assumptions and enabling their learning to adopt the students’ lens in improving the research lesson. Originality/value This study provides an illustrative case on how teachers’ talk about work practices in lesson study mediated teacher learning in a group context. The study established the importance of an interconnected view of teacher interaction in lesson study that factored in the consideration of the influences at the teachers’ level and at the school’s level that enabled and/ or impeded a broader consideration of practice and richer conditions for the mentoring of novice teachers in the team.
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Sadat-Tehrani, Nima. "Teaching English Stress: A Case Study." TESOL Journal 8, no. 4 (September 19, 2017): 943–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tesj.332.
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Lerotholi, Lelingoana. "A critical analysis of teaching English in English as a lingua franca context : a case study of Lesotho." Journal Of Gender, Information and Development in Africa SI, no. 2 (September 15, 2019): 267–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.31920/2050-4284/2019/sin2a15.
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Sekhar, G. Raja. "Communicative language teaching approach in the teaching of english language: a comprehensive study." ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal 6, no. 7 (2016): 62. http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/2249-7137.2016.00025.2.
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Erdem, Mustafa. "Literature in English Language Teaching." European Journal of Language and Literature 4, no. 1 (April 30, 2016): 157. http://dx.doi.org/10.26417/ejls.v4i1.p157-162.
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Language as a means of communicatiın has been learned and taught for centuries.For every human the learning process starts unconsciously with learning their mother tongue and later it goes on systematically and consciously at school.However,in order to carry on commercial or social relations among different communities people have to learn two or even more languages. Therefore teaching of foreign languages has been an object of inerest to societies for ages. Many researchers belive that literature is useful in English language teaching.Value of literature as a useful source in language teaching is strongly defended by these researchers. Literature has a number of benefits which include but are not limited to availability of unique material, stimulation of reader's development and contribution to reader's vocabulary and cultural enrichment. Along with the abovementioned benefits diversity, interest, and vagueness, and universality, could be named as other advantages. This study reveals that literature increases all language skills since it extends linguistic knowledge through giving evidence of extensive and subtle vocabulary usage. Furthermore, it gives students the opportunity to strengthen language skills as it often enables oral discussions and exchange of opinions.
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Ekanjume-Ilongo, Beatrice. "The Teaching of English as a Second Language: The Case of the National University of Lesotho (NUL)." Journal of Language Teaching and Research 6, no. 6 (November 7, 2015): 1157. http://dx.doi.org/10.17507/jltr.0606.01.
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Christie, Frances. "The study of language and subject English." Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 27, no. 1 (January 1, 2004): 15–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/aral.27.1.02chr.
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Abstract Applied linguistics has not sufficiently addressed theories of teaching subject English in the mainstream classroom. This is unfortunate because applied linguistic theories can offer a great deal to the development of a theory of subject English. Over the last century, subject English has changed quite fundamentally, and it is increasingly in need of a theory of language to shape its future. At the end of the 19th century, English was a set of discrete English skills. Later, as literature achieved greater status at the university level, its teaching was also brought into school English, though the discrete skills and literary pursuits were at best brought into an uneasy amalgam. By the 1960s, in an effort to overcome the uneasy amalgam, “integrated” models of English teaching were proposed, and it was argued that the goal of the English program should be to promote “growth” through language. Terms like “language development” were adopted in English, though this was ironically at a time that teaching of knowledge about language became discredited. By the 21st century English had become increasingly synonymous with “literacy”, though a robust theory of knowledge about language was badly needed. Subject English needs new directions, of a kind that functional theories of language can provide.
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Inayah, Arin. "ENGLISH TEACHING INSTRUCTION FOR NON-ENGLISH LEARNERS." Jurnal ELink 6, no. 1 (July 1, 2019): 117. http://dx.doi.org/10.30736/e-link.v6i1.116.
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The quality of educational institutions is influenced by teaching and learning process that is students and lecturers. Novalita (2006) state that to learn a language the learners need more than just once or twice, but they need many time to understand the language, the real meaning of the language, the structure of the language, and so on. There is no good strategies in teaching process, but suitable strategy which is can be used in the teaching process. Therefore, every teacher or lecturer should master many strategies in the teaching and learning process. Some strategies can be applied to some students or learners, but it can’t be applied to all of students or learners. he goal of this study is to observe how the teacher implements English teaching instruction at English language center (PKPBI). Besides that, what are the material used and the way how teacher evaluates and also how do the learners perceive the English teaching instruction at English language center (PKPBI) of Maulana Malik Ibrahim state Islamic university of Malang. This study was a qualitative research because this study is a case study which focuses on teaching process. The data collections used in this study were observation, interview, and documentation. In order to analyze the data collected in the research project and answer the core questions of the study, it was used the grounded theory. The researcher found that the contents of the material used was reading section characterized by provision of an English reading text on mathematic-content-related area followed by writing exercises. The teacher implement English teaching instruction with the aim of answering the question, it can be concluded that for the beginning of teaching, there were a big amount of mistakes with the guidance and no explicit implementation of grammatical aspects during the lessons, because the teacher intents to present language items as in a regular language course. The balance between content and language was not easy to manage either, because in some situations the teacher tends to focus more in language or in content. The teacher evaluate by her choice of evaluation. She felt confused and scared at the beginning of the experience. About perceiving of the learners, the researcher concluded that the students feel challenging with the process of teaching and learning in the class, they also interesting with because they can continued applied what they learn. Key words: Teaching instruction, Non-English learners
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Meng-yue, Cao, Li Dan, and Wang Jun. "A Study of College English Culture Intelligence-Aided Teaching System and Teaching Pattern." English Language Teaching 13, no. 3 (February 24, 2020): 77. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/elt.v13n3p77.
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College English teaching is supposed to cover both language acquisition and culture learning due to the close relationship between language and culture, taking cultural teaching as an indispensible part of college English courses. With the rapid integration of information technology and English curriculum, artificial intelligence has brought new opportunities to college English teaching, and college English cultural teaching methods are now faced with new innovations. In the age of intelligence, to promote teaching quality and learning effect, artificial intelligence technology can be embedded in English teaching practice, exerting its technical advantages and frontier characteristics. In consideration of integrated developing tendency of college English cultural teaching model and modern information technology, the paper is aimed to design and build up an intelligence-aided system so as to extend the depth and width of the application of modern information technology in college English cultural teaching as well as to exploit the great application potential of modern information technology in college English cultural teaching, thus opening a new way and presenting a direction for college English cultural teaching.
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Sebotsa, Mosisili, and Malefane Victor Koele. "Exploring New Scientific Methods in the Teaching and Learning of Sesotho." Journal of Law and Social Sciences 3, no. 1 (September 30, 2020): 115–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.53974/unza.jlss.3.1.452.
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Teaching and learning of languages especially modern languages, be they
L1, L2 or L3, continue to evolve and shift from the traditional approach
where the physical instructor was key to the educational process to
contemporary interactive digital approaches that give the learn a certain
amount of confidence and autonomy. However, this is not the case in Lesotho
where the approach in the teaching and learning of Sesotho has arguably
been traditional, despite the fact that Sesotho is not only the official
language but also the only indigenous language spoken across the country.
This article concerned with problems related to teaching and learning of
Sesotho through the use of traditional methods. It argues that contemporary
approaches would render the language much more accessible to the masses
locally and internationally, particularly in the information age. Secondly,
new methods would help re-document the language with all the indigenous
knowledge and savoir-faire proper to the language and culture of Basotho.
The article explores possible avenues of electronic language documentation
and digitisation with the aim of improving the teaching and learning of
Sesotho in formal academic establishments and in informal settings
generally meant for foreign agents working or representing international
non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the rural areas of Lesotho. This
is where citizens may know how to read and right but not be particularly
conversant in the second official language - English. Finally, the article
advocates for collaboration between computer scientists and linguists with
the objective of developing an on-point Sesotho language software that
supports regulated online language learning platforms.
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Belova, S. "CASE STUDY IN TEACHING BUSINESS ENGLISH." National Association of Scientists 3, no. 66 (May 14, 2021): 12–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.31618/nas.2413-5291.2021.3.66.415.
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The article deals with the problem of teaching business English, taking into account the rapid development of cooperation between countries in key areas and the popularity of the given language in business sphere. The usage of the case method in teaching business English is seen as an important element of training due to the possibility of creating and testing real-time situations that students may encounter in business communication. In this regard, we offer an example of teaching business English be means the case method.
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Rao, Parupalli Srinivas. "Eclectic approach in english language teaching: A comprehensive study." ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal 8, no. 10 (2018): 40. http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/2249-7137.2018.00055.1.
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Sultanova, D., and D. Maksudova. "Technology-enhanced English language learning and teaching." Bulletin of Science and Practice 5, no. 3 (March 15, 2019): 465–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.33619/2414-2948/40/62.
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The article deals with information and communication technologies as methods of increasing of study activity of students in the process of learning English language. Implementation of information and communication technologies in study process leads to improvement of academic effectiveness, increase of student’s interest in self-knowledge, their motivation and comfort in the study process. It also helps to build-up students self-work.
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Prahaladaiah, Diwakar. "VALUE-BASED TEACHING ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE." Journal of Education Culture and Society 12, no. 2 (September 25, 2021): 59–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.15503/jecs2021.2.59.66.
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Aim. "The ultimate aim became the realisation of the political ideas of democracy, equality, and social justice" (Orlenius, 2001; Svingby, 1994,p. 57). The current study aimed to explore the concept of value education at Poornaprajna institutions that have adopted value education in their curriculum. Methods.The study was designed in a qualitative exploratory research approach. The researcher had adopted the interviews for a case study as a microscopic social study through observation and also studied the archival records in Poornaprajna institutions. The informal group interviews were administered as part of a qualitative research approach, and it aimed to collect data from twenty eight English teachers and students of Poornaprajna institutions. Result. The validity and trustworthiness of the study were established by adopting Miles and Hubeman's formula, and it is 0.91. The exploration and findings revealed the need and implication of value education in the present scenario. Furthermore, the data analysis revealed that value education is a process that begins at home and continues in society, and further, it continues in formal educational institutions. Conclusion. The study envisions that the educational institutions must integrate the curriculum with value education so that students’ cultural worlds, meanings they attribute to behaviour, events which essentially lead to the developmental process of the society. The National Education Policy 2019, aims to universalise education in India by 2025, and it also aims at inter- and multidisciplinary approaches in Indian education. The present study juxtaposes an interdisciplinary approach to English and value education.
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Thulasivanthana, U. "Incorporating Visual Arts into English Language Teaching." Shanlax International Journal of English 8, no. 4 (September 1, 2020): 52–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.34293/english.v8i4.3320.
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Most English language learners in SVIAS consider learning English as a complex, tiresome, and uninteresting endeavor. They face unprecedented trials and tribulations in learning English as an additional language. Therefore, finding ways to stimulate learner involvement and motivation has become important for English language teachers. Current teaching methods, materials, and resources seem inadequate to fulfill the students’ attitudes, skills, interests, and needs. This experimental study examines whether integrating visual arts activities contributes to positive results for the students who would like to improve their English language skills. In addition to the experimental study, classroom observations were conducted. Arts can make learning exciting,unforgettable, and interesting. The advantages of incorporating arts in education have been extensively delineated in recent studies. Using arts in English language teaching helps to make learning exciting and unforgettable, decrease language learning anxiety, improve classroom atmosphere, increase memory and motivation, and build rapport with learners. This study aims to show the impacts of using contents visual arts in the English language classroom. The findings can assist English language teachers in promoting the use of contents related to visual arts in English class to cater to a range of preferences, strengths, and learning styles.
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Akbas, Ismail. "Difficulties of English Language Teaching in Bangladesh." International Journal of English Language Education 4, no. 1 (November 15, 2016): 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ijele.v4i1.8575.
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<p>Identifying the difficulties of English Language Teaching at English Medium Schools’ Primary levels are essential in Bangladesh to achieve to set English language competencies in the educational institutions. The main purpose of this study was to discover the specific problems of English Language Teaching at English Medium Schools’ Primary levels. The current study was a qualitative research technique by nature. One set of closed-ended questionnaires were used to collect data from the teachers who live within three cities to understand the views and situation of the difficulties of English Language teaching. The study indicates that teachers, students and school administration encounter several problems due to lack of skilled teachers, proper teacher training, using proper teaching methods and materials, physical facilities and so on. As a result, English curriculum implementation at the primary level in Bangladesh is becoming unsuccessful in most of the schools; however there are several adequately designed buildings with well trained teachers along with proper educational materials. Given that the number of schools is in the thousands, we shall draw comparisons between respective educational institutions.</p>
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Aqil, Mammadova Gunay. "American English in Teaching English as a Second Language." International Journal of English Language Studies 3, no. 2 (February 27, 2021): 52–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.32996/ijels.2021.3.2.7.
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With the lapse of time the two nations- Americans and British always blamed each other for “ruining” English. In this article we aim to trace historical “real culprit” and try to break stereotypes about American English status in teaching English as a second language. In comparison with Great Britain the USA has very short and contemporary history; nevertheless, in today’s world American English exceeds British and other variants of English in so many ways, as well as in the choices of language learners. American English differs from other variants of the English language by 4 specific features: Inclusiveness, Flexibility, Innovativeness and Conservativeness. Notwithstanding, British disapprove of Americans taking so many liberties with their common tongue, linguistic researcher Daniela Popescu in her research mentions the fields of activities in which American words penetrated into British English. She classifies those words under 2 categories: everyday vocabulary (480 terms) and functional varieties (313 terms). In the case of functional varieties, the American influence is present in the areas of computing (10 %), journalism (15 %), broadcasting (24%), advertising and sales (5 %), politics and economics (24%), and travelling and transport (22%). Further on, the words and phrases in the broadcasting area have been grouped as belonging to two areas: film, TV, radio and theatre (83%), and music (17%). The purpose of the research paper is to create safe and reliable image of American English in the field of teaching English as a second language. Americans are accused in “ruining” English and for that reason learners are not apt to learn American English. The combination of qualitative and quantitative methods is used while collecting the data. The study concluded that the real culprits are British who started out to ruin English mainly in in the age of Shakespeare and consequently, Americans inherited this ruin from the British as a result of colonization. Luckily, in the Victorian Age British saved their language from the ruins. The paper discusses how prejudices about American English effect the choices of English learners.
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Vakhrusheva, Daria Aleksandrovna. "Issues of Teaching English Language to Adults." Общество: социология, психология, педагогика, no. 11 (November 27, 2020): 142–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.24158/spp.2020.11.24.
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This study is devoted to the consideration of the issues of teaching English to adult learners. It is noted that teaching English to adults today is in great demand, due to the world integration aspira-tions of our country, which cannot be realized when the majority of the population does not have foreign language speech skills and abilities for free partici-pation in international communication. However, adult education differs significantly from the specif-ics of teaching a foreign language to schoolchildren and students, which provokes a number of prob-lems. These problems impede the acquisition of English by adults, which, as a rule, they need for professional activities that involve the implementa-tion of foreign language communication. The analy-sis carried out in this study helped to identify the problems that need to be overcome to build an ef-fective system of teaching English to adults. In addi-tion, a number of psychological and pedagogical conditions that contribute to the effective teaching of the English language to adults and the formation of their foreign language communicative compe-tence were formulated.
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Mohammed, Abdelaziz. "The Role of Language Laboratory in English Language Learning Settings." English Language Teaching 10, no. 2 (January 11, 2017): 86. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/elt.v10n2p86.
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This study aims at determining the relationship between language labs and the effective ways of mastering better performance of English language. The study raised two questions. They are “Is language laboratory useful in teaching English to Saudi students?” And “How do language labs help in improving students’ performance?” Descriptive and analytical approaches have been adopted in this study. Two subject groups representing different situations are selected for investigation. Each group contained 27 students from fourth level who are studying English as their major. The instruments used were tests of all English components to draw significant findings. Generally, the findings proved that using effective language laboratories in teaching English is essential in teaching listening and mastering better features of speaking. In addition, the study recommends that the using of language labs in the teaching of English is highly needed in colleges.
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Kailani, Ahmad, and Tenny Murtiningsih. "TEACHING ENGLISH FOR NURSING BY USING TASK-BASED LANGUAGE TEACHING." International Journal of Educational Best Practices 3, no. 2 (October 1, 2019): 28. http://dx.doi.org/10.31258/ijebp.v3n2.p28-40.
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English for nursing is one of the branches of English for Specific Purposes. This type of English lesson requires the teacher to choose a specific method in order to meet a specific learning objective. The final goal of learning this kind of English is to equip learners with competencies that suit their future job, one of them, is English skill. This is inseparable from the choice of an appropriate teaching method by the teacher. Many studies on the implementation of specific teaching methods have been undertaken. However, little is still known about the students' responses to the implementation of Task-Based Language Instruction in English for Nursing Classes. To fill this gap, the current study shed a light on this matter. This qualitative research aimed to explore students’ perception of this teaching method. There were 58 nursing students invited as the respondents. The data were garnered through interview and questionnaires. The implication of this research is to be contributed to the field of EFL teaching methodology as the expansion for the current studies in English for specific Purposes field.
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OTSU, Yukio. "On the New Course of Study: Toward Integrating Japanese Language "Kokugo" Teaching and English Language Teaching." TRENDS IN THE SCIENCES 22, no. 11 (2017): 11_101–11_103. http://dx.doi.org/10.5363/tits.22.11_101.
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Al-Awabdeh, Abdel-Hameed. "A Critical Discourse Analytical Study on the Significance of Communicative Language Teaching Case study: Jordanian English Teachers in the Southern Badia." Journal of Social Sciences (COES&RJ-JSS) 9, no. 4 (October 1, 2020): 1509–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.25255/jss.2020.9.4.1509.1519.
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The purpose of the study is to cast the light on Jordanian English teachers in the Southern Badia views on the importance of communicative language teaching. I t is difficult for English foreign language teachers to select an appropriate method of language teaching to achieve the learning goals and the essential outcomes of the English courses that taught in different fields such as schools and colleges. CLT has indicated the track for certain procedures and strategies to accomplish essential goals for teaching English language. Teachers in teaching English as a foreign language has adopted many methods, such as Reading Method, Structural Method, Direct Method, and CLT. They seek to find the appropriate to teach English for their students and they work hard to make teaching English more effective in their classes.
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Rajasekhar, Dr Y., and V. Krishna Murthy. "TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE IN INDIA: A STUDY." International Journal of Advanced Research 5, no. 3 (March 31, 2017): 2355–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/ijar01/3764.
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Rosmaladewi, Rosmaladewi. "ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AT MAKASSAR PRIMARY SCHOOLS: A CASE STUDY." International Journal of Language Education 1, no. 2 (October 29, 2017): 29. http://dx.doi.org/10.26858/ijole.v1i2.4312.
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Faraj, Shvan Gharib M. "Teaching Novels in an English Language Classroom: A Qualitative Study." ISSUE EIGHT 5, no. 1 (June 30, 2021): 90–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.25079/ukhjss.v5n1y2021.pp90-97.
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This research article explores and studies the role of the English novel in English Language Teaching (ELT) from the students’ perspective. Novels are considered to motivate and enhance literary materials used in the classroom. The study used a qualitative approach. The research targeted senior students selected from an English Department. Use of the novel was observed to be a flexible learning tool. Novels have the ability to appeal and satisfy each learner’s unique style of learning. It can touch on the learners’ creativity and enhance their descriptive and dialogue abilities.
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Ibara, Yvon-Pierre Ndongo, Roland Giscard Ondze Otouba, and Jules Bianchiny Ossere Mounguellet. "Teaching English Compound Noun Stress." English Language Teaching 12, no. 3 (January 23, 2019): 46. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/elt.v12n3p46.
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The aim of this research paper is to scrutinize the teaching of English pronunciation based on English compound noun stress at secondary school. In fact, the teaching of compound noun stress has not been highlighted by previous scholars. In addition, teaching strategies based on this item have not been taken into account by INRAP and E.N.S in the course of phonetics and phonology. As a result, no teacher is able to teach compound noun stress and no learner is able to practice this language item. Therefore, our practical suggestions are made of teaching and learning strategies, a set of exercises and a sample of a teaching card to encourage teachers to deal with compound noun stress. This study is an attempt to show the parallel between the techniques of teaching of reading and that of compound noun stress.
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Suwiryo, Adhika Irlang, and Ellis R. Artyana. "Sign Language Interpreting in English Language Teaching for a Deaf Student: A case study." Indonesian JELT: Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching 13, no. 1 (May 31, 2018): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.25170/ijelt.v13i1.1447.
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This paper discusses the case of appropriating a teaching approach as a response to the needs of a Deaf student registering to an English Department of a State University in Depok. The study particularly looks at the sign language interpreting practice in the classroom. In the teaching and learning process, the sign language interpreter has a significant role in transferring the course materials from the lecturer. In other words, the interpreter becomes one important factor for the student's achievement in acquiring the target language. However, there are several challenges faced by the interpreter in delivering the teaching content, such as, speech tempo, the usage of determiners (this, that), the usage of media, classroom preparation, and language differences (English and BISINDO—the natural sign language used by the Deaf community in Indonesia). The aim of this paper is to provide a clear picture concerning 1) sign language interpreting process in English teaching classroom, 2) the coordination of interpreter and lecturer(s), both in classroom preparation as well as teaching process, and 3) challenges experienced by the interpreter. Questionnaire and in-depth interviews are used with the lecturers, the student, and the interpreter in order to elicit as well as acknowledge the data related to the classroom preparation and teaching process. Data were transcribed, coded, and analyzed following interpretive paradigm. The results of this research offer suggestions in sign language interpreting process in English teaching classroom.
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O'Keeffe, Anne. "Teaching and Irish English." English Today 27, no. 2 (June 2011): 58–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266078411000228.
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The first decade of the twenty-first century has been characterised in Irish English studies by a diversification of research agendas. Whereas studies before 2000 were largely concerned with internal issues in the development of Irish English, more recent research has been marked by the desire to view Irish English in the context of international varieties of English, as demanded by Barker and O'Keeffe (1999). Much has changed in the study of Irish English in the last decade or so. This is in part due to a broader perspective adopted by researchers and also to the emergence of new ways of looking at Irish English: see Barron and Schneider (eds) 2005; Hickey, 2005, 2007a; Corrigan, 2010; Amador-Moreno, 2006, 2010. There seems to be a less exclusive concern with Irish English within the strict orbit of British English and the effects of contact with the Irish language. This is perhaps aided by looking at Irish English in the context of English as a global language (Kirkpatrick ed. 2010). A function of this globalisation is variation and that in itself brings richness and diversity. In the context of English language teaching, Irish English is one of many types of English.
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Ghimire, Nani Babu. "Five Facets for Effective English Language Teaching." Journal of NELTA Gandaki 2 (December 8, 2019): 65–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jong.v2i0.26604.
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Effective English language teaching (ELT) is strongly related to dynamic teachers and creative learners as it enhances students’ long lasting learning process. Students learn the taught matters successfully if the classroom is handled effectively focusing on child centered pedagogy with the use of modern information communication technology (ICT). The objective of this paper is to look at the different facets for effective ELT and to give some pedagogical suggestions for English language teachers to increase the effectiveness in ELT. The articles/papers, researches and books written on effective ELT found in electronic sources are studied/overviewed the study. It shows that an effective ELT includes qualified, dynamic and devoted teachers with socio-affective skills, pedagogical and subject matter knowledge, active and creative students, use of sufficient and practical teaching learning materials, proper use of modern equipment and technology, and multiliteracy pedagogy focusing on the cultural diversity of the learners for better ELT.
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ZIMBA, Miriam M., and Eustard R. TIBATEGEZA. "Communicative Approach Strategies for English Language Teaching." Studies in Linguistics and Literature 5, no. 2 (March 20, 2021): p1. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/sll.v5n2p1.
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This paper focuses on Communicative Approach strategies used by teachers in teaching English in secondary schools, and the challenges teachers and students face in using such strategies in classes. Data collection was done in four government secondary schools within Mzuzu City in Malawi. Data were collected by using questionnaires, interviews and classroom observations. Key findings reveal that most teachers frequently use communicative approach strategies in teaching English language such as pairing, debates, group discussions, filling in gaps, and dramatization. The study indicates that even though communicative approach strategies are used in classrooms, there are some challenges which hinder the implementation, namely inadequate time to engage students in class, inadequate teaching and learning resources, failure to assist students with disabilities, and overcrowded classrooms. The paper recommends that the government of Malawi through the Ministry of Education should work on the challenge of overcrowded classes and provide enough teaching and learning materials in schools in order to implement communicative approach strategies effectively.
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Hesan, Muh, Slamet Setiawan, and Ahmad Munir. "Integrated Components of Intercultural Competence in English Language Teaching at College: Case Study." IJET (Indonesian Journal of English Teaching) 8, no. 1 (July 23, 2019): 72–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.15642/ijet2.2019.8.1.72-80.
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In this global world, foreign language teaching has been demanded to be intercultural teaching which means that cultural teaching should be integrated in language teaching as well as language competence, in English language teaching for instance. On the ground that the importance of foreign language teaching and learning is largely for purpose of international communication, and intercultural knowledge has crucial role in successful communication. Therefore, this paper reports on a qualitative case study which investigates two English teachers’ practice of integrating intercultural competence in English language teaching at college level. Specifically, this paper provides analysis of intercultural components embedded in teachers’ practice of intercultural integration in teaching English. The data were collected through observation, and unstructured observational notes were employed. The observational data were analysed following sub-processes, are familiarizing, reducing, identifying and classifying, interpreting, and presenting. The result indicates that both English teachers’ understand the objective of English language teaching that teaching language is also teaching the culture as it is showed in their teaching process an intercultural integration, which includes some intercultural components such as attitudes, knowledge, and skills.
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Wang, Jin. "Culture Differences and English Teaching." English Language Teaching 4, no. 2 (June 1, 2011): 223. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/elt.v4n2p223.
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Language is a part of culture, and plays a very important role in the development of the culture. Some sociologists consider it as the keystone of culture. They believe, without language, culture would not be available. At the same time, language is influenced and shaped by culture, it reflects culture. Therefore, culture plays a very important part in language teaching, which is widely acknowledged by English teaching circle. This thesis depicts the relationship between culture and language. As a result, the gap of cultural differences is one of the most important barriers in English teaching and study. Among the students, lacking of cultural background knowledge can, to a great extent, hold up the improvement of English teaching and become a noticeable problem. At present, the objective of English teaching has broken free from the traditional listening, speaking, reading and writing, and the demand for cultural background knowledge in language learning has been gradually concerned. Presentation of history of the country which has the target language, cultural background knowledge and customs is the proposed solution to the problem. This paper mainly discusses how to present cultural background knowledge and expose learners to it in the need of English teaching at Chinese schools so as to solve the problems caused by cultural differences, help learners grasp the crux of the language and develop their comprehensive English ability.
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Zhang, Hongmei. "A Study on Implication of Prototype Theory in English Vocabulary Teaching." Journal of Language Teaching and Research 8, no. 1 (January 1, 2017): 133. http://dx.doi.org/10.17507/jltr.0801.16.
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Nowadays, English plays an increasingly important role in international communication. Vocabulary plays the important role in the process of English learning and teaching. Although the significance of the vocabulary teaching and learning have been noticed by the teachers and students, the current situation of English vocabulary teaching and learning is not satisfactory in most Chinese schools. This paper applies the prototype theory and other related theories, which contains the three levels of categorization and two cognitive mechanism, to vocabulary teaching and learning. The paper aims at exploring the implications that prototype theory indicates in English vocabulary teaching and learning, finding out the crux of English vocabulary teaching and learning. Teachers need to consciously foster students’ metaphorical and metonymical awareness when teaching vocabulary.
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Sutrisna, I. Putu Edi. "Kinesics in EFL Language Teaching." Yavana Bhasha : Journal of English Language Education 3, no. 2 (August 1, 2020): 27. http://dx.doi.org/10.25078/yb.v3i2.1709.
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This study was descriptive qualitative research to reveal the use of kinesics in EFL classrooms in STAHN Mpu Kuturan Singaraja. Specifically, the purposes of this study were: 1) to describe of how English lecturers perceive the kinesics in EFL communication; 2) to describe kinds of kinesics that the English lecturers use in their EFL classrooms; 3) to describe how the kinesics takes place in the EFL teaching and learning activities. The informants of the present study were three English lecturers in which the first informant was as the main informant and the two other informants were the secondary informants. The data were gathered through interviews using a validated interview guide. Data analysis was done by using Interactive Data Analysis Model proposed by Miles & Huberman (1984). From the data analysis conducted, this present study found out that kinesics was always be found in the communication process in EFL teaching and learning activities as it was very beneficial to help the students in acquiring the target language. There were four types of kinesics dealing with the EFL teaching and learning process found. Those were gestures, head movements, eye contact, and facial expressions. Those basic aspects of kinesics are very useful and considered as an easier way to help the EFL students to understand the meaning of utterances containing some difficult vocabularies as well helped them to acquire the target language.
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Porras, Anthony. "EXAMINING INSTITUTIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM: ENGLISH TEACHER’S PERSPECTIVES AND PRACTICES." SAGA: Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics 1, no. 1 (January 3, 2020): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.21460/saga.2020.11.7.
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The issue of what the role of grammar is and how it should be taught is still considered a dilemma among English teachers. Though various schools of thought and methodologies were discovered, the convincing postulations and effective practices in language learning are still in constant exploration. As an attempt to alleviate this dilemma, this research aims to identify teacher beliefs and practices when it comes to grammar. Utilizing a single case study method, perspectives and methodologies were studied from an English teacher in the Philippines. Findings revealed that grammar was still an important aspect in the language learning and teaching. However, fluency was greatly emphasized over accuracy. In practice, Communicative Language Teaching was the most commonly observed method utilized in teaching grammar. It is suggested that there should be a balance between form and function aspects of teaching grammar.
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Aburezeq, Ibtehal Mahmoud, and Fawzi Fayez Ishtaiwa Dweikat. "Cloud Applications in Language Teaching." International Journal of Distance Education Technologies 15, no. 4 (October 2017): 39–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijdet.2017100103.
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This study examined pre-service teachers' expertise, perceptions and integration of cloud applications in teaching of Arabic and English. Questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were used as data collection methods. The findings of the study specified that pre-service teachers did not own sufficient expertise for effective integration of cloud applications. The findings also revealed that participants perceived cloud applications as a valuable tool to improve many aspects of language education. Nonetheless, participants concentrated on integrating limited features of cloud applications. While the study revealed that there was no significant difference in participants' expertise in integrating cloud applications based on the language they teach, it found that pre-service English teachers had significantly higher levels of positive perceptions and integration of cloud applications than pre-service Arabic teachers. Finally, a positive significant correlation was found between expertise, perceptions, and integration of cloud applications.
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Ranganath, Dr V. N. Ch, and K. Vijana. "A Study on 'English Language Teaching' (ELT) in Telugu Speaking States." SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJELLH 8, no. 3 (March 28, 2020): 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.24113/ijellh.v8i3.10493.
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The importance of the English language in the educational field is clear from the fact that many countries have made English an official language. Consequently, English language teaching (ELT) has become one of the significant growth industries around the world in recent years. The English language teaching tradition has been subject to tremendous change, especially throughout the twentieth century. Perhaps more than any other discipline, this tradition has been practised in various adaptations in language classrooms all around the world for centuries. While the teaching of Maths or Physics, that is, the methodology of teaching Maths or Physics, has, to a greater or lesser extent, remained the same, this is hardly the case with English or language teaching in general. As will become evident in this short paper, there are some milestones in the development of this tradition, which we will briefly touch upon, in an attempt to reveal the importance of research in the selection and implementation of the optimal methods and techniques for language teaching and learning.
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Chen, Chen. "A Study on Positive Transfer of Native Language and Second Language Teaching Methods." Theory and Practice in Language Studies 10, no. 3 (March 1, 2020): 306. http://dx.doi.org/10.17507/tpls.1003.06.
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Native language is one of the important factors that affect second language acquisition (SLA). However, compared with the heated discussion about the negative transfer of native language, the positive transfer of native language lacks due attention. Taking Chinese and English as a case study, this paper first reveals the similarities between the two languages, then discusses the positive effects of native language on SLA, and finally explores English teaching methods so as to promote the positive transfer of native language and reduce the negative transfer.
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Tianli, Zhou, Nor Shahila Mansor, Lay Hoon Ang, and Sharon Sharmini. "Practicing Communicative Language Teaching Approach of English Grammar Teaching: Teachers’ Perspectives in China Colleges." International Journal of English Language and Literature Studies 10, no. 3 (September 9, 2021): 247–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.18488/journal.23.2021.103.247.259.
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The communicative language teaching (CLT) approach has been extensively used in English teaching in recent decades. Many scholars have investigated CLT and English teaching from various perspectives, but few have examined teachers’ attitudes towards the CLT approach and its usage in English grammar teaching. This study aimed to investigate the rationale, the teaching effects and suggestions of English teachers in using CLT in English grammar teaching in China colleges. A qualitative research method was adopted and data was collected through an open-response questionnaire from 13 English teachers of 6 universities in China. The analysis of the data collected revealed that most of the China English teachers used CLT. Their rationale for using it are summarized in this study. The results show that CLT positively affects China college students’ English grammar learning despite some limitations, especially in cultivating their communicative competence, motivating their study interests, and modifying the classroom atmosphere, which also helps build students’ confidence. Moreover, most of the participants recommended using CLT to conduct English grammar teaching, and eight suggestions were presented to help English teachers conduct the CLT approach to grammar teaching. This study could prove a good reference for teachers who would like to teach English grammar under the CLT approach and enhance their understanding of CLT.
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Nascimento, Gabriel. "Racism in English Language Teaching? Autobiographical Narratives of Black English Language Teachers in Brazil." Revista Brasileira de Linguística Aplicada 19, no. 4 (December 2019): 959–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1984-6398201914813.
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ABSTRACT A hundred thirty years after the abolition of slavery and post-slave trade in Brazil, Black people remain the minority amongst teachers in English courses of private and public schools. This situation is tagged in their professional situation insofar as an aftermath of racism and coloniality are concerned, as I shall argue here. In this study, I seek to examine the ways race can be negatively or positively expanded in the performance of the identities of Black English language teachers, framing themselves as either resistant identities in/through language (using the language as a strategy to resist) or resistant identities to language (negating themselves as capable speakers or teachers).
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Wimontham, Onsiri. "A Study on EFL Teaching Affecting Chinese Cultural Tourism." Theory and Practice in Language Studies 8, no. 8 (August 1, 2018): 1035. http://dx.doi.org/10.17507/tpls.0808.17.
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This research article is focused on presenting research studies related to English teaching as a foreign language in educational institutes; secondary and higher education levels in China so as to acquire whether there is weakness and strength or not. This research is conducted in Thailand and Beijing municipality, People’s Republic of China. The duration of research is 90 days; 80 days in Thailand and 10 days in People’s Republic of China. The sample size of 30 persons is chosen with the purposive sampling method. The research instruments consist of questionnaire, focus group interview and evaluating form from participatory. The researcher conducts analysis for both qualitative and quantitative data with a SWOT analysis technique; strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The research was found that the summary of opinion of youths who live in Beijing towards the importance of using English to elevate and develop cultural and wisdom tourism, The summary of Chinese youths’ opinion towards the teaching and learning curriculum management of English for communication in Beijing municipality, secondary education level, The summary of level of Chinese youths opinion towards the teaching and learning curriculum management of English for communication in Beijing municipality, in a higher education level.
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Alzamil, Jwahir. "Supervising English Teachers: Saudi Principals and the English Language Barrier." International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature 9, no. 6 (November 30, 2020): 54. http://dx.doi.org/10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.9n.6p.54.
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Principals’ supervision has been an important aspect of school leadership, which has aimed to improve the overall quality of teaching in schools by improving the work of individual teachers. This study has identified a need to fill an existing gap in the teaching supervision literature, as researchers have overlooked the possibility that principals’ mastery of the English language may affect the supervision of English language teachers. It therefore examines whether Saudi female principals who did not major in English language face difficulties supervising English language teaching in secondary schools. This study was carried out over a week. The data was collected from five female principals working in secondary schools by means of semi-structured interviews. The results showed that the main obstacle faced by principals supervising English language classes was understanding the English language itself. Data collected by the study show the need for Saudi Arabian principals to be aware of their limitations in understanding English when supervising English language teachers; having this information can be crucial for improving supervision and planning successful supervisory practices. Moreover, it can help principals evaluate themselves and review the way they supervise English language teachers.
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Regina Rahmi. "THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MEDIA IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING." Visipena Journal 5, no. 1 (June 30, 2014): 1–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.46244/visipena.v5i1.220.
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This study which was conducted at SD Islam Laboratorium Neuhen, Mesjid Raya is intended to figure out how the implementation of media in English language teaching to the six levels. The study was conducted case study research design. The population was 44 and the sample was taken by using nonprobability sample that is convenience sampling was 22 students and 1 English teacher. The research problems are: (1) what kinds of media are used by the teacher in teaching English? (2) how does the teacher implement media in teaching English? (3) what are the obstacles faced by the teacher in teaching English by using media (4) what are students’ responses toward using media in English language teaching? The data were collected by using instruments, namely: observation checklist sheets, questionnaire sheet, interview guidelines, and documentations.Based on the data analysis, it was found that (1) the English teacher at SD Islam Laboratorium used (a) smart phone as audio media (b) visual printed media such as book, magazine and newspaper (c) visual display media such as picture, flashcard, poster, realia/model/mock up, puzzle and blackboard (d) teacher herself as model (2) the teacher did three phases in using media. They are: (a) preparation; learning curriculum and syllabus, the teacher matches the basic competences with appropriate media, preparing the media, bring the media to the class, recognizing the types of the students (b) core activity; students’ question about media, student-centered in learning process while using media, good interaction in using media, cognitive-affective-psychomotor of the student in using media (c) closing; summarization of using media, motivation/moral value of using media, giving homework. In addition the teacher did positive performance in using media (3) some difficulties faced by the teacher in the implementation of media in English language teaching, they are: designing lesson plan and preparing appropriate teaching materials as media (4) the students' responses toward the implementation of media was very positive. The findings show that 90% of the students like to study English by using media. So, it is suggested that English teacher should use the media, because they are the effective tools in English teaching-learning process.
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Nugraha, Deden Novan Setiawan. "Teaching Techniques in Teaching English Language: A Study of SMAN 24 Bandung, West Java." International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation 24, no. 2 (February 13, 2020): 2865–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.37200/ijpr/v24i2/pr200585.
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Zhang, Junying. "Situational Language Teaching Approach to Oral The English Teaching in Primary Schools." International Journal for Innovation Education and Research 6, no. 9 (September 30, 2018): 84–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol6.iss9.1157.
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This paper aims at analyzing some applications of Situational Language teaching to the oral English learning in primary schools. Through this study, teachers could get some advice and improve their oral English teaching efficiency.
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KOLUMBÁN, Kinga. "COMMUNICATIVE TASKS IN TEACHING MILITARY ENGLISH." Review of the Air Force Academy 18, no. 2 (January 22, 2021): 63–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.19062/1842-9238.2020.18.2.7.
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Teaching English through genuine interaction in the target language has represented the trademark of communicative language learning, applied in most classrooms around the world. This approach has generated a shift from the perception of language as a system to the focus on more contextual and meaning-related features of language use. Such aspects are in perfect accordance with the needs of military professionals who use English in specific situations. This study explores some of the possibilities of applying the principles of this efficient approach in learning military English with classes of all levels.
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Sun, Kun. "Teaching English-Chinese textual translation strategies." Babel. Revue internationale de la traduction / International Journal of Translation 65, no. 2 (June 21, 2019): 286–315. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/babel.00097.sun.
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Abstract The topic-chain is a typical characteristic used to distinguish Chinese discourse from other languages, such as English. By studying how to make use of the topic-chain, one learns how to decipher English into natural and idiomatic Chinese translation. The idea of using topic-chains to explore English-Chinese (E-C) textual translation is relatively new to translation studies. As such, this paper provides a detailed account of cross-linguistic differences between English and Chinese, with regard to the topic-chain, as well as the differences between the topic-chain model and the approach of thematic progression theory. This study, based on contrastive analysis, constructs a model consisting of specific procedures that are simple and easy to use, thereby making English-Chinese textual translation a more manageable process. Use of topic-chain strategies will promote the efficiency and quality of E-C translation, and allow for Chinese translated text to be more idiomatic. This paper provides an overview of effective textual translation strategies that are useful both for translators and the field of translation studies as a whole. It addresses how to teach translation effectively to students, providing practical theory and practice for pedagogical instruction. Meanwhile, an experiment conducted provides the evidence that topic-chain for pedagogical instruction is significantly valid. The pedagogical design of these strategies emphasizes the training of students’ textual awareness and targets language-sensitive awareness. It is assumed that didactics can help students gain bilingual competence and strengthen their core transfer competence. This study, therefore, is significant not only in exploring the benefits and uses of textual translation studies, but has practical value when applied directly to translation learning and teaching.
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Albiladi, Waheeb S., Fahad H. Abdeen, and Felicia Lincoln. "Learning English through Movies: Adult English Language Learners’ Perceptions." Theory and Practice in Language Studies 8, no. 12 (December 1, 2018): 1567. http://dx.doi.org/10.17507/tpls.0812.01.
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The use of media in English teaching and learning has received much attention from educators and second/foreign language educators. The use of media includes the use of movies, music, films, and other types of entertainment-related learning resources. However, little has been done to understand the adult language learners’ perceptions toward the benefits and challenges of using English movies to learn English. This qualitative research study explored English learners’ perceptions regarding the use of movies as English teaching and learning tools. The study focused on what language learners believe are the benefits and challenges of relying on English movies to develop their language competency. The study’s results indicated that language learners believed that movies are authentic sources of language learning and can be used effectively to improve language skills including speaking, listening, reading, vocabulary, and writing. Findings also revealed that according to language learners, movies are beneficial in terms of increasing students’ cultural awareness.
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Videla, Carmen Burgos, and Javiera Martinez Diaz. "Innovation for English language teaching in higher education." New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences 6, no. 7 (December 31, 2019): 159–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.18844/prosoc.v6i7.4525.
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This research aims to learn about the perception about didactics of professors who teach English in the study programs of Bachelor of Education and English Pedagogy, and Bachelor of English and English-Spanish Translation at the University of Atacama, Copiapo, Chile. For this, a qualitative pilot research was conducted, using the case study approach and the associative letters method for data collection, using as an inductive concept ‘didactics of the English language’. This, in order to gather information about didactics in English teaching, given through the four production and comprehension language skills: writing, reading, speaking and listening. The first findings show a lack of innovation in the field of teaching and unawareness of it. Within the data of the pilot sample, the concepts ‘skills’ and ‘methodology’ stand out as central elements in the English Language Teaching didactics. From this small pilot research, the idea of the importance of communication and methodology as key concepts to be included in the next investigation is reinforced, so that the data collection is meaningful, and a close intervention could be achieved, where the teachers reflect on the didactics used in a more comprehensive and less recursive way.
Keywords: Didactics, higher education, innovation, language teaching, second foreign language.