... informative, it should include greeting the audience, introducing the name of the presenter; stating the topic and the purpose of the presentation; providing an outline of the main points and necessary ... participate in their learning, show their persuasiveness, their influence on whatever they want to inthe future and help them develop competency in a vital area of their work Furthermore, Powell ... all the points given inthe introduction The ending needs to be dynamic too so that the presentation leaves a lasting impression on the audience and the key points are remembered” (Lewis & Reinders,...
... record the conversations they hear Ask them to report their findings back to the class, and then have the class discuss these findings 1.1.3 The roles of the teacher in different stages of teaching ... any hypotheses of the researcher The answers of the participant then become the structuring mechanisms for the next phase inthe interview The interview questions were designed to elicit information ... skills: reading, speaking, listening and writing Among these skills, speaking is considered as the most important one Speaking is the productive skill inthe oral mode It, like the other skills,...
... in their mind They may answer the questionnaire items the way they think would expect the researcher’s expectations Therefore, in future studies different methods of data collection such as interview ... affect the students’ presentation skill Chapter introduces the context of the study and describes the methods employed inthe study Chapter presents and discusses the findings that arise from the ... difficulties in organization Organizing the oral presentation was also difficult for the students 3.2.3 Students’ difficulties in delivery 3.2.3.1 Students’ difficulties in attracting and maintaining the...
... Students’ difficulties in attracting and maintaining the attentions of audiences Inthe questionnaire, there were questions asking about their difficulties in attracting and maintaining the attentions ... good introduction involves four things: attracting and focusing the attention of the audience putting the speaker and audience at ease explaining the purpose of the talk and what the speaker ... more interesting Conclusion Tour guides summarize the main points inthe presentation to emphasize the topic of the tours and the value of the tourist destinations Tourists compare the destination...
... processed The main interview questions were the same as the ones inthe questionnaire (7 items altogether) Inthe interviews, the author often added more questions to get deeper understanding of their ... and their writing varies either The second chance for students to practice writing is when they the Writing Practice in Supplementary Material at the end of each unit The writing assignment in ... motivation in learning writing Many of HUBT freshmen show their frustration when writing They complain about the difficulties and low scores in writing Besides, their writing still has many mistakes Therefore,...
... skilled groups, instructing them to cooperate, controlling the time, 42 reminding students of cooperating with each other the task and interacting with them to encourage them to get involved Such ... lesson, the students were asked to complete the self-report in which they reported the times they interacted with their classmates and the teacher inthe main group-work in while-speaking stage ... changes in real context Collecting data again and analyzing those data are carried out right after the intervention to work out the findings and evaluate whether the intervention works well on the...
... both the students and the teachers to improve their learning and teaching of speaking skills in general and presentation skills in particular Methods of the study: The study will be conducted using ... practice their speaking skill It also increases the students’ confidence in using English Furthermore, it can be a good practice for those students who will actually need the skill in their future ... 2.1.3 The teachers and the students’ difficulties in their teaching and learning of oral presentations………………………………………………………………………………… 36 vi 2.1.4 The methods the teachers are currently using in...
... should offer the five following features: -Emphasizing on learning to communicate though interaction inthe target language -Introducing authentic texts into the learning situations -Providing opportunities ... of the interview questions to answer them After that, all the questions and answers of the interviews are interpreted into English The interviewer took notes while the interview was going on, then ... thought in their mind that their students’ knowledge of English is low, so after giving instruction in English, they tend to interpret the instruction into Vietnamese For example, in Task of the...
... discussed inthe introduction In response to question 5, every single teacher reported that they use CLT in their teaching These two questions confirm that the CA is the dominant paradigm and that the ... depends on the processes required from the student while doing it Fulfilling a communicative exercise involves the student in filling the information gap between the speaker and the hearer; making a ... following exchange would not have an information gap, since both the teacher and the student know clearly that the table is inthe classroom Teacher: Where is the table? Student: The table is in the...
... grateful to the students inthe three classes which I am in charge for their actively taking part in completing the writing tasks and answering the survey questionnaires Without their help, this ... paragraph such as analyzing model paragraphs, brainstorming, expressing and organizing ideas, reviewing and revising inthe final paragraphs Inthe fourth and fifth semester, the program provides ... analyzed in order to investigate the current practices of teachers toward giving feedback on ESL writing Then, the author compared the results from the analysis with the answers of teachers inthe interview...
... present the findings and to discuss the findings of the study It comprises two main sections Section is the findings of the study The other is discussion 3.1 Findings This part presents the answers ... inthe students’ papers, what the teachers should When investigating this issue inthe survey, the researcher has found the following results The information inthe chart states that 62% of the ... paragraph or continue the same one, what information to place inthe beginning of a sentence, and so on Successful writing is the result of making the right decisions most of the time during the act of...
... strategies as a factor in peer editing inthe foreign language classroom Paper presented at the Northeast Conference, West Virginia University Austin, J L (1962) How to things with words Cambridge: ... people.brandeis.edu/~smalamud/ling100/outline12.pdf Nall, S P (2008) An analysis of the face threatening act strategies used in international trade email correspondence.Unpublished manuscript, National Kinmen Institute ... Press Hinkel, E (1999) Culture in Second Language Teaching and Learning Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Justová, V (2006) Direct and Indirect Speech Acts in English Masaryk university in Brno,...
... and train students in how to make use of the comments Without training in how to use the comments to better their writing, students are likely to either ignore the comments, misunderstand them, ... merely pointing out areas that the teacher found interesting or lacking As Leki (1990) points out, these kinds of questions and comments can be used to create a dialog between the student and the ... that takes into account the shortcomings of common methods of feedback, the positive aspects of them and the desires of students The goals of a particular writing course are one of the main factors...
... difficulties inthe classroom setting, the research was aimed at finding out: (1) the students’ assessment of the importance of oral presentation skills in their future work, (2) the problems they might ... giving presentations, and (3) factors causing their difficulties and their suggested solutions Specifically, the study has been conducted inthe form of survey research, with the informants of the ... Besides, the data from the study confirm the fact that the infrequent and inadequate feedback and assessment from teacher(s) and the institution’s lack of conductive facilities also contributed to these...
... her insufficient investment in preparing the lessons In summary, we can see from the findings that the interview can really provide in depth the information about the reality of speaking teaching ... occurring in typical kinds of interactions These routines thus can be characterized in broad terms including the kinds of terms typically occurring in given situations, and the order in which the ... of the five teachers asked admit they have been trained in CLT Three of them are trained in English teaching-training courses and two others in an English teaching workshop They also admit they...
... main parts The introduction sets the scene and engages the audience by motivating them to listen by relating the topic to their interests The body must explain, support, and defend the theme in ... Getting and maintaining audiences attention Knowing where to stand Keeping the speech flow/Keep talking Knowing how to begin (i.e stating the purpose, explaining to the audience who you are, introducing ... formula, in which P stands for the main point; R stands for the reason for the speech; E stands for the example to illustrate the main point and P stands for restating the main point Secondly, the...
... most widely-used definition inthe study of the field is Tracy et al’s (1987), in which they consider both criticizing and complaining as the act of ‘ finding fault’ and define these two speech ... speaking, we perform certain linguistic actions such as giving reports, making statement, asking questions, giving warnings, making promises and so on In other words speech acts are all the acts ... John Austin (1962) In his very influential work, ‘How to things with words’, Austin defines speech acts as the actions performed in saying something or actions performed using language In fact,...
... issues concerning the importance of motivation in reading and main factors affecting motivation in reading second language The following chapter is intended to introduce the context and the methodology ... of the history of jeans, the development of the Internet Learning reading is really interesting as each of the reading texts is the new exploitation of the world I could say that reading is the ... reading is one of the most important skills for second language readers According to these researchers, reading is crucial for learning new information, explaining, interpreting, and combining...
... questions if there was something they did not understand inthe questionnaire They were then interviewed by the writer The answers were recorded by handwriting at the place of interview The interview ... recording These instruments bring about the data for analysis, and evaluation 4.3 Data collecting procedure The first step is analyzing and synthesizing data The second one is discussing the results ... is, the measures used by the learners to develop their language learning Thus, students must become part of the teaching and learning process, actively involve in their own learning Success in...