... are the students usually involved in speaking activities? What are the factors affecting their involvement in speaking activities? Towhatextent collaborative activities increase students‟ involvement ... members to have the feeling of belonging to each other by establishing a mutual goal, sharing the same resources or joining rewards Learners care about the team and the other‟s success as well as their ... going to settle on but what other answers they are considering along the way - not only on the outcome ofthe conversation but on the process 15 used to get there In cooperative learning, the instructor...
... help on solving the problems thanks to benefits of sharing thelearners mother tongue Limitations ofthe Study As the study aims at discovering the students‘ attitudes towards the teaching of ... disadvantage of not using students‘ first language to push them to speak the target language because this helps increase the students‘ talking time and limits the interference ofthe mother tongue inthe ... Research Questions The aims ofthe study are: first, to investigate whatthe attitudes of English majors at Thai Binh Teacher Training College towards the teaching of speaking by English native...
... possible combinations: NES instructor- NES instructor, NES instructor – NNES instructor, NNS instructor – NNS instructor) and asked to indicate their combination preference Eight out ofthe ten learners ... the NES instructor – NNES instructor combination Two chose the NES instructor NES instructor combination and no students selected the NNES instructor - NNES instructor combination They explained ... against each other, with the aim of finding the distinctive features between the two groups of instructors Inthe light ofthe results, it may be said that NES and NNES instructors adopt distinctly...
... delivered to students to collect the data related tothe study This was also the main method used inthe study Then, the interviews with some students took place to attain more information The form of ... mentions the term involved inthe negotiation, namely “negotiation of meaning” referring tothe skill of communicating ideas obviously The mental/social processing is involved inthe rapid processing ... attitudes, the elements of speaking, the communicative approach in teaching English speaking skills, the roles of attitude in language learning, the roles of attitude in learning speaking skills All the...
... skills Aims ofthe study This study aims at: - finding out the attitudes of students at NWRC towards learning to speak English - investigating the classroom speaking practices ofthe students ... given tothe teachers tohelp them improve their students’ speaking skills Significance ofthe study The result ofthe study is believed tohelp teachers at NWRC understand more about the students’ ... NWRC with the participation of 100 first-year students to find out the attitudes of students towards learning to speak English and their classroom speaking practices Based on the findings, some...
... asked the teachers about their opinions about the contents ofthe topics, the activities and the time ofthe lessons inthe class The ratings collected inthe table point out that none ofthe teachers ... 30% of them think the topics are difficult Only 10% ofthe respondents find these topics rather suitable In terms ofthe speaking activities, 60% ofthe teachers said that they were very interesting ... attitudes towards the speaking skills inthe textbook According to them the topics and activities inthe textbook are interesting but not suitable with the level ofthe first year students at the HCIE...
... for Learners Reluctance in Speaking Also inthe view of Nunan, David (1999), one ofthe main reasons explaining the reluctance of speakers is partly due to their learning experience Many of them ... ideas for the given topic is one of difficulties deterring their involvement in speaking lessons, while up to 41% ofthe total suppose that finding words is the main reason preventing them from ... for learnersto get involved in while a large number ofthe total (58%) use interesting topics to draw learners 27 attention to speaking lessons 14% ofthe surveyed teachers make learners interested...
... doesn’t help them much in memorizing the structures They want to continue using oral grammar practice in their grammar lessons inthe coming time Only small amount ofthe students (9%) think they ... –s ending ofthe third person singular verb inthe present tense, the changing forms ofthe verb be , irregular verbs, the inflection ofthe verb after relative pronouns, the forms ofthe plural ... first of these is the interest ofthe communicator of a message To get interest, the tasks and topic are very important A frequent change of topic not only makes every student get something that interests...
... will get information in reading part in task and Then they work in groups to find out advantages and disadvantages of zoos ofthe new kind in task After all, they make a report to share their views ... activities Indeed, this pattern-oral work leading to reading and writinghas almost becomethe classical model for the organization of learning materials into “lesson” or “units” Theextentto which ... and the way in which it is implemented, inthe form of teaching materials will be influenced by such factors as the level ofthe course, the relative importance of skills for the learners, and the...
... –s ending ofthe third person singular verb inthe present tense, the changing forms ofthe verb be , irregular verbs, the inflection ofthe verb after relative pronouns, the forms ofthe plural ... practice in their grammar lessons inthe coming time Only small amount ofthe students (9%) think they wouldn’t prefer to continue getting involved in oral grammar practice in their grammar lessons in ... first of these is the interest ofthe communicator of a message To get interest, the tasks and topic are very important A frequent change of topic not only makes every student get something that interests...
... difficulties inthe classroom setting, the research was aimed at finding out: (1) the students’ assessmentofthe importance of oral presentation skills in their future work, (2) the problems they might ... ofthe Findings 23 2.3.1 Data Analysis 23 2.3.2 Discussion ofthe Findings 24 2.3.2.1 The students’ assessmentofthe importance of oral presentation skills in their ... skills On the part ofthe second-year majors, for example, in order to be effective learnersof English in general and effective speakers in particular, they need to improve their knowledge of the...
... Nothing to say: Even if they are not inhibited, you often hear learners complain that they cannot think of anything to say: they have no motive to express themselves beyond the guilty feeling ... made inthe hope of demonstrating the scope ofthe study theoretically in terms of speaking skill and language games The findings from the data analysis show that despite students’ awareness ofthe ... interesting enough to motivate them to get involved in speaking lessons 17 In addition, the majority ofthe informants (about 55%) perceive speaking classes as uneasy experience because they find the...
... decided to choose the topic: "An Investigation into the Participation of High School Students in Speaking Lessons" Aims ofthe Study The Study reported in this thesis aims to: Investigate the reasons ... for themselves, since they not have to take the same responsibility for what they are saying Finally, by broading the world ofthe classroom to include the world outside, they allow students to ... emphasis on learning to communicate through interaction inthe target language The introduction of authentic texts into the learning situation The provision of opportunities for learnersto focus, not...
... in other words, either inadequate teaching or learning Basing on the findings, the thesis is concluded with several suggestions for the learners, the teachers and the institution tohelplearners ... by relating the topic to their interests The body must explain, support, and defend the theme inthe introduction All main points must be covered The conclusion is a brief overview ofthe presentation ... sequences of kinds of terms occurring in typical kinds of interactions Routines thus can be characterized in broad terms to include the kinds of turns typically occurring in given situations, and the...
... sample, indicating the difficulties in communicating the information about the mechanism of action To assess the influence of inconsistent responses, we repeated all analyses excluding women with inconsistent ... state the mechanism of action of any FP methods and thus asked women to express their beliefs independently of their actual choices and independently of their perceptions of available choices In ... Implantation Other * Total Not important Important Unsure Total Yes No Unsure Total Yes No Unsure Total Stop using Continue using Unsure Total Stop using Continue using Unsure Total 266 (46.3) 103...
... respondents regarding theextentto which they might like to interact with each other inthe future online, it is difficult to argue there would be value for Chifley in investing inthe purchase of commercial ... online learning: Interaction patterns and limiting factors Open Learning, 19(2), 135-149 Hatch, S (2002) The online university: The students’ perspective In Winds of change inthe sea of learning ... on the instructional model may stand to benefit more by creating avenues for face to face interaction than by trying to increase the level and quality of online interaction The next phase of...