... improvement of student learning and the enhancement of teaching As action research is a cycle of posing questions, gathering data, reflection and deciding on the course of actions, teaching and learning ... piece ofclassroom work that involves learners in comprehending, manipulating, producing or interacting in the target language while their attention is focused on mobilizing their grammatical ... like doing in pretask phase that students like doing 31 Listening Predicting Thinking of questions to ask Brainstorming and mind-maps Memory challenge Matching phrases to pictures Odd one out...
... texts in the course book Both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies were utilized in this action research study The quantitative research data were gathered with the aids of two questionnaire ... The qualitative research data were collected from two in- depth interviews with the students for the insightful information about students’ judgments towards the teaching and learningof ESP before ... after-treatment interview also confirmed that students would like to have more lessons as such in the future Hopefully, this research can create a beginning for the new way of approaching texts in...
... Listening Speaking Reading Writing intheir speaking skills Reading which used to None be very passive and uninteresting now becomes more motivating, thus 63 students confide that their reading ... Second, action research allows for the improvement of student learning and the enhancement of teaching As action research is a cycle of posing questions, gathering data, reflection and deciding on the ... teaching” (2004), Nunan makes some changes to his previous definition of task: A task is a piece ofclassroom work that involves learners in comprehending , manipulating, producing or interacting...
... as their attitudes, the interviews were held one- byone with Vietnamese as the main language In terms of structure, the interview for students included four parts yet attempting to investigate their ... negotiating meaning with the speaker and responding, and creating meaning through involvement, imagination and empathy” It is no doubt that different scholars have different ideas to the definition ... comprehension of meaning 1.1.3 Sources of listening difficulty Unlike the case of investigating the definition of listening and listening comprehension, while searching theory for sources of listening...
... achievement of the experimental lessons The information obtained from this study is to help to improve teaching and learning English in general and teaching and learning English reading comprehension in ... background of the study, the statement of the problem, the research questions, the participants and the implementation of action research These are followed by the instruments of data collection, data ... discussions of the researchIn the end of the study, the author presents her major findings before drawing final conclusions She also suggests pedagogical implications and points out the limitations of...
... other kinds of thinking such as lateral thinking (a way of solving a problem by thinking about it imaginatively and originally and not using traditional or expected methods), creative thinking (putting ... contain collecting, defining, describing, identifying, showing, naming, recording, reading, copying, quoting and selecting which are to serve the purpose of getting knowledge including dates, ... at every stage oflearning However, in initial learning stage, the role ofteachersin cultivating critical thinking is much more crucial Building and developing critical thinking skills for...
... allocated in the linkage, e.g joint research From GRI unit and University unit point of view, the trend of money as input in the linkage may considered as oneof indicator strength of linkage ... capability of people in doing that research cooperation For assessing the linkage between two units, number of people involved for certain type of linkage at a certain period, can be classified in terms ... theory of the University-Industry-GRI linkages in the Innovation Triangle (Figure I.2) including linkage type in terms of formal as well as informal Then, a few points toward facilitators and inhibitors...
... 3: INVESTIGATION OF CURRENT SITUATION OF TEACHING AND LEARNING READING ESP IN DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS AND VIETNAMESE STUDIES AT USSH – VNU ………………………………… 3.1 The teaching and learning reading ... presents an overall view of reading and reading in ESP teaching and learning; − Chapter II introduces the advantages of skill-integration in teaching and learning reading and relationship between this ... main part of the study It consists of two chapters − Chapter III aims at identifying and analyzing both strong points and weak points of the teaching and learningof reading ESP in Department of...
... the learning process, in discussing ESP teaching, a number of factors must be taken into consideration such as motivation, learning strategies, theories of learning, etc Also, sufficient attention ... for 10 teachersof ESP in the Department of Foreign Languages at the College of Science, VNU to determine their attitudes, knowledge and teaching skills in applying peer-teaching into their ESP ... CooperativeLearning Groups, In S F Schmoberg (ed.), Strategies for Active Teaching and Learningin University Classrooms Minneapolis: Office of Educational Development Programs, University of...
... standard in training programs, in administrating and especially in training quality and equivalent conditions to ensure that training quality so that the process of integration, globalization and ... Attainment An indication of the level of attainment of English at COT is given in the result of the test in the form of TOEFL held on May 12th, 2005 by Institutional TOEFL atVNU for a group of 26 COT’s ... teaching and learningof the English language atVNUWhat has been achieved so far in language education at the colleges under VNU is mostly private attempts of the English departments of these...
... issues that may have an environmental impact - Training and communication + Training must be tailored to institution and different stakeholders at the institution to increase support and buy in + ... Equipmen Dept Chief Planning – Finance Dept Deans of Facuties Chief Training inspection Dept Chief Science management-Staff fostering Chief OrganizationAdministration Chief Training Dept Dean Basic ... through the integration of three strategies, namely: university EMS; public participation and social responsibility; and promoting sustainability in teaching and research Therefore, the goal of this...
... customer satisfaction is a key factor for surviving and developing Indeed, hearing customer voice and pay enough attention to their demands and expectations are oneof decisive principles of measuring ... explain the meaning of student satisfaction (Hom, 2002) • According to Sapri et al., (2009) mentioned that students’ satisfaction is a shortterm attitude that results from evaluation oftheir ... OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION Introduction q Research Background/Motive q Research Purposes/Objective Literature reviews Research Methods Concluding Remarks o References INTRODUCTION In the progress of...
... were administered in Vietnamese with each individual participant In order to eliminate any misunderstanding, main questions were given out at the beginning of the interviews Afterwards, the interviews ... variety of factors that might motivate or inhibit ESL /EFL students' participation in in-class group work, ranging from student-related, pedagogy-related to culture-related ones L5 TEACHERS' MONITORING ... purpose of this study was to investigate the oral participation of first-year EFL students at ULIS, VNUin in-class group work Specifically, it addressed the following research questions: / What first-year...
... definition of motivation, roles of motivation in language learning, types of motivation, factors affecting motivation It also looked at previous studies into two types of motivation: integrative ... goals inlearningin here, that is because of a number of factors relating to their self-awareness, teachers support, learning environment, etc Finally, the study recommends that in order to maintain ... Definition and the nature of motivation Roles of motivation in language learning Types of motivation 3.1 Integrative motivation 3.2 Instrumental motivation ...
... definitions of motivation, it is commonly thought of as “the process of arousing, directing, and maintaining behavior” (Burden 1994:261) Roles of motivation in language learning Motivation and learning ... implications From what has been found in the study of the recent situation in Preparatory Programs at IS, it is recommended that the teachersat IS the folowing: 32 6.1 Maintain their instrumental ... type of motivation which can‟t belong to either of the two motivational orientations 3.3 Integrative vs Instrumental motivation While both integrative and instrumental motivations are of great...
... Expanding cooperativelearning through group investigation New York: Teachers College Press Silverman, D (2000) Interpreting Qualitative Data, London: Sage Slavin, R E (1990) Cooperative learning: ... Slavin, R E (1996) Research on cooperativelearning and achievement: What we know, what we need to know Contemporary Educational Psychology Slavin, R E.(1995) Cooperative Learning: Theory, research, ... Hotsicle-Higher order thinking skills incooperativelearning environments In N Davidson & T Worsham (Eds.), Enhancing thinking through cooperativelearning (pp xi-xx) New York: Teachers College Press...
... benefits of using pictures in teaching vocabulary, it is said that pictures are of great help in stimulating the learningof a foreign language” (Bowen, 1982, p.1) 1.3.3 Main types of pictures in ... exhaustible exploitation of pictures in teaching vocabulary? Scope of the study The study is restricted to the area of investigating in the uses of pictures -one type of visual aids in teaching vocabulary ... findings that the researcher found out from the data collected according to the four research questions, the limitations of the research, several pedagogical recommendations concerning the research...
... was in the classroom These findings werein direct correlation with most previous research For example, in Loague (2003) indicated, “The degree to which technology was being integrated into instruction ... 3.55, and the mean of above 3.0 indicated a positive attitude towards ICT integration into the curriculum in the teaching and learning process (as the instrument has a rating scale of to 4) Table ... teaching These findings on lecturers’ attitudes towards ICT integration into the curriculum in the teaching and learning process can be connected to Rogers’s (2003) theory of diffusion of innovation,...