ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Using Directive Feedback to Improve Students&apos; Writing Skills: A Case Study of English Department Students
Author: Sarie, Rina Febrina
Date: 2013-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Writing Skills,Writing Improvement,Feedback (Response),Grammar,Case Studies,Error Analysis (Language),Student Attitudes,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Instructional Effectiveness,Teaching Methods,Writing Instruction,Foreign Countries,Graphs

Directive feedback is one of strategy to check students' grammatical error in writing. This strategy is used by the lecturer in PETA (Principle of Effective Teaching and Assessment) course during third semester. This research used case study to investigate whether directive feedback could improve students' writing skill. Besides that, it also tried to explore the commonest grammatical error in student's writing and students' feeling toward directive feedback. The participants of this research were students of Universitas Siswa Bangsa Internasional, who took PETA course. The data was gained from record observation and students' interview. Record observation was obtained from students' reflection during PETA course. The result was directive feedbacks could improve students' writing skill with one condition. That is students should be aware of the feedbacks given by the lecturer and learn it. The conclusion opens possibility for further research to find the level of effectiveness of directive feedback in improving students' writing skill and the level of students' writing skill improvement.
Using Dictogloss as an Interactive Method of Teaching Listening Comprehension
Author: Jibir-Daura, Ramlatu
Date: 2013-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Cooperative Learning,Teaching Methods,Listening Comprehension,Listening Skills,Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Verbal Communication,Afro Asiatic Languages,Foreign Countries,Language Arts,College Students,Instructional Effectiveness,Literature,Scores,English (Second Language)

Listening is one of the important language skills. Traditionally, listening skills have been taught in isolation or it is sometimes combined with speaking tasks. Dictogloss is an interactive method which promotes cooperative learning and can assist in the development of both the teacher and students' listening skills. Unlike in the traditional method of dictation, in dictogloss only the gist of the text is expected to be produced by the students. To find the usefulness of the method in a second language learning context, twenty BA ED (Hausa) one hundred level students from the Language Arts section of the Ahmadu Bello University were used. Two texts, one from &quot;Oliver Twist&quot; and the other was &quot;The Seven Voyages of Sinbad&quot;. These were dictated to the students, one for each day. The result of the second task was recorded. The first exercise served as practice for the students to become familiar with the procedure. Although it is a new procedure, the results showed an improvement from the results of the first task. The students enjoyed the exercise and were willing to continue the next day even though the first results were not very good. Recommendations were given on how second language teachers could use dictogloss to their advantage for cooperative learning in listening comprehension classes.
Beliefs about Learning English as a Second Language among Native Groups in Rural Sabah, Malaysia
Author: Krishnasamy, Hariharan N.
Date: 2013-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Ethnic Groups,Minority Groups,Language Aptitude,Language Skills,Difficulty Level,Communication Skills,Communication Strategies,Learning Motivation,Expectation,Beliefs,Attitude Measures,Student Surveys,Statistical Analysis,Minority Group Students,Secondary School Students,Likert Scales

This paper identifies differences between the three ethnic groups, namely, Kadazans/Dusuns, Bajaus, and other minority ethnic groups on the beliefs about learning English as a second language based on the five variables, that is, language aptitude, language learning difficulty, language learning and communicating strategies, nature of language learning as well as learning motivation and expectation. A modified version of Horwitz's (1987) Beliefs about Language Learning Inventory (BALLI) was distributed to all the 254 form four students in Lahat Datu but only 193 students responded. This survey instrument consists of 34 items. Results of a One-way ANOVA test showed a significant difference among ethnic groups on motivation and expectation in learning English. Bajau students showed the highest motivation and expectation in learning English, followed by other ethnic minorities compared to Kadazan/Dusun students. Although participants scored high for motivation and expectation to learn English, they perceived that English is a difficult language to acquire. BALLI is used to identify the misconceptions or beliefs held among learners and find ways to reduce the negative impacts in learning English.
Communication Boot Camp: Discover the Speaker in You!
Author: Binti Ali, Zuraidah
Date: 2013-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Undergraduate Students,Public Speaking,Student Surveys,Content Analysis,Foreign Countries,Feedback (Response),Learning Activities,Learning Experience,Educational Environment,Speech

Learning can take place almost anywhere, and this is especially true for our undergraduates who wish to become public speakers. Besides university course and public speaking workshops on campus grounds, undergraduates are now looking for a different learning environment--communication boot camps!! This study presents a compilation of learners' experience, fun-filled activities, insightful feedback and memorable boot camp moments as captured in camp photos and feedback surveys. It involves a total of thirty seven undergraduates who enrolled in a Communication Boot Camp at Janda Baik, Pahang. Results show that Communication Boot Camp is a successful strategy to groom public speakers with a positive correlation between camp success and camp objectives, particularly in reducing shyness, motivating participants to become public speakers and discovering their talent and skills. In short, the study adds to the promise of zest and delight in public speaking.
Corpus-Based Studies on Nursing Textbooks
Author: Mohamad, Alif Fairus Nor
Date: 2013-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: English for Special Purposes,Nursing Education,Textbooks,English (Second Language),English for Academic Purposes,Vocabulary,Reading Skills,Language Teachers,Language Usage,Word Frequency,Foreign Countries,Textbook Content

English for Specific Purposes (ESP) educators often face dilemma in deciding what lexical items to teach their students. In the field of English for Nursing Purposes (ENP), there is no exception on this issue as well. Only by analyzing the nursing corpus made up of essential core textbooks that can provide better insights and guide to both nursing students and educators. This research aims to highlight the 2,000 most frequently used nursing words across the core textbooks of nursing and to profile the types of &quot;low frequency&quot; lexis which comprise the nursing corpus in terms of the General Service List (GSL) and Academic Word List (AWL) lexis coverage. By knowing the frequently used nursing words would further reduce students' reading deficiency if the students use the 2000-word list.
Investigating Demotivation in Learning English: An Extension to Sakai and Kikuchi&apos;s (2009) Framework
Author: Krishnan, K. Sarojani Devi
Date: 2013-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Undergraduate Students,Learning Motivation,Second Language Learning,English (Second Language),Mixed Methods Research,Questionnaires,Likert Scales,Statistical Analysis,Content Analysis,Teaching Methods,Educational Facilities,Course Content,Language Attitudes,Classroom Environment,Scores,Instructional Materials,Teaching Styles

The aim of this research is to investigate the factors of demotivation in L2 learning of Pakistani undergraduates at the University of Balochistan, Quetta. A mixed-methods research design was employed in this study to explore the factors of demotivation. Quantitative data was obtained from the responses of a population of 116 first semester undergraduates in a questionnaire adopted from Sakai and Kikuchi (2009). The questionnaire comprised 35 close-ended items on a 5-point Likert scale on six factors of demotivation: &quot;grammar-based teaching,&quot; &quot;teacher's behaviour,&quot; &quot;course contents&quot; and &quot;teaching materials,&quot; &quot;effects of low test scores,&quot; &quot;classroom environment&quot;, and &quot;lack of self-confidence and interest&quot;. Qualitative data was obtained from an open-ended question on students' demotivating experiences in learning English in the same questionnaire. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze the quantitative data while the qualitative data was analyzed by using content analysis to extract the themes or factors of demotivation and their categories based on Sakai and Kikuchi's framework. The findings reveal that all six factors were cited by students as demotivational factors with &quot;teaching method,&quot; &quot;lack of facilities&quot; and &quot;course content&quot; being the most cited factors, hence supporting Sakai and Kikuchi's (2009) framework. In addition, the qualitative data suggests that a new factor emerged--&quot;negative attitude of society towards English language&quot;--hence a contribution to the body of literature. The findings of the study have implications on the teaching and learning of English in Pakistan.
Maintaining Students&apos; Speaking Fluency through Exhibition Examination in Sociolinguistic Studies
Author: Yuliatuty, Khusnul Qhotimah
Date: 2013-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Sociolinguistics,Foreign Students,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Language Fluency,Case Studies,Language Teachers,Student Motivation,Teaching Methods,College Students,Qualitative Research

Using exhibition for the final project in Sociolinguistic study is really interesting for Universitas Siswa Bangsa Internasional students, especially for 2011 English Department students. Exhibition becomes interesting because this is the new thing to conduct the final project for English Department students' cohort 2011 at Universitas Siswa Bangsa Internasional. The lecturer divides the students into pairs and each pairs should master one content or topic in Sociolinguistic study. The students will do the exhibition about the topic that they get in a pairs. The lecturer also gives the students rubric sheet to fill by the visitors. The exhibition will make the students prepare themselves well because they will face many questions about the content which will be delivered by them. Beside, this exhibition also maintains students' fluency in speaking English because they will explain and answer the questions from visitors with English. This paper tries to focus on how exhibition examination can maintain students' fluency in speaking English.
Plagiarism: More than Meets the Eye
Author: Hussin, Habsah
Date: 2013-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Plagiarism,Integrity,Scholarship,Change Strategies,Educational Practices

Plagiarism is the euphemism for &quot;academic theft&quot;, &quot;academic dishonesty&quot; and &quot;academic misconduct in academia&quot;; and is the taboo word among academics in academia. This paper discusses the issue of plagiarism in terms of what constitutes plagiarism, who are normally &quot;the practitioners&quot; of plagiarism, be it un-intentionally or otherwise, factors contributing to the practise of plagiarism, effects and implications of plagiarism on the &quot;practitioners&quot;, and offers suggestions on how to reduce (if not eliminate) any involvement in plagiarism. Knowledge and awareness about plagiarism would help academics and aspiring scholars to steer away from this act, as plagiarism would have dire and long term repercussions on their career, reputation and those who come to be associated with them.
Reticent Students in the ESL Classrooms
Author: Soo, R. S.
Date: 2013-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: English (Second Language),Classroom Environment,College Students,Class Activities,Student Participation,Student Behavior,Attitude Measures,Gender Differences,Student Surveys,Incidence,Extraversion Introversion,Student Characteristics,Foreign Countries

Reticence has always been regarded as a problematic phenomenon among students in the ESL classrooms. Many instructors have expressed their frustrations to decode the reticent behaviour and work out suitable strategies to help students with such behaviour. Whenever such students do not engage in the classroom discourse, they are usually regarded as not having the desire to learn or lacking in cooperation. These explanations seem simplistic, bias and stereotypical. Based on a larger project on students' reticent behaviour, this study investigated the extent in which tertiary students majoring in English experience reticence in the classrooms, and examined the underlying factors of reticence. Data were obtained from 78 students utilizing the Reticence Scale-12 (RS-12) which measures the level of reticence along six dimensions: anxiety, knowledge, timing, organization, skills and memory. The findings reveal that reticent level is high among the students, and their major problems lie in affective-control and delivery.
Web-Based Resources in EFL Learning: An Enhancement of Students&apos; Digital Literacy
Author: Atmanegara, Yunani
Date: 2013-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Language Teachers,Technological Literacy,Questionnaires,Student Attitudes,Self Efficacy,Blended Learning,Junior High School Students,Correlation,Difficulty Level,Learning Motivation,Educational Resources,Interviews,Foreign Countries

The shift of information form that is more technological oriented has encouraged EFL teachers to develop their students' literacy skill. This study used web based resources in order to motivate EFL learning and develop students' digital literacy. In conducting this study, twenty students were involved. The data were collected by means of questionnaires consisting of five aspects; students' self-efficacy, learning challenge, learning curiosity, learning involvement and recognition for digital learning. The results of the study show that students are motivated by the use of web-based resources in EFL learning with more appropriate and authentic materials. However, some considerations are needed to be taken into account in selecting the suitable web-based resources. Using web based resources can be an alternative to help the students be motivated in developing their digital literacy learning.
Textbook Evaluation for the Students of Speech Therapy
Author: Jamshidi, Tahereh
Date: 2013-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Speech Therapy,Textbook Evaluation,English for Science and Technology,Computer Science Education,Relevance (Education),Questionnaires,Student Evaluation,Student Attitudes,College Second Language Programs,Foreign Countries,College Students

This study aimed to evaluate an ESP textbook in terms of McDonough and Shaw (2003) based on external and internal evaluation. The ESP textbook was &quot;Special English for Computer Sciences&quot; (2010) by Hojjat Baghban. This study also discussed the external evaluation and a detailed evaluation of a chapter of the ESP textbook. This ESP textbook was designed for teaching to students of computer sciences in the department of computer sciences in &quot;Islamic Azad University,&quot; Larestan Iran. This evaluation revealed that the ESP textbook would be appropriate with some modifications and also with some additional materials to meet the needs of the students of computer sciences.
Creating Personal Learning Environments via Blogs
Author: Krish, Pramela
Date: 2013-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,College Students,Student Journals,Electronic Journals,Electronic Learning,Independent Study,Supplementary Education,Second Language Learning,English (Second Language),Grammar,Journal Writing,Reflection,Diaries,Interviews,Learner Engagement,Readiness,Student Attitudes,Outcomes of Education,Action Research,Student Surveys,Qualitative Research

Blogs are increasingly used in formal education to create personal learning environments, providing self-directed learners with more freedom, choice, and control over their learning. This paper will share findings of a study where students at the tertiary level were asked to commence blogs as a supplementary platform to engage in the learning of grammar where they could practise and learn specific grammar points shared by fellow course mates and instructors. The blogs also functioned as a learning diary where the students were asked to reflect on their use of grammar based on the weekly lectures and tutorials. A total of 20 year one students in the Foundation English course participated in this study. Data for the study was collected from the blog entries by the students and through in-depth interviews with them. The findings revealed that although the students were enthusiastic about engaging in the blogs, they are still not quite ready about personal learning environments.
Teaching Grammar: The Use of The English Auxiliary &quot;BE&quot; Present Tense Verb among Malaysian Form 4 and Form 5 Students
Author: Jishvithaa, Joanna M.
Date: 2013-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Morphemes,English (Second Language),Error Patterns,Second Language Learning,Secondary School Teachers,Verbs,Essays,Computer Software,Computational Linguistics,Foreign Countries,Teaching Methods,Secondary School Students,Language Usage,Grammar,Statistical Analysis

This research paper aims to explore the usage of the English Auxiliary &quot;Be&quot; Present Tense Verb, using corpus based method among Malaysian form 4 and form 5 students. This study is conducted by identifying and classifying the types of errors in the Auxiliary &quot;Be&quot; Present Tense verb in students' compositions from the MCSAW corpus developed by (Mukundan &amp; RezvaniKalajahi, 2013). 273 Form 5 sample essays and 295 Form 4 sample essays were taken from four different national schools where the schools were from four different states. The errors made in the written usage of the English Auxiliary &quot;Be&quot; Present Tense verb were evaluated and analyzed using the Wordsmith software version 4. The findings revealed that there are three types of errors which are the &quot;Tense shift, Agreement and Misuse&quot;. The results show that there were more errors made by the form 4s compared to the form 5s even though the difference of the frequencies of errors produced by both the levels were not of much difference. Therefore, the findings of this study can be used as a guide in enabling secondary school teachers to revise and be more prepared in their teaching instructions, materials and procedures. It will help teachers look into the possible remedial actions which could be taken into consideration to overcome the problems faced by Malaysian secondary school students in using the Auxiliary &quot;Be&quot; Present Tense verb.
The Effectiveness of Song Technique in Teaching Paper Based TOEFL (PBT)&apos;s Listening Comprehension Section
Author: Kuswoyo, Heri
Date: 2013-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teaching Methods,Test Preparation,English (Second Language),Language Tests,Second Language Learning,Computer Assisted Testing,Listening Comprehension,Second Language Instruction,Test Format,Grammar,Singing,Music,Qualitative Research,Foreign Countries

Among three sections that follow the Paper-Based TOEFL (PBT), many test takers find listening comprehension section is the most difficult. Thus, in this research the researcher aims to explore how students learn PBT's listening comprehension section effectively through song technique. This sounds like a more interesting and engaging way to learn language because music is a very powerful motivational tool for learning language. To reach the goal of this study, the researcher applied the grammar approach. It is an appropriate approach since the main idea of grammar-based listening exercises is to analyze the language by its components and reconstruct an incomplete text. Besides, the researcher employed an English song as the media the researcher uses the top-down model for the Listening Process. In this research, the writer tries to share his experience in teaching listening in English department of Teknokrat College by implementing song technique
The Intersection between Out-of-Class Language Learning Strategies and In-Class Activities
Author: Saad, Noor Saazai Mat
Date: 2013-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Learning Activities,Class Activities,Second Language Learning,Learning Strategies,Graduate Students,Foreign Students,Language Proficiency,English (Second Language),Computer Mediated Communication,Interviews,Student Attitudes,Computer Software,Assignments,Language Tests,Second Language Instruction,Oral Language,Writing Strategies,Correlation,Qualitative Research,Foreign Countries,Questionnaires

Studies on out-of-class language learning strategies (OCLLSs) are usually divorced from the activities in class. Thus, this study addresses the connection of the two entities. The participants in this study were nine international postgraduate students who were undergoing their English language proficiency course in an institution in Malaysia. Data were gathered through their weekly online postings on Google + and interview during the course. The data from the students were triangulated with the information found in the pro forma of the modules and interview with the lecturers. Atlas ti was used to manage the data. It was discovered that the type of assessment set by lecturers for the course determined the use of OCLLSs. Findings show that firstly, more OCLLS were used in completing assignments than preparing for quizzes/tests. Thus, from the 3 modules; it was found that students employed more strategies for oral communication and writing rather than for reading. Secondly, the OCLLSs used could form a &quot;strategy chain or cluster&quot; for the tasks of preparing for oral presentation and completing writing assignments. Lastly, there was evidence of technology dependency on some of the main OCLLSs.
The Influence of Teachers&apos; Schema in Teaching Reading on Students&apos; Understanding
Author: Basmalah, Putri
Date: 2013-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Schemata (Cognition),Reading Instruction,Prereading Experience,Teaching Methods,Role Playing,Discussion,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Foreign Countries

This paper tells about teachers' schema in teaching reading. Based on some articles that the writer given, there are teachers who success in teaching reading and who are failed. The one of the cause why they are failed is because they did not apply the complete activities (pre-reading activities, while-reading and post-reading) in teaching reading. The types of reading activities are also explained to give a point of view for readers how to be a successful teacher in teaching reading.