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Using performance assessment to empower students’ learning ownership and promote achievement in EFL writing courses
Get PDFThis study aims at investigating (1) To what extent performance assessment successfully fosters students’ learning ownership and writing achievement and (2) Teachers’ readiness related to the implementation of performance assessment in writing courses. This study was conducted using a mixed methods approach. Quantitative analysis of MANOVA was used to know the effect of performance assessment on students’ learning ownership and writing achievement; while qualitative analysis was conducted for data of teacher readiness gathered using questionnaires and interviews. The subjects of the study were 32 EFL teachers and 82 students of Junior High Schools in Bali. Results of the analysis show that performance assessment significantly affects students’ learning ownerships and writing competency; while teachers’ readiness in implementing performance assessment largely depends on the availability of assessment instruments which are different from the traditional multiple choice type test
Student perception towards social networking site in theni district
Get PDFSocial Networking Sites are getting more popular and it has become a vital part of our social life. New digital media have dramatically altered the communication landscape, especially for youth. Internet is a very powerful platform that has changed the way people do things. Social Networking Site is a wonderful innovation in the Internet age whereby people are interconnected in the global network society. Social media has a great effect on people’s lives and millions of students are spending many hours on social networking sites. As social media sites continue to grow in popularity, it is our premise that technology is a vital part of today’s student success equation. This study aims to investigate student’s perception towards Social Networking Sits in Theni District
Deceptive similarities between British English and Cameroon Pidgin English: A lexico-semantic investigation
Get PDFIt has now been clearly established that although the English Language is the highest donor of words to CPE, most of these words have undergone some changes in their meanings. This may equally imply that perhaps the meanings of some words from other sources have developed some changes. The probability of this being true is very high considering the fact that PE is the most widely used lingua franca in Cameroon and this, not withstanding, PE has not been standardized, neither has it been codified. But, one thing remains very clear that in the case of a codification, the various alterations which exist in CPE must be accommodated to a certain extend. The data so far examined are items that mostly feature in the speeches of typical users of CPE. As mentioned above, some of these users are quite conscious of these variations and as such, they sometimes (in certain milieus) avoid some of them. The result is the Anglicization of PE which of course narrows the degree of intelligibility between these users and some classes of people
Learners’ performance in science using pangasinense as a language of instruction
Get PDFThe shifting of language as a medium of instruction in Philippine schools has significant effects on the learning performance of the students. Grade 1 to 3 used Mother as their medium of instruction by the time they reach grade 4, the language of instruction will shift to English. This paper aims to further analyze if shifting is something to consider as positive. Mixed-method design specifically explanatory sequential design was used to collect and analyze quantitative data through an examination and then obtained qualitative data through interviews. A Likert scale was used to reveal that there is no significant difference in the performance of the pupils who used Pangasinense and English as a medium of Instruction. Since most of the results were interpreted as a beginning, it evidently shows that the pupils at this level struggle with their competency; prerequisite and fundamental knowledge and skills have not been acquired or developed adequately. Therefore, the shifting then of the language can affect the learning ability of the student but not the language itself
A reflection on the need for a language management scheme at the university of Rwanda’s college of education
Get PDFoai:sloap:article/28The issue of language policy and management has been tackled by various scholars worldwide, but gaps are observed in studies that explored the language management schemes in schools, particularly in institutions of higher learning. This paper contributes to filling this gap by reflecting on the need to design a language management scheme for the University of Rwanda’s College of Education to promote language proficiency and quality education. Using Gundersen’s language management model as a theoretical framework and drawing from an analytical approach, this article explores the urgent need for developing the language management scheme at the University of Rwanda – College of Education. It highlights the enablers and challenges for developing and implementing such a language management scheme and recommends some strategies to capitalize on those enablers to solve language problems at the College. Throughout the paper, our argument is that a language management scheme is needed for the promotion of the proficiency in all five languages used at the College generally, and in English particularly, which is used as a medium of instruction
EFL students’ writing interactions through weblog and self-assessment
Get PDFWeblog is powerful learning media that triggered interaction and self-assessment among students. This study indicates that weblog is very useful tool of learning to be used in developing the students’ active writing interaction as well self-assessment. The students could continuously improve their writing skill through studying and sharing their knowledge through weblog and all comments posted by their friends are useful for the improvement of their writing skill. This study adds to the understanding of the use weblog in teaching English, especially in teaching writing. It is also intriguing to the students as they are well exposed to technology in their daily lives. The online environment of weblogs really offers a learning place that encourages collaboration and analytical thinking towards providing constructive comments on their writing assignments necessary for students to improve their writing skill
Cultural and individual differences in comprehension of sports metaphors
Get PDFThis paper attempts to find out the effect of controlled input and rate of retention of sports metaphors by Bengali speakers of English over a period of 4 weeks. Metaphors are non-literal expressions that contain culture-specific information that does not correspond with what they state (Cooper, 1998). It has been a constant site of struggle for L2 speakers of English to understand metaphors that readily mean something for a native speaker of English. A metaphor brings up an image in the native speaker’s mind but even an imagable idiom some time fails to conjure up images in the L2 speaker’s mind. (Boers and Deemecheleer, 2001). To address this question, a four-week long research is conducted in order to find out the acquisition and retention of 10 sports metaphors from the specific domains of Baseball and American Football. To conduct the study, The Boers (2004) model have been followed. That is: i) by making the figurative language literal ii) by employing learners’ problem-solving skills for retention of the metaphors, and iii) grouping idioms under a broad metaphoric theme for clearer understanding. The results show that controlled and repeated input along with factors like motivation and frequency have instigated into acquisition and retention of the sports metaphors by the participants. It also shows that metaphor acquisition is a socio-cognitive process where a learner learns in the context by analyzing contextual clues and by exchanging between several mental domains.