4 research outputs found
The Relationship between Anxiety and Accuracy of EFL Learners’ Task-based Speech
No full textThe present descriptive research study was conducted to take into consideration the possible relationship between Kurdish English as a Foreign Language learners’ accuracy of task-based speech and their foreign language classroom anxiety at Cihan University-Erbil. A total of 80 female undergraduate students participated in this study. Regarding the data collection, first, the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale questionnaire was filled out by the students, the IELTS test is acting as a proficiency test to test the current level of the participants before conducting the study. It is noted that their accuracy level was investigated according to the error-free t-units they produced, while answering the IELTS part one questions. The results of this study demonstrated that the Kurdish students suffer from high anxiety levels, and there was a statistically significant negative relationship between anxiety and the accuracy of the learners’ speech. That is, the more anxious the students are, the more inaccurate they will be. The results of this study have implications for policymakers, syllabus designers, teachers, and students, raising their awareness about the relationships among the variables investigated in this study regarding task-based speech
Developing network location model in uncertainty mode (robust mode)
No full textIn this research, facility location problem - network design under uncertainty robust mode will be discussed. In this regard a model will be developed, so that the uncertainty in parameters such as demand and problem’s various costs be considered. Facility location- network design, unlike classical facility location models, which are assumed that network structure is pre-defined and specified- will also decide on the structure of the network. This has been in many actual applications such as road network, communication systems and etc and finding facility location and main network designing simultaneously has deemed important and the need for simultaneous design and optimization models to meet the mentioned items is felt. Different approaches have been developed in the uncertainty optimization literature. Amongst them, robust and stochastic optimization are well-known. In this research robust optimization approach to deal with uncertainty and problem modeling have been used. In addition, by using generated random samples, the proposed model has been tested and computational analysis is presented for various parameters. 10.13084/2175-8018.v05n09a0
The Effect of Lean Methodology on EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension Performance
No full textAs the demands of English language learners should be satisfied, the question of various teaching techniques has become contentious in classrooms. Lean, a cutting-edge approach, provides a successful way to learn a language. Teachers must employ efficient teaching strategies to accomplish their goals and excite learners. The current study looked into how teaching English as a second language affected students' ability to read comprehension. A control group and an experimental group were utilized in a pre-post-test quasi-experimental design. Following the pre-test, the experimental group received the treatment whereas the control group did not. For the analysis, 40 language learners from a language school in Erbil, Iraq, were taken into consideration. Lean was also disseminated to the participants to help them determine their aims before being applied as a teaching approach to the students. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used in the statistical analysis (i.e., Independent samples t-test). In terms of how the two groups performed on the pre- and post-tests. It was discovered that the scores were different in a significant manner. This brand-new Lean education strategy has been demonstrated in this research conducted in the context of Iraq to improve learning outcomes (in this case, reading comprehension skills), complete the curriculum on schedule, and eliminate any specific waste
