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Cambodian ELT University Practitioners’ Use of Standardized Tests for Practice and Assessment 柬埔寨英语教学大学从业人员使用标准化考试进行实践和评估
Pub Date : 2015-09-27 DOI: 10.5746/LEIA/15/V6/I1/A2/KEA_MENG_KEUK
Leaph Kea, C. Meng, C. Keuk
Standardized tests, in particular TOEFL and IELTS, have been used widely in contemporary ELT education in Cambodia, and research has shown that Cambodians perceive IELTS as a key “gate-keeping mechanism” for gaining overseas scholarships and pursuing education abroad. However, understanding exactly how these tests are used by teachers has yet to be explored and is the subject of this investigation. Twelve teachers from six universities in Phnom Penh participated in one-on-one semi-structured interviews to determine their perceptions of these tests and how they are used. The findings show that TOEFL or IELTS were viewed as desirable as classroom learning tools and as a valid and reliable tool for assessment, but were sometimes used erroneously as assessments for meeting course objectives. The authors argue that teachers require further training in assessments before the use of standardized tests in classrooms can be effective.
标准化考试,特别是托福和雅思,在柬埔寨的当代英语教育中被广泛使用,研究表明,柬埔寨人认为雅思是获得海外奖学金和出国留学的关键“把关机制”。然而,了解这些测试究竟是如何被教师使用还有待探索,这是本次调查的主题。来自金边6所大学的12名教师参加了一对一的半结构化访谈,以确定他们对这些测试的看法以及如何使用这些测试。研究结果表明,托福或雅思被视为理想的课堂学习工具和有效可靠的评估工具,但有时被错误地用作满足课程目标的评估。作者认为,教师需要在评估方面接受进一步的培训,才能在课堂上有效地使用标准化测试。
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引用次数: 3
A New Step for Language Education in Asia 亚洲语言教育的新阶段
Pub Date : 2015-09-27 DOI: 10.5746/LEIA/15/V6/I1/A1/KIMURA_MIDDLECAMP
Kelly Kimura, John Middlecamp
While we are extremely grateful to be part of such a generous pan-Asia and global network, LEiA’s editorial focus, beginning with this issue, is shifting more toward the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) region, particularly Cambodia and the other developing countries within ASEAN. While we will continue to welcome articles from throughout Asia and professional input from around the world, our aim is to have the content of the journal increasingly reflect the ASEAN region’s interests and needs. Fortunately, the emergence of a larger, more sophisticated TESOL research community in Southeast Asia now makes this possible. It also allows us to better represent the ASEAN region in the changing makeup of our editorial team, which will gradually take place as new members based in the region come on board in forthcoming issues.
虽然我们非常感谢成为这样一个慷慨的泛亚和全球网络的一部分,但LEiA的编辑重点,从本期开始,正在更多地转向东盟(东南亚国家联盟)地区,特别是柬埔寨和东盟内部的其他发展中国家。虽然我们将继续欢迎来自亚洲各地的文章和来自世界各地的专业意见,但我们的目标是使杂志的内容越来越多地反映东盟地区的利益和需求。幸运的是,东南亚出现了一个更大、更成熟的TESOL研究团体,使这成为可能。这也使我们能够在编辑团队不断变化的构成中更好地代表东盟地区,随着该地区的新成员在即将出版的刊物中加入,这种变化将逐步发生。
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引用次数: 0
An Investigation of the Cover, Copy, and Compare Method for EFL Spelling 英语拼写的封面法、抄写法和比较法研究
Pub Date : 2015-09-27 DOI: 10.5746/LEIA/15/V6/I1/A7/GRAHAM
Keith M. Graham
This research study examines the effects of the cover, copy, and compare (CCC) spelling study method on Taiwanese junior high students enrolled in an upperbeginner level English as a Foreign Language course. Data were collected on the change in scores between four tests. Test results show a slight difference between a control group and experimental group in gains of correctly spelled words between the pretest and the posttest. However in two delayed posttests, the experimental group retained their gains slightly better than the control group. The results suggest that CCC may help English learners retain studied spelling words, but further research is required to confirm its effectiveness.
本研究旨在探讨封面、摹写、比较(CCC)拼写学习方法对初中生英语学习的影响。收集了四次测试之间分数变化的数据。测试结果显示,在测试前和测试后,对照组和实验组在正确拼写单词的收益方面略有不同。然而,在两次延迟的后测中,实验组保持了比对照组稍好的成绩。结果表明,CCC可能有助于英语学习者记住学习过的拼写单词,但需要进一步的研究来证实其有效性。
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引用次数: 1
An Investigation of Nominalization and Lexical Density in Undergraduate Research Proposals 大学生研究计划中的名词化与词汇密度调查
Pub Date : 2015-09-27 DOI: 10.5746/LEIA/15/V6/I1/A3/NGUYEN_EDWARDS
Thu Ha T Nguyen, E. Edwards
Academic writing is considered an essential skill for academic success not only for undergraduate study but also for students’ further education and professional development. This writing genre has certain characteristics often lacking in students’ research writing. This study explores two characteristics in students’ research proposals, nominalization and lexical density (LD), after the students completed courses on academic writing and Second Language Research (SLR) in their second year at a Vietnamese pedagogical university. It also investigates the effectiveness of writing training in increasing students’ performance regarding the use of given features. The findings, obtained from analyzing students’ proposals and recorded interviews, suggest that students lacked awareness regarding features of academic writing and not much attention had been paid to linguistic aspects, though explicitly taught, when writing the proposals. The implications of this study will be relevant to academic writing teachers and course designers, as well as language teaching researchers.
学术写作被认为是学术成功的基本技能,不仅对本科学习,而且对学生的进一步教育和专业发展。这种写作体裁具有学生研究性写作中往往缺乏的一些特点。本研究探讨了越南一所师范大学二年级学生在完成学术写作和第二语言研究课程后,其研究计划的两个特点:名词化和词汇密度。它还调查了写作训练在提高学生使用给定特征的表现方面的有效性。通过分析学生的提案和记录访谈得出的研究结果表明,学生在撰写提案时缺乏对学术写作特征的认识,并且在语言方面没有给予太多关注,尽管有明确的教导。本研究的启示将与学术写作教师和课程设计者以及语言教学研究者有关。
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引用次数: 2
Explanations of request formulations by Vietnamese learners of English in Australia 在澳大利亚学习英语的越南学生对请求句型的解释
Pub Date : 2015-09-27 DOI: 10.5746/LEIA/15/V6/I1/A6/HA
Xuan Van Ha
Request performances can be influenced by contextual factors. This paper examines the explanations of the request formulations of six Vietnamese learners of English in Australia. The retrospective interviews provide interesting insights into learners’ request wording, such as the underlying motivations and reasoning, that are not apparent in traditional analyses of the forms. First, an analysis of learners’ contextual perceptions shows that age differences, perceptions of the relative role relationship, and the formality of the situation influence their request formulation. Second, learners’ judgements of politeness and their reported use of politeness devices suggest that learners may rely on supportive moves to manage harmony with their interlocutors. Therefore, the study suggests that appeal to alternative sociopragmatic interpretations could be the main reason for the differences in making requests between Vietnamese learners of English and English native speakers. The findings may advocate the explicit teaching of request speech acts for Vietnamese learners.
请求性能可能受到上下文因素的影响。本文考察了六名在澳大利亚学习英语的越南学生的请求式解释。回顾性访谈为学习者的请求措辞提供了有趣的见解,例如潜在的动机和推理,这在传统的形式分析中是不明显的。首先,对学习者语境感知的分析表明,年龄差异、对相对角色关系的感知和情境的正式性影响了他们的请求表达。其次,学习者对礼貌的判断和他们使用礼貌设备的情况表明,学习者可能依赖于支持性动作来管理与对话者的和谐。因此,该研究表明,对不同社会语用解释的吸引力可能是越南英语学习者和英语母语者在提出请求方面存在差异的主要原因。研究结果为越南语学习者要求言语行为的显性教学提供了理论依据。
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引用次数: 1
Promoting English Independent Study for EFL University Students in Indonesia 促进印尼英语大学学生英语自主学习
Pub Date : 2015-09-27 DOI: 10.5746/LEIA/15/V6/I1/A5/INAYATI
Nina Inayati
This paper aims to investigate the implementation of English Independent Study (EIS) activities in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) educational contexts. In this study, 32 pre-intermediate to upper-intermediate participants attending a course named Basic Skill Course at an Indonesian university were introduced to the concept of and strategies for pursuing EIS. This investigation focused on analyzing the students’ choice and perceptions of EIS activities and the continuity of the initiative. The findings show that students are more inclined to do receptive skill activities as opposed to those of productive skills for their EIS, students generally perceive EIS activities positively, and almost all students continued EIS activities on their own after they finished the semester. Some insights on how teachers could optimize students’ motivation to do EIS activities are offered, such as providing extensive resources for independent study and devising various schemes to promote such activities among students.
本文旨在探讨英语自主学习活动在外语教育背景下的实施情况。本研究以32名在印尼一所大学学习基础技能课程的中、高年级学生为研究对象,向他们介绍学习环境影响信息的概念和策略。本调查的重点是分析学生对环境影响信息系统活动的选择和看法以及主动性的连续性。研究结果表明,学生更倾向于接受性技能活动,而不是生产性技能活动,学生普遍积极地看待环境信息系统活动,几乎所有学生在学期结束后都继续自己的环境信息系统活动。本文对教师如何优化学生开展环境影响信息活动的动机提出了一些见解,例如为学生提供广泛的自主学习资源,并制定各种方案来促进学生开展环境影响信息活动。
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引用次数: 7
A Critical Examination of Representation and Culture in Four English Language Textbooks 四种英语教材中表征与文化的批判性考察
Pub Date : 2015-02-19 DOI: 10.5746/LEIA/14/V5/I2/A06/HILLIARD
A. Hilliard
In light of the importance of intercultural communicative competence in today's global society, this study examined the topics, images, audio material, hidden ideologies, perspectives, cultural information, and cultural activities in four English language textbooks from a pedagogical perspective. Overall, the four textbooks were shown to include a limited scope of topics, under-represent a variety of minority groups in the culture represented, contain a limited range of accents in their audio material, generally lack in-depth cultural information, and contain a paucity of cultural activities targeting the development of students' intercultural communicative skills. The study concludes that textbook publishers need to improve the cultural representation of minorities, variety of accents included in audio material, depth of cultural information, and effectiveness of cultural activities in their English language textbooks. Furthermore, teachers must be aware of hidden stereotypes, values, and ideologies to overcome the pedagogical limitations of the cultural information and activities of language textbooks.
鉴于跨文化交际能力在当今全球化社会中的重要性,本研究从教学的角度考察了四本英语教科书中的主题、图像、音频材料、隐藏的意识形态、观点、文化信息和文化活动。总体而言,这四本教科书的主题范围有限,所代表的文化中的各种少数群体代表性不足,音频材料中的口音范围有限,普遍缺乏深入的文化信息,并且缺乏针对学生跨文化交际技能发展的文化活动。研究认为,教科书出版商需要在英语教材中提高少数民族的文化代表性、音频材料中口音的多样性、文化信息的深度以及文化活动的有效性。此外,教师必须意识到隐藏的刻板印象、价值观和意识形态,以克服语言教科书的文化信息和活动的教学局限性。
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引用次数: 29
A Content-Based Model for Developing Critical Thinking and Language Skills in EAP 基于内容的EAP学生批判性思维和语言技能培养模式
Pub Date : 2015-02-19 DOI: 10.5746/LEIA/14/V5/I2/A08/BROWN
Jeffrey Brown
As the number of English for academic purposes (EAP) programs in East and Southeast Asia has increased, so too has discussion about the importance of critical thinking (CT) skills for students enrolled on these courses. To become critical thinkers, students require sustained thematic input in addition to explanation and demonstration of relevant skills, thereby making content-based instruction an ideal approach to prepare students for both the linguistic and cognitive demands of English-medium higher education. Based on this principle and a specific framework of CT skills, the instructional model described here was delivered to 46 students enrolled on a pre-master’s program. Results of a post-term questionnaire revealed that students responded positively to the curriculum and thought that it facilitated improvement of their English and CT skills and prepared them for future academic study. Implications for practitioners currently teaching or considering teaching a content-based or CTfocused EAP course are also discussed.
随着东亚和东南亚的学术英语(EAP)课程数量的增加,对参加这些课程的学生来说,批判性思维(CT)技能的重要性的讨论也越来越多。为了成为批判性思考者,学生需要持续的主题输入,以及相关技能的解释和演示,从而使基于内容的教学成为一种理想的方法,使学生为英语高等教育的语言和认知需求做好准备。基于这一原则和CT技能的具体框架,本文描述的教学模式已交付给46名注册硕士预科课程的学生。学期后的问卷调查结果显示,学生们对课程反应积极,认为课程有助于提高他们的英语和计算机计算机技能,为未来的学术学习做好准备。本文还讨论了当前教授或考虑教授以内容为基础或以技术为重点的EAP课程的实践者的启示。
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引用次数: 2
Integrating Social Awareness Through Reading and Writing: A Classroom Action Research 透过阅读与写作整合社会意识:课堂行动研究
Pub Date : 2015-02-19 DOI: 10.5746/LEIA/14/V5/I2/A04/CHAN
Virak Chan
As part of professional and course development, a 16-week action research project was carried out in one academic writing class at a university in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Twenty-four students participated in this research. Students were initially introduced to a structure of a summary-response genre, and were encouraged to read a local newspaper, The Cambodia Daily, every weekday. Each week, students were required to submit one journal entry, in which they summarized one piece of news of their interest and responded to it. At the end of the 16 weeks, analysis of the contents of students’ writing showed increase in their social awareness reflected in the sources of news they read and improvement in their ability to give critical responses to news they read. Implications for the use of journal and genre approach are discussed at the end of this paper.
作为专业和课程发展的一部分,在柬埔寨金边一所大学的一个学术写作班开展了一个为期16周的行动研究项目。24名学生参加了这项研究。最初,学生们被介绍到一个摘要-回答类型的结构中,并被鼓励在每个工作日阅读当地报纸《柬埔寨日报》(The Cambodia Daily)。每周,学生们被要求提交一篇日志,其中他们总结了一条他们感兴趣的新闻,并对此做出回应。在16周结束时,对学生写作内容的分析显示,他们的社会意识有所提高,这反映在他们所读新闻的来源上,他们对所读新闻作出批判性反应的能力也有所提高。本文最后讨论了期刊和体裁研究方法的应用意义。
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Writing for Academic Publication: Advice Drawn from Experienced International Journal Editors 学术出版写作:来自国际资深期刊编辑的建议
Pub Date : 2015-02-19 DOI: 10.5746/LEIA/14/V5/I2/A02/ROUAULT
G. Rouault
Many researchers understand that publications are a necessary evil that they must negotiate as members of the academy for employment, promotion, and fulfilling research grant requirements. The expectations and requirements for successful submission to academic journals can often be daunting and may seem shrouded in secrecy. This paper looks to clarify the guidelines for getting articles published, outlines approaches to targeting appropriate journals, and improves upon understanding the reviewing and revision process. Drawing largely from a panel discussion featuring international journal editors, the elements of peer reviewing in publications, the scope and purpose of academic periodicals, and various research paper types are covered together with acceptance rates, response times, and APA style conventions. Along with new developments in academic publishing, the editors’ advice shared here should help demystify the process for the authors in Asian contexts willing to take up the challenge to submit research papers and articles for publication.
许多研究人员明白,出版物是一种不可避免的罪恶,他们必须作为学院成员为就业、晋升和满足研究经费要求进行谈判。成功向学术期刊投稿的期望和要求往往令人望而生畏,而且似乎被保密。本文旨在阐明发表文章的指导方针,概述针对适当期刊的方法,并在了解审查和修订过程的基础上进行改进。主要来自国际期刊编辑的小组讨论,出版物中同行评议的要素,学术期刊的范围和目的,以及各种研究论文类型,以及接受率,响应时间和APA风格惯例。随着学术出版的新发展,编辑们在这里分享的建议应该有助于为亚洲背景下愿意接受挑战提交研究论文和文章发表的作者揭开这个过程的神秘面纱。
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