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Reviewer acknowledgements for English Language Teaching, Vol. 16, No. 6, 2023 《英语语言教学》第16卷第6期,2023年
Q4 Arts and Humanities Pub Date : 2023-05-30 DOI: 10.5539/elt.v16n6p199
G. Yu
Reviewer acknowledgements for English Language Teaching, Vol. 16, No. 6, 2023
《英语语言教学》第16卷第6期,2023年
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Improving the English Speaking Ability of Sixth Grade Thai Students Using the Role-play Technique 运用角色扮演技巧提高泰国六年级学生的英语口语能力
Q4 Arts and Humanities Pub Date : 2023-05-29 DOI: 10.5539/elt.v16n6p176
Phattarawadee Roengrit, Pattharaporn Wathawatthana, Narueta Hongsa
Speaking is one of the fundamental abilities that students should develop. In fact, the students are struggling in speaking English due to several factors such as fear of making grammatical errors, lack of confidence or limited vocabulary knowledge which led to low motivation to practice their speaking skills. The aims of this study were to investigate how the role-play technique improves the students’ speaking abilities and to explore students’ opinions towards the use of role-play techniques. This study employed pre-experimental research with a target group using a pre-test, post-test, and a questionnaire. The participants in the study were selected by employing a purposive random sampling method, which consisted of 24 sixth grade students from Ban Namon school, Kalasin province during the first semester of the academic year 2022. The findings of the study were analyzed using SPSS to calculate the t-test score, mean and standard deviation. The research results revealed a great improvement from the pre-test to post-test from 9.38 to 14.79. It showed that role-plays can help students gain more confidence as well as being able to speak more fluently in public. It was found that they were motivated by the fun atmosphere in the classroom. Moreover, role-plays can be an alternative technique for teaching speaking because students gain a direct experience of using the expressions they have learned in different situations.
口语是学生应该培养的基本能力之一。事实上,由于害怕犯语法错误、缺乏自信或词汇知识有限等因素,学生们在英语口语中举步维艰,导致他们缺乏锻炼口语技能的动力。本研究旨在探讨角色扮演技巧如何提高学生的口语能力,并探讨学生对使用角色扮演技巧的看法。本研究采用前测、后测和问卷调查对目标群体进行实验前研究。本研究的参与者采用有目的的随机抽样方法,由2022学年第一学期来自卡拉辛省Ban Namon学校的24名六年级学生组成。采用SPSS软件对研究结果进行分析,计算t检验分数、平均值和标准差。研究结果表明,从前测到后测,从9.38分提高到14.79分。研究表明,角色扮演可以帮助学生获得更多的信心,并能在公共场合说得更流利。我们发现他们被课堂上有趣的气氛所激励。此外,角色扮演可以作为口语教学的另一种方法,因为学生可以直接体验到在不同的情境中使用他们所学到的表达。
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An Investigation of Motivation and Learning Strategies in Thai University Learners of French 泰国大学法语学习者学习动机与学习策略调查
Q4 Arts and Humanities Pub Date : 2023-05-26 DOI: 10.5539/elt.v16n6p167
Sirisuda Siripukdi
Learner motivation and learning strategies play a crucial role in language learning. Therefore, the current study aimed to investigate the patterns of motivation and learning strategies in 144 Thai university learners of the French language. Participants were given a questionnaire asking about their motivation and learning strategy use. The findings suggest a hierarchy of learning strategy use among Thai university learners. The most frequently used taxonomies of learning strategies were social strategies, followed by metacognitive strategies, cognitive strategies, compensation strategies, affective strategies and, finally, memory strategies. The current findings also showed a positive relationship between learner motivation and language learning strategies. However, qualitative investigations need to be considered for further studies to gain in-depth insight into learning strategy use. Such a line of inquiry would yield additional crucial pedagogical and theoretical implications.
学习者动机和学习策略在语言学习中起着至关重要的作用。因此,本研究旨在调查144名泰国大学法语学习者的学习动机和学习策略模式。研究人员给参与者一份问卷,询问他们的学习动机和学习策略的使用情况。研究结果表明,泰国大学学习者的学习策略使用存在层次结构。最常用的学习策略分类是社会策略,其次是元认知策略、认知策略、补偿策略、情感策略,最后是记忆策略。目前的研究结果还表明,学习者动机与语言学习策略之间存在正相关关系。然而,为了深入了解学习策略的使用情况,需要考虑进行定性调查。这样的调查路线将产生额外的关键教学和理论影响。
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Identity Construction and Negotiation of Classroom CoP Members in Global Englishes Course: A Higher Education Context in Thailand 全球英语课堂CoP成员的身份建构与谈判:泰国高等教育背景
Q4 Arts and Humanities Pub Date : 2023-05-26 DOI: 10.5539/elt.v16n6p153
Poonyapat Boonyarattanasoontorn, Pimsiri Taylor
This ethnographic study examines identity negotiation and construction inside a Global Englishes (GE) classroom community of practice in a Thai higher education context. Drawing on the communities of practice (CoP) framework (Lave & Wenger, 1991; Wenger, 1998), the study theorizes the academic GE classroom as a CoP and explores how participants construct identities while engaged in the joint enterprise of becoming English as a lingua franca (ELF) users and engaging in classroom activities using a shared repertoire of humour and shared narratives. The findings revealed the emergence of multiple identities from the overlapping characteristics of the academic classroom, and raised questions regarding legitimate peripheral participation (LPP) and identity trajectories as they intersect the egalitarian notion of ELF, including semi-expert identity, reverse identity, and bullying. Furthermore, the study highlighted the significant role of individual agency in the interplay between personal experiences and the broader Thai social structure in negotiating identities. The implications for researchers and practitioners focus on the potential of Global Englishes classrooms as a locus for positive identity construction and the importance of considering differing perspectives to create a more nuanced understanding of identity and participation in L2 learning. The study also suggests a bottom-up pedagogical approach with ELF-oriented materials for learners to develop more favourable identities as English as a lingua franca users and/or multicompetent speakers.
这项民族志研究考察了泰国高等教育背景下全球英语(GE)课堂实践社区中的身份谈判和建构。借鉴实践社区(CoP)框架(Lave & Wenger, 1991;Wenger, 1998),该研究将GE学术课堂理论化为CoP,并探讨了参与者如何在参与成为英语作为通用语(ELF)使用者的共同企业和使用共同的幽默和共同的叙述参与课堂活动时构建身份。研究结果揭示了学术课堂重叠特征中多重身份的出现,并提出了关于合法外围参与(LPP)和身份轨迹的问题,因为它们与ELF的平等主义概念相交,包括半专家身份、反向身份和欺凌。此外,该研究强调了个人代理在个人经历与更广泛的泰国社会结构之间的相互作用中所起的重要作用。研究对研究者和实践者的启示主要集中在全球英语课堂作为积极身份建构场所的潜力,以及考虑不同观点以创建对第二语言学习中身份和参与的更细致理解的重要性。该研究还建议采用一种自下而上的教学方法,使用以elf为导向的材料,让学习者发展更有利的英语作为通用语使用者和/或多语言使用者的身份。
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The Intervention of Picture Books on Children with Specific Language Impairment: Progress, Challenges, and Prospects 绘本对特殊语言障碍儿童的干预:进展、挑战与展望
Q4 Arts and Humanities Pub Date : 2023-05-26 DOI: 10.5539/elt.v16n6p136
Li Jing, Cheng-Jen Hsu
Compared with ordinary children, children with specific language impairment (SLI) have delayed language development, poor reading comprehension, and greater difficulties in learning. As a widely used teaching intervention method, picture books can promote the development of reading comprehension, oral narrative, emotion, and social communication in the study of language intervention for children with special language impairment. However, the specific mechanism of picture books for children with SLI is still unclear. Therefore, this article sorts out and reviews the language barrier symptoms of specific language impairment, the form of picture book intervention, and the potential mechanism of picture book intervention, and puts forward the current role of picture books in SLI. The challenges faced in the intervention, and a positive outlook on the teaching intervention of picture books in SLI, this research will provide reference and help for the study of picture book intervention in related professional fields and has important guiding significance and reference value for the language correction of SLI children in various countries.
与普通儿童相比,患有特殊语言障碍(SLI)的儿童语言发育迟缓,阅读理解能力差,学习困难较大。在特殊语言障碍儿童的语言干预研究中,绘本可以促进阅读理解、口头叙述、情感和社会交往的发展,是一种被广泛使用的教学干预方法。然而,绘本对特殊语言障碍儿童的具体作用机制尚不清楚。因此,本文对特殊性语言障碍的语言障碍症状、绘本干预的形式、绘本干预的潜在机制进行梳理和回顾,并提出绘本目前在特殊语言障碍中的作用。本研究将为相关专业领域的绘本干预研究提供参考和帮助,对各国特殊语言障碍儿童的语言矫正具有重要的指导意义和参考价值。
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The Effects of Thematic Progression in Improving Coherence and Cohesion in EFL Writing 主位推进在提高英语写作连贯和衔接中的作用
Q4 Arts and Humanities Pub Date : 2023-05-25 DOI: 10.5539/elt.v16n6p126
Luu Thi Kim Nhung, Nguyen Huu Hiep
From general observations, the writing produced by EFL students is rather difficult for native English speakers to follow due to its lack of coherence and cohesion. This problem is believed to be minimized by applying Thematic progression theory. This action research was conducted with the purpose to measure to what extent the use of thematic progression could improve coherence and cohesion in writing. Moreover, it also fulfills two sub-tasks which are identifying common theme-rheme problems and clarifying students’ difficulties when applying thematic progression in writing. To reach the answers, the action research was carried out with six-week execution and 20 participants, using both quantitative data (namely numbers of theme-rheme problems and coherence/cohesion scores) and qualitative data (students’ journals). The findings showed that by learning thematic progression, students’ coherence and cohesion band scores could be upgraded by approximately one band. Besides, inappropriate textual theme and empty theme were found to be the main theme-rheme problems. In addition, the shortage of ideas and inflexibility in using grammatical structure were discovered to be hurdles for students to employ the theory in their writing.
从总体上看,英语学生的写作缺乏连贯性和衔接性,母语为英语的人很难理解。这一问题可以通过运用主题推进理论而最小化。这项行动研究的目的是衡量主位推进在多大程度上可以提高写作中的连贯和衔接。此外,它还完成了两个子任务,即识别常见的主位-述位问题和澄清学生在写作中应用主位推进时的困难。为了得到答案,行动研究对20名参与者进行了为期六周的执行,同时使用了定量数据(即主题-述位问题的数量和连贯/衔接分数)和定性数据(学生日记)。研究结果表明,通过学习主题进阶,学生的连贯和衔接成绩可以提升约一个等级。此外,发现语篇主位不当和主位空是主位-述位的主要问题。此外,思想的缺乏和语法结构的不灵活也阻碍了学生在写作中运用这一理论。
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Understanding Teachers’ Knowledge and Skills via Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge Framework 通过技术教学和内容知识框架理解教师的知识和技能
Q4 Arts and Humanities Pub Date : 2023-05-22 DOI: 10.5539/elt.v16n6p91
D. T. Nguyen, Pillay Hitendra, Yeh Andy
This qualitative study aimed to understand English as Foreign Language (EFL) teachers’ knowledge and skills concerning integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) into classroom teaching practices at a private university in Vietnam. Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework was used to guide research design, data collection and data analysis. Findings show that participants vary significantly in terms of knowledge and skills needed by EFL teachers. The study suggests that to support meaningful integration, EFL teachers need to develop three key knowledge types: technology, pedagogy and content, and skills to combine these types of knowledge.
本定性研究旨在了解越南一所私立大学的英语作为外语(EFL)教师在将信息和通信技术(ICT)整合到课堂教学实践中的知识和技能。技术教学和内容知识(TPACK)框架用于指导研究设计,数据收集和数据分析。调查结果显示,参与者在英语教师所需要的知识和技能方面存在显著差异。研究表明,为了支持有意义的整合,英语教师需要发展三种关键的知识类型:技术、教学法和内容,以及将这些类型的知识结合起来的技能。
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English Speaking Anxiety of Thai EFL Undergraduate Students: Dominant Type, Level, and Coping Strategies 泰国大学生英语口语焦虑:显性类型、水平及应对策略
Q4 Arts and Humanities Pub Date : 2023-05-22 DOI: 10.5539/elt.v16n6p102
Ling Qin, Somkiet Poopatwiboon
This current study aimed to investigate the dominant type and level of speaking anxiety among Thai EFL undergraduate students. In addition, this study explored their strategies to cope with speaking anxiety. Fifty-six first-year English major students participated in the study. The research instruments included a questionnaire and a semi-structured interview. The Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety Scale (FLSAS) questionnaire was used to examine the dominant type and level of speaking anxiety. After the questionnaire, six students participated in a semi-structured interview to explore their coping strategies with speaking anxiety. The quantitative data were analyzed using frequency and percentage. Content analysis was used to analyze the qualitative data obtained from the semi-structured interview. The results showed that low self-confidence is the dominant type of speaking anxiety, Moreover, the study found that most of the participants experienced moderate levels of speaking anxiety. Finally, the results also found that the participants used various coping strategies to reduce speaking anxiety, namely focusing their attention on other things, asking for help, preparing in advance, positive thinking, or using helpful tools. Other research methodologies and implications for future studies are also suggested.
摘要本研究旨在探讨泰语大学生口语焦虑的主要类型及水平。此外,本研究还探讨了他们应对口语焦虑的策略。56名一年级英语专业的学生参与了这项研究。研究工具包括问卷调查和半结构化访谈。采用外语口语焦虑量表(FLSAS)调查口语焦虑的主要类型和水平。问卷调查结束后,6名学生参加了半结构化访谈,探讨他们应对口语焦虑的策略。定量数据采用频率和百分比进行分析。采用内容分析法对半结构化访谈获得的定性数据进行分析。结果表明,低自信是口语焦虑的主要类型。此外,研究发现,大多数参与者都经历了中等程度的口语焦虑。最后,结果还发现,参与者使用各种应对策略来减少演讲焦虑,即将注意力集中在其他事情上,寻求帮助,提前准备,积极思考或使用有用的工具。本文还提出了其他研究方法和对未来研究的启示。
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The Impact of Contemplative Teaching on Fostering Iraqi (High) School Students Willingness to Communicate (WTC) and Speaking Fluency 沉思式教学对培养伊拉克(高中)学生沟通意愿及口语流畅性的影响
Q4 Arts and Humanities Pub Date : 2023-05-22 DOI: 10.5539/elt.v16n6p82
Esmaeil Bagheridoust, Wasan Flieh Hassan
This study investigates how contemplative education and teaching backs up Iraqi EFL learners to become more willing to speak in class. After data analysis and interpretation of the performance of 72 young Iraqi students in two language schools in Iraq, the researchers found how recruited participants responded to contemplative teaching strategies in their speaking class and developed a higher willingness to interact with their teacher and their cohort Based on the results, those students who received instruction through contemplative teaching did better than students who received the traditional speech program. Moreover, those students who had more communication skills proved to be more fluent than those who had less. Based on the results and the discussion of pre-test and post-test results, the willingness of students to communicate in questionnaires, analysis of student behavior and the classroom behavior of teachers, the researchers concluded that the reflective teaching strategies and techniques used in this study have a positive impact on student’s desire to communicate and speak fluent intermediate level language skills.
本研究调查了冥想教育和教学如何支持伊拉克英语学习者在课堂上更愿意说话。在对伊拉克两所语言学校的72名年轻伊拉克学生的表现进行数据分析和解释后,研究人员发现,被招募的参与者在演讲课上对冥想教学策略的反应,以及与老师和同伴互动的意愿。基于结果,接受冥想教学指导的学生比接受传统演讲课程的学生表现得更好。此外,那些沟通技巧较好的学生比那些沟通技巧较差的学生更流利。根据研究结果以及对测试前和测试后结果的讨论、学生在问卷中的沟通意愿、学生行为和教师课堂行为的分析,研究人员得出结论,本研究中使用的反思性教学策略和技巧对学生的沟通意愿和流利的中级语言技能有积极的影响。
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A Contrastive Study of English and Arabic Supra-Segmental Phonemes 英语与阿拉伯语超段音素对比研究
Q4 Arts and Humanities Pub Date : 2023-05-22 DOI: 10.5539/elt.v16n6p116
Ehsan Mohammed Abdelgadir Ballal
This article concentrates on an interesting study of the supra-segmental phonemes of L1 and L2. A stress sign or mark has no phonemic value in Arabic; this is very different from English, which contains three common degrees or levels of word stress, that effect meaning. Stress can also joins word segments, affecting their grammatical structures. The intonation forms of pitch, too, play out differently in the two languages; in English pitch shows the difference between questions, statements, and other types of attitudes and utterance that refer to phonological features. Arab students often have great difficulty with stress placement, unstressed vowels such as ,the schwa /ə/, and syllable boundary. These supra-segmental phonemes differences are the cause of difficulties for beginning learners. In classrooms, it is easy for teachers to follow students’ speech and identify their problem areas. This experimental study followed a sample of 50 female first-year students at Majmaah University in their acquisition of skills in rendering English supra-segmental phonemes. Oral pre- and post-tests were used for data collection, following an interview questions/ and answer formats. While participant spoke, examiners focused on the tested areas and assigned scores according to each participants’ answer. The findings indicate that, FL beginner learners commonly misinterpret supra-segmental phonemes.
本文着重研究了一、二语的超分段音素。在阿拉伯语中,重音符号或标记没有音位值;这与英语非常不同,英语中有三个常见的单词重音程度或水平,这影响了意思。重音也可以连接词段,影响它们的语法结构。音高的语调形式在两种语言中也有不同的表现;在英语中,音高显示了疑问句、陈述句和其他类型的态度和话语之间的差异,这些态度和话语与语音特征有关。阿拉伯学生在重读位置、非重读元音(如弱读音/ / /)和音节边界上通常有很大的困难。这些超分段音素差异是初学者学习困难的原因。在课堂上,老师很容易跟上学生的讲话,并找出他们的问题所在。本实验研究对50名来自Majmaah大学的一年级女生进行了抽样调查,以了解她们在英语超分段音素的发音技能习得情况。数据收集采用口头前测和后测,采用访谈问题/答案格式。当参与者发言时,考官专注于测试区域,并根据每个参与者的回答分配分数。研究结果表明,初学外语的学习者普遍存在对超分段音素的误解。
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