An interview study of inter-cultural contact and its role in language learning in a foreign language environment

System ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judit Kormos ◽  
Kata Csizér
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Interview Study ◽  
Cultural Contact ◽  
Language Environment

scholarly journals Information Communication Technologies in Teaching English as a Foreign Language: Analysing EFL Teachers’ TPACK in Czech Elementary Schools

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dev Raj Paneru
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Learning By Doing ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Language Environment

This qualitative study was carried out in five different elementary schools in the Czech Republic. It aimed to investigate how English as Foreign Language teachers developed teaching competence and practised information communication technology integration in classroom teaching. To this end, this study employed the idea of a Technology Pedagogy and Content Knowledge –TPACK -in-Action Model. It advocates a ‘learning by doing’ approach on (social) construction to better understand how teachers develop technological and/or computer-assisted language learning competency for teaching and practice in an English as a Foreign Language environment. Under this model, this study conducted qualitative analysis and found two different approaches in practice, which were categorised as Formal Practice and Functional Practice. The former involved a conservative mechanical practice of technology use in language teaching whereas the latter involved it in terms of (social) construction. According to analyses based on conservative practices, teachers expressed that mechanical TPACK in association with technology in classes limited the transmission of mechanical knowledge from English texts. In Functional Practice, however, teachers drawing upon alternative learning interactions expressed positive transformation results from TPACK, associated with the use of technologies integrated into class instructions as a collaborative tool for learning models. In these latter integrated practices, teachers’ perceptions, practices, and reflections in combining technologies in an English as a Foreign Language environment, as new literacy skills, identified an increase in the learner’s creative potential.

scholarly journals البيئة العربية ودورها في تنمية مهارة الكلام ( دراسة متعددة في معهد الأمانة الحديث كريان سيدووارجو و معهد دار الحكمة الحديث تاوانج ساري تولونج أجونج

ASALIBUNA ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Putri Kholida Faiqoh
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Boarding School ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
Language Environment ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Arabic Speaking ◽  
Speaking Skills

Language Environment Approach (Bi’ah Lughowiyah) is a language learning approach that aims to enhance the ability of learners in a foreign language through the utilization of the environment as a learning resource. Speaking skills (Maharah Kalam) are one type of productive skills of learners who require the ability to pronounce sounds correctly, it is a major part of the curriculum of foreign language learning. The Al-Amanah Islamic Boarding School and Darul Hikmah Islamic Boarding School is two of the cottages that there are several activities that aim to develop the ability to speak with students in Arabic, such as Mufrodat Kulla Yaum, Usbu' al-'Araby, Muhadharah, and all of activities about daily speaking skills until monthly. But unfortunately, most students of this cottage did not speak Arabic correctly because mixed by language of their region (Jawa). This research uses a qualitative approach, as well as the type of Multisite research. The results of this study are: 1) The role of Bi'ah Arobiyah in developing Maharah Kalam at the cottage, in terms of the psychological, the role is very helpful, but less. In terms of pedagogic, the role is ineffective. In terms of instructional, there is major role. 2) Supporting factors of Bi'ah Arobiyah that affect the ability of students to speaking Arabic, the position and the positive appreciation of all the inhabitants of the cottage to the Arabic language, Arabic learning materials, Language Activator Division of cottage, rules and punishment, the implementation of the teaching-learning processing a fun atmosphere, and strong motivation of most students. And the inhibiting factors are: the lack of a good education funding for the implementation of Bi'ah Arobiyah, at least media language learning, and most students of this cottage did not speak Arabic correctly because mixed by language of their region. And to solve the problems, intensive evaluation followed by corrections in learning is needed. Keywords: Arabic Environment, Arabic Speaking Skill

scholarly journals A home-based intervention towards preschoolers’ EFL sentence development

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-41
Author(s):  
Dwijani Ratnadewi ◽  
Armeria Wijaya
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
First Language ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Media Intervention ◽  
Rapid Pace ◽  
Home Based Intervention ◽  
Language Environment

Research has shown that the initial few years of children’s lives are the best times for language to develop at a rapid pace, the first language (L1) or a foreign language (FL) may be acquired these times. Researches on preschoolers FL acquisition with home-based intervention (HBI) have not been studied extensively under the L1 environment. This study aims to examine the results of HBI on the development of the acquisition of Indonesian preschoolers’ English as a Foreign Language (EFL) sentences. This research is a case study with naturalistic observation design, where data were obtained from logbooks and interview. The research subjects were 2 preschoolers about 36 months. The study’s duration was 24 months from the 13th until the 36th month with HBI, namely parents-based and authentic/semi authentic-media intervention. The data were the children’s English sentences taken at 24th to 36th months at their own homes. The Owens’ acquisition of sentence forms measured the English sentences’ development of in the respondents’ conversation and self-narration. This research found that at about 36th month, these Indonesian preschoolers were able to communicate in English in various sentences such as declarative, negative, interrogative, imperative, embedded and conjoining. HIGHLIGHTS: Simultaneous foreign language learning and first language acquisition for children is tangible advantage. Authentic input and active interaction act as the language environment substitute in foreign language learning. Intensive learning makes preschoolers speak a foreign language earlier.

scholarly journals The Project of Communicative Educational Resource in Russian as a Foreign Language with the Use of V-Learning Technology

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-50
Author(s):  
Vladimir A. Zhiltsov ◽  
Igor A. Maev
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Educational Resource ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
Electronic Resources ◽  
Language Environment ◽  
The Russian Language

The article describes the project structure of an electronic educational resource in Russian as a foreign language which is based on a system of social interaction including a component of virtual simulation of the Russian language environment. The relevance of the study arises from modern trends in the development of communicative language learning and computer technology that provides the need to study and develop new efficient approaches improving the theory and practice of distance learning of Russian as a foreign language. The purpose of the study is to make a theoretical research on drawing up the structure of an electronic educational resource in Russian as a foreign language with the use of a virtual simulator of the Russian language environment as its component. The main methods are observation of modern trends in the development of electronic resources, analysis of research literature, generalization of the authors' empirical experience in the development of prototypes of learning systems based on the technology of virtual worlds and educational and game applications in the Russian language. The research materials are the works of Russian and foreign researchers devoted to the use of virtual reality technology in language learning. In the course of the study, the modern trends in the development of electronic resources were analyzed, and on this basis the basic principles and practical approaches to the formation of an electronic language environment were identified. The study resulted in theoretical and practical provisions considering an electronic educational resource in Russian as a foreign language as a living and self-developing virtual ecosystem. The results can be used to create a communication-oriented electronic educational resource on Russian as a foreign language.

scholarly journals A Longitudinal Study of Motivation in Foreign and Second Language Learning Context

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 334
Author(s):  
Eser Ordem
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Learning Context ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Diary Methods ◽  
High Motivation ◽  
Language Environment

Although motivation has been one of the most commonly studied subjects in second and foreign language learning in recent decades, it still remains an enigma for learners and teachers. This longitudinal study aimed to follow a student (N=1) studying German in both second and foreign language environment for three years. The study was descriptive, idiographic and phenomenographic in nature with the support of interpretive phenomenological analysis. Interview and diary methods were used to collect data about the nature of motivation of the participant. The study contained seven dimensions of motivation to interpret the data. The results showed that the participant was adversely affected by lack of linguistic self-confidence and the problem of milieu and that an individual’s own efforts to reach high motivation might be insufficient without taking external factors into consideration. It was also found that a long observation of motivation has a dynamic, chaotic and complex nature.

scholarly journals APPLE TREE MODEL OF EMOTION-INVOLVED PROCESSING

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 184-194
Author(s):  
Jana Kamenická
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Apple Tree ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Foreign Language Anxiety ◽  
Tree Model ◽  
Foreign Language Pedagogy ◽  
Foreign Language Learners ◽  
Language Environment

The aim of this paper is to summarize the findings of research done in the field of foreign language pedagogy, neuroscience, and psychology with regard to the emotion-cognition relationship. Several studies of qualitative and quantitative nature, which were conducted on teenage and university students, suggest that cognition is strongly affected by emotional experience. Especially positive emotionally competent stimuli experienced when learning a foreign language can contribute to deeper processing and better long-term retention, and at the same time, it is suggested that they have the power to alleviate foreign language anxiety and enhance foreign language enjoyment and the motivation of learners. With regard to these research findings and several cognitive theories, the Apple Tree Model of Emotion-Involved Processing in Foreign Language Learning is proposed and discussed – as well as several ideas on how to emotionally stimulate foreign language learners, which are applicable not only in foreign language classes but also out of the class. Their addictive nature ensures that learners can and do learn the foreign language every day at any time of the day in an authentic language environment – even without realizing it – doing it as a hobby. 

scholarly journals VIRTUAL REALITY IN TEACHING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saya Mukhametkaliyeva
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
The Real ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Full Immersion ◽  
Language Environment

The study of the mechanisms of language and speech abilities has shown that the most effective method of learning a foreign language is the method of full immersion, since students enter the natural language environment and are in it constantly. But the learning process in the classroom, no matter how organized and communicative it may be, cannot replace the real teaching experience. Since the most important factors for effective learning of a foreign language are the language environment and motivation, therefore, the development of new motivational language learning environments, including virtual reality (VR), is the main elements of the learning process. In such an educational space, virtual reality helps students to understand phenomena and situations that cannot be understood and explained using traditional methods in order to become part of the real world through modeling. In general, virtual reality is an ideal learning environment, and the possibilities of its technologies for learning have an extremely high potential for application

scholarly journals English Teaching Reform in Local Undergraduate Colleges Based on Interlanguage Fossilization

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 313
Author(s):  
Qin Yang ◽  
Yujie Xu
Keyword(s):  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Teaching Reform ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Teacher Student Relationship ◽  
Student Relationship ◽  
Language Environment

The interlanguage fossilization is a distinguishing characteristic of second language acquisition and plays an important role in promoting the foreign language teaching in China. According to survey four main problems of English teaching in local undergraduate colleges have been found, involving language environment, teaching methods, teacher-student relationship and test mode. Therefore, this paper expounds the characteristics, classification and basic causes of interlanguage petrochemical phenomena, and proposes the main measures of English teaching reform in local undergraduate colleges from the perspective of theory of interlanguage fossilization. The reform measures are as follows (a)foster a good language learning environment, (b) emphasize learning strategy in the teaching process, (c) innovate teaching concepts and teaching models,(d) select high-quality teaching materials and strengthen teacher promotion.

scholarly journals IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMUNICATE METHOD OF TEACHING UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE LESSONS AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (ON THE MATERIAL OF THE LESSON «OUR FAMILY»)

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (9(77)) ◽  
pp. 19-22
Author(s):  
Liudmyla Sheremeta
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Language Competence ◽  
Communicative Skills ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Language Environment ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Selection Of

In the article presents a system of methodical work on the formation of communicative skills in foreign medical students while studying the topic «My Family». The content of teaching Ukrainian as a foreign language is outlined, peculiarities of mastering oral and written forms of language are analyzed. It has been proved that the formation of the Ukrainian language competence of foreign students is based on language training, which at the initial stage of language learning involves free fluency in vocabulary. The necessity to study the main aspects of studying the topic «My Family», aimed at finding the best means and methods to meet the basic communicative needs of students in everyday and educational and professional spheres (mastering linguistic and speaking skills and developing communication skills and topical for service in the Ukrainian language environment). The basic aspects of forming of communicative and skills skills will help to optimize the process of education of foreign students in higher education institutions of Ukraine and can be used in the further development of new methods of assessing the level of professional training of future medical professionals. Provided special educational equipment and innovative approaches to the study of the Ukrainian language. Development a system of exercises aimed at enriching the vocabulary of foreigners development of oral and written, monologue and dialogical speech, improving skills from all types of speech activities. The author’s method of mastering the material, aimed at the optimal selection of ways to improve the efficiency of the lesson, is described. Methodical recommendations are given for the development of a medical profile of foreign students in the medical profile of dialogue.

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