scholarly journals Optimization of English Online Learning Dictionary System Based on Multiagent Architecture

Complexity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Ying Wang
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
English Learners ◽  
English Language ◽  
Learning Algorithm ◽  
System Optimization ◽  
Learning System ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
Navigation Problem ◽  
Traditional System

As a universal language in the world, English has become a necessary language communication tool under the globalization of trade. Intelligent, efficient, and reasonable English language-assisted learning system helps to further improve the English ability of language learners. English online learning dictionary, as an important query tool for English learners, is an important part of English online learning. This paper will optimize the design of English online learning dictionary system based on multiagent architecture. Based on the hybrid multiagent cooperative algorithm, this paper will improve the disadvantages of the online English learning dictionary system and propose an appropriate dictionary application evaluation function. At the same time, an improved reinforcement learning algorithm is introduced into the corresponding English online learning dictionary navigation problem so as to improve the efficiency of the online English learning dictionary system. English online learning dictionary is more intelligent and efficient. In this paper, the new online learning dictionary system optimization algorithm is proposed and compared with the traditional system algorithm. The experimental results show that the algorithm proposed in this paper solves the collaborative confusion problem of English learning online dictionary to a certain extent and further solves the corresponding navigation problem so as to improve the efficiency.

scholarly journals ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE EDMODO USAGE IN LEARNING ACTIVITIES FOR ENGLISH LITERATURE STUDENTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Herland Franley Manalu ◽  
Diana Anggraeni ◽  
Asrul Munazar
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
The University

The increment of concern in the use of online learning tools into English Language Teaching to adopt the Industrial Revolution 4.0 has inspired this study to examine students’ thoughts on Edmodo, as one of the online learning tools, at the English Literature department within the University of Bangka Belitung. Edmodo is used by the researchers to discuss the students’ attitude in improving their English skills. Data were collected by means of questionnaires and interview. A Likert scale questionnaire was administered and open-ended interviews were conducted to get more information from the students. Data were qualitatively and quantitatively analysed by using SPSS v.22 Software. The results reveal that the Edmodo usage is aiding students’ cooperation in small group discussions, reflecting that teaching and learning activities established on the ground of communicative teaching method were able to improve cooperation and communication, raising students’ motivation to take part and involve in various learning and also empowering them to be self-determining and be more responsible for their own learning. This study is an endeavor to attract more researchers to do further investigations on this area within the Indonesian English learners at the university level.

scholarly journals Students’ Perception toward the Implementation of Synchronous Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic in English Language Teaching (ELT)

E-Structural ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Tira Nur Fitria
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Live Streaming ◽  
Technical Problems ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Synchronous Learning ◽  
Zoom In ◽  
Face To Face Learning

Abstract. During COVID-19 pandemic, educators implement online learning in the education process. Basic interactive models of online learning available, such as synchronous learning, as a face-to-face learning process through online media. This research investigates the students’ perception toward the implementation of synchronous learning in ELT especially TOEFL. This research is qualitative. The results show that: 1) 51 % of students use Zoom and Live YouTube in learning TOEFL. 2) 89.7 % of students use mobile phones in online learning. 3) 49.7 % of students agree that Zoom has complete features. 4) 83.2 % of students agree that operating Zoom’s features is very easy. 5) 74.2 % of students agree that Zoom is easy-used. 6) 72.9 % of students agree that using Zoom in learning TOEFL is effective. 7) 73 % of students agree that using Live YouTube in learning TOEFL also effective. 8) 63.9 % agree that in Zoom, they can participate by face-to-face interactions (e.g. question-answer even discussion with lecturer and classmates. 9) 95.5 % of students agree that using YouTube, videos can be seen anytime and anywhere because videos are stored on the lecturer’s channel. In the understanding level of TOEFL, 83.2 % of students really understand in the listening section, 89.7 % of students understand the reading section, and 81.3 % of students understand the Structure and Written Expression section. Several problems affect learning TOEFL with Zoom and YouTube. Students have a problem with an internet connection. The other problems are internet quota, technical problems of the device (e.g battery, device dead suddenly, audio quality, device’s video/audio, and others), device’s type used, and surrounding conditions (e.g light conditions, sounds, or other disturbances). In the next learning system, 80.6 % of students agree that the next learning system implements face-to-face learning and still uses Zoom and YouTube Live Streaming. Keywords: ELT, synchronous learning, TOEFL, YouTube, Zoom Abstrak. Selama pandemi COVID-19, para pendidik menerapkan pembelajaran online dalam proses pendidikan. Model pembelajaran online interaktif dasar yang tersedia, seperti pembelajaran sinkron, sebagai proses pembelajaran tatap muka melalui media online. Penelitian ini mengkaji persepsi siswa terhadap penerapan pembelajaran sinkron di ELT khususnya TOEFL. Penelitian ini bersifat kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: 1) 51% siswa menggunakan Zoom dan Live YouTube dalam pembelajaran TOEFL. 2) 89,7% siswa menggunakan ponsel dalam pembelajaran online. 3) 49,7% siswa setuju bahwa Zoom memiliki fitur yang lengkap. 4) 83,2% siswa setuju bahwa mengoperasikan fitur Zoom sangat mudah. 5) 74,2% siswa setuju bahwa Zoom mudah digunakan. 6) 72,9% siswa setuju bahwa menggunakan Zoom in learning TOEFL efektif. 7) 73% siswa setuju bahwa menggunakan Live YouTube dalam pembelajaran TOEFL juga efektif. 8) 63,9% setuju bahwa dengan Zoom, mereka dapat berpartisipasi dengan interaksi tatap muka (misalnya tanya jawab bahkan diskusi dengan dosen dan teman sekelas. 9) 95,5% mahasiswa setuju bahwa dengan menggunakan YouTube, video dapat dilihat kapan saja dan di mana saja karena video disimpan di saluran dosen. Pada tingkat pemahaman TOEFL, 83,2% siswa sangat memahami bagian menyimak, 89,7% siswa memahami bagian membaca, dan 81,3% siswa memahami bagian Struktur dan Ekspresi Tertulis. Beberapa masalah memengaruhi pembelajaran TOEFL dengan Zoom dan YouTube. Siswa memiliki masalah dengan koneksi internet. Masalah lainnya adalah kuota internet, masalah teknis perangkat (misal baterai, perangkat mati mendadak, kualitas audio, video/audio perangkat, dan lain-lain), jenis perangkat yang digunakan, dan kondisi sekitarnya (misal kondisi cahaya, suara, atau gangguan lainnya). Pada sistem pembelajaran selanjutnya, 80,6% siswa setuju bahwa sistem pembelajaran selanjutnya menerapkan pembelajaran tatap muka dan masih menggunakan Zoom dan YouTube Live Streaming.Kata kunci: ELT, pembelajaran sinkronus, TOEFL, YouTube, Zoom

scholarly journals FOLKTALES AS MEANINGFUL CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC RESOURCES TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ READING SKILLS

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Mantra Ida Bagus Nyoman ◽  
Kumara Dewa Gede Agung Gana
Keyword(s):  
English Learners ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
English Language ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Linguistic Resources ◽  
Language Classes ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Student Reading ◽  
Time Culture

Creating an English learning environment in which learners are highly motivated is sometimes very challenging for EFL teachers. Folktales can be useful for facilitating learners in their competence of English language and also for enhancing their cross-cultural awareness. In the field of language teaching, the richness and potential of folktales seems to have been under-utilized in today’s language classes. This paper explores how folktales can be used as a medium of improving students’ reading skills and major benefits in using folktales for teaching English.  A classroom action research was employed to attain the purpose of this study in which two cyclic learning sessions were conducted to improve English learners’ reading skills. Several selected Indonesian folktales were intensively utilized in reading classes. This result of this study indicates that use of folktales by EFL teachers could improve student’ reading skill and widen their vocabulary and at the same time, culture is acquired by the students.

scholarly journals Design and Implementation of English for Academic Purpose Online Learning System Based on Browser/Server Framework

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (03) ◽  
pp. 141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Gong
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Education Reform ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Learning System ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Teaching Management ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Development Tool ◽  
Cross Platform ◽  
English Instruction

Today, with the rapid development of the information age, the education reform tends to be internationalized. The tertiary-level EFL education in colleges and universities has also changed its original model with focuses on cultivating gen-eral-purpose linguistic skills to one on students' English for Academic Purpose (EAP). EAP English instruction has been vigorously popularized in research-based universities. To achieve the informationized and standardized management for EAP English instruction work in the universities, in this paper, we design and develop a EAP English online learning system with B / S as the system develop-ment framework by which the system's overall functions are designed. MySQL is chosen as a database development tool used to implement the main object mod-ule, while JSP technology is used to support the cross-platform mechanism in order to access to diversified data sources. It is proved by the test on system op-eration that this system features operability, easy to use and maintain, and enables to meet the needs of university students for EAP English learning and teaching management, improves the students’ EAP English learning model and efficiency.

scholarly journals Multimedia Network English Reading Teaching Model Based on Speech Recognition Confidence Learning Algorithm

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuanju Wang
Keyword(s):  
Speech Recognition ◽  
Learning Algorithm ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Svm Classifier ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
English Reading ◽  
Multimedia Network ◽  
Reading Teaching

With deepening internationalization, English has become an increasingly important communication tool. Because traditional English teaching has short teacher-student interaction time, lack of oral English training environment, and single learning method, the oral English teaching is not ideal, and the students’ “speaking” confidence is insufficient. Aimed at addressing the exposed problems of traditional English reading teaching, this paper proposes a multimedia-based English reading teaching mode. On this basis, establish a voice recognition phoneme network grid to detect the recognition results. Secondly, the lattice is used to generate the confusion network mesh, and the acoustic posterior probability is calculated. Then, the feature vector is input into the SVM classifier for confidence mark, and finally the feature is extracted by principal component analysis. The research shows that multimedia network teaching can teach more vividly, increasing the initiative of students. At the same time, it is shown that the speech recognition confidence learning algorithm can improve the language learning system.

scholarly journals Learning English in Catalonia

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-74
Author(s):  
Irati Diert-Boté ◽  
Xavier Martin-Rubió
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
University Students ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Education System ◽  
English Learners ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Education ◽  
English Learning ◽  
English Language Education ◽  
Small Stories

Abstract The aim of this study is to unveil English learners’ beliefs and emotions regarding the English language education received in Catalan schools. For that purpose, data from 5 focus groups with 31 university students have been analysed through a combination of MCA and small stories analysis. The findings reveal that the participants are dissatisfied with the English language education provided, and they believe that the teachers and/or the system are to blame for their (low) level of English. In the main story analysed, boredom, demotivation, irritation and frustration are emotions attached to English learning in high school, which are also present in most of our subjects’ small stories; it is the repetition (iterativity) of small stories, beliefs and emotions across participants that leads us to the detection of a discourse of victimhood, by which students identify themselves as the victims of their English teachers and/or the education system.

scholarly journals The Influence of Instructional Syntax to Engage EFL Students in Online Learning Environment

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 121
Author(s):  
Darmawansah Darmawansah ◽  
Setyabudi Indartono
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
English Learners ◽  
English Language ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Lesson Plans ◽  
English Language Learning ◽  
Online Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Session

This paper aims to analyse the instructional syntax for an online learning environment in English language learning. The data collection used lesson plans in a Spain-based English Academy. The research method used Hemphill’s engagement criteria to find the syntax characteristic in the lesson plans instructions. Also, the study analysed the factors of engagement during the learning session. The study revealed the frequencies of the instructional syntax used by EFL teachers and how these instructions engage the students. The lessons plans were coded to find the most syntax used and the engagement criteria. The result identified ‘ask’ is the most used syntax with 15.3% while inquiries method  (38.9%) was using the most in teaching students online. Moreover, the distribution item of engagement factors as EFL online teachers’ focus group discussion shows how the engagement model can be used for English learners. This study will contribute as an expanding method of English language learning in an online setting widely.

scholarly journals Attitudes and Challenges Towards Virtual Classes in Learning English Language Courses From Students' Perspectives at Taibah University During COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 419-428
Author(s):  
Mohammad Abd Alhafeez Ali Ta'amneh
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Virtual Classes ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Learning English

Educational institutions all over the world have shifted from conventional education to distance (online) learning system as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Identifying the advantages and disadvantages of online learning during the present pandemic can help the professors, educators, and educational experts in taking and adopting new appropriate decisions that match the students' needs in such difficult conditions. This study aimed at investigating the first year students’ attitudes towards virtual classes in learning English courses. It also aimed to identify the obstacles that encounter them while using this kind of learning. The sample of the study consisted of 336 students at Taibah University during the first semester of the academic year 2020/2021. A well-designed online questionnaire was used to collect data. Results revealed that students’ attitudes towards the use of the online learning were positive. Students considered this kind of learning as the best strategy during COVID-19 pandemic. The results also showed that the students faced some pedagogical, technical and personnel obstacles while attending virtual classes.

scholarly journals Exploring the Difficulties and Challenges of the Local Macao English Language Learners towards the Online Synchronous One-on-one English Learning Class

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng Tak Chan
Keyword(s):  
English Language Learners ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
English Learners ◽  
English Language ◽  
Signal Delay ◽  
Technical Problems ◽  
English Classes ◽  
Software And Hardware ◽  
Learning Software

With the development of technology, the number of English learners who opt for online learning has been increasing. In the past, students had a tendency to download English materials and watch online videos for improving their English skills. Recently, thanks to a shift to online learning, students have been making more use of online synchronous oneon-one English classes to improve their English at leisure. Although this type of learning mode is becoming more and more popular, the study of the difficulties and challenges of English learners in such a field has been under-explored. This study attempts to use a qualitative approach to interview two English learners of different backgrounds to better understand the difficulties and challenges they encountered when using such a learning method. The two interviewees conclude points ranging from the learning aspect, distant feeling, signal delay, instability of the learning software and hardware that lead to technical problems. Certain measures to avoid the problems are also suggested in this paper.

scholarly journals Learning Fun English Using Total Physical Response Method

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Zulia Karini
Keyword(s):  
English Language Learners ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
English Learners ◽  
English Language ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Communicative Skills ◽  
Physical Response ◽  
Response Method

One of the difficult parts of learning the target language for English language learners is the acquisition of vocabulary. Most learners find that English is a hard subject to be studied. However, they can enjoy learning English when it is taught in a fun way. Using games for teaching vocabulary has been very popular for several decades. Different studies revealed that games are beneficial in vocabulary learning because they enhance students’ ability to memorize words, encourage student’s interaction, improve their communicative skills and enhance students’ motivation. Games also can help the teachers to create contexts in which the language is useful and meaningful. Watching a movie is also a great way to learn English. Learners can improve their vocabulary while watching a film. Total Physical Response method can also be applied when teaching English for children. This method makes language skills more quickly understood and understood by children the use of functional English like "Show and tell". Fun English learning activities (over English learning) was done this time, considering how enthusiastic the children in Taman Baca Kudi Dusun Cunil Pegalongan village Banyumas in every activity given. This English learning activity also aims to provide English introduction materials early so that they will be accustomed to facing all things related to the English language.

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