EFL Teachers' Perspectives on Secondary School Students' Reading Comprehension Difficulties at Bisha Province

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 11-17
Author(s):  
Fayez Saad Fayez Al-Thuwayb
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Teachers Perspectives

scholarly journals Discourse markers in non-native EFL teacher talk

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 649-671 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gloria Vickov ◽  
Eva Jakupčević
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Classroom Management ◽  
Classroom Discourse ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Discourse Markers ◽  
School Students ◽  
Efl Teacher ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Discourse Organization ◽  
Primary And Secondary School

The present study aims to investigate the use of discourse markers (DMs) in non-native (Croatian) EFL teachers´ talk with primary and secondary school students. The study concentrates on the occurrences and frequencies of DMs, but it also provides an account of the function distribution of the three most frequently used DMs (ok, so, and). The quantitative and qualitative analyses of the recorded transcriptions reveal that the teachers use a variety of DMs, almost exclusively the ones typical of classroom management and classroom discourse organization, with no significant differences in the patterns of DM use with the primary and secondary school students. The DMs fulfill a number of structural and interpersonal functions mainly aimed at providing coherent and stimulating classroom discourse. The findings of this study might contribute to raising awareness of the diversified functions of DMs, which could facilitate non-native EFL teachers´ overall lesson organization and structuring of particular teaching segments.

scholarly journals TEACHERS SHAPE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS' BEHAVIOURS THROUGH THE USE OF LEARNING THEORIES: THE CASE OF MALAYSIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (42) ◽  
pp. 30-39
Author(s):  
Nurul Syazana Mohd Jelani ◽  
Siti Suria Salim ◽  
Zeinab Zaremohzzabieh
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Experienced Teachers ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
School Students ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
Teachers Perspectives

The aim of this study is to explore the understanding and the application of learning theories among the teacher in shaping students’ behaviour. In-depth one-to-one interviews with five experienced teachers were carried out to collect the data. Collected data were analysed based on a qualitative approach by using John Hattie’s eight-mind frame in order to build consistent data. Two themes and twelve sub-themes emerged from the interviews, including mindset (mind-frame 1 to 8) and practices (punishments, rewards, approaches the students, and way of thinking). The findings demonstrated that while teachers' perspectives on learning theories varied, they are largely consistent with Hattie’s mind frame. When perceptions and beliefs are shared, Hattie's mind frames may prove the way of thinking, and it can identify a successful teacher's style of thinking. Learning theories are important for students' learning, according to the teachers in our study, however, it depends on the practices and how the teachers apply the practices in learning theories. Going forward, this research adds to the moulding of school students' behaviours by allowing teachers to use these learning theories in a novel method that could become a new teaching practice in the school system.

scholarly journals A proposed strategy effectiveness of teaching literary texts based on the assumptions of NLP in developing reading comprehension levels and improving reading self-efficacy for second-grade secondary students

2020 ◽  
pp. 40-107
Author(s):  
بليغ حمدي إسماعيل عبد القادر
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Experimental Group

This current research aims to measure the effectiveness of using a proposed strategy for teaching literary texts based on the main assumptions of NLP in developing reading comprehension levels and improving reading self-efficacy for second-grade students, and to achieve this goal the researcher has prepared a list of reading comprehension levels and their behavioral indicators (Skills) required for second year secondary school students, as well as the appropriate reading self dimensions for secondary school students related to literary texts, and the researcher prepared a test that measures reading levels of comprehension, and a measure of the dimensions of the reading self, As well as preparing student worksheets and a teacher’s guide explaining how to use the proposed strategy. The results revealed that there were statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the experimental group and the scores of the control group in the test of post-comprehension reading and the dimensional reading self-measure in favor of the experimental group. The results also indicated the effectiveness of using the proposed strategy based on hypotheses of NLP in developing reading comprehension levels and improving The dimensions of the reading self of the experimental group students.

On the Relationship between Creative Problem Solving Skill and EFL Reading Comprehension Ability

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maghsoud Danesh ◽  
Nava Nourdad
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Creative Problem Solving ◽  
School Students ◽  
Comprehension Ability ◽  
Creative Problem ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Reading Comprehension Ability

The present study investigated the relationship between Creative Problem Solving (CPS) skill of Iranian secondary school students and their reading comprehension ability. The sample of participants included 70 second grade students randomly selected among secondary school students. The Torrance Test of Creative Thinking was used to measure CPS. Also, a valid and reliable teacher-made reading comprehension test was applied to asses reading comprehension ability of the participants. The results indicated that there was a positively significant correlation between reading comprehension ability and CPS skill. Among the sub-components of CPS, elaboration and originality revealed positively significant correlation with reading comprehension. Furthermore, the findings suggested a dire need of accommodating creativity and CPS techniques and activities in EFL materials, text book. Teaching creativity is highly recommended as a prerequisite for every kind of learning including foreign language learning.

scholarly journals The Characteristics of a Successful EFL Teacher in the Learners’ eyes

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Dr. Youssef MEZRIGUI
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Frame Of Reference ◽  
School Students ◽  
Efl Teacher ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Traditional Roles

There are two major interrelated reasons behind examining the topic of this paper. In fact, even after many years of their learning English as a foreign language, a large number of secondary school students’ level of proficiency in the language is so low that they cannot use it communicatively, and cannot major in it at university, either. Accounting for their underachievement, a large percentage of such students claim that many teachers still play traditional roles in the teaching-learning process, which has contributed to the problem. The main purpose of this paper, therefore, is to explore the extent to which such a claim is justifiable. In this frame of reference, a questionnaire was administered to a certain number of students on the extent to which the teacher is responsible for the issue, as well as what they personally think the key characteristics of a successful EFL teacher are. Along with this, the paper will equally look at other qualities that ought to be available in EFL teachers with the overall aim of helping them to do their job successfully, and hence attain the expected learning results.

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