scholarly journals EFFICACY OF METHODOLOGICAL PRACTICES UNDERTAKEN BY SAUDI ENGLISH TEACHERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS DURING THEIR FORMATIVE PHASE

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Majed Othman Aba Hussain ◽  
Muhammad Iqbal ◽  
Imran Khan

The main focus of this article is to evaluate the practices involving various approaches and methods that the novice Saudi English Teachers (SETs) employ in classrooms, and to see how far these are successful in attaining the desired results. It also takes into cognizance the chasm between the measures taken by Saudi Ministry of Education to modify the curriculum to develop communicative competence and the actualization these measures in the classroom pedagogy. The dichotomy eventually brings to bear upon the learning outcomes of the students who fail to achieve the required proficiency in communicative skills. The study necessitated a qualitative approach (grounded theory) in which previous literature was ransacked. Data was gathered through structured interviews, surveys and documents analysis. The rudimentary results showed that SETs rely more on conventional teaching methods despite the States thrust on Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) that tends to be more student-centered, cooperative and collaborative.

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Sri Diana

Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) has been accepted as one of the teaching methods by numerous language teachers due to its major focus on developing learners’ communicative competence. This paper aims to describe communicative language teaching, misinterpretations about its practice and the factors leading to teachers’ misconceptions. It shows four misinterpreted beliefs of the implementation of communicative language teaching: communicative skills, teacher’s role in communicative activities, fluency and accuracy as the main goals and teaching techniques. It then presents three reasons that might lead to teachers’ misinterpretations concerning the practice of CLT. Teachers do not have enough training and  adequate resources.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haifa Mohammed Al-Amri

Communicative language teaching has emerged in second and foreign language pedagogy due to the inadequacy of previous language teaching methods to enhance English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ communicative competence. However, old language teaching methods, mainly, grammar-translation and audio-lingual, are still prevalent in EFL contexts. One of the reasons behind EFL teachers’ hesitance to shift entirely to communicative language teaching (CLT) is the absence of clear guidance, including examples for classroom activities appropriate for this approach. Thus, the aim of this study is, first, to bridge this gap by suggesting digital storytelling as a classroom activity that is well-aligned with the principles of the communicative language approach. Second, to assess the effectiveness of digital storytelling activity on improving some linguistic aspects of students’ communicative competence. To this end, the study incorporated a case study design using multiple qualitative methods such as participant observation, semi-structured interviews and analysis of participants’ scripts and recordings to measure the improvement, if any. Participants were a class of 32 10th graders who collaboratively created five digital stories over 12 weeks. Results showed students’ favourable views to digital storytelling activity, particularly the ample opportunities it creates for communication inside the classroom. As for communicative competence, improvement in phonology, grammar, and lexicon were the most notable. Finally, suggestions for effective integration and possible future research venues based on these findings are provided.


2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dewi Wahyu Mustikasari

The purposes of this study are (1) to recognize the textbooks or other teaching materials used by the Madrasah English teachers, (2) to identify their obstacles in preparing the teaching materials, (3) to analyze the teaching materials which can be developed in MOOC, (4) to analyze the teaching materials for MOOC which are related to the Indonesian curriculum, (5) to analyze their willingness of proffesional teaching development by joining MOOC. This study used a descriptive qualitative approach. Moreover, the subjects of the study were 3 English teachers of MTs Negeri Salatiga and 5 English teachers of MAN Salatiga. Observation, interview and documentation were used as the techniques of data collection. The results showed that (1) they used the textbooks from Ministry of Education (MOE), selected main handbooks, supplemenatary teaching materials from certain websites, (2) communicative competence as the main issue of content of textbook from MOE gave different challanges for them to prepare the teaching materials, (3) authentic materials were highly needed to be developed in MOOC, (4) characters building based-teaching materials needed to be developed too as those are the uniqueness of the Indonesian curriculum, (5) they had less interest to join MOOC as their way to develop their proffesional teaching development.Keywords: MOOC, English teaching materials, authentic materials, characters building


2019 ◽  
pp. 192-211
Author(s):  
Lucyna Kopciewicz ◽  
Hussein Bougsiaa

This comparative small-scale (Libyan and Polish sample) qualitative study investigates two educational models of iPads’ implementation and integration with the overall pedagogical objectives in early education in Libya and Poland. The basic methodological frame was video-ethnography supplemented by semi-structured interviews with parents, teachers and children. The questions asked were designed to recognize how technology might fit within the school’s overall vision. The results indicate that each technology initiative can be potentially transformative for schools, teachers and students. The iPad as an open educational tool encourages a student-centered model of learning, whereas teachers predominantly use frontal teaching methods. Furthermore, the teachers in the two countries have considerably different perceptions and expectations regarding the role and outcome of mobile technology.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tan Yuan Yi ◽  
Norhanim Abdul Samat

The latest Malaysian Educational Blueprint (2013-2025) asserts the importance of producing value-driven Malaysians through education. English language teaching should be aimed beyond producing more proficient users as it possesses a nature that is particularly suitable for value incorporation. This research aims to investigate how English teachers communicate values to students, the kinds of values communicated and whether the values communicated are stipulated by the Ministry of Education. This research utilized a qualitative case study approach on two respondents, an experienced English teacher and a novice English teacher. Their lessons were videotaped, transcribed and coded based on a set of established analysis tool. Semi-structured interviews were also conducted to further understand the values depicted by the respondents. The results of the research show that teachers consciously incorporated values through selected topics, tasks and explicit moral statements. They subconsciously transmitted values through classroom rules and regulations, curricular substructures and expressive morality. It is found in this research that teachers applied much more subconscious approaches to communicate values than that of conscious ones during teacher-student encounter, with classroom facilitation being used as the medium most frequently. The kinds of values communicated included spiritual, intellectual, esthetical, positive, interactional, citizen, economical and modernized values. About half of the values communicated were stipulated by the Ministry of Education. This research provides new insights into how Malaysian English teachers can improve the quality of their teaching by harnessing the full potential of a language classroom to educate values.


2004 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keiko Komiya Samimy ◽  
Chiho Kobayashi

Although CLT (Communicative Language Teaching) was introduced into Japanese English education in the mid-1980s under the initiative of the Monbukagakusho (the National Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture of Japan), the implementation of CLT has been challenging for Japanese English teachers. This article explores possible sources for the difficulties that CLT has caused in Japan. It examines factors such as Japanese sociocultural, political, and educational contexts that have significant influence on curricular innovation. This article further argues that the underlying assumptions of CLT that are based on the native-speaker competence model are not compatible with the contexts of Japanese English education because these assumptions include native-speaker competence as a primary goal of second language acquisition. Recognizing the current status of English as an international language, the authors propose an alternative model based on the notion of intercultural communicative competence (Alptekin, 2002) and discuss how the model of intercultural communicative competence can be applied to Japanese English education. 1980年代半ばから、文部科学省の指導の下で日本の英語教育にコミュニカティブ・アプローチが導入されているが、コミニュカティブ・アプローチの実践は日本の英語教師にとって依然として困難な試みである。本論はコミュニカティブ・アプローチが日本にもたらしている問題の要因を探るために、カリキュラムの改変に影響を及ぼす日本の社会文化的、政治的、教育的状況を検討する。さらに、母国語話者のコミュニケーション能力を前提とするコミュニカティブ・アプローチは、ネイティブのコミュニケーション能力を第二外国語習得の主な目標とする点で日本の英語教育に適さないと論じる。最後に、現在英語が果たしている国際語としての役割を認識した上で、異文化コニュニケーション能力の概念に基づくモデルを新たに提案し、このモデルがどのように日本の英語教育に応用できるのかを検討する。


Author(s):  
Moch. Said Mardjuki ◽  
Arif Husein Lubis

Currently, the government of Indonesia has implemented a computer-based test for the national examination for secondary schools in Indonesia. It is believed that the administration of computer-based national examination (CBNE) would address some challenges related to dishonesty and validity. The present study is aimed to investigate the teachers’ perception of the implementation of CBNE and its influence on the English teachers’ teaching process. This study employed a qualitative design in which semi-structured interviews and document analysis from the English teachers’ lesson plans were done to obtain comprehensive data. The analysis results revealed that the teachers held a positive view of the implementation of CBNE because it is effective and efficient in terms of the process, security, scoring, and cost-saving. Besides, the components of the teaching process influenced by the administration of CBNE were extra class, teaching materials, teaching methods, and teaching activities. However, the implementation of CBNE still led to several challenges in terms of technical problems and a lack of computer experts. Therefore, by conducting an internship with other supporting parties, those challenges would be minimized.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.21) ◽  
pp. 448
Author(s):  
Yahya Ameen Tayeb ◽  
Mohd Sallehhudin Abd Aziz ◽  
Kemboja Ismail

General Secondary English Examination (GSEE) is the highest secondary school exit test run by the Ministry of Education, Yemen. Due to the significance of the exam being the foundation of the students’ future, teachers are only preoccupied with how to help students get high marks in this final examination to be eligible to join university. The aim of this study is to investigate the dominant wash back effect of the GSEE on Yemeni teachers who are highly engrossed by the test. The study focuses on four pedagogical dimensions namely teachers’ teaching methods, content assessment, attitudes and motivation. Mixed mode approach (qualitative and quantitative methods) was applied using classroom observations, semi-structured interviews, group discussions and a questionnaire of 72 items administered to 46 English teachers. NVivo10 was used to analyse the qualitative data. SPSS/V22 was used for analysing the quantitative data in which the Cronbach's Alpha reached (.88). The results revealed that the test had a great influence on teachers (P<.001) mainly on their teaching methods. Triangulation with the qualitative analysis confirmed equivalent implications. The study contributes a clear evidence of the powerful exam washback on the factors of the language learning practices and its influence on how and what teachers teach.  


2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 09
Author(s):  
Emerson Erick Vieira Da Silva ◽  
Everton Vieira da Silva ◽  
Soraia Carvalho de Sousa ◽  
Roberta De Medeiros Gadelha ◽  
Sheila Da Silva

<p>A Química sempre foi considerada uma disciplina de difícil compreensão e trazia consigo a aversão de alunos e também de futuros professores da área, que se tornavam cada vez mais escassos, havendo a necessidade de mudanças na busca pela evolução do ensino. Com a proposta do novo Ensino Médio e o ENEM (Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio) passando a ser o mecanismo único de acessos às universidades e institutos federais, o ensino precisou passar por alterações drásticas, a fim de tornar mais próximo da realidade dos educandos, como eram colocados nos questionamentos das avaliações do MEC (Ministério da Educação e Cultura). Objetivou-se avaliar o atual ensino de química compreendendo as mudanças ocorridas pós adoção do ENEM, através da visão de alunos. Foram realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas com cerca de 64 alunos de escolas do município de Pombal-PB, a fim de obter dados quali-quantitativos de forma direcionada ao Ensino de Química, o ENEM e as mudanças ocorridas nos últimos anos. Na visão dos alunos, os professores de química das escolas públicas de Pombal-PB mudaram suas práticas docentes através da adoção de aulas contextualizadas e que interligam os tópicos estudados com o cotidiano dos envolvidos, além disto, houve adequação na escolha de matérias didáticos, sendo estes voltados ao ENEM e, também buscou-se a utilização de ferramentas metodológicas diferenciadas, onde este conjunto de ações visou o desenvolvimento de competências e habilidades ao longo do processo formativo do cidadão, onde ele é também capaz de superar o nível de dificuldade do sistema avaliativo vigente. </p><p align="center"><strong><em>Changes of chemistry education post ENEM for students of public schools of Pombal city, Paraíba state</em></strong><strong><em></em></strong></p><p>Abstract: Chemistry was always considered a difficult subject to understand and brought with it the aversion of students and also future teachers of the area, who became increasingly scarce, and there is a need for changes in the search for the evolution of teaching. With the proposal of the new High School and the ENEM (National High School Examination) becoming the only mechanism for access to universities and federal institutes, teaching had to undergo drastic changes in order to make it closer to the reality of learners, As they were put in the questions of the evaluations of the MEC (Ministry of Education and Culture). The objective of this study was to evaluate the current teaching of chemistry, including the changes that occurred after adoption of the ENEM, through the students' vision. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with approximately 64 students from schools in the city of Pombal-PB, in order to obtain qualitative and quantitative data directed to the teaching of chemistry, the ENEM and the changes that occurred in recent years. In the students' view, the chemistry teachers of the public schools of Pombal-PB changed their teaching practices through the adoption of contextualized classes that interconnect the topics studied with the daily life of those involved, besides, there was adequate in the choice of didactic subjects, being These focused on the ENEM, and also sought the use of differentiated methodological tools, where this set of actions aimed at the development of skills and abilities throughout the formative process of the citizen, where he is also able to overcome the level of difficulty of the system Evaluation.</p>


Author(s):  
Nato Kobuladze ◽  
Dali Berandze

Inclusive education is based on the approach, at the center of which is a student of his own abilities and needs, not a specific subject or program. Quality education can be achieved when teaching methods and strategies are tailored to the student's capabilities and needs, and not vice versa. Consequently, the difficulties that the child is experiencing at school will be considered a blemish of school and general educational system and teaching methodology, and not as a student's weakness. One of the most important factors in effective implementation of inclusive education is the highly qualified specialty teacher. Since 2010 the Ministry of Education and Science has initiated the development of professional standards for the special teacher. Since 2014, the National Center for Teacher Professional Development has developed training modules based on the standards that are prepared by special teachers. The standard is the foundation for universities, to develop special teacher's undergraduate and graduate programs.


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