Methodological Typology of Grammar Content of German as a Minor Language With English as a Major Language

The article under consideration addresses problems of teaching grammar (with German as a minor language and English as a major language) in modern Russian schools. Method of research. In order to solve the problems, the authors propose a methodological typology of the content of teaching grammar in 5th grade with English as a major language on the basis of training and methodology complex “Horisonte”, taking into account the difficulties in mastering grammatical material. This typology was created using the following methods: analysis (during looking for the content), synthesis (at the stage of creating a grammatical typology of the German based on English) and forming of hypotheses (in results of the research). Result of the research. As a result of grammatical typology, the grammatical units for the 5th grade in “Spotlight” Student’s book are divided into three unequal groups. This fact simplifies the perception of the material by pupils during the intensification of the educational process and helps to build the educational process so that both languages studied by pupils are mastered at the proper level and using an intercultural approach. Conclusions. The importance of the research lies in forming system of German as a minor language for learning it in Russian schools and in the even distribution of power and time while teaching German as a minor language.

The Impact of Teaching English Language from Communicative Perspective: A Case Study of Universities and Schools in Yemen

It is a well-known fact that English is an international language and assumes great significance in various fields all over the world. Realizing this fact, the number of universities and schools in Yemen introduced English in their syllabus as a compulsory subject, and many students have been attempting to develop their ability to speak fluently in English with others.Apart from this, Yemeni parents have also realized the importance of the English language for learning Science, Technology, and developing their business in the present world. Hence, they are encouraging and insisting on their children to learn the English Language and acquiring mastery over it. However, most of the students in Yemen pay scant attention towards it. Hence, they are not able to talk or express themselves in the English language. Many factors are responsible for this state of affairs. One of the main reasons is that in Yemen teachers are teaching the English as a foreign language.Besides, the students do not have sufficient opportunities to practice English either in the classroom or outside. Consequently, the result of ELT in Yemen is far from our expectations.

Improve Student Engagement and Collaboration with Kahoot!

Technology is very popular media for learning today. For English foreign language (EFL) learners, the interesting and comprehensible media of learning is much needed. Game learning (GL) is one of integrated learning activities and will always been an integrated approach of ELT as foreign and second language for learning process. This paper is based on the research which conducted in STMIK Komputama Majenang. The researcher did the survey by giving questionnaire. The respondent is some students from Sistem Informasi and Teknik Informasi students, which is taken by Google form. Besides using the questionnaire, the researcher was also got observation from in depth interview with some EFL learners, the native lecture who teaches English, and also did literature review from some books. The result of the research then gives some evidences those EFL learners’ difficulties in engaging the English learning motivation. It can be seen from the data that all them (51.5% or 23) are agree for using this aps is helpful to encourage their vocabulary. It also mentions that 73.3% or 33 students approved to use kahoot! to enrich their vocabulary. The students also fell fun to use this media. It shows from the result that 64.4% or 29 students stated less stressful. The most interesting is that almost of the students are enjoyed to learning English by this media (53%).