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42 % of the participating instructors maintain that the learners should be much involved in decisions of the methodology of the course. This finding is very important as the learners ought to be taught the way they learn the best, not the way their …
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(Little, 1994). As a consequence, learners should be involved in the process of determining the content of homework assignments (Little, 1994). It appears from the table above, 37 % of the instructors think that the learners should be much involved in …
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» Learner training should aim to help learners develop the ability to take more responsibility for their own learning (Dickinson, 1993). In order to help students become autonomous, " it would be more effective to provide learner training (Lee, 1998:285). …
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there has been much approval (78 %) from the instructors since they are aware of the fact that the learners should be equipped with the portfolios as a consequence of the benefits mentioned above. Table 13. The statement 23 “Learners are responsible for …
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derstand themselves better. Since many adult learners would like to learn how they earn a language as a result of her/his nature, the learners should be made aware of the ature of learning. 4. Results and Suggestions The results gathered through the …
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Genesee, F. and Upshur, J. A. 1996. Classroom-Based Evaluation in Second Language Education. Cambridge. CUP. Holec, H. 1981. Autonomy in Foreign Language Learning. Oxford: Pergamon. James, C.V. and Garrett, P. 1991. Language Awareness in the Classroom. …
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FACHSPRACHENUNTERRICHT AN DER UNIVERSITAT: PROBLEME, UBERLEGUNGEN ZU KONZEPTION, ZUKUNFTSPERSPEKTIVEN Dalia Bukauskaitė, Dalius Jarmalavičius Universitit Vilnius, Institut fiir Fremdsprachen dbukauskaite@web.de, daliusj2001@yahoo.de Wer fremde Sprachen …
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Die Auffassung, wonach ,,Fachsprache = Allgemeinsprache + Wortschatz“ ist, gilt mittlerweile als langst tiberholt. Ebenfalls auch die Praxis des Fachsprachenunterrichts, die vor allem die Vermittlung von Fachwortschatz anstrebt. Nach Buhlmann & Fearns ist …
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und Politikwissenschaften unterrichtet. Es wird ein studienfachspezifisches Deutsch gelehrt, wobei die Lernergruppen fachlich homogen sind. In der durchgeführten ad-hoc-Umfrage wurden 104 Studierende aus verschiedenen Fakultäten befragt, die Deutsch als …
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Leseverstehen, Sprechen, Hörverstehen und Schreiben an der 1., 2., 3. bzw. 4. Stelle eingeordnet. Dabeistellte sich heraus, dass 54% der Befragten das Sprechen, 33% das Leseverstehen, 8% das Schreiben, 5% das Hören als meist geförderte Fertigkeit im …
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91% 7% ja nein ich weiB nicht Abb. 5 Fragenkatalogs dienen, um die Bedürfnisse der Studenten/Innen für den universitären Fachsprachenunterricht zu ermitteln!. Eswäre zu wünschen, dass eine solche Befragung im größeren Rahmen, etwa durch Einbeziehung …
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In manchen Fakultäten werden seit kurzem nur fachlich heterogene Gruppen gebildet, so dass ein Hochschullehrer nicht in der Lage ist, für einen oder zwei Studenten des jeweiligen Fachs fachspezifische Kurse vorzubereiten. Umstritten ist auch die Relevanz …
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Beginn und Dauer des Fachsprachenunterrichts Bis jetzt unterrichtete man nach Fakultat Fachsprachen an der Universitat Vilnius 2 bzw. 4 Semester je von 64 bis 96 Unterrichtseinheiten pro Semester. Die verschiedenen Neukonzeptionen des universitären …
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Sprachpolitik an der Universitat Last but not least wird das Thema der Sprachenpolitik an der Universitat Vilnius angesprochen. Allgemein lässt sich die Tendenz beobachten, dass Sprachenlernen in Zukunft aus den Studienprogrammen völlig gestrichen wird. …
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Fremdsprache beschränkt, was dazu führt, dass andere Sprachen kaum oder gar nicht gelernt werden. Um aber das Gesamtkonzept europäischer Mehrsprachigkeit verwirklichen zu können, bedarfes einer umfassenden und aktiven Sprachenpolitik, die leider an den …
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mokymas turi būti orientuotas į tai, kad studentai galėtų skaityti specialybės literatūrą, rengti referatus ar trumpus pranešimus, dalyvauti mokslinėse diskusijose, rašyti mokslinius tekstus (pvz., tezes, santraukas ir pan.) ir atsidūrę tiesioginėje ar …
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PARTICIPATION PATTERNS IN AN EFL CLASSROOM Filiz Etiz Middle East Technical University, Department of Modern Languages, Turkey etiz@metu.edu.tr 1. Introduction What is participation? How do learners make use of the practice opportunities afforded them by …
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PARTICIPATION Allwright and Bailey (p. 128) introduce a tree diagram depicting some aspects Observable Activity Unobserveble Activity of classroom participation patterns (see attachment 1). It highlights some of the issues of turn distribution, presence …
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Turns - General El Self-initiated Ei Teacher-initiated Figure 1. Turns in General Turns - General E Nonverbal bidden El Unbidden B Teacher-initiated] Figure 3. Turns in General (Bidden broken down) Figure 3 depicts that all the student bidden turns were …
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4. Results and Discussion The analyses of the data indicate that overall there is almost an equal distribution of self and teacher-initiated turns at the time of the recording, the latter exceeding the former to some extent (44% vs. 56%). When we analyse …
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When we look at the profile of students studying at the Middle East Technical University, we can observe some similar indications as elaborated in sources. Overall, students at this university are highly motivated and hardworking which is not so …
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Dalyvavimo modeliai anglų kalbos (užsienio kalbos) pamokoje BIZ, EZ Santrauka Dalyvavimo pamokoje tyrimai paprastai remiasi stebėjimais, kurie tipiškai vaizduojami diagramomis, kaip pavyzdžiui Allwright & Bailey studijoje (1994, p.128). Siuo tyrimu buvo …
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EXPLORING LEARNERS’ WRITING DIFFICULTIES THROUGH EXPLORATORY PRACTICE Deniz Renda Korum Istanbul Technical University, School of Foreign Languages, Turkey deniz75us@yahoo.com 1. Introduction Exploratory Practice, which was developed by Dick Allwright in …
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Nevertheless, generally, a great number of learners end up with poor writing skills. Why is writing so difficult for the learners? What is it that blocks them when they are writing although they are exposed to writing instruction in the second/foreign …
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learners discover what they want to say as they write, gives them feedback through the composing process, encourages feedback both from the instructor and peers, and includes individual conferences between teacher and learners in process of composition. …
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Before discussing the results of the questionnaire, it is important to note that within Exploratory Practice, when collecting data, it is suggested that teachers should use stan- dard pedagogic activities, but not standard data collecting techniques. …
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Out of 74 learners, 70 of them stated that they had writing difficulties whereas only four of them stated that they did not have writing difficulties. From this result it was inferred that almost all the learners had writing difficulties. Table 5.1.2: …
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As seen in Table 5.1.4 18 of the learners stated that they were dissatisfied with the writing courses because of having to write about uninteresting topics. In fact, this result correlated with the result for question two shown in table 5.1.2. In …
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The results for Question showed that 64 learners out of 74 believed that writing should be integrated with other skills. Besides, a great deal of the learners —56 out of 74- stated that teachers should correct all their mistakes. As for learner …
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6.2. Structured Interview The quantitative analyses of the interview are given in table 6.2.1. below. 1. What are the difficulties that you face when writing? 2. What kind of strategies do you apply to overcome these difficulties? 3. When you are asked to …