Knowledge Of English Research Articles

Enhancing Freshman English Learning: A Study of Solo vs Collaborative Educational Gameplay Effects on Achievement and Motivation

This research compared the effects of solo and collaborative gameplay formats on learning achievement and motivation among freshmen English students. Sixty students were randomly assigned to play educational games either individually or in small groups over ten weeks. While both groups received similar instructional time, one played independently using individual devices, while the other played in small groups sharing a single device. A pre-test and post-test design was used, with a 20 multiple-choice exam assessing freshman English knowledge. A modified Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire was also administered to measure five dimensions of motivation (intrinsic goal orientation, extrinsic goal orientation, task value beliefs, control beliefs, and self-efficacy for learning). Post-test scores were significantly higher for the collaborative gameplay group, suggesting team-based interaction enhanced learning. However, a MANOVA showed no significant differences between groups on any of the motivation dimensions measured. The findings demonstrate collaborative gameplay may boost achievement without compromising motivation when compared to solo gameplay.

A comparison of lab- and web-based elicited imitation: Insights from explicit-implicit L2 grammar knowledge and L2 proficiency

AbstractElicited imitation (EI) tasks are a practical tool for measuring second language (L2) knowledge and skills. In this study, we implemented a web-based EI task that measures English morphosyntactic knowledge and compared its measurement properties to a traditional laboratory-based EI. A cohort of 149 L2 English learners engaged in the web-based EI task, and 151 participants completed a traditional lab-based EI counterpart. Correlation analyses revealed a significant, comparable relationship between English proficiency and the two EI versions, with the ungrammatical items showing less consistency that neither improved nor harmed the overall EI effectiveness. Factor analyses corroborated the validity of web-programmed EI, with both EI versions relating similarly to time-pressured, implicit knowledge and untimed, explicit knowledge measures. Our results suggest the potential for utilizing web-based EI to substitute lab-based tasks, enabling larger-scale, more diverse sampling. We end with implications for future web-based EI task users and include a coding guideline for customized web-based EI use.

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERACTIVE DIGITAL ENGLISH BOOK FOR READING SKILL IN TENTH GRADE STUDENTS AT MA MASALIKIL HUDA

Reading, which involves character decoding, is a complex cognitive process with the goal of understanding the text. Reading in English gives students the opportunity to pursue interest and knowledge in learning English. Reading is a way to teach other speaking skills. Most students are quiet during lessons because they find learning boring. Therefore, teachers need media that makes the learning process more interesting. The purposeiof this study was to determine the effectiveness of the Interactive Digital English Book (IDEB) in improving students' reading skills. This study was conducted on 42 MA Masalikil Huda Jepara tenth-grade students who were divided into two classes. This research is a quantitative type of researchiusing quasi-experimental prei- test and posti- test research methods. The dataithat came from the research were gathered using tests in the form of multiple-choice tests for the students. The average score for the experimental group that has been calculated is 74.5 points and that of the control group was 55.7 points. T-Analysis Results: Sig. (2-tailed) is 0.07, greater than 0.05, besides that the T-test is greater than the T-tablei(2.201 > 2.021). As a result, the use of English Digital Textbooks has been found to be effective in improving students' reading skills.

A Practical Study on Improving the Professionalism of Elementary School English Teachers Based on Compulsory Education Testing

In the face of the ever-opening contemporary China, English has become an indispensable communication tool. Based on the results of basic education quality monitoring and existing research results on teacher professional quality, this paper investigates the professional quality of English teachers in representative primary school in Xi'an, examining the teachers’ professional quality in five dimensions, namely, the basic situation, professionalism, professional knowledge and professional abilities, and training status and conducting interviews with relevant teachers. Through the survey, it was found that elementary school English teachers in Xi'an have high professional ideals and good professionalism, have a high sense of teaching effectiveness, and have a good grasp of English education professional knowledge. The teachers' professional abilities basically meet the requirements of English teaching, and they hope to receive further regular training in teaching methods, skills training, and the ability to write papers. At the same time, some problems were also discovered: the gender ratio of teachers is disproportionate, and teaching philosophy is not fully implemented; teachers lack mastery of theoretical knowledge and scientific research knowledge, and their oral English expression still needs to be improved; parent resources cannot be better utilized; the adoption of teaching methods requires to be further improved, teaching methods need to be further improved; teachers’ scientific research capabilities are weak, etc. In view of the existing problems, the article puts forward suggestions for improving the professional quality of elementar school English teachers in Xi'an: strengthening teachers' professional emotional quality; deepening teachers' understanding of teaching concepts; strengthening the cultivation of teachers' professional knowledge and professional abilities; strengthening the cultivation of teacher's educational research ability.

Research on the Application of Second Language Acquisition Theory in College English Speech Teaching

The teaching of English speeches in universities aims to enhance oral communication ability, improve English communication skills, and expand English knowledge, occupying a core position in English teaching in universities. This article takes the theory of second language acquisition as the background, analyzes the important role and value of this theory in English speech teaching in universities, and explores how to apply the theory of second language acquisition in English speech teaching in universities. It aims to strengthen the cultivation of English skilled talents and provide a brief reference for improving English speech teaching in universities.

Factors nd Problems Affecting English Listening Comprehension Skills of Eic Undergraduate Students at Rmutl Tak, Thailand

Purpose: This quantitative research is to investigate the significant factors and to discover the existing problems affecting English listening comprehension skills of EIC undergraduate students at RMUTL Tak, Thailand. Method: This is survey research. The participants were 46 students who were the 3rd and 4th year students selected by purposive method. The research instrument was an online questionnaire which was gathered and analyzed by descriptive statistics. Results and Conclusion: The findings reveal that factors affecting English listening comprehension skills compose of (1) Factors relating to text, (2) Factors relating to linguistic features, (3) Factors relating to speakers, and (4) Factors relating to listeners. The problems affecting English listening comprehension skills compose of (1) Speaker accent, (2) Speaker speed of speaking, (3) New vocabulary and (4) English knowledge of the listeners respectively, and overall, it was found that students had listening comprehension problems at high level (x ̅ = 3.80, S.D. = 0.763). Furthermore, both the factors and the problems highlighted were crucial information required to remedy and improve the students' English listening comprehension skills. Research Implications: Therefore, those who want to improve their English listening comprehension should be aware of these factors and problems; however, others factors and problems must be considered when developing English listening comprehension as well. Furthermore, listeners should be aware of all factors and problems that affect their intelligibility and should develop their own listening more or practice listening more for solving the factors and problems exploring in this study, practicing listening to a variety of listening media, such as the news, music, movies, talk shows, speeches or talks: Ted Talks as one of the listening strategy applied, to become accustomed to and learn more about the various accents and speaker speeds and listener can practice their own listening skills further outside the classroom. Originality/Value: Teachers can use these to solve problems for students to practice listening skills in the classroom, and those who want to practice listening skills can apply these methods or practice themselves to improve their listening skills. Nevertheless, this research still has some weaknesses.

The Implementation Methods of the Ideological and Political Theories Teaching in Foreign Majors: A Case Study of Comprehensive English Course

Ideological and political theories teaching is an education and teaching concept with Chinese characteristics, which is an introduction of ideological and political elements in all kinds of curriculum teaching. It is aimed at guiding students to establish correct outlook on the world, life and values. During the study of foreign language and culture, students are more susceptible to the impact of diverse cultures, values and ideologies. Therefore, colleges and universities should strengthen the cultivation of patriotism, national consciousness and core socialist values of foreign language students. As a college Foreign Majors course, Comprehensive English course has the advantage of playing the function of implicit ideological and political education. Integrate Chinese elements and patriotic education while teaching English language knowledge and skills. This paper analyzes the understanding of ideological and political theory teaching, teaching content, evaluation system, teaching process and other ways to integrate ideological and political education into the teaching of comprehensive English courses. It is conducive to cultivating students' patriotism and training high-quality foreign language specialists.

Exploring the English Teaching Approach of “Integrating Reading and Writing to Promote Learning through Writing” Based on “Cultivation of Key Literacy in the Subject of English” and Its Rationale Analysis

The English curriculum based on the cultivation of key competences in the Subject of English should cultivate students’ key competence in four aspects, namely, language ability, cultural awareness, thinking quality and learning ability. The English Teaching Approach of “Integrating Reading and Writing to Promote Learning through Writing” creates a language environment suitable for Chinese foreign language learners. Through the teaching process of integrating reading and writing, students are trained to master basic English knowledge and skills, appreciate excellent cultures, learn to apply critical thinking and innovative thinking, and acquire how to learn independently. This teaching approach provides a theoretical and practical teaching platform and starting point for the real implementation of the curriculum goal of “the Cultivation of Key Competences in the Subject of English”, which is helpful to achieve the national education goal of “strengthening moral education and cultivating people”.

Vocabulary learning strategies in extramural English gaming and their relationship with vocabulary knowledge

Research has shown that students learning English as a foreign language can enhance their vocabulary knowledge through exposure to the target language outside of school. However, little is known about whether certain extramural activities have stronger links with vocabulary acquisition than others, and more crucially, the extent to which the vocabulary learning strategies that learners employ during extramural English encounters affect vocabulary learning outcomes. The study reported in this article investigated the relationship between the vocabulary learning strategies employed by 116 students in a Norwegian secondary school when gaming extramurally in English, their gaming frequency, engagement in other EE activities besides gaming, and their receptive and productive English vocabulary knowledge. The findings revealed that inferencing, using language references, and notetaking when gaming statistically significantly correlated with participants’ productive vocabulary knowledge, whereas only inferencing predicted their receptive vocabulary knowledge. Moreover, a negative link was discovered between playing driving games and receptive vocabulary knowledge.

Critical Reading inside a Cross-curricular Approach

This qualitative action research study explores six reading strategies to engage students in more dynamic reading through the implementation of workshops focused on the cross-curricular approach to develop critical reading skills among ninth graders at a public school. The study was conducted with 22 students selected, in the city of Manizales, Colombia. The data collection instruments were students’ artifacts, teachers’ field notes, focus group questionnaires, survey questionnaires, and documentary analysis. The findings demonstrate that the use of reading strategies within a cross-curricular approach facilitates the development of critical reading in students. In addition, the design of materials (workshops), based on topics related to the students' environment, has an impact that not only contributes to improving their knowledge of English but also to expanding their knowledge in other areas of the academic field.

Research on Business English Course Construction in Application-oriented Colleges under the Background of Cross Border E-commerce

With the rapid development of cross border E-commerce, more and more attention is being paid to business English in Chinese students’ employment, students are required to not only have good basic language skills, but also considerable professional knowledge and practical ability in business English. This paper explores the development of business English course in application-oriented colleges by reading and analyzing relative online and offline literature and further puts forward ways to improve the teaching from both theoretical and practical perspectives by conducting questionnaires and interviews. Taken Chongqing College of Mobile Communication as an example, this paper analyzes the current situation of business English course in application-oriented colleges, point out the existing problems, and put forward corresponding solutions, so as to improve the teaching efficiency of business English course and give implications to the further development of ESP courses.

A Review of Interlanguage Fossilization in English Learning

The phenomenon of interlanguage fossilization, which is commonly observed during the process of acquiring a foreign language, signifies a barrier to further progress in language proficiency. This paper presents a comprehensive review and analysis of the phenomenon of interlanguage fossilization in the context of second language acquisition. Interlanguage fossilization refers to the stagnation of language learning progress, hindering further linguistic development in foreign language acquisition. The paper explores the defining characteristics, various types, and current research status related to interlanguage fossilization. It investigates the specific causes and manifestations of this phenomenon in second language acquisition, focusing on English language learning. The study further proposes practical measures to address interlanguage fossilization and enhance learners' proficiency. These measures include continual upgrading of teachers' knowledge base in fundamental English concepts, communicative skills, linguistic understanding, and knowledge of Anglo-American cultural backgrounds. Additionally, learners are encouraged to adopt a correct mindset, recognizing language learning as a long-term, continuous process requiring consistency and systematicity. The paper emphasizes the importance of vocabulary memorization, progressive learning approaches, repetition, and extensive practice to internalize the language and achieve effective and accurate language output. By implementing these strategies, learners can overcome interlanguage fossilization and make significant progress in their English language proficiency.

Error Analysis of English Pronunciation Acquisition by Chinese Non-English Majors

Chinese non-English majors are a large group of English learners. In the process of English pronunciationacquisition, issues such as incomplete phonological knowledge, transfer of mother tongue, and overgeneralization, lead to confusion of phonemes and stress, misunderstanding of syllable structure, and errors of assimilation, drop, and epenthesis. The accuracy of English pronunciation can only be improved by knowing both English and Chinese phonological systems, strengthening the teaching of English phonological knowledge, and adopting various phonological training activities.

Analysis of the Reform of Blended Teaching in College English Under the Background of New Liberal Arts

With the continuous reform of the education system, the requirements for higher education have significantly increased. New liberal arts have been identified as the main direction of educational development, achieving innovative development in liberal arts education and enhancing the country’s cultural soft power. Therefore, universities should increase their emphasis on English teaching. In addition to imparting basic English knowledge, it is also necessary to focus on cultivating students’ cross-cultural communication and critical thinking abilities. The concept of new liberal arts should be applied by integrating information technology into the lessons, implementing blended learning, overcoming the disadvantages of traditional teaching, building a sound teaching system, and ensuring that college English teaching achieves good teaching results.

Improving pre-service English teachers’ native cultural knowledge and English language knowledge of native culture in a PBL classroom

ABSTRACT Purpose: Globalization underscores the importance of developing language learners' intercultural communication competence (ICC). English language teacher education nowadays thus necessitates pedagogy training on not only linguistic, but also intercultural dimensions. However, the development of PSETs' home-country cultural knowledge (HCK) and English language knowledge of home-country culture (ELKHC) has been overlooked. Given the wide application of project-based learning (PBL), this study aims to enhance Chinese PSETs' HCK and ELKHC via group projects. Top of Form Bottom of Form. Design: The study was conducted within a PSET training course involving 43 participants at a Chinese university. An intervention comprising four group projects was implemented, which required participants to utilize various technologies to showcase Chinese culture via the English language. The instructor's evaluation, students' self-evaluation, and reflective journals were collected. Findings: Quantitative analysis of the students' self-evaluations and the course instructor's evaluations demonstrated that the PSETs made significant progress in HCK and ELKHC. Qualitative analysis of students' reflective journals showed their learning experiences, gains, challenges, and solutions. Originality/value: This study highlights how PBL affords authentic learning experiences and stimulates learning motivation and autonomy. Strategies for helping learners make more progress in HCK and ELKHC via PBL are also discussed. Ultimately, we believe this study offers insights into the training and development of foreign language professionals.

EXPLORING PRONUNCIATION CHALLENGES: INDONESIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' PRODUCTION OF ENGLISH FRICATIVE SOUNDS

Abstract: This study investigated the production of English alveolar and post-alveolar fricatives by 40 Indonesian university students who are not majoring in English study. The research instruments were a questionnaire, which was used to obtain information about the participants, and a word list, which was comprised of 16 English words with alveolar and post-alveolar fricatives and 9 tricky words. The results revealed two main findings. The first was that most Indonesian non-English major university students who participated in this research were not proficient in producing voiced post-alveolar fricative /ʒ/ which resulted in the substitution of the sound with /z/, /s/, and /ʃ/. The participants, however, were quite great at producing the voiceless post-alveolar fricative /ʃ/ and had no difficulty in producing alveolar fricatives /s/ and /z/. The second was that the results indicated that the participants’ problems in pronouncing English fricatives were mainly attributed to native language interference, the absence of the target sound in the sound system of their native language, and limited knowledge of English phonetics. This research recommends that EFL teachers give a special portion of time to train their students to pronounce fricative sounds in English that do not exist in the students' native language and provide them with English sound phonetic knowledge. Both of these things are strongly believed to improve the students’ proficiency in English pronunciation.

A Brief Analysis of Business English Students’ “Knowledge Deficit”: Taking the Business English Reading Course as an Example

In addition to the English language knowledge and skills, students majoring in Business English should also master knowledge and skills in the various fields of business, intercultural communication, humanities, and social sciences. However, in the teaching practice of Business English students, the author finds that many of them face a “Knowledge Deficit” in learning, which refers to that students have very limited business knowledge, or their business knowledge cannot be interacted with their English Language knowledge when dealing with business texts, resulting in their obstacles when dealing with business texts and difficulty in forming a business thinking-pattern. Therefore, efforts should be made in many aspects so as to address this problem. In this paper, the author aims to analyze the “Knowledge Deficit” in teaching and learning of Business English by reviewing the role of knowledge in reading comprehension theoretically, exemplifying with some cases from his classroom teaching, analyzing the causes, and providing some tentative solutions.

The Students' Perspective of Quizizz As English Language Assessment Media

Quizizz is an educational game application that has gained popularity as a learning tool in recent years. The aim of this study is to find out students' perspectives on using Quizizz as an English language assessment media. Subjects in this study were two 6th grade elementary school students with the initials FA and MA. This research approach used descriptive Qualitative Research with observation and interviews. This study found that students had positives perspective towards Quizizz as English language assessment. Next, found out that students enjoyed using Quizizz, finding it fun and interesting. They also felt that Quizizz made it easier for them to take tests and increased their interest in learning English. The study also found that Quizizz helped to increase students' knowledge of English. The study concludes that Quizizz is an effective and enjoyable platform for language assessment, providing an engaging and interactive learning experience.

Pengenalan Bahasa Inggris di SDN Sugerkidul 3 Melalui Program English Time

In the current era of globalization, almost all daily activities have begun to include the use of English, so it is considered necessary to have English language skills. Seeing this condition, English learning began to be given at a low level in formal education, namely elementary school. The same is the case with the English Time activities implemented at SDN Sugerkidul 3 by the Jember Collaborative KKN Group 220. This activity was carried out with the aim of introducing basic knowledge in English to students of SDN Sugerkidul 3. This research was conducted using descriptive qualitative methods because researchers try to describe the phenomena in the field broadly and thoroughly. Based on several considerations that have been made, this English Time activity is implemented using poster media and songs to make it easier for students to absorb and understand the learning provided during the activity. The media posters and songs are also expected to be used regularly and continuously by SDN Sugerkidul 3 itself. This English Time activity was also carried out because English is a subject that has just been added to the learning curriculum at SDN Sugerkidul 3. So this activity was chosen to make it easier for SDN Sugerkidul 3 to introduce this new subject.
 Keywords : English Time, Poster Media, Song Media
 
 

CHALLENGES FACED BY CHINESE TEACHERS TEACHING CONTINUATION WRITING TO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

This study aims to identify teachers' challenges while teaching senior continuation writing (CW) in China. The study involved ten teachers at L School in Guangxi Province, China. A semi-structured interview was used to conduct the research, which revealed that teachers face several challenges in teaching CW. These challenges include students' need for English vocabulary and grammar knowledge, a heavy teaching workload, a lack of training, and the absence of teaching materials. Pedagogical implications for teachers and L schools to address these challenges are put forward. Firstly, English teachers can use specific teaching strategies to target vocabulary and grammar deficiencies. Providing diverse materials, like diaries and film clips, can also help guide writing. Secondly, collaborating with other teachers to find materials that match students' proficiency levels can help alleviate workloads. For school leadership, providing ongoing professional development for teachers on writing and teaching skills in CW is crucial. Reducing workload through smaller class sizes and well-arranged schedules is also recommended. Offering CW materials at different proficiency levels is essential for supporting student learning and teacher teaching. Finally, fostering a positive atmosphere that encourages teacher teamwork and experience sharing is vital.