... findings of the study can not generalize to all the students of EQuest In addition, due to the lack of time andlimitationsof knowledge, the author has not considered all aspects of the issue, and ... like using abbreviations, symbols, paraphrases, and omitting function words andusing only content words) and review of notes The less frequently used strategies involved the organization of the ... utilized and helpful note-taking strategies were those related to the efficiency of notes (using abbreviations, symbols, paraphrases, and omitting function words andusing only content words) and...
... questionnaire in terms of clarity and content of the items To serve the purpose of piloting for the reliability levels of two categories: frequency of use and degree of helpfulness of note-taking strategies, ... Degree of helpfulness of each note-taking strategy 19 Frequency of use of each note-taking strategy 19 Degree of helpfulness of each note-taking strategy 20 Degree of helpfulness of ... recent study of the functions of note-taking and the content of L2 listeners’ notes in the context of a groupof Chinese EFL learners, Liu (2001, cited in Carrell, 2007) found that taking and having...
... very often often a Finding the key words to identify the task b Brainstorming in groups to generate ideas c Working in pair or group to make outline d Using model essay and analyzing it e Using ... enter a university That is also the reason why 50% of the objects are students The second groupof subjects works in offices (38%) The third groupof learners (12%) was those who failed the entrance ... might work well only groups of students at Equest center 1.6 Method of the study This study is conducted in the combination of quantitative and qualitative method Data were collected by means of...
... Review of related works A number of previous studies looked at the advantagesand disadvantages of notetaking strategies Lin (2005), Yeh (2004), Hall & Courtly (1994) agreed on the advantagesof ... note-taking methods; as well as the review of related works concerning advantagesand disadvantages of note-taking, and the relationship between note-taking and listening comprehension The second ... and post-test of control groupand experimental group Table 5: The relationship between experimental and control group s test scores Figure 1: The difference in gain values obtained by both groups...
... Summary of the study The thesis contains main parts Part “Introduction” introduces the rationale and the aims of the study The scope of the study and the significance as well as the design of the ... an overview of note-taking definition and importance, methods of note-taking, and a theoretical framework for the investigation were presented This chapter will present the issues of methodology ... female and twenty two were male The age of the students was from 18 to 19 They come from different places of the country and their overall English proficiency was roughly at the level of intermediate...
... of listening proficiency and notetaking experience 31 Table 4: Number of notetakers and non-notetakers in terms of notetaking knowledge 32 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Percentage of ... first group has got people, and the second group doubled the number The highest number of strategies obtained in the first group is 13 and the lowest is 9, while these in the second group are and ... in listening proficiency, experience and knowledge of notetaking between note-takers and non-note-takers? 2.2 Participants and settings of the study 2.2.1 Participants A total of 50 students...
... allowing the reader to recognize main ideas and to understand the organization of the material Note-taking is believed to be an important part of all of our learning interactions, from the most ... ♦ Are there any differences in listening proficiency, experience and knowledge of note-taking between note-takers and non-note-takers II.3 The scope of the study The study is concerned with finding ... analyzed and discussed, the findings will be showed and some conclusions will be drawn and some suggestions will be raised in the thesis II.6 Design of the study This thesis consists of three...
... an overview of note-taking definition and importance, methods of note-taking, and a theoretical framework for the investigation were presented This chapter will present the issues of methodology ... female and twenty two were male The age of the students was from 18 to 19 They come from different places of the country and their overall English proficiency was roughly at the level of intermediate ... Newsletter, pp 30-31 Dunkel, P and S Davy (1989), "The Heuristic of Lecture Notetaking: Perceptions of American and International Students Regarding the Value and Practice of Notetaking", English for...
... 35 males and 57 females with the age of 16 The academic achievement of the previous semester of school year 2011-2012 will be used as information about their proficiency and as a part of their ... outperform students of equal ability but lacking test-wiseness Teaching test-taking strategies helps students understand the format and conventions of a specific type of test and makes them feel ... peers, and native speakers; teachers’ questions and corrections in classroom environment; tests and negative attitudes towards English course The sources of fear of negative evaluation consist of...
... related to note-taking and how students describe their notes Two groups of questions were randomly arranged in the questionnaire The first group consists of questions This group aims to know students’ ... LIMITATIONSAND DIRECTIONS FOR FUTHER RESEARCH This chapter presents the (1) limitationsof this result and (2) directions for further research 5.1 Limitations Due to the limit of time and research ... are gathered in a group, questionnaires are handed out to each and the questionnaires are completed within the allocate time (Bornman, 2009) There are three main advantagesofusing this approach...
... influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 and SARS pandemic of 2003 was the wearing of masks in public and at home Although this is considered a method of personal protection and hygiene, it has been and in ... quarantine and social distancing methods used in outbreaks of SARS and pandemic influenza, specifically successful and unsuccessful containment, perception, compliance, and problems and support ... perceptions of quarantine and social distancing methods in the event of a pandemic influenza outbreak and offer suggestions on how to effectively implement successful quarantine and social distancing...
... actively working on the text and is able to arrive at understanding without looking at every letter and word.” Anderson (2003:68) offered another definition of reading, which is “a fluent process of ... overview of the textbook “Tieng Anh 10” (the set of standard textbooks) 2.1.1 Objectives The English textbook “Tieng Anh 10” (the set of standard textbooks) was written by a groupof lecturers of ULIS ... the results of table 3, the frequency ofusing this strategy was quite various More than half of the subjects (31.3% often, and 25.5% very often) skimmed through the text to understand main ideas...
... Development, and Conclusions Part A presents the introduction and background to the study, the purposes of the study, the scope of the study, and its significances andlimitations Part B consists of three ... rules of English usage and grammar then the new idea of ESP is to analyze the linguistic characteristics of learners’ specialist areas ofwork or study and to determine the specific needs of learners ... includes the reality of English language teaching and learning, the learners and teachers’ profile, and a description of the current ESP course of the College The research methods and techniques for...
... Teachers and students‟ perceptions of the personal qualities of a good teacher of English………………………………………………………………………….… 22 III.3 Teachers and students‟ perceptions of professional development and ... teacher of English …………………………………………… 26 III.4 Teachers and students‟ perceptions of the roles of a good teacher of English… 31 III.5 Teachers and students‟ perceptions of the importance of classroom ... competence of speaking a foreign language It involves more factors and longer learning time, and may never be really finished Good teachers must posses a number of approaches and patterns of working and...
... how language works, motivation, interest and attitudes towards the content of the text Ur (1996: 138) indicated that reading means “ reading and understanding” and according to Anderson (1991: ... with a description of the participants and the setting of study It then describes data collection instruments and analysis procedures of the study 2.1 Participants and settings of the study 2.1.1 ... groups of good, medium and weak readers in order to know the level of awareness and use of reading strategies and identify differences among them These interviews have truly provided a lot of valuable...
... for advantagesof blogs, it’s used widely in EFL writing classes and useful for both of learners and teachers Influence ofusingof blogs on developing writing skills have to with motivation and ... calls for students to work in groups of four or five Each student gives one copy of her/his paper to every member of the group Then, usually out of class for homework, each group member reads the ... they met some problems while using blogs to give feedback Students showed the advantagesand disadvantages ofusing blog peer feedback in table 2: Advantages Disadvantages - Giving peer feedback...
... ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to investigate students’ perceptions of benefits ofusing portfolios as a means of evaluating their learning process in a translation course and find out the ... ii STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP Title: Students’ Perceptions ofUsing Portfolios as a Means of Evaluation in an English Foreign Language Translation Course, a Case Study at the Faculty of Foreign Languages, ... fulfillment of The Degree of Bachelor of Arts in English) I certify that all the materials in this study has not been copied by me from any other person’s report without acknowledgment and this work...
... significance of the topic as well as research questions, method and design of the study The development part consists of four chapters: literature review, research methodology, results and discussion, and ... less-proficient learners Murphy (1985) also explores the sequential patterns of the strategies that both more proficient listeners and less proficient listeners followed For example, more proficient ... the 1990s, Rost and Ross (1991) examined the use of certain strategies correlated with language proficiency, and, with training, whether the use of listening strategies increased and listening...