... each item in the questionnaire 2.1 StudentsEnglishbackgroundandtheirexpectationsfromthecourse 2.1.1 StudentsEnglish learning time andtheir results It is necessary for the teachers ... table, the teachers gave out some other problems of thestudents such as their lack of confidence in speaking English, the influences of their mother tongue on theirEnglish acquisition andtheir ... andtheirexpectationsfromthecourse … 14 2.1.1 StudentsEnglish learning time andtheir results ……………………… 14 2.1.2 Students difficulties in learning English …………………………… 16 2.1.3 Students expectations...
... to develop the questionnaire and interviews to be administered to thestudentsandthe teachers The questionnaire was administrated to thestudents while the interviews were used for the teachers ... seen fromthe chart that thestudents highly valued the importance of culture in ESL learning with a large number of students chose number and – the two highest levels in the rank Together with the ... cultures and customs of some different countries in the world They found theirstudents extremely excited about this lesson, which was also the result fromstudents survey as nearly half of the students...
... of thestudents claimed that their teacher used the mother tongue fairly frequently andthe minority of students (7.37 %) thought that their teacher rarely used Vietnamese in the EFL class The ... conducted with both the teachers andthestudents Suggestions for further research On the basis of the findings andthe limitations of the study, the following suggestions are made for further research ... explained that their teachers encouraged them to use Vietnamese language to compare and/ or contrast Englishand Vietnamese languages and especially on the cases when they could not communicate their...
... desks There is a narrow isle in the middle and two narrower on the sides There is no other empty space left where teachers andstudents move to and fro if they conduct different interaction and ... andtheir assessment on the needs and abilities of our studentsThe main idea behind the practice is that learning is most meaningful when topics are relevant to thestudents lives, needs, and ... when they feel they have a real stake in their own learning Instead of the teacher being the sole, infallible source of information, then, the teacher shares control of the classroom and students...
... which make thestudents perceive their needs andexpectations differently fromtheir teachers Further, students may have their own views andtheir own preferences for language skills and classroom ... thestudents perceive theirEnglish competence, the issues in the existing ESP course, theirexpectations toward future ESP courses, andtheEnglish activities involved in the ESP classes The ... ESP courseand GE course C7 The ESP course benefits the most to my English listening C8 The ESP course benefits the most to my English speaking C9 The ESP course benefits the most to my English...
... fromtheir own language Students may use Vietnamese codes to speak and sometimes they 13 translate on a word-by-word basis They apply the way they think in their mother tongue to form speech in English ... skills 19% These tables show the difficulties the teachers andthestudents have during the speaking activity Both the teachers andstudents have nearly the same ideas about shyness and passive ... for their methods of teaching communicative strategies to thestudents If the teachers cannot provide thestudents with cultural background knowledge, thestudents quickly transfer the codes from...
... book to the level andthe needs of thestudentsandthe requirements of thecourse in relation to aims, content, and methodology fromthe perspective of studentsand teachers + to evaluate the effectiveness ... effectiveness of thecourse book in helping thestudents achieve the goals and objectives fromthe perspective of studentsand teachers + to suggest the material adaptations in responding to thecourse ... teaching context andthe learners Their opinion andtheir evaluation, therefore, are critical to the improvement of the material in particular and of teaching and learning in general Also, the data have...
... andthe suggestion for further researches 44 4.3 Conclusion REFERENCE QUESTIONNAIRE 45 46 References Abbas, A M (2010) The concept of pragmatic politeness with reference to standard Englishand ... "The Thorn Birds" University of Languages and International Studies, Hanoi Pennington, R (2011) The Feedback Sandwich Resource International, Seamon's, R (2001) The Routledge Companion of Aesthetics ... of study 1.6 Scope of the study 1.7 Organization of the study CHAPTER 2: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 2.1 Definition of feedback 2.2 Definition of criticism 2.3 Definition of sandwich feedback communication...
... group talk and therefore they could “collect ideas from other students They also replied that in group they had “a chance to talk with and learn from other students Especially, the weak students ... presentations” The more they participate, the more they speak andthe more they speak, the more fluent they become in English In short, most of thestudents responded that they found satisfied when they ... for them to understand each other The better students could speak slowly, clearly so that their friends could follow and finish the tasks They felt that group talks helped them to “gain ideas from...
... group work and individual presentation Objectives of the study contribute more theory to the understandings of group discussion find out the essentials of group discussion provide the teachers ... planning should be applied and encouraged in the classroom Further study: - Investigate in three areas: fluency, complexity and accuracy - Find out other factors affect students speaking competence ... learned English for years at school None of them has ever been to an English speaking country they have little opportunity to use English outside the classroom age : 21 – 24 Sex : male Instrumentation...
... winds fromthe industrial district from April to September The cores were cut into 2-mm-thick strips, and then they were dried and irradiated with soft X-rays at15 kV and mA for 240 s from a ... declines and low-frequency variance due to natural disturbance The ring-width and max- imum-density series were standardized by first fitting a trend line and then dividing the measured data by the ... indices from 1966 to 1967, from 1969 to 1977, from 1981 to 1984 andfrom 1988 to 1989 Actual maximum-density indices were lower than the estimated indices in 1966, in 1969, from 1971 to 1974, from...
... look more at the professional design of the site, whether they can get, “a quick lay-out of the site”, the user-friendliness of the site, and speedy interface times rather than if the content ... Demographic assessments of the sites were made such as determining the audience they were aimed at, the source of the website, the purpose, whether they were Health on the Net Foundation (HON) ... marketing and practice building More research should be done on how providers determine site content, whether they pay any attention to the details presented on their sites, and whether they even...
... McArthur, A (1987) TheEnglish language English Today 11, 9-13 McArthur, T (1992) The Oxford Companion to theEnglish Language Oxford: OUP McArthur, A (2001) World Englishand World Englishes: Trends, ... B (1982) The other tongue English across cultures Urbana: University of Illinois Press Kachru, B B (1985) Standards, codification and sociolinguistic realism: TheEnglish language in the outer ... findings fromthe questionnaire and interview are presented, described and interpreted PART III is Conclusion and Recommendations This part includes the summary of key points developed throughout the...
... Education since then The teacher there themselves choose thecourse book that they believe appropriate to theirstudents without a research The New Cambridge Englishcourse I (Michael Swan &Catherine ... asking the appropriateness of thecourse book to the objectives of thecourseThe third section includes eight questions asking about the suitability of thecourse book to thestudents needs The ... to be thecourse book for 14 years, from 1992 to 2006 Then the teachers there found it no longer suitable because of the out-of-date information and boring tasks in the book Again, they themselves...
... hand and develop theirEnglish for Economics on the other hand with the hope that they can use English as a useful tool in their career 30 2.1.3 Description of the teachers at the HCIE If students ... worth learning Therefore, the task of the teachers is to find out theirstudents goal andthe topics 48 they want to learn and build these in the textbook as much as possible to make their textbook ... present their own ideas andtheir friends‟ ideas can be added during their talk A real chance to speak English takes place when the learner can use English naturally for themselves, not for their...
... analyzes what students perceived to be presented on their notes including what students take notes, how did they use abbreviations and symbols, how they arranged their notes andthe language they used ... speech and reproduces the message fromthe source language to the target language at the same time as the speaker delivers their source text (Lu, 2012) The interpreter sits in a booth and completes ... in the notes (Jones, 2002) .The three tenses that are most important are the present, the past andthe future The interpreters can use “-ed” to imply the past and “-ll” to imply the future If the...
... in international trade There is a complicated mix-up between the olds andthe news in Vietnam, the news is weak andthe olds are still alive The olds are from history, andthe news are brought ... bright side, those students are educated deeply from both Vietnam and a foreign country, there is no doubt about their abilities And then they work for international companies, they would easily ... is cause and what is effect On the one hand, Bartel and Lichtenberg (1987) provide evidence that the availability of skills facilitates the adoption of new technology On the other hand, the use...
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... assumed the tasks of identifying the potential for the outbreak of conflicts and of their prevention, settling and dealing with their aftermaths The development of democratic institutions andthe ... expression and freedom of the media across the OSCE region Second, the study assesses the impact these regulations and practices have on the free flow of information andthe freedom of expression on the ... expertise and best practice and delivered opinions on the functioning of the telecoms market in the EU Communication fromthe Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social...