suggestions on using language games to motivate students in speaking classes

... main ideas and details, not only in listening section but also reading, writing, speaking ones While taking notes, they are using listening and writing skills simultaneously, they are also using ... communication requires: Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing Some questions require the test taker to use more than one English -language skill and integrate information from more than one source TOEFL ... While, Peck and Hannafin (1983) define note-taking as a process involving listening, information encoding, cognitive processing, and recording information in written form Note-taking takes place at...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2015, 14:32

... rapid transcription of information or selecting and writing pieces of information to store information in long-term memory It often requires comprehension and organizing in an informal or unstructured ... provided certain useful implications for both learning and teaching note-taking It can also be inferred that training in note-taking must involve long-term, systematic instruction and continuous practice ... (1991) Listening comprehension in second/foreign language instruction In M Celce-Murcia (ed.) Teaching English as a second or foreign language (2 nd edition) Boston: Heinle Publishers Ornstein, A C...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2016, 20:15

... teachers in writing lessons Instructional strategies 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 very often ... appropriate box Instructional strategies 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 ... interview to students A one -on one interview was conducted with TOEFL students chosen at random after each classroom observation It was carried out in Vietnamese in the form of an informal conversation...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2015, 14:33

... comprehension Figure 8: Factors affect students from taking good notes Figure 9: Students opinion of the application of note-taking in listening lessons Figure 10: Students opinion to the teacher‟s ... bringing the clear outline of information None of the students gave other benefits of note-taking 30 Figure 7: Students opinion of the note-taking facilitative effect on listening comprehension ... in listening lessons It was suitable with students opinion towards the facilitative effect of note-taking on listening comprehension Figure 10: Students opinion to the teacher’s help to get the...

Ngày tải lên: 02/03/2015, 14:30

... familiar to Level students at International School This study also generated interesting findings about learners‟ reasons for not taking notes Among the given reasons, the most common one is not having ... taking notes are identified Based on the findings, the study will have many important implications for training Level students of English at International School in taking notes 3 In order to ... used It consists of two sections: the first section includes the questions to gain personal information about the participants and their general knowledge of note-taking; the second section includes...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2015, 13:59

... research into listening in general and note-taking strategies in particular It includes the researchers‟ findings relating to definition, types and techniques of listening; definitions and importance ... that students will need to use in school if they want to be successful As Spires and Stone (1989) point out, students will “increasingly have to depend on their ability to take notes in order to ... strategy is to the level students at International School The questions in the questionnaire will be analyzed one by 21 one following their position in the questionnaire section by counting its percentage...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2015, 13:59

... listening skills traditionally in non - native environment, and have just started to learn listening in communicative way But acquiring and mastering note-taking is likely to become a big hindrance ... Rost, M (1990), Listening in Language Learning, Longman, London 14 Spires, H.A & Stone P D (1989), “The directed notetaking activity: A self-questioning approach”, Journal of Reading, 33 (1), pp 36-39 ... Based on the findings, the study will have many important implications for training Level students of English at International School in taking notes II.5 Methods of the study In order to achieve...

Ngày tải lên: 04/08/2015, 09:40

... familiar to Level students at International School This study also generated interesting findings about learners‟ reasons for not taking notes Among the given reasons, the most common one is not having ... used It consists of two sections: the first section includes the questions to gain personal information about the participants and their general knowledge of note-taking; the second section includes ... taking notes are identified Based on the findings, the study will have many important implications for training Level students of English at International School in taking notes In order to achieve...

Ngày tải lên: 04/08/2015, 09:40

... difficult time interpreting information and organizing it into larger patterns of meaning In addition, some students may physically feel tired or exhausted during test administration because they ... (to answer research question 2) While the control group will be asked the second question to gain whether they receive any test-taking strategies instruction during the program is conducted (to ... without examinations The findings demonstrate that positive attitude towards EFL teachers decrease the levels of test anxiety among young EFL learners Aydin (2008) had an investigation on the language...

Ngày tải lên: 13/10/2015, 14:45

... to think and take notes in order to interpret more accurately (Lu, 2012) Consecutive interpreting is always considered as the starting point in interpreting training at the tertiary education for ... note-taking in consecutive interpreting A group of 120 senior students attended in this research The results of this research led to the conclusion that taking notes in consecutive interpreting involves ... 3.92) indicated that students agreed that using links to separate the main ideas in notes are very important In addition, students usually used some key words as linking words to connect the main...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2016, 20:02

... population represents six sections of Introduction to Public Speaking, two sections of Interpersonal 22 Communication, one section of Introduction to Communication Studies, and one section of Political ... dealing with emotional distress During the SARS quarantine in Toronto, participants who were in quarantine or isolation reported that in order to cope they needed trustworthy information, institutional ... 39 Perceptions of Quarantine Monitoring Methods RQ 4a asks, “What are students perceptions of various methods of monitoring those that are in quarantine?” To answer this question respondents were...

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Ngày tải lên: 06/10/2014, 15:33

... Comprehension, by definition, is the process of relating new or incoming information to information already stored in memory Readers make connections between the new information on the printed page ... and students to have a deep understanding about the definition of reading comprehension Reading comprehension can be understood as the ability to obtain the information as required in the reading ... in skimming, readers try to get the general or main information of the text but in scanning, the readers would like to obtain specific information In scanning technique, readers are looking to...

Ngày tải lên: 02/03/2015, 14:22

... questionnaires and the interview questions on teachers’ perceptions of ESP course in IOTC No.1 were administered to provide data for the findings of the study In the initial section, the findings ... done to help students with listening D7 More efforts should be done to help students with speaking D8 More efforts should be done to help students with reading D9 More efforts should be done to ... E7 to E12 present the frequencies of the activities used in both listening and speaking These include listening to teacher instructions in English (36.4%), listening to teacher inquiries in English...

Ngày tải lên: 19/03/2015, 10:25

... is to establish a confidence with their students in terms of building cohesion among the students and in establishing strong teacher-student relationships Students think that having a relationship ... learners In most situations, speaking involves more than talk, that means most speaking tasks are interactive Students lack the ability to communicate in the language, so they not have confidence to ... Questionnaires - Reasons of choosing questionnaires One of the most common methods of data collection in second language research is to use questionnaires of various kinds The popularity of questionnaires...

Ngày tải lên: 19/03/2015, 10:27

... Understanding the conditions that help one learn and arranging for the presence of those conditions Monitoring Self - monitoring Checking one's comprehension during listening or reading checking the ... making meaningful personal associations with the new information Transfer Using previous linguistic knowledge or prior skills to assist Inferencing comprehension or production Using available information ... training delivery mechanisms + Define how the training content will be created + Define how the training will be monitored + Define how the training will be assessed + Define the schedule training...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2015, 08:53

... introductory paragraphs and students are supposed to write one topic in a week The contents of six topics were based on the topics the students learn in class This study is to give students one ... engaging students in the feedback process, meaningful interaction increases interaction with peers and interaction with the content of the discussion postings which subsequently promotes students' ... paragraph in writing term II In writing term III, students continue to learn how to write paragraphs such as cause and effect, comparison and contrast, definition, process, and classification Students...

Ngày tải lên: 30/11/2015, 09:14

... of this study is to investigate students perceptions of benefits of using portfolios as a means of evaluating their learning process in a translation course and find out the students difficulties ... to improve students self-learning portfolio 32 III.2 Major Findings 33 III.3 Recommendations 34 v PART THREE CONCLUSION CONCLUSION 37 Summary of Findings ... evaluation 15 I.3.5 Benefits of using portfolios 17 I.4 Evaluating translation 19 I.4.1 Definition of translation 19 I.4.2 Approach to evaluate translation ...

Ngày tải lên: 30/11/2015, 09:14