... "one ofthe most characteristic features of communicative language teaching is that it pays systematic attention to functional as well as structural aspects of language, combining these into a more ... state that, "the Communicative Approach in language teaching starts from a theory of language as communication" (p 159) Communicative Language Teaching thus encourages learners to communicate ... messages are understood, accuracy may be achieved later Richards and Rodgers also illustrate that "the emphasis in Communicative Language Teaching on the processes of communication, rather than mastery...
... findings asthe factors of formal pronunciation training and the quality ofthe teaching, if not taken into account, could affect any research results He stated that there was ‘no firm basis for asserting ... attainment of accurate pronunciation in a second language is a matter substantially beyond the control of educators’ They qualified their findings by stating that variables of formal training and ... sounds of their native language Each language has its own categories of sounds Teachers need to check that their learners are hearing sounds according tothe appropriate categories and help them to...
... understood asa set of principles about the goals of language teaching, how learners learn a language, the kinds of classroom activities that best facilitate learning, and the roles of teachers and learners ... questions Ask the learners to read the passage in silence and find the answers Ask learners to read again aloud and ask for the answer Explain difficulties they still have Do silent reading again because ... seems to be that they not have a suitable strategy to learn to speak However, it is amazing that the better thestudents are at speaking, the more actively they take part in speaking class Of the...
... their students It is good for studentsto get used toas many types of activities aspossible Finally, I regard to materials, one ofthe most important learning and teaching tools As far asthe materials ... general Second, it is an interpretation, in the sense that it is our version of what the speaker meant, as far as we are able to assess that meaning The two authors use the term “mental model” to ... something that happens because of what a speaker says: the listener has a crucial part to play in the process, by activate and try to understand what the speaker means” Consequently, teachers should...
... dominated The teachers lack attractive and appropriate activities to motivate studentsto express themselves It leads tothe fact that thestudents not get proper chances to communicate in the class ... Findings and Recommendations, summaries the data analysis and discusses the factors that make thestudents reluctant to speak in the class and suggests some recommendations for motivating the 1st year- students ... class The above data shows that speaking is a difficult task for the 1st year- students So the teachers should find effective ways to motivate all studentsto participate in speaking 3.1.3 Students ...
... wellknown linguists, the author has an idea that many ofthe approaches to grammar teaching, currently popular or has been waned, all have the advantages and availability and suitability to be utilized ... different teaching situations That is why in this small research, the researcher tries to make a suggestion of an integrated approach toteaching grammar tostudentsat Hanetco Learning attitudes has ... research questions were proposed: (1) What are the reasons for a change in approach to grammar teachingtostudentsat Hanetco? (2) What are students expectations towards grammar teaching and...
... is the reason of lacking vocabulary ofthe first- yearstudentsat Faculty of English, H.O.U Thus, to develop thereading skills, the first- yearstudents have to change their reading habits as ... questionnaire and class observation, the writter of this paper has found the average age of starting to learn English and the attitude toward reading skills ofthestudents asked In addition, the real problems ... but reading is the main wayto take advantage of it Another benefit ofreading is that reading develops the imagination TV and computer games have their place, but they are more like amusement Amusement...
... the first- yearstudentsat National Economics University (NEU) 2.1 Theteaching and learning materials The official teaching and learning materials for the majority ofthe first- year non-major students ... This idea is strongly supported by Jan Gaston as he assumes that To really absorb and 'feel' the language, one needs to understand native speakers and as much as possible, enter into the culture.”(Tracy ... 2 situation In teaching practice, those curriculums have not paid serious attention to cultural teachingas well as developing additional teaching and learning materials that take into account...
... and it was done in the classrooms at HPCC 2.4.4 Data analysis The data gathered through the survey questionnaire were coded for statistical analysis to investigate students awareness of vocabulary ... learner to facilitate the obtaining, storage, retrieval and use of information, that is, what learner to learn and to regulate their learning.” According to O‟Malley and Charmot (1990:1), learning ... questions The research questions that the present study seeks to answer are: What is thestudents awareness ofthe importance of vocabulary learning? What vocabulary learning strategies thefirst year...
... task – based language teaching Aims ofthe study The research is conducted to: • examine the impact of task-based language teaching and learning on readingcomprehensionofthe first- yearstudents ... the attention is on meaning rather than on grammatical forms 2.2 Types of tasks There are many ways by which tasks are categorized Nunan (1989) classifies tasks into real world tasks and pedagogic ... the statement True/False/No information, etc.) Data analysis procedure After the data have been gathered, they will be coded for the sake of analysis The quantitative data which are then analyzed...
... work are dealt with asthe ways of organizing the class The advantages of this kind of work are available, especially reducing tension in class, creating a pleasant atmosphere and building up students ... again can hardly be regarded asa reasonable excuse asat this time, various types of supplementary materials for teaching English skills is so available that a complaint may be referred toas ... 7: What teachers to motivate studentsto speak in English class The table shows that asking better studentsto speak first is the dominant way with the number of teachers Theway that ranks second...
... there are 10 classes ofthe first- yearstudentsatthe Department of Finance and Accounting, and each class has approximately 25 studentsThe sample size was 100 first- yearstudents chosen randomly ... Participants The target population ofthe study consists ofthe first- yearstudents and the teachers being in charge ofteaching English tothe first- yearstudentsat PDU 2.1.1 StudentsAs for the students, ... with their teacher and classmates about the tasks, students vocabulary could be consolidated and improved because they had to retrieve the words they had already learnt to talk and also ask for...
... that utilizes both quantitative and qualitative approaches The quantitative analysis is employed through the process of data collected from written questionnaires and the qualitative approach ... limited tothe area of learning vocabulary in the current learning materials for thefirstyearstudentsat THCCA This minor thesis deals with the common problems which students have met, and basing ... most of them There may be problems in their ways of learning vocabulary and problems in teaching it All ofthe above reasons have inspired the author to carry out a research on “Problems faced...
... impact of task-based language teaching and learning on readingcomprehensionofthe first- yearstudentsat Vietnam Maritime University • suggest effective ways to design different tasks based on the ... by recalling a brief account ofreading comprehension, task-based language learning and teaching such asthe task definitions, task types, task-based framework and pointing out the key issues ... fundamental work has yet to be approached, and one in which a great many teachers would claim to be almost wholly ignorant” and secondary teachers “who have generally had no training at all related to...
... textbook “American Headway 1” in terms of their methodology and practically Specially, it seeks to examine the communicative nature ofthe textbook and the ease of their use That is, to seeks to answer ... further research 42 REFERENCES Ali Jahangard (2007), Evaluation of EFL Materials Taught at Iranian Public High Schools, Asian EFL Journal Allwright, R (1982), What we want teaching materials ... questionnaire to both students and teachers is to get more information to support the study Scope ofthe study The author ofthe study is always aware that a great number of criteria should be taken...
... trường cao đẳng dạy nghề theo học trường đại học.” b- Mỹ muốn thay ông Arafat The US wanted to replace Yasser Arafat > wrongly- translated The US wants Yasser Arafat to be replaced Final translation ... text (a translation) which is idiomatic; that is one translation which has the same meaning asthe source language but is expressed in the natural form ofthe target language The meaning, not the ... data and analysis The chapter begins with the presentation of data collection methodology ofthe study, and then the collected data are analyzed to find out problematic area and suggestion to...