Beyond Parroting: Using English Fun Dubbing to Improve English Oral Performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-218
Author(s):  
Huiqi Wu ◽  
Jane M. Ekstam
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Educational Software ◽  
Oral Performance ◽  
Web Based ◽  
English Classes ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Students Attitudes

Abstract The present paper is a response to the current problematic situation of oral English teaching at the tertiary level in China and the increasing popularity of web-based mobile oral English learning in oral English classes. Our paper focuses on the use of mobile-phone-based educational software known as “English Fun Dubbing” (EFD) and its advantages in terms of teaching and learning phonetics and oral English in the college classroom. The starting point was a needs analysis which revealed the lack of practice regarding English speaking. In this study, an action research method was adopted, involving 40 second-year students, who employed “classroom teaching + English Fun Dubbing” model as the intervention. Extensive examples from this model were used to build up a picture of the blended learning processes at work. Several imitation tasks, a conversational activity and a speech-delivering task were designed and implemented. Direct observation and the results of the questionnaire survey provided the evidence of the improvement in the students’ oral performance. It is our aim to develop the present project to incorporate oral proficiency. The main results of this action research were reflected in the adjustments in the pedagogical treatment, the changes in the role of the teacher and the student, and the shifts in the students’ attitudes towards their learning process.

scholarly journals IMPROVING ENGLISH SPEAKING ABILITY THROUGH HYPNOCATIVE SPEECH METHOD

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 177
Author(s):  
Ninin Herlina
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Action Observation ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Planning Action

The objective of this research is to identify the improvement of students� English speaking ability through hypnocative speech. The research was conducted at Mantika Language Center. This action research was carried out in two cycles in which each cycle consists of four phases of planning, action, observation, and reflection. Here, the researcher guided the instructor as students� collaborators in implementing hypnocative speech method to improve students� English speaking ability. The data collection techniques used were observation, questionnaire, test, teacher's diary, observer�s daily journal, interviews, and audiotape recordings. The data consist of collected accent, grammar, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. The data have been collected through a critical comparative analysis technique by combining and simultaneously comparing the result of the first cycle until the last cycle. As result, it was found that implementing hypnocative speech in the teaching and learning process can improve students�attitudes and the outcome of their speaking ability. Here, the students can communicate fluently, do not feel afraid, and have more courage to speak the language communicatively, harmoniously, and correctly. Precisely, the implementation of hypnocative speech method can increase students� speaking ability, at least 30.31.Keywords: action research; speaking ability; hypnocative speech.

scholarly journals IMPROVING STUDENTS’ INTEREST BY USING PICTURE MEDIA AT TK NUR ASSALAM

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Nada Anis Ristyani ◽  
Nurhayati Nurhayati Nurhayati
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Classroom Action Research

The purpose of this study is to improve students' interest in English vocabulary through picture media in TK Nur Assalam. This research is a Classroom Action Research (CAR). The participants of this research were 6 students. The results obtained from efforts to the improving students interest in English vocabulary using the picture media involving active learners in the learning process. The role of picture media in learning activities is very important for children, especially in the next education level. Teaching and learning activities in early childhood will quickly develop if parents and teachers intensive to develop it. There are several attempts to create a sense of pleasure in early childhood by using picture media in the learning process. From the result of research indicate that when pre-action take result (15%). In cycle I, it increased to (55%) sufficient criteria. In cycle II, it increased again to (85%) good criteria. So, the increase that occurred from the pre-action to the cycle I that is (40%). The increase from cycle I to cycle II that is (30%). And increase from pre-action to cycle II that is (70%). From the research results obtained, then to the improving students interest in English vocabulary can be improved by using picture media in the learning process.Keywords : Students’ Interest, Vocabulary and Picture Media

scholarly journals The Significance of the Reflective Practitioner in Blended Learning

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 18-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksej Heinze ◽  
Chris Procter
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Student Focus ◽  
Student Cohorts ◽  
Action Research Cycles

This paper examines the introduction of blended learning on a part-time higher education programme for mature students. The interpretive work draws on four action research cycles conducted over two years with two student cohorts. Discussion is based on observations, staff and student focus groups and interviews examining the students’ expectations and experiences. The initial focus of the action research was on the introduction of technology into the teaching and learning experience. However, the advantage of an interpretive approach is allowing the findings to determine the course of the research. During the first action research cycles, the focus of the research changed from the use of technology in blended learning to the role of the practitioners involved. The authors advocate the key role of reflective practitioners in facilitating blended learning and suggest that action research is a useful framework.

Getting to the root: young writers' sensitivity to the role of root morphemes in the spelling of inflected and derived words

2006 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 401-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. HÉLÈNE DEACON ◽  
PETER BRYANT
Keyword(s):  
Old English ◽  
Spelling Development ◽  
English Orthography ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
And Control

The English orthography is morphophonemic: spellings encode both morphemes and phonemes. Questions of the starting point and extent of young children's understanding of the link between morphemes and spelling are important for theories of spelling development. We conducted two experiments to address these issues. In Experiment 1, 65 six- to eight-year-old English-speaking children spelled just the first sections of inflected, derived and control words. Their spelling of these first segments was better in inflected and derived words than in control words. The findings were replicated in Experiment 2 with 78 six- to eight-year-old children spelling a greater number of items. These two studies converge on the conclusion that, in specific testing situations, six- to eight-year-old children appreciate the role of root morphemes in the spelling of both inflected and derived words. These results are discussed in relation to current models of spelling development.

scholarly journals Techniques for Improving Speaking Fluency of Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 113-120
Author(s):  
Sangita Sapkota
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Speaking Proficiency ◽  
English Speaking

This paper presents an action plan and its implementation for enhancing speaking fluency of the EFL learners of lower secondary level. It is based on an action research, which presents my students’ poor speaking fluency, my interventions and implementations. Similarly, it presents different techniques for developing English speaking proficiency, and their implication, effectiveness and ineffectiveness of them as well. It further shows the role of different techniques to help students for developing English speaking proficiency.Journal of NELTA, Vol. 21, No. 1-2, 2016, Page:113-120

scholarly journals Participatory Action Research in University Chemistry Teacher Training

2018 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Yannik Tolsdorf ◽  
Silvija Markic
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Chemistry Education ◽  
Chemistry Teacher ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
The University ◽  
Advanced Model

The Participatory Action Research (PAR) model developed by Eilks and Ralle is very well known in science education. Over the years, many teaching and learning materials have been developed and implemented in German secondary schools using this method. The success of the model encouraged us to adapt it to the university level in order to develop university chemistry education courses. However, to do this, we encountered and conquered some challenges. The present paper is based on an advanced model of Participatory Action Research for developing university chemistry teacher training. For an advanced model, the focus is strongly on the extended development team, which contains people who were not part of the original team. The role of the students also changes. The ideas we used to further develop the model and implement it in practice will be described and discussed below.

scholarly journals OPTIMIZATION OF COACHING TO IMPROVE TEACHER DISCIPLINE IN TEACHING AT SMP NEGERI 2 KUBU BABUSSALAM ROKAN HILIR REGENCY

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Baharuddin Baharuddin
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Initial Data ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teacher Performance ◽  
Role Of Teachers ◽  
Implementation Of Coaching

This study aims to improve teacher discipline in teaching by optimizing the guidance of teachers at SMP Negeri 2 Babussalam. This research is a school action research (PTS) which aims to increase the role of teachers in the teaching and learning process. The subjects in this study consisted of 26 teachers of SMP Negeri 2 Kubu Babussalam. The results showed that the action of optimizing the guidance of teachers can improve discipline and teacher performance in teaching, it can be seen from the percentage of teacher discipline after reflection is obtained by 83%, an increase compared to the initial data of only 58%, the increase in teacher activity can also be seen from the observation analysis Teacher activities obtained by a percentage of 85%, there was an increase compared to the initial data of only 65%, because it can be concluded that the implementation of coaching can improve teacher discipline in teaching at SMP Negeri 2 Kubu Babussalam Rokan Hilir. 

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