scholarly journals IMPROVING STUDENTS’ LANGUAGE SKILLS IN BUSINESS ENGLISH COURSE: EXPERIMENTAL STUDY

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (18) ◽  
pp. 46-56
Author(s):  
Zuzana Hrdličková
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Business Communication ◽  
Alternative Form ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Business English ◽  
Traditional Course ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Experimental Group

It is evident from the PISA 2018 results that a trend in mean performance in reading has been declining in the Slovak Republic. The KEGA Project “Idioms in Business Communication”, run at the Department of English Language, aims at improving reading literacy, widening formal and informal vocabulary and facilitating business communication. Both traditional and modern styles of language teaching are used. The control group of students does a traditional course and the experimental group of students enrols in a “Business Communication” e-course on LMS Moodle platform, as well. With the use of the Internet and supporting materials, this group is involved in various activities. The paper compares the study results of 144 first-year and 97 second-year students of the University of Economics in Bratislava achieved in departmental standardised business English tests after completing three courses in business English for advanced students. The method of Hypothesis Testing (t-Test) assesses the significance of the difference between the levels of knowledge of both groups. The research findings prove that the experimental group of students achieved better results in final evaluation than the control group of students. The results also confirm that an alternative form of business English teaching was effective.

scholarly journals Developing the imagination skills among students with learning disabilities in English language

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Mohamad Ahmad Saleem Khasawneh
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Study Groups ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Active Learning Method ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Experimental Group

This study explored the effect of active learning on developing imagination skills among students with learning disabilities in English language in Irbid city, Jordan. The study used the experimental approach and was applied to a sample of 60 female and male students, who were chosen purposefully. The sample was divided into two groups, an experimental, which was taught using the active learning method, and a control group, which was taught according to the traditional method. The results revealed the existence of significant differences between the performance of the experimental group and the control group on the post-imagination test in favor of the experimental group. The findings also showed statistically significant differences between the scores of the two study groups on the post-imagination test due to the gender variable, and the difference was in favor of males. In light of the findings of the study, the researcher recommended preparing training programs on active learning and preparing a guide for teachers, which can be used to teach and learn reading, writing, and imagination skills in the basic stage.

scholarly journals Efektivitas Terapi Membaca Al-Fatihah Reflektif-Intuitif dalam Menurunkan Depresi Penyintas Autoimun

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-214
Author(s):  
Infanti Wisnu Wardani ◽  
Fuad Nashori
Keyword(s):  
Control Group ◽  
Depression Anxiety Stress Scale ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Group Design ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Depression Level ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Experimental Group

This study aims to observe the effectiveness of therapy of reflective-intuitive reading of Al-Fatihah in reducing the depression of autoimmune survivors. It used the quasi-experiment with the pre-test-posttest control group design – not non-randomized pretest-posttest control group design. The subjects involved in this study were the female Moslems becoming the survivors of one of the autoimmune diseases. Here, the level of depression of the subject was measured using the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS) sub-test of depression developed by Lovibond and Lovibond, adapted into the Indonesian language. The implementation of the therapy refers to the module of reflective-intuitive reading of Al-Fatihah developed by the researcher and team by referring to the module owned by Maulana, Subandi and Astuti. Data analysis used the Mann Whitney U-Test to determine the difference in the depression level in the experimental group before and after the intervention compared to the control group. The study results showed that therapy of reflective-intuitive reading of Al-Fatihah effectively reduced the level of depression of autoimmune survivors after passing the changing process taking a particular time.

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF DIALOGUE IN THE PROCESS OF LEARNING BUSINESS ENGLISH

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 590-594
Author(s):  
Aygul Z. Ibatova ◽  
Elena V. Smirnova
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
Test Group ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Language Test ◽  
Business English ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
The Difference ◽  
And Control

Purpose of Study: The main purpose of this research was to describe the effect of dialogue in the process of learning Business English. This was experimental research. two experimental and control groups were identified and a pre-test was conducted on their level of proficiency in English. Then, for the control group, English was taught in a normal way and presented for the English language test group using a dialogue. After the end of the course, their English proficiency was examined. The results showed that English language proficiency in teaching through dialogue has been much greater than normal and the difference between the two methods was significant and the English language method was more effective than the dialectic method. Methodology: This was experimental research. At first, two experimental and control groups were identified and a pre-test was conducted on their level of proficiency in English. Then, for the control group, English was taught in a normal way and presented for the English language test group using a dialogue. After the end of the course, their English proficiency was examined to determine if English language education would affect English language learning through dialogue. To investigate these results, covariance analysis method was used. Results: Results showed that English language proficiency in teaching through dialogue has been much greater than normal. To determine if this difference was statistically significant, the covariance analysis test was performed and the results showed that the difference between the two methods was significant and the English language method was more effective than the dialectic method. Implications/Applications: The results of this study can help to teach English both in private institutions and in schools but in order for the teacher to build on the English language learning process based on the dialogue, the teacher should create an environment in which all students can be expressed, and no student is ashamed of the level of ability and fluency in English.

scholarly journals The Application of the Simulation Method in the in Foreign Language Teaching in Higher Education Institutions, the Cognitive Linguistic Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Anastasiia Oleksandrivna Devos ◽  
Iryna Oleksiivna Torbenko ◽  
Tetiana Volodymyrivna Doroshenko ◽  
Viktoriia Volodymyrivna Revenko ◽  
Andrii Volodymyrovych Shuhaiev
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Language ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Simulation Method ◽  
Control Group ◽  
English Grammar ◽  
Cognitive Linguistic ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Linguistic Approach ◽  
Experimental Group

This article presents the results of the research aimed at proving the efficiency of using the simulation method in combination with the cognitive linguistic approach in teaching students a foreign language. The experimental group students studied the foreign (English) language course during the semester of the 2019-2020 academic year using simulations. The methodology consisted of the performance of roles by the students who actively interacted for the implementation of assigned tasks. Kravchenko's cognitive linguistic algorithm was used to develop the skills of English grammar. This allowed us to establish the similarities between the temporal forms of English and Ukrainian words in discourse. The efficiency was evaluated through the test, developed by the author based on the exercises from the book by Holitsynskyi. Diagnostics of the students' level of motivation to learn a foreign language using simulations and cognitive linguistic approach was performed with the help of the Self-Assessment Form Student test, described in the EU manual. The statistical significance of the study results was established using Pearson's χ2 test. The correlation between the factor and resultant characteristics was established using Tschuprow's contingency coefficient. This was revealed through the methodology of applying the cognitive linguistic approach regarding the training of the skills in choosing the tense forms of a verb in English and the method of simulations in the development of language competencies of the business foreign language. It was found that the proportion of experimental group students with a high and sufficient level of success in learning a foreign language doubled, exceeding the same indicator in the control group. The total number of students with very high, high and average levels of development of skills in choosing the tense forms of the verb in English increased by 36%.  The influence of the skills of choosing the tense forms of the verb on the development of the skills of using grammatical structures found in the process of the simulation was recorded. The results of the study can be applied in teaching students a foreign language in the institutions of higher and secondary education, as well as in the system of post-graduate education. The problems of individual students' passivity regarding their participation in simulations, failure to use a foreign language in group work require further research.   Received: 19 March 2021 / Accepted: 20 May 2021 / Published: 8 July 2021

The Impact of KWL Strategy in Developing Palestinian Eleventh Graders’ Reading Comprehension and their Attitudes Towards Learning English Language

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 651-680
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
English Language ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Eleventh Graders ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Learning English

Abstract This study aimed at investigating the impact of KWL strategy (Know – Want to Know-Learned)in developing Palestinian eleventh graders’ reading comprehension and their attitudes towards learning English language. The researchers adopted the experimental approach on a sample of (64) male students from the scientific stream at Al Manfalouti Secondary School for Boys, who were randomly selected from the population of (968) students enrolled in the scientific stream in the Middle-Area Directorate of Gaza, for the school year 2013-2014. The participants were divided into two equivalent groups: one as a control group which consists of (32) students and the other as an experimental one which consists of (32) students. The researchers used the KWL strategy in teaching the experimental group, while the traditional method was used in teaching the control one. The researchers used three instruments to achieve the study aims: 1) a checklist for teachers to determine the five most important reading comprehension skills, 2) a pre and post reading comprehension test, and 3) a pre and post attitude scale towards English language. The experiment lasted for six weeks (2 lessons per week) in which the researchers implemented the study tools on both the control and experimental groups to investigate the effect of KWL strategy. The study results indicated that there were significant differences in the mean scores of the experimental group and that of the control group in the post reading comprehension achievement test in favor of the experimental group attributed to the effectiveness of KWL strategy. Additionally, the study results revealed that there were statistically significant differences in the mean scores of the experimental group and that of the control group in the post application of the attitude scale towards learning English in favor of the experimental group attributed to the effectiveness of KWL strategy. In the light of those findings, the study recommended that curriculum designers and decision makers should consider strategies such as KWL strategy to activate students’ prior knowledge while building the curriculum activities. The study also recommended that Palestinian English language supervisors should hold training courses to motivate the use of innovative strategies like KWL strategy to develop teacher’s abilities in teaching English. Keywords: KWL strategy, Reading Comprehension, Attitudes ملخص: هدفت هذه الدراسة إلى التعرف على أثر استراتيجية KWL (ماذا أعرف؟ – ماذا أريد أن أعرف؟ – ماذا تعلمت؟) في تطوير الفهم القرائي لدى طلبة الحادي عشر في فلسطين، واتجاهاتهم نحو تعلم اللغة الانجليزية. استخدم الباحث المنهج التجريبي على عينة مكونة من (64) طالباً من طلاب الفرع العلمي بمدرسة المنفلوطي الثانوية “أ” للبنين، والتي تم اختيارها عشوائياً من مجتمع يبلغ حوالي (968) طالباً مسجلاً في الفرع العلمي بمديرية التربية والتعليم بالمحافظة الوسطى للعام الدراسي 2013-2014. وزعت العينة إلى مجموعتين متكافئتين: إحداهما ضابطة تتكون من (32) طالباً والأخرى تجريبية تتكون من (32) طالباً.استخدم الباحثون استراتيجية KWL في تدريس المجموعة التجريبية بينما تعلمت المجموعة الضابطة بالطريقة التقليدية.استخدم الباحثون ثلاث أدوات لتحقيق أهداف الدراسة: 1) استبيان للمعلمين لتحديد أهم خمس مهارات للفهم القرائي, 2) اختبار فهم قرائي قبلي وبعدي, بالإضافة إلى3) مقياس اتجاه نحو اللغة الانجليزية قبل وبعد التجربة. استمرت الدراسة ستة أسابيع بمعدل درسين في الأسبوع حيث قام الباحثون خلال هذه الفترة بتطبيق أدوات الدراسة على المجموعتين الضابطة والتجريبية وذلك لقياس أثر الاستراتيجية. أشارت نتائج الدراسة عن وجود فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية في متوسط درجات طلاب المجموعتين الضابطة والتجريبية على القياس البعدي لاختبار الفهم القرائي لصالح المجموعة التجريبية يعزى لفاعلية استراتيجية KWL. إضافة إلى ذلك, أظهرت نتائج الدراسة وجود فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية في متوسط درجات طلاب المجموعتين الضابطة والتجريبية في التطبيق البعدي لمقياس الاتجاه نحو تعلم اللغة الانجليزية لصالح المجموعة التجريبيةيعزى لفاعلية استراتيجية KWL.في ضوء هذه النتائج, توصيالدراسة مصممي المناهج وصناع القرار بضرورة تبني استراتيجيات كاستراتيجية KWL حال بناء الأنشطة المنهجية لتفعيل الخبرات السابقة لدى الطلبة، كما توصيالدراسة مشرفي اللغة الانجليزية بضرورة عقد دورات تدريبية لإثارة دافعية المعلمين على استخدام استراتيجيات مبتكرة مثل استراتيجيةKWL لتطوير قدراتهم في تدريس اللغة الإنجليزية.

Brief psycho-education for caregivers of persons with first episode psychosis

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Praful Prabhuappa Kapse ◽  
Manisha Kiran
Keyword(s):  
First Episode Psychosis ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Episode Psychosis ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Expressed Emotions ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Group Family

Caring for the persons with first episode psychosis is challenging and demanding. It may lead to the increased burden, expressed emotions among the caregivers. The numerous studies have shown that high burden and negative expressed emotions among caregivers can lead to early relapse in the patients with first episode psychosis. To evaluate the effects of the brief psychoeducation on the caregivers burden and expressed emotions. A quasi experimental - before and after with control group research design was adopted for the study. A total of 60 caregivers have participated in the study, of which 30 caregivers in experimental group and 30 caregivers in the control group. Family Burden Interview Schedule (Pai and Kapoor, 1981) and Attitude Questionnaire (Sethi et al., 1981) was used to assess caregiver's burden and expressed emotions. At end of the psychoeducation intervention, burden among caregivers and negative expressed emotions of the caregivers have significantly reduced. The positive expressed emotions have been increased. Study results demonstrates the importance of psychoeducation intervention in reducing the burden and negative expressed emotions.

scholarly journals QOLP-17. GROUP MEDICAL PLAY EFFECTIVELY IMPROVES HOSPITALIZATIONADAPTABILITY OF PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH NEUROTUMOR

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. ii178-ii178
Author(s):  
Xing Zhang ◽  
Fuqiang Zhang ◽  
Mingyao Lai ◽  
Juan Li ◽  
Yangqiong Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Pediatric Patients ◽  
Picture Book ◽  
Family Satisfaction ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Play Intervention ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Therapeutic Play ◽  
Experimental Group

Abstract OBJECTIVE To explore the effect of group medical games on the hospitalization adaptability of pediatric patients with neuro tumor. METHODS pediatric patients with neuro tumor (age:6 to 13 years) who were treated in hospital from June to December 2019 and were hospitalized for 1 month to 2 months. 29 pediatric patients(mean age:9y) were selected as the control group and treated as usual; 26 pediatric patients(meanage:8y) were selected as the experimental group for group therapeutic play intervention. Interventions last Monday, Wednesday and Friday of each week, with an average duration of one hour. Group medical play include: medical picture book education, medical preview game, emotional games, social table games. Two groups completed self-made questionnaires at the time of admission and two weeks after admission, including: diet, sleep, compliance, and social status, hospital adaptation and other related issues, two groups completed a satisfaction questionnaire after two weeks of admission, recorded analysis and compared the difference of questionnaire data and satisfaction of the two groups of pediatric patients. RESULTS There was no statistical difference in age and sex between the two groups, and there was no significant difference in baseline RESULTS: The re-test results showed that the experimental group was significantly better than the control group in terms of social status, hospital adaptation, compliance and family satisfaction(p＜0.05). CONCLUSION Group medical games can effectively improve the adaptability, compliance and family satisfaction of pediatric with neuro tumor.

Influence of Tobacco on Physical Fitness Recovery of College Students After Sports

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 3445-3451
Author(s):  
Chen Yake
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Aerobic Exercise ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Exercise Time ◽  
Activity Intensity ◽  
Group I ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Experimental Group

Objectives: In this paper, the effects of tobacco on aerobic exercise ability and physical fitness recovery of college students were studied. Methods: University group sports intervention form: traditional characteristic project (basketball) + Taiji soft ball (R&D intervention project). Exercise time: 3 times/week; Activity duration: 30min; Activity intensity: the heart rate is controlled at 120-140 beats/min. All the college students in the experimental group are students who have never smoked, and the college students in the control group are students who have smoked for more than two years. The other conditions are the same. Results: The exercise time and endurance of experimental groups I and II were significantly lower than those of the control group, and the cardiopulmonary function was significantly lower than that of the control group. The indexes of experimental group II changed significantly compared with experimental group I, and the difference was statistically significant. Conclusion: Cigarette smoke can significantly reduce the aerobic exercise ability and anti fatigue ability. The longer the smoking time, the more serious the adverse effects. Therefore, tobacco smoke and nicotine will damage college students’ aerobic exercise ability and have a negative impact on the recovery of physical fitness after exercise.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of the Use of Animation in Arabic Language Learning

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norhayati Che Hat ◽  
Mohd Fauzi Abdul Hamid ◽  
Shaferul Hafes Sha'ari ◽  
Safawati Basirah Zaid
Keyword(s):  
Student Achievement ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Aid ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Experimental Group

Implementation of animation as an Arabic language teaching aid is an innovation in creating an atmosphere that can influence student achievement. This study aimed to identify the effectiveness of the use of animation in Arabic language teaching and learning among diploma students at Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Terengganu, Malaysia. A total of 66 diploma students were randomly selected and divided into experimental group (n = 33) and control group (n = 33). The results obtained from the data collected from pre-and post-test for each group were analyzed using t-test in SPSS version 17.0. The results showed a significant difference of (t = 8789, df = 64, p <0.05) between the achievement of the experimental group and the control group in the post test. The difference in mean score of the experimental group and the control group was 33.03. This shows that there is significant improvement in Arabic language according to the groups. The difference prove that the use of animation in learning sessions contribute to the achievement of students in the Arabic language. This study advocate the idea that animation applications can be integrated as part of language teaching aid to positively improve student achievement, classroom learning environment and student motivation. 

scholarly journals PENGARUH MODEL COOPERATIVE LEARNING TIPE STUDENT TEAMS ACHIEVEMENT DIVISION TERHADAP KETERAMPILAN LAY-UP SHOOT BOLA BASKET

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Davi Sofyan
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Student Teams ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Cluster Random Sampling

The purpose of this study was to determine how much influence the cooperative learning model type student team's achievement division has on basketball shoot lay-up skills. The research method used in this research is a quasi-experimental method. The type of research design used was the non-equivalent group design. The population in this study were students of class XI SMA Negeri 1 Majalengka in 2019 totaling 424 students. The sampling technique used in this study was cluster random sampling technique. The sample in this study amounted to 214 students consisting of class XI IPS 1-4 and XI MIPA 7-8. The experimental group class XI IPS 1-2 and XI MIPA, control group class XI IPS 3-4 and XI MIPA 8. The results showed that the mean pre-test lay-up shoot of the experimental group was 4.09 while the control group was 3.92. The mean post-test shoot lay-up of the experimental group was 6.76 while the control group was 4.72. Furthermore, by looking at 95% confidence interval of the difference, there is a difference between the shoot lay-up results of the experimental group and the control group, which is -0.190 to 2.412. Thus, it can be concluded that STAD is effective in improving basketball shoot lay-up skills.

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