scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF CRITICAL THINKING ON LEARNERS� EFL VOCABULARY RETENTION: THE ARAB CONTEXT

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Tariq Elyas ◽  
Budor S. Al-Zahrani
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Pedagogical Approach ◽  
Vocabulary Retention ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Spss Software ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Experimental Group

This experimental study aimed to investigate the impact of a critical thinking based pedagogical approach on learners� retention ability of EFL vocabulary.� There were two groups in the study: an experimental and a control group. The experimental group received vocabulary instruction with a critical thinking-based approach whereas the control group was taught in the conventional methods of vocabulary teaching. The treatment consisted of seven lessons delivered over 12 weeks. At the end of the treatment, the immediate posttest was administered and two weeks after the immediate posttest, the delayed posttest was administered. The resulting data were subjected to descriptive and inferential statistical analysis using SPSS software. The results showed that the experimental group outperformed the control group. Based on these results, the researchers concluded that the adopted critical thinking-oriented language instruction to EFL vocabulary has a positive effect on vocabulary retention, with implications for policy-makers, teacher trainers and teachers.

scholarly journals The Impact of Using the First and Third Parts of the Cort Program on the Development of Critical Thinking for Talented Students in Tafila Governorate

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 72
Author(s):  
Dr. Jehad .Abed Rabbo
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teacher Competencies ◽  
Talented Students ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group

This study aims to examine the impact of using some of the skills of the (CoRT) program on the development of critical thinking skills among a sample of talented students in King Abdullah II School of Excellence in Tafila Governorate. The sample consisted of 60 male and female students randomly selected. They were divided into two groups: an experimental group that consisted of 30 students exposed to the acquisition of the skills of the CoRT program and the control group that consisted of 30 students who did not study the program. The Watson Glaser critical thinking test was also applied. The results shows a statistically significant effect, at (α≤ 0.05), in improving the critical thinking skills of the students of the experimental group and shows a statistically significant effect on the test of critical thinking skills due to the variable of educational level and for the favor of the ninth grade. The study also reveals that there were no statistically significant differences in the test of critical thinking skills in relation to the the gender variable. The researcher recommends developing the teacher competencies to teach the skills of thinking in general and critical thinking skills, in particular, through the conducting of courses, seminars, and workshops in the CoRT program.

scholarly journals The Impact of Green Credit Guidelines on the Technological Innovation of Heavily Polluting Enterprises: A Quasi-Natural Experiment from China

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Fangjing Hao ◽  
Yuantao Xie ◽  
Xiaojiao Liu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Natural Experiment ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Porter Hypothesis ◽  
Primary Finding ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Experimental Group

This study investigates the impact of China’s Green Credit Guidelines on the technological innovations of heavily polluting enterprises. This study uses data obtained from the CSMAR database (2007–2018) and China Marketization Index Report by Province 2018 and uses the Green Credit Guidelines as a quasi-natural experiment. The sample was divided into an experimental group and a control group; the experimental group disclosed environmental and sustainable development information, while the control group did not. This study’s primary finding is that the Green Credit Guidelines can improve the level of technological innovation of heavily polluting enterprises and have a greater impact in areas with high levels of marketization, indicating that the Green Credit Guidelines have a positive effect on the technological innovation of heavily polluting enterprises. This provides China with an experience constructing relevant policies and regulations and provides empirical evidence regarding the technological innovations of heavily polluting enterprises from the perspective of factor market distortions and the Porter hypothesis.

scholarly journals The effect of communication training on mother-child communication applied by "from child to mother approach" in mobile kindergarten

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-60
Author(s):  
Osman Basit ◽  
Esra Ömeroğlu
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
General Information ◽  
Communication Training ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Evaluation Tool ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Experimental Group

This research was carried out with the aim of examining the impact of communication training based on ‘from the child to mother approach’ on the communication of the mothers with their children attending mobile preschools. The sample comprised 80 children attending mobile preschool and mothers of those children. Two of the five neighborhoods served by the mobile preschool were designated randomly as experiment groups and the remaining as control groups. There were 33 children and mothers in the experimental group and 47 in the control group. The data was collected by General Information Form and Parent-Child Communication Evaluation Tool. During the course of the research, the Communication Training Program prepared by the researcher and based on the Child to Mother Approach was applied to the experimental group for two days in a week during eight weeks. In order to examine the impact of Communication Training Program on mother-child communication, t-test was conducted for both the independent group and the dependent group. Statistical significance was set at .05. As a result of the analyses, it has been determined that the Communication Training Program has a positive effect on communication between mothers and children and this effect is permanent. In line with the results of the research, suggestions for preschool education teachers, parents and researchers are presented.

scholarly journals A Sage on a Stage, to Express and Impress: TED Talks for Improving Oral Presentation Skills, Vocabulary Retention and Its Impact on Reducing Speaking Anxiety in ESP Settings

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 146
Author(s):  
Ashraf Atta M. S. Salem
Keyword(s):  
Oral Presentation ◽  
Anxiety Level ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Business Majors ◽  
Business English ◽  
Vocabulary Retention ◽  
Speaking Anxiety ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Ted Talks

This study explores the impact of using TED Talks on improving oral presentation skills of Business English students and vocabulary uptake/retention. It also assesses the impact of improving such hard cognitive skills on increasing Business majors’ speaking anxiety level. Sequential explanatory mixed method was used, which includes both quantitative and qualitative data collection and analyses. Business students’ oral presentation skills were assessed through Oral Presentation Skills Sheet (OPSS), vocabulary retention was assessed through Vocabulary Uptake/Retention Test (VURT), and speaking anxiety level was assessed through Personal Report of Public Speaking Anxiety (PRPSA) (Mörtberg, Jansson-Fröjmark, Pettersson, & Hennlid-Oredsson, 2018). Participants in the study consist 49 students, who were divided into two groups; experimental group consisting of 24 students, and control group that includes 25 Business English majors. Findings of the study revealed that oral presentation skills and vocabulary uptake/retention levels were improved due to the use of TED talks as an ICT tool. Also, it was revealed that Business majors in the experimental group are more enthusiastic, energetic and motivated to give killer presentations as they became more confident and free of anxiety and tension.

Effect of textual enhancement on idioms

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 258-272
Author(s):  
Patricia Salazar Campillo
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Choice Task ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Intermediate Students ◽  
Textual Enhancement ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Experimental Group

The present study aimed at investigating the impact of textual enhancement on the comprehension of transparent and opaque English idioms among Spanish lower-intermediate students studying English as a foreign language. Two short texts including visually enhanced idioms (i.e., they were underlined) were designed for the Experimental Group, and the Control Group received an unenhanced version of the texts. The results reveal that textual enhancement made transparent idioms salient enough for them to have an impact on comprehension; however, underlining had a poorer effect on comprehension as far as opaque idioms are concerned. In addition, we aimed at examining the effect of textual enhancement on the noticing of idioms. Findings show that it did not have a positive effect on recognition of idioms, since the Control Group outperformed the Experimental Group in the multiple-choice task.

scholarly journals The Impact of Reflective Writing on Writing Achievement, Vocabulary Achievement and Critical Thinking of Intermediate EFL Learners

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 174
Author(s):  
Narges Laqaei
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Reflective Writing ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Vocabulary Test ◽  
Writing Achievement ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Writing Practices ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Vocabulary Achievement

<p>The present study investigated the effectiveness of a rather newly- developed method in language teaching that was reflective writing in improving EFL learners’ writing achievement, vocabulary achievement and critical thinking. To fulfill the purpose of the study, first 60 participants from among 100 intermediate learners studying at Tehran University of Medical Sciences were chosen by means of administrating Preliminary English Test (PET), Vocabulary Test, and Critical Thinking Questionnaire developed by Honey(2000),. Then through administrating the writing section of the standard preliminary English test (PET), Vocabulary Test, and Critical Thinking Questionnaire developed by Honey (2000), 60 out of 90 remaining learners were chosen to serve as the participants of the study. Two groups, a control group and an experimental group, were formed. The experimental group was provided with reflective writing instructions, while the control group received the routine writing practices. To see if the independent variable had significant effects on writing achievement, vocabulary achievement, and critical thinking, a Multivariate Analysis of Variance test was run the results of which revealed that the treatment significantly improved vocabulary, writing and critical thinking of the learners. </p>

scholarly journals The effectiveness of visual materials in teaching vocabulary to deaf students of EFL

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 628-645
Author(s):  
Fatma Gülengül Birinci ◽  
Arif Sariçoban
Keyword(s):  
Sign Language ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
T Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Deaf Students ◽  
Paired Samples ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Visual Materials ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group

This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of using visual materials in teaching vocabulary to deaf students of EFL. For this purpose, 80 deaf students from a state special education vocational high school in Turkey contributed to this study. All students had first English classes in their lives and they are at the starter level of English, thus pre-test for their English proficiency was not given. The students were randomly divided into two groups to form the experimental group and the control group. 10 vocabulary items per week were taught to the students, and 50 target vocabulary items in total were taught during the whole study. To the experimental group, the vocabulary items were taught via visual materials together with the sign language. The control group was not presented with any visual items during the teaching process of the experiment, only sign language instruction was used for them. After the treatment, a vocabulary test was given to each group as an immediate post-test to measure the impact on learning. Six weeks after the immediate tests, delayed post-test was given to the groups to test long term retention. The results of the two post-tests were analyzed through Independent Samples t-test and Paired Samples t-test calculations to investigate the effectiveness of visual materials. According to the results of the study, visual materials were found to be more effective than using only the sign language that does not contain any visual items in teaching vocabulary items to deaf learners who learn English as a foreign language.

scholarly journals Impact of Using Pictures on English Vocabulary Retention and Recall by Primary Stage Learners in Al-Mikhwah Province

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (16) ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar Haydar Mohsen Alsuhaymi
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Preliminary Test ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Visual Aids ◽  
Primary Stage ◽  
Vocabulary Retention ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Target Words

This study aimed to discover the impact of using pictures on English vocabulary retention and recall by primary stage students. The participants of this study included thirty-six male students with an average age of 11 from an elementary school in Al-Mikhwah province, Saudi Arabia. They were randomly divided into two homogenous groups: a semi-experimental group which was taught the target words with visual aids, using pictures, and a control group which was taught the target words traditionally through translation. Both groups were taught thirty English words during two sessions. All participants did a preliminary test before the treatment to assign the target words to be taught in the sessions. They also did three similar tests: a pre-test to make sure that the two groups are homogenous, and two post-tests, immediate and delayed, to measure participants' ability of vocabulary retention and recall immediately after the treatment and after two weeks from the treatment. The results revealed that the semi-experimental group participants scored higher marks than the control group participants in both the immediate and delayed post-tests. That is, English vocabulary meanings can be recalled better when they are taught by using pictures rather than by translation method. According to these results, the researcher recommends that pictures should be exploited by teachers in teaching vocabulary for primary stage learners.  

scholarly journals Semantic Mapping or Rote Memorisation: Which Strategy Is More Effective for Students’ Acquisition and Memorization of L2 Vocabulary?

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haytham M. Badr ◽  
Emad A. S. Abu-Ayyash
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
International School ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Semantic Mapping ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Vocabulary Retention ◽  
Last Stage ◽  
L2 Vocabulary ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group

The present paper aimed to compare the influence of two vocabulary teaching strategies on students&rsquo; vocabulary retention&mdash;roughly used in this paper to refer to the process of acquisition and memorisation. In particular, the strategies of semantic mapping and rote memorisation were compared and contrasted within a trail of evidence-based data gathered systematically from two ESL classes in an international school in the Emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The participants of the study were 30 male students who were in grade 12, the last stage of high school in the UAE educational system. The participants were randomly divided into two groups: a control group and an experimental group. In order to measure the impact of the two strategies under investigation on the students&rsquo; vocabulary retention, the two groups sat for a pre-test and a posttest. The intervention that took place between the two tests lasted for three weeks. The results showed that the students&rsquo; retrieval of the target vocabulary words improved as a result of implementing both strategies, but that the improvement which resulted from the use of semantic mapping overrode that which ensued from rote memorisation.

scholarly journals The effect of Daniel's model on the development of critical thinking in the subject of Arabic language among students of the College of Management and Economics

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 1887-1900
Author(s):  
Assist. Prof. Rafid Sabah al-Tamimi, Dr. Khamael Shakir Ghanim
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group

 This research aims to identify the impact of Daniel's model on the development of critical thinking. In order to achieve this objective, the following hypotheses are formulated: There is no statistically significant difference at the significance level (0.05) between the average differences in the post-test scores of the experimental group taught according to Daniel's model and the control group taught according to the traditional method in the measure of critical thinking.  There is no statistically significant difference at the significance level (0.05) between the average differences in the pre- and post-tests scores of the experimental group taught according to Daniel's model in the measure of critical thinking. The current research is limited to a sample of the first stage students in the department of statistics, College of Management and Economics, Baghdad University for the academic year 2019-2020. The California critical thinking test is applied in the post-test to the control group, which consisted of (47) students, and the experimental group, which consisted of (44) students. After using T-test for two independent and related samples, the results show that: There is a statistically significant difference between the average of the scores of the two research groups in favor of the experimental group. Therefore, the null hypothesis rejected and the alternative hypothesis is accepted that there is a statistically significant difference between the average of scores of the experimental and control groups in the post-test of critical thinking. There is a statistically significant difference between the average of scores of the experimental group students in the pre- and post-tests of the creative thinking. This refers to a development in the critical thinking among the students of the experimental group. In the light of the results, a number of conclusions, recommendations and suggestions are presented at the end of this research.

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