A Need Analysis in Academic Writing by Using Integrative-Based Approach: The Perspective of University Students

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helaluddin Helaluddin
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
University Students ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Need Analysis ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Academic Genres ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year

This article discusses the needs and interests of the university students in Banten Indonesia for learning to write with an integrative approach as an initial stage in the development of academic writing textbooks. The participants in this study were 60 students in the first semester of the 2018/2019 academic year who took an Indonesian language course. It was found that students were familiar with writing activities. But the majority were limited to non-academic genres such as writing poetry, short stories, and writing personal blogs. Also, students have almost the same problems in academic writing, both from linguistic aspects, technical aspects, to issues of developing writing ideas. Another thing that was found in this study was the participation of lecturers who they expected in guiding and providing input during academic writing learning.

scholarly journals The Most Common Translation Problems Encounter the Saudi Students in Translating Selected Arabic Literary Items and their Point of Views behind these Problems

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Issam Mostafa Taamneh
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
University Students ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
The Other ◽  
Intended Meaning ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Saudi Students ◽  
Bilingual Dictionaries ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year

The current study aimed to investigate the most common translation problems that encountered the Saudi students in translating some of the literary items from Arabic into English. In addition, the study tried to investigate the most difficult terms that the students faced while translating them. Moreover, it aimed to explore the participants’ point of views behind such translation problems. To achieve the purpose of the study, a translation test, which involved 20 items and expressions, was prepared in advance. Furthermore, an interview was made to the participants to ask them about their point of views concerning the reasons behind encountering such translation problems. The sample of the study consisted of 15 male fourth year English-majored university students, who were chosen purposefully, at the University College of Taymaa in the first semester of the academic year 2017/2018 in Saudi Arabia. The design of the study was a qualitative as well as quantitative method. The data that were obtained from the participants’ answers in the translation test as well as the participants’ point of views in the interview were analyzed using the appropriate statistical analyses. The findings of the study showed that the students’ achievement in translating the items of the terms of address was the best compared with their results in the other two groups (lexical and cultural). Moreover, the analysis of the students’ interviews indicated that the lack of practice and lack of translation courses are a main reason in facing such these problems. Based on the findings, the researcher presented some recommendations and suggestions to develop students’ translation competence such as increasing the number of the translation courses that are presented to the students in their studying to have more practice in the process of translation. Moreover, more concentration should be given to the lexical, cultural, and terms of address problems in translation. Besides, students must be trained on how to use the bilingual dictionaries in the process of translation to get the intended meaning while rendering from Arabic into English and vice versa.

scholarly journals Teaching with LEEMUSICA/READMUSIC in Higher Education: Perception and Improve in Music Education

Proceedings ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (21) ◽  
pp. 1353
Author(s):  
Rosario Castanon-Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
Music Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Student Perception ◽  
Music School ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year

The present work tries to reflect the student perception about their music education through the application of two tests in the classroom with university students at 3rd and 4th year of the Grade of Teacher at the Faculty of Education in the University of Valladolid. They have been realized at the beginning of the year the first one and at the end of the first semester of the academic year 2017/18. The first one concerns their previous formation in music (school and High school as well as formal/unformal music education—conservatories and schools of music - included their perception about the acquisition of basic music skins. The second test ask them specifically about their perception of improve of those skills (music language, tuning, playing instruments, aural education, didactic of music and use of ICT) after their formation in Higher Education with Leemúsica/Readmusic methodology.

scholarly journals The Academic Intrinsic Motivation and its Relationship with the Emotional Intelligence Level with a Sample of the Academic Overachievers and Underachievers of Najran University

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Ragab Abbas Ibrahim ◽  
Weal Ameen AL-Ali
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Academic Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Study Population ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year

<p>The research tackled the academic intrinsic motivation and its relationship with the emotional intelligence with a sample of the academic overachievers and underachievers of Najran University. The study population consisted of the students of Najran University who are enrolled in the University academic year 2015/2016, during the first semester in the various colleges. The study sample consisted of (423) male and female students; and the study instruments included the emotional IQ which consisted of (54) items, and the academic intrinsic motivation questionnaire, which consisted of (36) items, to identify the overall emotional intelligence degree and the motivation with the students. The results showed that the academic intrinsic motivation and emotional intelligence degrees were high with the university students. Furthermore, the results showed a direct correlational, statistically significant relationship between the academic intrinsic motivation and the emotional intelligence; and there are statistically significant differences between the motivation and emotional intelligence among the academically outstanding and non-outstanding students.</p>

scholarly journals The Academic Freedom among the Students at the Hashemite University: الحرية الأكاديمية لدى طلبة الجامعة الهاشمية

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (30) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abd AlKhaleq Muhammad Al-Zyoud
Keyword(s):  
Academic Freedom ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Academic Level ◽  
Study Results ◽  
High Level ◽  
The University ◽  
Hashemite University ◽  
Senior Students ◽  
Academic Year

This study aimed at exploring the level of academic freedom at the Hashemite University in Jordan from the perspective of the undergraduate students, and whether there are impacts of the students’ gender, academic level, or specialization. The sample consisted of (376) undergraduate students (111 male, 265 female), who are registered at the university for the first semester of the academic year 2019/2020, from all faculties of the Hashemite University. The results showed that 25.5% of participants perceived a high level of academic freedom, 57.2% of participants perceived a moderate level, and 17.3% of them perceived a low level. Significant differences were found due to academic level; academic freedom perceived level among senior students was higher than all other years (freshmen, sophomores and juniors), but no significant differences were found due to students’ gender, or specialization. In light of the study results, the researcher recommends a number of recommendations such as: raising the awareness about the academic freedom among the students, faculty members, and the staff the Jordanian universities, conducting survey studies that measure the level of academic freedom among the students at various Jordanian universities, Supporting the academic freedom of the students at the institutions of higher education through deliberate and planned initiatives.

scholarly journals THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE JORDANIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS POSSESS DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP SKILLS: مدى امتلاك طلبة الجامعات الأردنية الحكومية لمهارات المواطنة الرقمية

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Khawla Rasmi Al-Rashed
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Digital Citizenship ◽  
Safety Skills ◽  
School Year ◽  
Digital Skills ◽  
University Of Jordan ◽  
Citizenship Skills ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year

This study aimed to reveal the degree to which the Jordanian university students possess digital citizenship skills through the selected set of variables: (gender, type of the college, the university, the academic year- level).Using a descriptive analytical method, a (45) item questioner was developed divided into three categories. The first, digital responsibility skills. The second, digital skills and the third, digital safety skills. The sample consisted of (5200) students, who were randomly selected form (6) universities. Results indicated that the degree of possessing digital skills was high. Whereas possessing the digital safety and digital responsibility skills was moderate. The study indicated that there were no statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α = 0.05) between the mean responses of the respondents according to different variables (sex, college and school year), while it pointed out that there are differences according to variable difference (University) between the University of Jordan and Mu'tah University in favor of University of Jordan.

The Impact of Knowledge of English Rhetorical Patterns of Organisation on BA Accounting and Finance Students' Writing Academic Genres

2020 ◽  
pp. 128-149
Author(s):  
Malika Kouti
Keyword(s):  
Direct Instruction ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Rhetorical Patterns ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Academic Genres ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

This chapter discusses the impact of knowing the English rhetorical pattern of organisation on BA Accounting and Finance students' academic writing. More specifically, it focuses on the knowledge of how to structure a letter of application for job hunting purposes. This case study involved the analysis of 40 letters of application written by 40 Accounting and Finance students in the Department of Accounting and Finance at the University of Ghardaïa, Algeria after they had been trained to structure this type of letter. The training lasted for two sessions in the Department of Accounting and Finance at Ghardaia University, Algeria. The training was a direct instruction in which students were shown activities that assisted them in mastering the rhetorical pattern of organisation that concerns letters of application. They were also shown the difference between formal and informal letters of application. The obtained results demonstrated the efficiency of the direct instruction in teaching Accounting and Finance students how to write a letter of application.

Project-Based Learning

2020 ◽  
pp. 161-178
Author(s):  
María Pache-Durán ◽  
Esteban Pérez-Calderón ◽  
Alicia Fernanda Galindo-Manrique
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Quality Of Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year

This study focuses on the results obtained from the teacher's assessment of Project-Based Learning, a methodological approach that implies a change in the university pedagogical paradigm that affects both the teaching and learning processes. To this end, a study is carried out taking as a sample university teachers during the academic year 2018-2019. Among the results obtained, it is worth mentioning that the teacher considers the Project-Based Learning a methodology that favours in the classroom, constituting a valid alternative to improve the quality of learning in university students.

scholarly journals Vocational- Education Students' Attitudes towards Their Academic Specialization in Jordan

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 10-24
Author(s):  
Mohammad Omar Al-Momani ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Education ◽  
Education Students ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Study Plan ◽  
Academic Specialization

The aim of the study was to identify the attitudes of vocational education students at Al-Balqa Applied University towards enrollment in their academic specialization from their perception, relating them to variables such as gender, the student’s academic year, and academic rating. A descriptive approach was used with a questionnaire which comprised 33 items that measured the students' attitudes towards the vocational education specialization. The study comprised 221 male and female students to whom the questionnaire was distributed in the first semester of the academic year 2019-2020. The study found that the students' attitudes towards the vocational education specialization for the instrument as a whole were positive: 24 items obtained positive attitude scores and 9 items showed an average attitude. It was found that there were no statistically significant differences among vocational-education students’ attitudes towards their enrollment in their academic specialization in terms of the study variables: gender; the student’s academic year (first and second year, third and fourth year); or academic rating (acceptable, good, very good, and excellent). It was also found that there were no statistically significant differences among the vocational education students' attitudes towards their enrollment in their academic specialization. These differences are attributed to the study variables: gender, academic year, and academic rating. It is recommended that: the study plan should be developed to be more comprehensive, and incorporates a diversity of experiences, knowledge, and activities to achieve differentiation of the student's personality. This requires the university and the college to provide diverse and flexible activities to suit the characteristics of students in light of the principles of respecting, meeting and satisfying their inclinations and desires.

scholarly journals A Study on the Challenges Being Faced by Chandigarh University Students and their Parents during Covid-19 Lockdown

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-176
Author(s):  
Sonika Kanojia
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
University Management ◽  
Good Care ◽  
Emotional Wellbeing ◽  
Indian Government ◽  
Government Decision ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
The University

These days when India is locked down, apart from the economy the hardest thing getting suffered is our students’ education. They were in the midst of their classes or examination when this Covid-19 a coronavirus attacked India. Very wisely the India government took the decision to lockdown whole India in very initial stage. Chandigarh University management announced postponing the exams and immediately asked the students to move to their homes, if possible. This decision was taken one week in advance to the Indian Government decision. It was on 14th of March, 2020 when the management of the University decided the wellbeing of their students and asked them to move back. With this effort, most of the students reached their homes and staying with their parents. In all this set back an emotional support is very necessary.  This study was initiated to understand the physical and emotional wellbeing of the students of Chandigarh University. The results found are very positive as most of the students are safe including those who could not leave their hostels because of any reason. They are being taken good care by Chandigarh University Management. In this study, we have tried to find out if the students are facing any challenges and if they are worried for anything. It will support the management to put their best effort forward to make the things even better for the students. The student strength of Chandigarh University belongs to complete India so this study will help all educational institutions to better support their students.

scholarly journals Using Turnitin as a formative writing tool.

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judy Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Actual Process ◽  
Plagiarism Detection ◽  
Web Resources ◽  
Detection Software ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year

Turnitin plagiarism detection software became available to all staff at the University of Kent the beginning of the 2006/7 academic year. In response to this, UELT prepared guidelines for staff on how to use Turnitin formatively rather than as a plagiarism policing agent. In addition, extensive web resources on avoiding plagiarism were made available to staff and students. It was anticipated that the guidelines and web resources coupled with tutor support in class would facilitate student understandings of plagiarism, referencing and the development of writing skills. Turnitin was specifically trialled in two classes of students, with interviews of staff and students on their experience of Turnitin and how it influenced their academic writing. Staff concluded that Turnitin and specific in-class support significantly deterred plagiarism while students supported the use of Turnitin and felt that it helped them understand the actual process of integrating references into their own work.

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