An Analysis of the Cultivation of Vocational College Students’ Autonomous English Learning Ability

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsiang-Yung Feng ◽  
Jin-Jun Fan

Due to globalization, the importance of English cannot be overemphasized. Most teachers would assume that the motivation for students to learn English would be stronger than before. The purpose of this study is to explore the English learning motivation among vocational college students of different systems. The aim of the thesis was to understand students’ learning motivation of EFL, and compare the motivation in different students’ background or different systems of vocational college. The results showed that there were no differences on different systems in vocational college, gender and background of high school for students’ learning motivations. The results also found that there were stronger statistically significant between learning motivations and learning achievements.


2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 199-214
Author(s):  
Seongjhin Joh ◽  
Byungsun Kim

The purpose of this study is to analyze the English learning experience of college students using Colaizzi's method, which is one of the qualitative research methods, using self-coaching technology as a tool to improve self-directed learning ability. In-depth interview were conducted to collect data, and 9 significant statements, 4 theme clusters, and 2 categories were derived. The results are as follows. First, it showed that the participants clearly set the reasons and goals for learning English. Second, it was confirmed that they had time to return to the positive motivation they experienced in the past and strengthened their will to overcome difficulties caused by self-coaching. Third, it was reported that they had a valuable experience of asking the questions presented for the first time, and they recollected the feelings of when they happily learned English, thereby gaining new vitality for learning English. Finally, it also showed that they experienced risk factors such as a desire to procrastinate, a desire to give up, and a rush to complete a task due to difficulty in self-control, which could lead to poor learning. Based on these results, it was suggested that self-coaching contributed to the improvement of learning English, the importance of questions, necessary factors when expanding to regular classes, and the expansion of coaching research.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 12792
Author(s):  
Dan Wang ◽  
Mas Nida Md Khambari ◽  
Su Luan Wong ◽  
Abu Bakar Razali

The use of gamification and AR technology is found to have the capacity to enhance students’ interest. In this study, the researchers chose a class in a vocational college in China as a specific case that used the gamified AR mobile application, called XploreRAFE+. This study aimed to explore the use of XploreRAFE+ in the formation of learners’ interest in order to answer the research question: What is the process of interest formation among vocational college students in a gamified AR environment, and how does it sustain students’ motivation in learning English? The data for the study were collected via observations, interviews, and document analysis. The findings of the study indicated that in a gamified AR environment, vocational college students’ interest was triggered by piquing curiosity. This then led to optimal learning experiences, where eventually the students began to have positive perceptions of English lessons and were motivated to extend learning experience on their own. These three components of interest formation formed a dynamic loop where interest formation was developed in a cyclical process. It is proposed that a cyclical formation of interest developed through a gamified AR environment over time could sustain learners’ motivation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Hui Mo ◽  
Xuejuan Yan

With the advent of 5G era, it has become an inevitable trend to drive educational modernization with educational informationization. The modern-day education uses science and technology as well as culture in cultivating independent learning as the ultimate goal. However, there are many drawbacks in the system and practical aspects of higher vocational education in which one of it is that the independent learning has been neglected in the learning process. This article analyzed the issues in the autonomous learning of the English language among higher vocational college students and discussed strategies to improve their autonomous learning ability based on informationization to promote bidirectional interaction between teachers and students, cultivate students’ consciousness of lifelong learning, improve teachers’ technical skills, and perfect the development of a connotative system in higher vocational colleges.


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