...Topic: Effective Ways Of Using Technology In Improving English Communicative Skill Name: Syafiqah binti Hasram In an article in The Times on 12th April 2012, Malaysia is classified as one of the countries that are rapidly developing in technology. Along with our neighbor country Singapore, Malaysia is improving in technological industry that has been approved as an effective device in improving education, communicative skill and creative thinking besides serving as nation’s improviser. Ministry of Education proposed the use technology as one of the main sources to improve and empower English speaking skill among primary school students. This proposition, of course were accompanied by agrees and disagreement from various parties. Almost 67% of the objections came from parents who are concern about the negative effect of technology if the policy of using technology in education is enforced. (Ministry of Education, 2009) This is because, the spreading issues of technology’s negative effect has seems to blend into our community. Nonetheless, everything comes with its pros and cons. In preview, we will discuss about how effective usage of technology can improve one’s educational standard. Television has indeed increase the percentage and improves the academic level of students especially in the age of primary school students. Based on a research by Dr. Lim Yeoh Soon (2010), a professor of Children Development, technology like television can improve one’s academic standard as the...
Words: 952 - Pages: 4
...develop the learner’s literacy skills. Methods of analysis includes examining the needs from relevant stakeholders and the outcomes from a community of inquiry. Results of the research and feedback demonstrated that although students may possess English GCSE qualifications the business community and bodies such as OFSTED highlight that the level of literacy amongst today’s school leavers was not adequate in terms of the functional skill. The report highlights the importance of increasing student’s level of literacy and functional skills. There are areas specifically in terms of cross-curricular activities that could be further explored. The report recommends the creation of a learning tool in the form of a booklet to enable students to develop and improve their literacy skills within the business curriculum and thus the functional skill. Once the initial proposal was agreed in order to maintain focus throughout the project, SMART objectives were established and addressed, a time plan was created and the personal tutor was involved during the project (Refer to Appendix 1). Introduction ‘Literacy is a fundamental human right and the foundation of lifelong learning. It is fully essential to social and human development in its ability to transform lives. For individuals, families, and societies alike, it is an instrument of empowerment to improve one’s health, one’s income, and one’s relationship with the world.’ (UNESCO) Literacy skills has never been more important....
Words: 4327 - Pages: 18
...phonologically correct language. Alwright (1994) considers it ‘learn by doing approach’ in teaching whereteacher and students both are involved. Speaking takes place in the presence of listener because listener responds to the speaker’s communication. As Byrne (1986) defines, “Oral communication is a two way process between the speaker and the listener and involves the productive skills of speaking and the receptive skills of understanding”. It is considered to be helpful in improving learning as Staab (1992) states, “I believe that oral language is important not only as a vital communication tool that empowers us in our daily lives but also as a valuable way to learn” (7). He considers listening and speaking as oral communication skills. As hestates, “oral communication skills mean both speaking and listening to oral language, both talking and listening are lifelong activities and probably our most important communication tool” (p.6). Both are integrated skills and supports in developing each other. As (Brown, 1994), also asserts that the integration of listening and speaking skills is termed as oral communication skills because listening can be developed indirectly by integrating it to speaking. The literature states that communication is an exchange of ideas between people either orally or in writing. It is also an exchange of meaning and understanding. Meaning is central to communication. Rahman (2010) considers it symbolic because “it involves not only words but also symbols and gestures...
Words: 1566 - Pages: 7
...“Social Media as a Tool to Improve Writing Skill” INTRODUCTION 1.1 Basic Consideration Social media is a websites and applications that enable users to create and share content like information, ideas, and personal messages or to participate in social networking. In this era, social media has dominate the lifetime of people. Start from student from junior high school until parents have their own account on social media. We are as a human have a desire to show our emotions through words. And by the social media we can communicate with the foreign people. It is impossible to use our language to communicate in that extra-large area of community. So that we have to write in English, as a world language that can be understand by that foreign people. It will be a self-improvement especially in writing skill, because we write many of words in English and it is repeatedly day by day. And from this phenomena it says that slowly a Social Media can improve our writing skill. Based on this consideration, then I am interested on analyzing mini research “Social Media as a Tool to Improve Writing Skill” 1.2 Research Questions 1. How social media can improve writing skill? 1.3 The Objective of Research In general, this mini research is done to show people opinion about social media as a self-improvement. In specific, this mini research done to explain how social media can be a tool to improve people on their writing skill. 1.4 Methodology The methodology that...
Words: 1144 - Pages: 5
...Essays in English can be really bothersome for students from Western and Eastern Europe, South American and Eastern countries, and basically for all students, who do not posses good command of the English language. Undoubtedly, extracurricular classes may be taken to improve the knowledge of English knowledge, both physically attending special course and taking the necessary steps of online learning, which, however, do not guarantee success in writing essays in English. Thousands of students come to our country every year, trying to grasp that basics of the English language and be able to write academic papers in their English, Literature, and other relevant classes in High Schools, Colleges, and Universities, which are, needless to say, essays in English. Sometimes teachers, tutors, and professors do give extra credit to foreigners as they proceed writing their essays in English, but most often such students are neglected, due to their inability to produce high quality Nursing papers, Anthropology papers, Environment essays or researches using appropriate academic style, group projects, and good presentations. In order to cope with this difficult problem, a great variety of custom writing services was created, hoping to cover the gap between the native speakers and, for instance, the exchange students arriving to US in an immense need of better education, who often fail their essays in English. Innovative Writing Assistance Agency is meant to fill in the gap in question, by gently...
Words: 515 - Pages: 3
...This chapter presents the background of the study, problem andits significance, and the scope and delimitation of the study. INTRODUCTION Over the years, there had been a growing concern in thedevelopment of oral communication among second-language learners with 1Sample 1 regards to the deterioration of their oral English skills. 1 Many have voicedtheir sentiments on the needs to strengthen every student’s grasp of theEnglish language. 2 According to Rama (2000), the main reason why theFilipinos are employed abroad is their ability to speak and understand Englishand so when all countries in the world struggle to learn English, we Filipinosshould not unlearn it. English is a global language and in ad in the worlds of former Education Secretary Richardo Gloria (Castro, 1994), “mastering it willbe beneficial to all our students for they can then compete internationally.” 3 Moreover, Roces (1999) emphasized that the Department of Educationshould prepare its pupils for the Information Revolution and that “…isolatingthem linguistically from the world’s chief language of information is to doomthem from the very start.”Students’ poor command of the English language has challengedmany secondary-language teacher to continue redefining or “…elaboratingmethods systematically trying them out and judging the results” (Sevignon,1983) to come up with novel ways of developing students’ competence inthe spoken language. 4 Sadly, some methods scare if not bore students or failto spark...
Words: 901 - Pages: 4
...Importance of English Language Teaching in India By Prof (Dr) Shefali Bakshi, Deputy Director, Amity School of Languages Since the colonization of India, English became the language of our country and is soon expanding. The teaching of English is gaining importance in every area today. With all its countless, instructional objectives like the aural-oral skills of listening and speaking, graphic skills of reading and writing, appreciation, etc, it has become one of the most difficult subjects to teach in the Indian situation. The complexities of the skills involved, alienation and other problems such as differences in the levels of initiation of instruction, differences in the socio-economic status, differences in urban and rural background, scarcity of teachers well-versed in content matter as well as the methodology of teaching, lack of adequate aids and instructional material, hamper in their own way the successful handling of English in the classroom. The teaching of English whether for beginners or for the advanced learners has been a challenging pursuit for the teachers of English especially the area that cover the acquisition of four skills of language – Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. Proper training of teachers is of great importance in improving the quality of English education. We need to understand the ethos, culture and the present Indian situation so as to have an effective methodology of developing a second language in our learners. One needs to...
Words: 423 - Pages: 2
...implications of reading skills to the critical thinking of third year high school students The profile of the students on sex, English rating and English language preference were considered. It assessed the students’ reading skills on word recognition through context clues, noting details, getting the main idea, inferring, making generalizations and predicting outcomes. It also evaluated the students’ critical thinking skills, particularly on knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation. The impact of reading skills to the critical thinking of the students was also analyzed and examined. The results showed that in general, the reading skills of the students are low, with making generalizations as their lowest skill and noting details as their dominant aspect. The students’ critical thinking skills are also low with synthesis as their lowest level and knowledge as their dominant aspect. Male students have lower critical thinking level compared to the females. The females are significantly higher in knowledge level. Students with very good/good English ratings have higher critical thinking level compared to those with fair and poor English ratings. Academic performance in English affects their critical thinking ability. Students who prefer the use of the English language are also higher in their critical thinking levels compared to those who did not prefer to use it. Preference of the English language has an inclination...
Words: 643 - Pages: 3
...EFFECTS OF SELF-STUDY HABITS ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF GRADE-VI PUPILS IN ENGLISH AT BALUBAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ATIMONAN, QUEZON SY: 2011-2012 A Thesis Presented To the Faculty of College of Education Leon Guinto Memorial College, Inc. Atimonan, Quezon In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Bachelor of Elementary Education By: Remrena Venesha D. Santamina Chapter 1 Problem and It’s Background Introduction Nowadays, many school learners fail to cope with the daily demands of school. Different distractions are interfering the child’s ability and inclination to focus on his assignments, lessons and activities in school. As a result, his academic achievement is not done at very best effort. During the pre-school age, a self-study habit must be develop. Self-study habit can be defined as the ability of the learner to allot time in reviewing and reading his/her lessons. It is gradually developed as the learner grows and matures. Different learners have varied style of study habits. Some study after arriving from school, while others do it at the middle of the night. Unfortunately, developing these skills requires time, patience and effort from the parents, teacher and the learner himself. Additionally a very high level of intrinsic motivation must be present to have this. It cannot be underestimated that self-study habit is one of the foundations of educational achievements. Those who excel in school...
Words: 2389 - Pages: 10
...1 Problem and It’s Background Introduction Nowadays, many school learners fail to cope with the daily demands of school. Different distractions are interfering the child’s ability and inclination to focus on his assignments, lessons and activities in school. As a result, his academic achievement is not done at very best effort. During the pre-school age, a self-study habit must be develop. Self-study habit can be defined as the ability of the learner to allot time in reviewing and reading his/her lessons. It is gradually developed as the learner grows and matures. Different learners have varied style of study habits. Some study after arriving from school, while others do it at the middle of the night. Unfortunately, developing these skills requires time, patience and effort from the parents, teacher and the learner himself. Additionally a very high level of intrinsic motivation must be present to have this. It cannot be underestimated that self-study habit is one of the foundations of educational achievements. Those who excel in school have the strict practice of study habits. Learning from school were not enough for the learners to fully learn. The learner himself must have his own time where s/he can concentrate and reflect. His self-study habits must be done in a conducive learning environment which is free from possible distractions. Practicing study habits is not only for academic achievements if the learner’s academic excellence but do causes effects on his emotional...
Words: 2355 - Pages: 10
...Study Habits CHAPTER 4 PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA This chapter presents the data gathered, analysis and interpretation of data. The study focused on the Study Habits of Tourism Students of College of the Holy Spirit. It initially determines the demographic profile of the respondents. Problem 1: What is the demographic profile of the respondents. Age Number of Respondents (f) Percentage (%) 16 – 17 7 14% 18 – 19 24 48% 20 – 21 12 24% 22 – 23 5 10% 24 – 25 2 4% Total 50 100 Table 1 Frequency Distribution of the Tourism Students According to Age Table 1 shows the frequency distribution of tourism students according to their age. Most of the students belonged to the age bracket of 18-19 years old having the biggest percentage of 48% with 24 respondents. The second biggest percentage belonged to the age bracket 20-21 having 24% with 12 respondents. The least percentage, 4% belonged to the age bracket 24-25 years old with 2 respondents, both irregular students. Gender Frequency (f) Percentage (%) Male 0 0 Female 50 100 Total 50 100 Table 2 Frequency Distribution of the Tourism Student According to Gender Table 2 presents the frequency distribution of the respondents according to gender. Based on the table, there were no male tourism students enrolled at College of the Holy Spirit, meaning all of the respondents were female with a total number of 50, equivalent to 100%. Year/Level Number of Respondents (f) Percentage (%) BSTM...
Words: 1255 - Pages: 6
...Анализ УМК |Title |Up Beat | |Author: |Ingrid Freebairn, Jonathan Bygrave, Judy Copage | |Publisher: |Pearson Education Limited 2014 | |No. of pages: |152 | |Components: |Student`s book, Language builder | |Physical characteristics: (size, color, illustration) |Classical size, A4 (blue). | | |Each unit has two pages. | | |Each page has variety of illustrations. | | |1/3 part of the unit is picture. | |Length: ...
Words: 545 - Pages: 3
...Throughout this semester, I have developed my professional and academic writing, making use of the writing tools introduced in assessment one (Prowritingaid, Grammarly and PaperRater) and sharing the tools with my work colleagues. Although this has been valuable as the errors identified continue to reduce, I am concerned that I have solely relied on the tools to critique my work as I have not planned time for seeking feedback and critiquing my work using multiple sources - something I had identified would improve my writing confidence and academic literacy. Although not fluent, I can identify and correct when I am writing in a passive voice and gain reinforcing feedback from the writing tools that I am improving. I am on the way to improving...
Words: 308 - Pages: 2
...career plan with my skills audit to see how they both perform in my future. Gaps in my skills For me to become a solicitor in the future I need to get into University with 300 ucas points. In order for me to get 300 ucas points I need to work very hard in college and try to achieve a distinction for this year to get into university quicker. The skills gaps that need to be obtained to help me are the ones which I am currently studying which are Business Level 3 B-Tec and also GCSE English level 2. I need these skills to enter University because they are required for the course I will be doing. GCSE English level 2 is a gap for me because I had previously gotten a grade lower in this subject and this can affect my future career plans if I do not change it. The way I will change this is by taking the English GCSE level 2 classes provided by college. I will have to retake the exams and work very hard to achieve the grade I want to get into university. It is important for me to identify my skills gap because if I do not then this can lead to a bad effect in my future career. For example if I do not move my GCSE English result to a grade c then the university may not accept me and this can hold me back another year because I will still have to get a c in English. Skills Audit Skills audit is a process that can be used to identify the skill gaps within yourself. The outcome is a training needs analysis that identifies where training is needed. You can make a skills audit by yourself...
Words: 1257 - Pages: 6
...pail, but the lighting of a fire.” which indicates today’s phenomenon, where many students seems to seek for shortcuts in searching for answers rather than using their minds to be creative in finding solutions. Are you a part of that people? In this case, I am strongly believed that Google Translate is not the best alternative to improve students’ English skills. How many of you used to use Google Translate while doing your assignments? Is anybody here have not used it even once? So today, let me show you why do I believe that Google Translate is not the best alternative for us. Let me give you a picture of the impacts of using Google Translate. BODY First and foremost, students have high degree of tendency to rely merely on Google Translate in understanding and doing assignments. This is due to the fact that they know Google Translate may help them that they would not have the urge and initiatives to learn more on improving their skills in English. An American author, Richard Brooks, who works in language industry, even mentioned in a blog that machine translation is not reliable to the people in correcting their English. The same thing goes to the students, as they believe that the translations...
Words: 970 - Pages: 4
