Classifying vocabulary in Google Sheets to improve word recognition and reading comprehension in EFL learners: an action research study

Granda, Gabriela Katherine Almache; Ramírez-Ávila, María Rossana

doi:10.5380/atoz.v9i2.73526

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“…The cloud-based collaboration data acquisition platform used in this study is also known as Google Sheets. This method of acquring data require no special skills in software development as it is commonly been used and practiced in higher education community either for teaching and research(Almache Granda & Ramirez-Avila, 2020;Kunicki et al, 2019;Rideout et al, 2016). To avoid user from scrolling down one by one all the list of FOR which consist of more than three thousands selection, we implement the autocomplete technique in FOR selection as illustrated in Figure 4.…”

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Assuring Academic Integrity of Supervisor Appointment in Post-Graduate Program with Data-Driven Decision Making Strategy: A Proposal

Abdullah

A.K

2021

JGI

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Research supervision is one of the important aspect in academic quality assurance and the sustainbility of the science itself. However, there is lack of attention based on research literature and evidence of good practice on research supervision from the context of academic integrity in higher education. This study aims to develop a data-driven decision making strategy in supervisor selection for post-graduate program based using research projects data. Apart of that, the researchers reviewed the indicator of academic integrity in research supervisory from program standards in masters and doctoral degree by Malaysia Qualification Agency (MQA), international recommendation by UNESCO and Islamic principles according to the roles of the supervisor, administrator and student in the context of research supervisory. This study adopted data analytics and visualization technique using cloud-based collaborative platform as a research method for data acqusition, processing and analyzing the data. The researchers acquired the research projects profile data registered in the institutional database in Universiti Malaysia Pahang from Department of Research and Innovation as a case study. We categorized and mapped the research profile according to Malaysian Research and Development Classification System (MRDCS) code. The combined data was been analyzed and visualized to specific online dashboard to indicate the research experience in fraction of years as a metric. The researchers evaluate the characteristics of the dashboard based on the academic integrity indicators from MQA, UNESCO and Islamic principles as our measures. The result shows that there is a potential usefulness of the proposed strategy in assuring academic integrity for supervisor selection in post-graduate programmes. This novel approach has a potential impact on academic integrity in higher education which can be adopted at larger scale by higher education institution in Malaysia.

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confidence: 99%

Assuring Academic Integrity of Supervisor Appointment in Post-Graduate Program with Data-Driven Decision Making Strategy: A Proposal

Abdullah

A.K

2021

JGI

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Word Recognition and Fluency Activities’ Effects on Reading Comprehension: An Iranian EFL Learners’ Experience

Pallathadka

Xie

Alikulov

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Education Research International

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Reading fluently is the goal of many L2 learners. The purpose of this study was to see how word recognition and fluency-building activities affect Iranian EFL students’ reading comprehension. To do so, 93 subjects with preintermediate command of English were selected. Then, they were divided into two experimental groups and one control group, each with 31 participants. In an eight-session period, the first experimental group (word recognition group) received word and phrase recognition activities, the second treatment group (fluency group) was exposed to fluency-oriented activities, while the control group was only exposed to the Farsi translation of the assigned texts. Using a randomized pretest-posttest comparison group design, we attempted to see how reading comprehension changes in response to the treatment. Therefore, a one-way between-groups ANOVA was used to test the null hypothesis. The findings revealed that both experimental groups significantly outperformed the control group in the posttest. There was no significant difference between the two experimental groups, according to post-hoc analyses, hence the efficacy of the two implemented techniques. This study implies that material developers should include such activities in their textbooks to enhance text comprehension, especially at the preintermediate level of language proficiency. Additionally, teachers can employ these techniques in their classes with their learners at the preintermediate level.

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Classifying vocabulary in Google Sheets to improve word recognition and reading comprehension in EFL learners: an action research study

Cited by 2 publications

References 23 publications

Assuring Academic Integrity of Supervisor Appointment in Post-Graduate Program with Data-Driven Decision Making Strategy: A Proposal

Assuring Academic Integrity of Supervisor Appointment in Post-Graduate Program with Data-Driven Decision Making Strategy: A Proposal

Word Recognition and Fluency Activities’ Effects on Reading Comprehension: An Iranian EFL Learners’ Experience

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