E-learning and Distance Education: A Study of Iranian Teaching English as a Foreign Language Masters Students

Hemmati, Fatemeh; Mojarrad, Hamid

doi:10.21315/mjde2016.18.1.4

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“…Descriptive statistics were applied in terms of the research questions and the mean values and the standard deviation of the items were calculated. The scale was divided into five categories ranging from '1.00-1.79 = not important, 1.80-2.59 = slightly important, 2.60-3.39 = moderately important, 3.40-4.19 = important and 4.20-5.00 = very important' (Hemmati & Mojarrad, 2016) and the results were analyzed accordingly.…”

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Views on general knowledge elective courses of ELT departments: Suggested syllabus for diction course

Akbay¹,

Cesur²

2019

Dil Ve Dilbilimi Çalışmaları Dergisi

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Turkish Council of Higher Education (CoHE) has updated the curriculums of teaching programmes recently by increasing the percentage of the elective courses. This change became the focus of this study. The study aims to find out the four most preferred General Knowledge (GK) elective courses among English language teachers and the criteria that determine their preferences and to design a syllabus for the most preferred course. It incorporated two phases and in the first phase, mixed method sequential exploratory research design was carried out. Having reviewed the curriculums of ELT departments of all 45 state universities, the researchers made a document analysis on the GK electives and developed a questionnaire which was conducted to 1093 participants online. The data were analyzed by Microsoft Excel and SPSS 21.0. Mixed method sequential transformative research design was used in the second phase. Having done a document analysis, a questionnaire was developed, and administered to 114 English language teacher educators online. The data were analyzed by Microsoft Excel and SPSS 21.0. The findings of the first phase indicated that the four most preferred GK elective courses were 'Diction', 'Presentation Skills', 'Human Relations and Communication' and 'Language and Culture', and 'personal needs and interests' was the most important criterion. From the results of the second phase of the study, 18 topics were specified to suggest a topic-based syllabus for 'Diction'. Based on the findings of the study, some implications for ELTPs and for further research were presented at the end of the study.

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Views on general knowledge elective courses of ELT departments: Suggested syllabus for diction course

Akbay¹,

Cesur²

2019

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“…In order to find answers to the first research question, mean values and the standard deviation of the items were calculated and presented. To analyse the data more precisely, the scale was divided into five categories ranging from 1.00-1.79 = strongly disagree, 1.80-2.59 = disagree, 2.60-3.39 = neutral, 3.40-4.19 = agree and 4.20-5.00 = strongly agree (Hemmati & Mojarrad, 2016).…”

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İlkokul 2. Sınıf İngilizce Öğretim Programının Değerlendirilmesi: Tokat Örneklemi

Cesur

Cinkavuk

2018

Erzincan Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi

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This research study was carried out in Tokat province with 101 active English language teachers in 2 nd grade primary state schools in 2016-2017 Academic Year in order to analyse the active English language teachers' opinions on the 2 nd grade English language teaching program in primary state schools focusing on its general characteristics, content, objectives and assessment aspects. Mixed research method was used in the study. As a quantitative data collection technique, "Teachers' Program Evaluation Questionnaire", which was formed by the researchers based on the relevant review of the literature, was conducted. As for the qualitative data collection, interviews were done with 10 active English teachers teaching students at the 2 nd grade primary state schools in Tokat. The quantitative data were analysed by using descriptive statistics through SPSS 22. Additionally, content analysis was applied to analyse the qualitative data using Microsoft Excel. According to the findings of the study, participant teachers' opinions are undecided about the general characteristics, content, objectives and assessment aspects of the program. They neither agree nor disagree that the program is effective in general. They also believe that the program has some deficiencies to be revised and supplemented. Further suggestions were provided to improve the program.

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“…Topics for Media and Communication course were listed and formed a Likert Scale in which the items were from 1 to 5 (not important -absolutely essential). Five categories identified the scale, ranging from 1.00-1.79 = not important, 1.80-2.59 = less important, 2.60-3.39 = undecided, 3.40-4.19 = important and 4.20-5.00 = absolutely essential [9]. Media and Communication questionnaire was formed as a web-based survey with Google Forms.…”

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Preservice Efl Teachers’ Preferences on the Topics of Media and Communication Course

Cesur¹,

Zholdabayeva²,

Gürlüyer³

2022

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PRESERVICE EFL TEACHERS' PREFERENCES ON THE TOPICS OF MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION COURSEAnnotation. More elective courses are placed in the curriculum of teaching departments in line with The Council of Higher Education (CoHE) in the last years. This study intended to examine and suggest the integration of Media and Communication course into ELT programme. This research study used a mixed-method design. The first part of the study contains content analysis of the data gathered from the documents. Research articles, books, university syllabi and other documents from Google were examined to form the items of the survey for pre-service EFL teachers. Following that, the possible contents to be included within the survey were ordered and composed a survey. The survey was carried out on pre-service EFL students for the purpose of finding out their views on an ideal Media and Communication course syllabus. SPSS was put into use for the analysis of the quantitative results. Qualitative results revealed that there were 40 essential topics based on the analysis of the documents. Prospective teachers' preferences were presented at the quantitative phase. Topics for "Media and Communication" course were suggested at the final part of the study.

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E-learning and Distance Education: A Study of Iranian Teaching English as a Foreign Language Masters Students

Cited by 5 publications

References 10 publications

Views on general knowledge elective courses of ELT departments: Suggested syllabus for diction course

Views on general knowledge elective courses of ELT departments: Suggested syllabus for diction course

İlkokul 2. Sınıf İngilizce Öğretim Programının Değerlendirilmesi: Tokat Örneklemi

Preservice Efl Teachers’ Preferences on the Topics of Media and Communication Course

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