Online Reading Skills as an Object of Testing in International English Exams (IELTS, TOEFL, CAE)

With the vigorous development of the Internet, the continuous application of social media platforms has accelerated people's channels to obtain information. WeChat Public Platform (WPP), as a mobile learning platform, is derived from the current popular social platform "WeChat", which can transfer text, pictures, video, audio and other multimodal information. Based on various functions of WPP, combining it with language teaching is one technique to realize blended learning so that learners can experience a novel learning mode. Some issues have surfaced in the present Business English Writing (BEW) class for Chinese EFL undergraduates, including a lack of teaching time, students' psychological anxiety about BEW, and a rigid evaluation process. This study mainly applies WPP in Chinese EFL undergraduates' BEW class and investigates whether WPP can help improve students' BEW performance and enhance students' interest in learning BEW. Quantitative and qualitative research methods were adopted, and 80 Chinese undergraduates were involved in this quasi-experiment. By analysing the experimental results and data of the students' pre and post-test and the interview results, this study found that the English performance of the experimental class students who implemented the WPP-based BEW teaching mode has been remarkably improved, and their enthusiasm for BEW was gradually increased. Implications point to integration of WeChat in teacher instruction, teacher practice, ESL curriculum and assessment.

Section: Methods Research Design and Participantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Effect of WeChat-Based Instruction on Chinese EFL Undergraduates’ Business English Writing Performance

Sun¹,

Asmawi²

2023

“…The test of reading skills has proven to be very useful because it contributes to the most effective training of the student's cognitive activity, in the face of the need to understand and interpret the content of the text as deeply as possible; Different tests include tasks of different sizes, varying in difficulty and language specifics; Test reading is the best method for examining the language skills developed during e-learning, which has been proven by its ubiquitous use in language proficiency tests (Rimma & Andrey, 2022).…”

Section: Value Of Reinforcementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effectiveness of Modeling in Improving the Phonemic Awareness Skill among the First Grade Students

Yaghmour,

Obaidat,

Yahya

2024

This study aimed to show effectiveness of Modeling in improving the phonemic awareness skill among the first grade students in Irbid Qasabah Directorate of Education. The study sample consisted of (72) male and female students divided into two groups; the experimental group taught by using the social learning (modeling) and its number was (36) male and female students, and the control group taught by the traditional method and its number was (36) male and female students. An achievement test was developed where its reliability and validity were approved and applied to the sample. The statistical methods used by (SPSS) program were as follow: Two-Way ANNOVA, Independent t-test and standard deviation. The results of the study indicated that there were statistically significant differences due to the effect of the teaching method and for the experimental group taught by using modeling in improving the phonemic awareness skill. The superiority of modeling due to that it makes students the axis of the educational process, and gives them freedom to express their opinions without fear or hesitation which positively affect their achievement. There were statistically significant differences due to the effect of sex and for females and there were no statistically significant differences due to the effect of interaction between the group and sex. The results also showed there were no differences between the pre and post measurement.

“…In her country, the policy of School from Home (SFH) regulated all learning processes not conducted at school, but at home online. Ivanova and Ivanov (2021) note that "the modern learning process is more likely to take place in an online environment and according to them the 21st-century education tends to be guided by the principles and technologies of e-learning" (p. 714).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Professional Study Material for Foreign Language Teaching in Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Students

Gluchmanova¹

2022

Universities aim to prepare students for their future careers. An important role is also played by foreign language teaching. The study's purpose was to point out the lack of professional foreign language study material for newly accredited study programmes at the Technical University in Košice. Foreign language teachers at the Department of Social Sciences and Humanities were looking for innovative forms within foreign language teaching. Mixed methods were used to improve communication skills in advanced manufacturing technologies students in a hybrid form of education. This study aimed to find out whether students of manufacturing technologies will achieve different results in tasks related to the professional study material Plasma Cutting, as well as whether the results will differ within their study programmes. The research sample consists of 185 students in the 2nd year of bachelor's study in the winter semester of 2021. The best results were achieved by students of the Smart Technologies in Industry (A-assessment -45,2%) and Intelligent Technologies in Industry (A-assessment -43,3%). Strengths and weaknesses were revealed by teachers. Students enriched their language competencies, which they could apply as engineers, computer programmers, managers, and technicians in foreign companies.