Role of visual element in spoken English discourse: implications for YouTube technology in EFL classrooms

Albahiri, Mohammed; Alhaj, Ali Albashir Mohammed

doi:10.1108/el-07-2019-0172

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“…A study by Albahiri & Alhaj (2020) was conducted to explore the elements in the stimulation of speaking skills among second language learners. The focus of the study is mainly on the theories related to technology-aided language lessons and media elements that encourage learners to interact and communicate effectively.…”

Section: Various Related Research Done Using Audio-visual Materials and The Potential Affordancesmentioning

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The Use of Audio-Visual Materials as Strategies to Enhance Speaking Skills among ESL Young Learners

Kathirvel¹,

Hashim²

2020

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There are four main skills in English language namely listening, speaking, reading and writing respectively. Speaking skills is considered the most essential skills as it helps the learners to communicate with others effectively. Some of the factors that contributing to the low level of speaking skills are lack of exposure, low confidence level, and high level of anxiety towards English Language. Thus, these issues should be addressed in order to enhance ESL learners' speaking skills. In this 21 st -century learning and teaching, various strategies involving ICT have been invented by teachers to improve speaking skills among ESL learners. One of the strategies is the use of audio-visual materials to enhance speaking skills. An audio-visual material is a technology-based strategy that has gotten many positive results from the ESL learners. Therefore, it is believed that this strategy would develop speaking skills among ESL learners. Hence, this paper explains how audio-visual materials assist in improving speaking skills and the benefits of using audio-visual materials.

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Section: Various Related Research Done Using Audio-visual Materials and The Potential Affordancesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Use of Audio-Visual Materials as Strategies to Enhance Speaking Skills among ESL Young Learners

Kathirvel¹,

Hashim²

2020

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“…To test the hypothesis of the study, which stated that students of private schools who start learning English at an early age have a better mastery of English than those of public school students who start at a late age, analysis of both tools' results was conducted SPSS. The results of the English language test are shown in table (1). Results obtained from data analysis of the questionnaire, as shown in table (2), revealed that most respondents agree that the early learners are better than late ones as appeared from most items responses.…”

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The Effects of Age Factor on Learning English Language: A Case Study of Sudanese Private and Public Secondary Schools in Khartoum State, Sudan

Alhaj

Ali

Ahmed

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The current paper aims at studying the age factor in Sudanese public schools and private schools where the starting age differs in both. Also, it aims at finding out whether the late or early starting of learning English language influences the learner's acquisition to language. Moreover, the study aims at showing the difference between learners of English language in private schools and learners in public schools. The tools used for data collection were questionnaire for EFL Sudanese teachers and a test for Sudanese secondary school students. The research was conducted with a total of 30 male students attending Sudanese public schools and private schools. By using the mixed-method research approaches, the findings revealed that most respondents agree that the early learners are better than late ones, that is to say that students of private schools who start learning English at an early age had better mastery of English than those of public-school students who start at a late age. Finally, the study recommended that investigating the effects of age factor on learning English language is a very important phenomenon and may apply in other countries such Egypt, Saudi Arabia etc. This study is the first of its kind to investigate the effects of age factor on learning English language, particularly, in the context of Arab countries.

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“…Saudi translation students' performance in the translation of some Quranic euphemistic, metaphoric, polysemic, connotative expressions into English in this group scored higher than the students in the control group at p-value .05, which indicates the gains of utilizing the translation strategies. (Albahiri, et al 2020) 3.6.2 The Second Instrument…”

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The Effectiveness of Cooperative Work Procedure in Enhancing Translation Skills among Saudi Students of Translation at King Khalid University

Alhaj¹,

Albahiri²

2020

IJHE

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The present paper aimed at exploring the effectiveness of using the translation techniques, namely, Cooperative Work Procedure. (Gerding- Salas, 2000) on teaching translation courses for the students of translation at King Khalid University. The researcher used two tools to collect data, a translation test, and a questionnaire which were designed by the researcher. The purposive sample of the study consisted of forty-eight students of translation who were assigned randomly to two groups, i.e., experimental and control. One group extensively utilized Cooperative Learning, whilst the other did not. The paper revealed that the utilization of Cooperative learning (CL) in teaching translation courses take an active part in promoting translation students' performance in translating texts. The experimental group subjects' results show positive obtains through the synthesis of Cooperative Learning (CL) in teaching translation courses. Moreover, data from the questionnaire indicated the students of translation have spectra responses towards cooperative learning and a majority of them favored working alone. The study also revealed that nearly all of the students of translation appreciated fully the issue of discussing and debating their renditions tasks with their colleagues while they do not like the idea of working in groups.

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Role of visual element in spoken English discourse: implications for YouTube technology in EFL classrooms

Cited by 35 publications

References 31 publications

The Use of Audio-Visual Materials as Strategies to Enhance Speaking Skills among ESL Young Learners

The Use of Audio-Visual Materials as Strategies to Enhance Speaking Skills among ESL Young Learners

The Effects of Age Factor on Learning English Language: A Case Study of Sudanese Private and Public Secondary Schools in Khartoum State, Sudan

The Effectiveness of Cooperative Work Procedure in Enhancing Translation Skills among Saudi Students of Translation at King Khalid University

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