Speaking learning strategies

The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between foreign language anxiety, shyness, language learning strategies, speaking scores and academic achievement of university preparatory students learning German. In addition, it was aimed to determine how the independent variables predict the speaking scores and academic achievement.

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Speaking skills have always been regarded as the most difficult skill out of the four skills that learners should master in language learning. The importance of learning speaking skills has also been highlighted by many researchers in recent years. With the use of technology in this modern era, learners can learn speaking skills through various resources.

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Phonological awareness relates closely to listening and speaking skills. It also has an important role in learning to read in an alphabetic writing system. In the context of learning a new language, it is essential to figure out an appropriate strategy in accelerating the phonological awareness skill. The present study aims at investigating the effect of embedding phonological awareness training in adult English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ phonological awareness skill.

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The study "Strategies in teaching speaking to ESL/EFL young learners" aims to find out the teaching strategies used and challenges encountered by teachers while teaching speaking to young learners by looking closely into relevant articles on the issue. The findings indicate teachers frequently use games, role-play, songs, and drillings to instruct young learners. The common difficulties are reported to be related to pronunciation, vocabulary, and learning environment.

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Centred on purposeful, real-life objectives, it prepares learners to use English independently for global communication. Through universal topics and activities, and a focus on intercultural competence as a 'fifth skill', this international coursebook helps learners become more sensitive, more effective communicators. Teaching natural, dependable language, and with CEFR goals at its core, it brings real life into the classroom and gives learners the skills and strategies to communicate confidently outside it.

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In the process of learning a foreign language, vocabulary can be considered as the most important part because it is a means of expressing ideas and at the same time it is a bridge to develop micro-language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.

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A conversation can be closed verbally or nonverbally. While people can learn to speak a language, they need to experience to behave appropriately. Furthermore, behaving well in the mother tongue is difficult but much more challenging in a foreign language. For this reason, the present study is to compare and contrast the ways English and Vietnamese staff and managers utilize nonverbal strategies to terminate their conversations at offices.

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This paper will provide an overview of HOTs in English classes (using the revised Bloom taxonomy) and some examples of the application of HOTs in designing speaking activities for the first and second year students in English classes at Thuyloi University so that the readers, English teachers, can be aware of and utilize in their classes.

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The research has 2 following aims: Improving speaking skills of students at grade 6 at a secondary school in Nam Tu Liem Dist., through using role play strategy; investigating the students’ attitudes toward applying role play strategy in teaching and learning English.

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The overall aims of this study are firstly to advance an understanding of the effectiveness of cooperative learning strategies in the classroom to enhance speaking skill. Secondly, the researcher would like to explore teachers' awareness towards cooperative learning activities such as pair works and group works. Finally, we would find out the effect of using cooperative activities in enhancing speaking ability.

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This study was an attempt to investigate the possible effects of integrating MI-based activities into developing the EFL students’ speaking skills, and then to find out the students’ evaluation of such an integration of MI-based activities. Therefore, to attain those two main objectives, the mixed research method was adopted: the quantitative approach utilizing a quasi-experimental study in which MI-based activities were integrated into an experiment.

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This study aimed at exploring speaking learning strategies employed by 82 English-majored sophomores at College of Foreign Economic Relations (COFER), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Mixed-methods design was used for collecting data, involving the two research instruments: a questionnaire and a semi-structured interview.

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The article is divided into 3 main parts, including difficulties in the four skills as speaking and listening for communication such as prosody and fluency; writing and reading. About the solutions for the difficulties mentioned above, to begin with, in prosody, solution focuses on the importance of combining phonological knowledge with rhythm, melody, English stress rules and syntax rules in teaching and learning English intonation affected by stress for Vietnamese students, verified by Experimental Phonetics.

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In an attempt to investigate motivative and demotivative factors in learning the English speaking skills of second year tourism major students, the study focuses on 4 main factors: (1) identifying kinds of motivation possessed by the second year tourism major students at Tourism and Foreign Language Department, Sao Do University, (2) studying methods and techniques to motivate learners in speaking lessons, (3) investigating factors demotivating students in English speaking learning, (4) suggesting motivational strategies and techniques in stimulating learners in teaching and learning speaki...

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What are conditions like in primary schools? How many hours, if any, of English language learning do students receive before they enter secondary school? Is primary education free? What's the student-teacher ratio? Are schools in rural areas different from schools in towns? Are there textbooks? Who wrote them? When? Do parents pay for them? Or are they issued free of charge by the government? What percentage of the population completes primary school? What's the ratio of girls to boys? Is there a national primary leaving examination? What happens to those who don't get into s...

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However, double mode will also cause a redundancy effect. Diao and Sweller (2007) conducted a study with university students which demonstrated that text-only presentation mode was better than synchronised sound and text presentation mode, for both performance and cognitive load. This result supported the proposition that the redundancy effect occurs when sound is presented simultaneously with text, which is not beneficial to learning. However, this study did not take learners’ prior knowledge into account. A Chinese learning study, with high school...

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BBC Learning English Quiznet Languages 1. _______ is spoken in many countries such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Morocco, Tunisia, etc. a) Arab b) Arabian c) Arabic d) Arabesque 2. If you were in Amsterdam, what language would you hear? a) Dutch b) Deutsch c) Hollandaise d) Netherlish 3. In England, they speak English - but what do they speak in Thailand? a) Thalian b) Thailish c) Thai d) Thailic 4. Which of the following is NOT correct? a) Chinese b) Japanese c) Portuguese d) Germanese 5. Sergey comes from Russia so his ________ tongue is Russian. a)...

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Third grade is often considered a pivotal year as instruction in phonics is phased out of the formal curriculum. In third grade, increased emphasis is placed on vocabulary acquisition, comprehension strategies, text analysis, language conventions, and writing. Third-grade students learn to use context as an independent vocabulary strategy. They learn to refer to information in the text when asking and answering questions about texts they have read. They apply analysis strategies to determine the theme or central message of text.

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TheMIT Press series on Economic Learning and Social Evolution reflects the continuing interest in the dynamics of human interaction. This issue has provided a broad community of economists, psychologists, biolo- gists, anthropologists, mathematicians, philosophers, and others, with a sense of common purpose so strong that traditional interdisciplinary boundaries havemelted away.We reject the outmoded notion thatwhat happens away from equilibrium can safelly be ignored, but think it no longer adequate to speak in vague terms of bounded rationality and spontaneous order.

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This manual is designed to help teachers establish a principled framework for developing English at Key Stages 1 and 2. Covering all aspects of English, it will help teachers raise standards of achievement in pupils at all levels of fluency and confidence. The author uses case study material to relate theory to practice, covering issues such as classroom organisation and management. She also provides guidance for planning and developing ideas with colleagues and with children, and offers suggestions for teaching strategies and ways to evaluate teaching....

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