English Speaking Online in the Turkish Teaching Context:A Theoretical Approach

The world initiated a new era with the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic.Education all around the globe,including Turkey,was impacted to a great extent.Both teachers and learners were required to adapt to online education within a short period of time.Although previous studies had focused on the impacts of teaching English in general for teachers and learners,studies focusing on teaching of the speaking skills online particularly in the Turkish context was absent in the literature.Therefore,the gap which was to be considered appropriate for this research is related to comprehending the perceptions and challenges EFL teachers confronted while attempting to teach the speaking skills online within the Turkish context.This article aims to have a theoretical contribution to the current research,in order to see the significance of the Turkish context,as online teaching of English speaking was to be considered beneficial for learners,as it increased confidence for the interaction.

Enhancing IELTS Speaking Scores:A Comparative Analysis of High and Low Performers and Effective Strategies for Improvement

This paper examines the challenges of achieving high IELTS Speaking scores,particularly due to preparation constraints and subjectivity in assessment.It contrasts speaking features of high and low scorers across four key areas:fluency and coherence,lexical resource,grammatical range and accuracy,and pronunciation.The study offers strategies for improvement,focusing on topic development,vocabulary,and grammar,aiming to enhance candidates’performance.

The Dynamic Interplay Between Language Motivation and English Speaking Fluency:Implications for Effective Teaching Strategies

In this study,we aim to investigate the reciprocal influence between language motivation and English speaking fluency among language learners,and to draw implications for effective teaching methodologies.By analyzing multiple cases of language learners in conjunction with relevant theories and practical insights,the study uncovers a dynamic correlation between language motivation and speaking fluency.The research findings indicate that heightened language motivation can positively impact learners’speaking fluency,while improved oral skills,in turn,bolster learners’language confidence and motivation.Building on these insights,the study proposes impactful teaching approaches,such as cultivating learners’enthusiasm for language acquisition,providing diverse opportunities for oral practice,and fostering active engagement in language communication.These strategies are designed to enhance language motivation and speaking fluency among learners,offering valuable guidance and reference for educators.

Whole Person Education of English Majors through English Public Speaking

English public speaking proves to play a significant role in the speaker's whole person education, which has been gaining increasing attention among scholars at home and abroad. The paper analyzes possible relations between them and argues that great importance and awareness are supposed to be attached to the development and promotion of English public speaking especially among English majors for them to be more versatile and more competitive both in job markets and in work places.

基于认知学徒制的Speaking Workshop口语教学模式研究

认知学徒制理论在提高学生元认知能力方面有着积极的作用,Speaking Workshop(口语工作坊)教学模式的运用也可以有效提高课堂学习效率。本文将认知学徒制学习环境的设计原则和Speaking Workshop的教学模式相结合,对其设计思路、教学过程、实践效果进行了阐述,从而表明,基于认知学徒制的Speaking Workshop口语教学模式研究对英语口语教学效果具有一定的促进效果。

Study on PAD and flipped Classroom Applied to College English Teaching--Take College English Viewing,Listening and Speaking Ⅰ For Instance

PAD(presentation,assimilation and discussion) and flipped classroom mix the advantages of PAD and flipped classroom,PADand flipped classroom separate the period of a teacher's teaching and students' interaction,allowing students to assimilate the knowl-edge they learned in one week,this teaching mode considers different groups of students.A result of a recent teaching experiment showsthat this teaching mode can allocate class time more efficiently and equally to each student to practise oral English.Students are moreconfident,more willing to participate and show more interest in oral class.

The Understanding of Metaphoric Utterance

Metaphor utterance is different from any other kind of general utterances,the meaning of which is more complicated and mild. Metaphoric utterance is also precise and vivid,which can create a deep impression on the listeners. According to compare with the traditional approaches the thesis points out; the context-dependence method is well applied to the understanding of all metaphorical utterances. Only when you grasp the whole meaning of the context,can you know the specific meaning of each sentence.

More Tolerance and Freedom for Speaking Classes

In the practice of English Language Teaching, speaking can be the most difficult part for many learners, especially in China. This paper firstly reveals the necessity of giving more freedom and tolerance on speaking classes, based on the nature of teaching as well as speaking. Then there is more exploration for the Chinese ELT (English Language Teaching) approaches, explaining the difficulties from the aspects of Chinese culture and philosophy. Afterwards implications are showed on how to give a supportive class in different circumstances, such as dealing with silence, error correction and L1 (native language) interferences.

An Investigation into Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety of English Learners in Chinese Higher Education

The paper attempts to explore the current situation of English learners' speaking achievements and their speaking anxiety in Chinese higher education. Through reviewing the previous researches, it is possible to find out that: 1) there is a negative relationship between speaking anxiety and speaking performance; 2) most teachers have noticed the negative impact of speaking anxiety on their students, yet they have not adopted efficient strategies to solve the problem; 3) both teachers and students rely more on academic strategies than cognitive or affective strategies. Then, some proposed suggestions are made to English teachers and learners.

Ways to Improve Students’Speaking Ability in English for Careers

English for Careers is a public course for non-English majors,whose objectives are to develop students’basic language skills for work-related activities:listening,reading,speaking,and writing.As far as the four skills are concerned,most students in higher vocational colleges have the very poor speaking ability.How to improve students’speaking ability is a hard and urgent task for English teachers.This article sets out to analyze the reasons for this problem in English for Careers.Then,based on the second language acquisition and current teaching theory,ways of improving students’speaking ability are suggested.

Public Speaking的技巧与策略(8)——如何进行Informative Presentation

演讲和面对面谈话非常相似。如果我们想教授某一种技能,如演示性演讲,我们必须首先让听众知道我们想让他们了解什么,做什么。如果是劝说式演讲或辩论,我们必须在劝服听众相信我们的观点前使他们了解所要讨论的题目。这种告知听众的做法要求我们清晰简洁地提出我们的主题,然后用具体的细节、例证来支持主题或在辩论中提出具体明确的参考材料。

SPEAKING模型下北京地铁双语站名语言景观考察与研究

基于SPEAKING模型,选取模型中SPN三个要素,对比2022版及2023版北京城市轨道交通线网图,深入分析北京地铁双语站名语言景观。研究发现,北京地铁双语站名语言景观表达与语言服务质量、语言权势、身份认同及意识形态相关,但存在不统一、不规范等实际问题。文章从语言服务质量的提升和象征功能的体现两个方面对该问题提出针对性修改建议,以规范北京地铁双语站名语言景观表达,进而强化“风向标”引领,彰显“头雁效应”。

Testing Speaking Skill with Help of Language Lab or Computer

Speaking skill is an important component in the student’s communicative competence.The testing of this skill is indispensable with its functions of providing useful feedback and motivating students.Where direct face-to-face oral test is impossible when large number of candidates involved,language lab or computer can be used to carry out various testing tasks in the evaluation of the students’ oral communicative competence.

Critique of Viewing, Listening and Speaking Coursebook(New Horizon College English)

This paper is a tentative application of the foreign pedagogical theories into the evaluation of the Chinese mainstream college English textbook Viewing, Listening and Speaking(New Horizon College English, 2ndedition). Targeting the present imperfection, the paper also proposes respective suggestions for the further improvement of the coursebook.

SPEAKING模型下滦州古城语言景观研究

该文对唐山市滦州古城的语言景观现象进行定量、定性分析,以SPEAKING模型为切入点,重点关注语言语码以及语言景观参与者和文本的互动关系,从多角度对古城景区的标牌语言进行深入剖析。研究结论显示滦州古城的语言景观呈现出国际化、多元化趋势,且“作者”“读者”与文本的互动关系明显。该研究系统总结了滦州古城语言景观使用的优势及不足,以期为景区的国际化改进和国家及地区语言政策的调整提供参考意见。

Speaking skill Test with Help of Language Lab or Computer

Testing the ability to speak is a most important aspect of language testing, especially in terms of the student's communicative competence. However, it is an extremely difficult skill to test, as it is far too complex a skill to permit any reliable analysis to be made for the purpose of objective testing. In addition, direct face-to-face oral test is impossible when large number of candidates involved, so language lab or computer can be used to carry out various testing tasks in the evaluation of the students' oral communicative competence. This paper aims to introduce briefly how to test speaking skill by language lab or computer.

Is neurotrophic factor a second language that neuron and tooth speak?

Neurotrophic factors are growth factors that can nourish neurons and promote neuron survival and regeneration. Dental origin mesenchymal stem cells express various neurotrophic factors during tooth development and the expression level changes during cell differentiation.

Cooperative Principle and English Humorous Utterance

Humorous utterances,especially those in the form of conversation in life,have distinctive pragmatic features.There is a close relationship between humor and pragmatics,which can be found in various books on pragmatics.In those books,humorous utterances function as examples for pragmatic analysis.Effective humorous languages often reflect one or several pragmatic features.This paper specifically introduces one of the important theories of pragmatics:cooperative principle,by which the paper analyzes the humorous utterance and explores the relationship between pragmatic rules and humorous utterance.The purpose is to make people know humorous utterance is a matter of pragmatics. The reality of the humor especially depends on implication of the language and the context.

The Implication of Prosodic Features' Pragmatic Functions-For Teaching Listening and Speaking

Interactive communication is not straightforward but complicated. Prosodic features play an influential role in English communication. They can be used to signal certain pragmatic purposes in real situations for listeners and speakers to have mutual understanding. Identifying the pragmatic functions of prosodic features will facilitate the teaching of listening and speaking. English teachers need to clarify and emphasize the relationship between prosodic features and their pragmatic functions, attempting to work out how to combine them together into teaching in order to teach students to communicate effectively.

A Discussion on the Criteria for Evaluating Speaking Skills

The identification of effective and appropriate speaking skills seems to be a paradox task for the reason that there exist no consistent criteria for evaluating speaking skills in language teaching and testing.It is claimed in the current article that the teaching and assessment of speaking skills would probably be better based on a comprehensive framework of criteria including four aspects,namely,grammatical competence,strategic competence,sociocultural competence and discourse competence.