An Assessment of English Instruction for Elementary-Level Students in Jeddah Governorate, as Perceived by English Supervisors and Educators

This study investigated the perceptions of English educators and supervisors in Jeddah Governorate regarding the process of teaching English to elementary students.A survey was conducted using a sample size of 94 educators and 10 supervisors.The data indicate that respondents considered English instruction at the elementary level essential for expanding kids’perspectives,improving academic performance,and promoting international involvement.The main advantages cited are the development of English language skills and the promotion of early education.Although not as easily noticeable,the disadvantages include potential negative impacts on an individual’s proficiency in Arabic and their sense of national identification.The highlighted challenges encompass insufficient teacher training,student reluctance towards English,limited resources,and school disparities.The proposed techniques focused on prioritizing English instructors’training,ensuring the use of appropriate content,utilizing technology,and promoting awareness of students and educators.The current research found different obstacles in teaching English at elementary stages.To overcome these obstacles,it will be essential to enhance teacher competencies,develop efficient teaching methods,get the backing of stakeholders,assign adequate resources,and carry out continuous evaluations.Further research can also contribute to a better understanding of how early English learning impacts on Arabic identity and proficiency.

An Empirical Study on Classroom Learning Anxiety of Secondary Vocational English Learners in Content-based Instruction

This research aims to study the relationship between content-based instruction and secondary vocational English learners.Two classes in one secondary vocational school were chosen as participants.The result shows that CBI teaching has a negative correlation with English learning anxiety and has an impact on alleviating students' anxiety.

Technology-Assisted Reading Instruction for English Language Learners:A Methodological Review

Purpose:By methodologically reviewing the literature on Technology-Assisted Reading Instruction(TARI)for English Language Learners(ELLs)in K-12 settings,this study aims to advance the knowledge of TARI research and guide future research directions.Design/Approach/Methods:This study examines 32 peer-reviewed journal articles published between 2000 and 2020.Each article was analyzed for research objectives,reading skills,learner demographics and contexts,theoretical frameworks,research designs,and outcomes.Findings:A review of the literature reveals a strong focus on evaluating the efficacy of TARI through summative assessments,but limited attention to learners'literacy practices and interactive engagement in digital contexts.Additionally,there is a marked lack of alternative approaches to assessing the effectiveness of technology in promoting ELLs'reading progression and a continued emphasis on developing traditional literacy over multimodal literacy.TARI can enhance reading motivation,foster collaborative learning,provide scaffolding,improve reading performance,andexpand semiotic resources.Originality/Value:As one of the first comprehensive methodological reviews of TARl,this study elucidates ELL reading education in the era of multiliteracy.Results have implications for technology-mediated education,which expanded rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Influence of Combining Computer-Assisted Language Learning With Instruction on Chinese College Students’L2 Pragmatic Ability

In the area of computer-assisted language learning(CALL),although a number of studies have adopted various CALL-based devices(e.g.,blogs,gaming,and synthetic environments)to foster second language(L2)acquisition,the vital component of instruction has received little attention.The present study explored the usefulness of CALL-based communication in conjunction with instruction on EFL learners’L2 pragmatic development.Sixty-two EFL students from a university in China were recruited for the current research.The experimental group communicated with a native English speaker through synchronous messaging via Skype and had two instructional sessions pertinent to compliment responses,while the control group interacted with a native English speaker via Skype without having the teaching intervention.Findings from an independent samples t-test demonstrated that the experimental group produced significantly more proper compliment responses in the immediate posttest than the control group(p<.001).Moreover,a significant difference(p<.001)was found for the experimental group between the preintervention and delayed post-intervention mean scores,suggesting that CALL coupled with teaching intervention had a long-term impact on learners’L2 pragmatic development.These findings enrich our understanding of the beneficial and lasting influence of combining CALL with instruction on EFL students’pragmatic development.In addition,pedagogical implications for deploying CALL paired with L2 pragmatics instruction are provided.

A Study on the Teachers'Code-switching in Vocational College Non-Eng lish Majors'English Instruction

This paper is designed to investigate the teachers'code-switching used in English instruction in vocational colleges and wants to make some efforts to the better understanding and use of code-switching and develop a positive attitude towards the code-switching in English teaching classroom.

Peer Feedback： A New Approach to English Writing Instruction in a Chinese College Setting

The paper mainly focuses on peer feedback--one specific approach to teach writing. After analyzing the current practice in English writing instruction in Chinese tertiary institutions and reviewing YANG, Badger and YU＇s （2006） empirical research study, the author evaluates the suitability of peer feedback approach in a Chinese college context. Hopes that it may offer and challenges which might be faced, are discussed as well.

Research on Instruments of Formative Assessment for Differentiated Language Teaching

Formative assessment is crucial to differentiated language teaching.To ensure the quality of differentiated teaching,some assessment instruments should be adopted during formative assessment,such as differentiated learning portfolios and group activity journal.The effective application of these instruments can also improve the students' autonomous language learning ability.

Reading “the Word” and “the World”: Promoting Learner Agency through an Engagement Model of Literacy Instruction

Learning to read in English is not just about learning to decode words, but about learning to make sense of the world through the language. However, EFL reading instruction tends to focus on developing decoding and word knowledge in an isolated manner, neglecting learners’ sense making beyond the text. This text-based approach of reading instruction often leads to students’ low interest and engagement in English learning and low profi ciency in English achievement. Drawing on examples from current research and practices in K-12 schools in the U.S. and Canada, this paper introduces an engagement model of literacy instruction, INSPIRE, that focuses on involving students in reading and writing for meaningful purposes beyond learning to decode. This integrated model of literacy instruction capitalizes on students’ personal interests and lives of school, allows choices in materials, and follows students’ lead to promote learner agency for deeper learning and comprehension. When students are more engaged in learning the world through the words, they achieve better learning outcomes in both language skills and attitudes.

A Study of the Effects of the Content-Based Instruction for English Majors in the Chinese Context

This study focused on the effects of the Content-Based Instruction （CBI） for English majors in the Chinese context. A quasi-experiment was conducted in an English teaching institution with tests as data collection instruments. The quantitative study indicates that CBI brings better outcome than Skill-Oriented Instruction （SOI） in developing language knowledge, language skills and disciplinary knowledge, achieving the general objectives of the national curriculum more effectively than the conventional SOL The findings throw a positive light on the reform of the national curriculum for English as a specialty and the education of English majors in China.

Language Learner Strategies in Second Language Teaching

Language learner strategies, which are closely associated with second language teaching, have experienced great devel?opment in the fields of theory-building and instructional practices since the 1970s. By reviewing previous research, pedagogical enlightenments can be drawn to the current English language teaching.

Visual Design and Instructional Effectiveness

The paradigms of old media are replaced by new forms of creativity and delivery of content by those who strive to enhance innovative ways of communication and learning based on universally accepted guidelines. These ubiquitous rules of design are what scholars in the field of call as the principles of design. Particularly when instructional effectiveness of a new message is under close lens, instructional designers unanimously accept and implement these design principles in the process of planning and designing products for consumers and/or learners With today＇s digital revolution and technological break-throughs, instructional designers need to keep seeking new forms of design, communication, and learning with various forms of instructional media and innovative, technology-rich design techniques. Given this educational milieu in an ever-growing digital world of learning and instruction, this paper will focus on eliciting some of these most innovative and outstanding instructional design （ID） products and evaluate their effectiveness in learning and teaching environments based on an army of ID principles generally accepted by the scholars of the field.

Integrating Content and Language in Multicultural Universities,edited by Slobodanka Dimova,Joyce Kling,Springer Cham,2020,xxi+183pp.$169.99(hardcover),ISBN:978-3-030-46946-7

Integrating content and language in multilingual universities,edited by Slobodanka Dimova and Slobodanka Dimova was published in 2020.This collection provides a global perspective on integrating content and languages in multilingual higher education(HE)institutions.Covering discussions including student and teacher perceptions,teacher training,staff effectiveness,learning effectiveness,and program development,the volume tends to address how focused language instruction and assessment can be utilized as a foundation for disciplinary content learning,without specific consideration of the diverse contexts.The book review consists of four parts.A brief introduction of the book and its exceptional contribution to the ICL field is presented in the first part.The second part highlights the core ideas of each chapter while commenting on its implications.A summary and an analysis of the academic and practical value of the collection from various perspectives in the last part round out the review.This book review with its unique perspective makes an effective reference for anyone interested in the book.

“支架式教学”在高职院校英语教学中的应用研究

作为一种教学理念和模式,支架式教学在处理“教”与“学”二者之间的关系方面呈现出形式上的多样性、对象上的针对性、内容上的适切性、设置上的及时性、评价的即时性等特点。支架式教学主要包括搭建支架、进入情境、独立探索、协作学习、效果评价五个环节,他们构成了一个完整且高效的学习过程。采用实验法,对支架式教学在高职院校英语教学中的应用要求和环境展开深入研究,其结果验证了支架式教学在提升学生英语成绩方面具有显著效果。为进一步发挥支架式教学法的效果,需要提升教师素养、熟悉各种支架、找准“最近发展区”、营造积极环境。

Exploring the role of L2 proficiency and foreign language anxiety in EMI course achievement in China

The purpose of this study is to find out how and to what extent students’L2 proficiency and English learning anxiety impact their EMI courses achievement at a Chinese state university.Quantitative research method was conducted.Questionnaire,CET-4 score and EMI exam score(n=94)were collected from undergraduate students from School of Economics who have attended or are attending International Finance course.English language proficiency and anxiety were explored as possible significant predictors of academic success in EMI.The results showed that the two predictors,English language proficiency and anxiety were significant predictors of academic success in EMI.This result highlights that students with a lower level of proficiency need supplementary linguistic support in order to fully succeed in their EMI studies.Also,code-switching to Chinese when necessary and make classes communicative and fun may help to release students’anxiety.This study helped us better understand the impact of students’English level and anxiety on EMI achievement,and it also provides pedagogical implications for teachers of EMI courses.

The Application of Input Theory to English Classroom Teaching

Early in the 1980s,Stephen Krashen has proposed a comprehensive and overall Input Theory that explains how the second language is acquired.It is still very referential to present English classroom teaching.In this essay,applications of Input Theory to English classroom teaching are developed from six aspects,involving the nature of second language acquisition,comprehensible input and so on.

Speak Up! Fostering Oral Communication in the English Classroom Through Dialogic Musical Meetings

This study, carried out in Spain in 2016, proposes new dialogical pedagogy techniques based on deeply rooted in constructivism to improve the level of English education in Spanish high schools. Spain is the second worst country in the European Union when it comes to English command, especially with regards to oral output, as a consequence of several factors, such as the deficient preparation of teachers, cuts in the education budget or dubbed films. This paper will present the outcomes of a Second Language Acquisition innovation project carried out in the North of Spain. After analyzing data collected to study their low command of the language, the participants, more than 20 students from the Spanish equivalent for US high school 10th grade, performed tasks that prepared them with insight and training to then participate in a musical meeting, where they, without the intervention of the teacher, listened to English music and discussed in the targeted language about some songs and their lyrics. These meetings were recorded to posteriori analysis with the students.

内容语言融合教育理念下高校英语专业“三进”工作探索与实践

如何更好地开展落实《习近平谈治国理政》多语种版本“三进”工作,是外语类高校当前面临的重要课题。本文基于内容语言融合教育理念,尝试探讨《习近平谈治国理政》英文版多维度、多形式、全方位的“三进”工作路径。研究引入英语专业培养方案,打造阶梯式课程链,推行创新思政教育模式,进一步推进“三进”工作,加强英语专业课程思政建设,从而探索英语专业“三进”工作新路径。

后疫情时代移动辅助语言学习(MALL)在大学英语教学中的应用

后疫情时代对大学英语教学方式提出了转变和革新的要求,线上教学和传统授课有效链接,互为补充,成为后疫情时代教育发展的必然趋势。移动辅助语言学习为构建科学合理的新教学模式提供了理论依据。文章在对大学生进行移动辅助学习使用需求分析后,确立了移动辅助语言学习融入大学英语教学的原则,并针对不同需要、能力、个性和心理特征的学生,从词汇、写作、阅读、听力、口语五项技能设计出适合大学英语人才培养计划的新教学模式。

The Application of Multiple Intelligences Theory in College English Reading Course

This paper,based on Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory,aims to investigate whether the application of MI Theory in col lege English reading class can improve students'English reading proficiency.MI-categorized activities are adopted in the class.The paper explores college Enlgish reading teaching strategy based on MI Theory to improve English teaching proficiency.The paper sheds some light on how MI theory could be applied in EFL.

外语课堂教学创新研究评析:以英语演讲为例

本文在“外语课堂教学创新研究的分类”(文秋芳2023)的基础上,选取近几年发表的5篇中国高校英语演讲教学实证研究文章,从“创新维度”与“创新类型”两方面对其进行评析。分析发现,其创新维度较为丰富,但创新类型仍以“引进改造”为主。在此基础上,笔者结合时代要求,对未来英语演讲课堂教学创新研究提出建议,拓宽现有研究,并力图向“扎根本土”或“融通中外”转变。