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The Specialization and Semantics Interpretation of Teacher Talk of Civil Engineering English MOOC In China: The Legitimation Code Theory Perspective 从合法化编码理论看我国土木工程英语MOOC教师话语的专业化与语义解读

Journal of Languages and Language Teaching Pub Date : 2023-07-17 DOI: 10.33394/jollt.v11i3.7974

Feng Dai, Chengyu Liu

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The Efficacy of Translanguaging in Selected South African Mathematics and Science Intermediate Phase Classrooms 在选定的南非数学和科学中级阶段教室中，翻译语言的效果

Journal of Languages and Language Teaching Pub Date : 2023-07-17 DOI: 10.33394/jollt.v11i3.7904

Shalom Nokuthula Ndhlovana, Erasmos Charamba

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Students’ Perceptions Towards the Use of Podcasts in EFL Classroom: A Case Study at a University of Uzbekistan 学生对英语课堂播客使用的认知——以乌兹别克斯坦大学为例

Journal of Languages and Language Teaching Pub Date : 2023-07-17 DOI: 10.33394/jollt.v11i3.8172

Rimajon Sotlikova, Haerazi Haerazi

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引用次数: 3

Investigating University EFL Teachers’ Perception, Practice, and Challenges in Self-Initiated Professional Development 大学英语教师自主职业发展的认知、实践与挑战

Journal of Languages and Language Teaching Pub Date : 2023-07-17 DOI: 10.33394/jollt.v11i2.7234

M. G. Tessema, G. G. Belihu

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Utilizing Concept Maps to Enhance Students’ Writing Skills 利用概念图提高学生的写作技巧

Journal of Languages and Language Teaching Pub Date : 2023-07-17 DOI: 10.33394/jollt.v11i3.7993

Susi Astiantih, Sofyan Sukwara Akfan

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引用次数: 3

The Use of Euphemisms in the Book of “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho 保罗·科埃略《炼金术士》一书中委婉语的运用

Journal of Languages and Language Teaching Pub Date : 2023-04-25 DOI: 10.33394/jollt.v11i2.7560

Smirna Br Tarigan, Marlin Steffi Marpaung

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Instructional Design to Promote Translingual Practices in an English First Additional Language Context 在英语优先的附加语言语境中促进翻译实践的教学设计

Journal of Languages and Language Teaching Pub Date : 2023-04-25 DOI: 10.33394/jollt.v11i2.7331

Kufakunesu Zano, Vimbai Mbirimi-Hungwe

{"title":"Instructional Design to Promote Translingual Practices in an English First Additional Language Context","authors":"Kufakunesu Zano, Vimbai Mbirimi-Hungwe","doi":"10.33394/jollt.v11i2.7331","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33394/jollt.v11i2.7331","url":null,"abstract":"Languages are not set, autonomous, bounded entities whose nature cannot be disrupted; they are flexible entities that can be reformed, re-arranged and recreated to fit into new contexts of communication. This study was driven by the need to explore the instructional design used to promote translingual practices in an English first additional language context in the Further Education and Training phase. For this qualitative study, eight (8) English first additional language teachers in the Further Education and Training phase were used as respondents. These teachers were stationed at four (4) high schools in one district of South Africa, meaning two (2) teachers per school were selected. The researchers used telephone interviews to collect data. The results revealed that translanguaging can be used in conjunction with collaborative activities like co-teaching, peer tutoring and group work in the English first additional language classroom. Besides, all learners have prior knowledge gained from schooling and life experiences and English first additional language teachers can build on those experiences. Also, based on the findings, it is indispensable to take advantage of modern technological facilities like WhatsApp in aiding the task of teaching English first additional language.","PeriodicalId":33956,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Languages and Language Teaching","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46063012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 1

A Systematic Literature Review of the Feasibility of a Translanguaging Pedagogy in the Foundation Phase 基于基础阶段的译语教学法可行性的系统文献综述

Journal of Languages and Language Teaching Pub Date : 2023-04-25 DOI: 10.33394/jollt.v11i2.7158

Ameera Carrim, S. A. Nkomo

{"title":"A Systematic Literature Review of the Feasibility of a Translanguaging Pedagogy in the Foundation Phase","authors":"Ameera Carrim, S. A. Nkomo","doi":"10.33394/jollt.v11i2.7158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33394/jollt.v11i2.7158","url":null,"abstract":"Many South African educational contexts, including the Foundation Phase are linguistically diverse. However, this diversity is not mostly catered for as evidenced by the prevalent monoglossic ideologies. This has resulted in low literacy levels in South Africa, which indicate a poor literacy foundation and limit learners’ ability to learn effectively and excel academically. Over the past decade, a number of literacy intervention programmes have been implemented at national and provincial level, but the impact has been minimal. There is need to explore and adopt other approaches to literacy development such as the translanguaging pedagogy which has been reported to be successful in other phases of education. However, there has not yet been studies that report on translanguaging undertaken at Foundation Phase in South Africa. Thus, this study explored the feasibility of a translanguaging pedagogy in the Foundation Phase to develop literacy for multilingual English first additional language learners. Through a systematic review, translanguaging studies conducted between the years 2015-2022 in South Africa and internationally were reviewed and analysed using a thematic analysis approach. Finding from this study reveal that learners’ home language should be considered as a resource for attaining deeper levels of meaning. By adopting a translanguaging approach, teachers can enhance multilingual learners’ literacy skills through strategies such as home-languaging, translation, juxtaposing languages and the flexible and dynamic use of the multimodal semiotic repertoire. However, future research is recommended to investigate the application of this pedagogy in the Foundation Phase classrooms in South Africa.","PeriodicalId":33956,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Languages and Language Teaching","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44069159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 2

Gue, Saya, Aku, Kita: Person Deictic Comparison between Male and Female Indonesian Food Vloggers Gue，Saya，Aku，Kita：印度尼西亚饮食记录者的性别对比

Journal of Languages and Language Teaching Pub Date : 2023-04-25 DOI: 10.33394/jollt.v11i2.6975

D. Indarti

{"title":"Gue, Saya, Aku, Kita: Person Deictic Comparison between Male and Female Indonesian Food Vloggers","authors":"D. Indarti","doi":"10.33394/jollt.v11i2.6975","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33394/jollt.v11i2.6975","url":null,"abstract":"YouTubers, content creators, or vloggers link in some way to influence their viewers. Therefore, the use of creative languages and a good linguistic approach is crucial to convey the content of the videos. Deictic expression is a common and a universal feature in regular conversation as well as in written productions. Deixis features a word or a phrase that points out people as person deixis, time as temporal deixis, or place as spatial deixis. This study analyzes and compares the use of person deictic expressions from six videos taken from three Indonesian male food vloggers and three Indonesian female food vloggers who have the most subscribers. The findings show that there is a difference between Indonesian male and female food vloggers. While Indonesian male food vloggers are mostly use informal person deictic expression gue (English: I, informal style), Indonesian female food vloggers use formal-polite person deictic expression aku, saya (English: I, formal style). They also use kita (English: inclusive-we) to minimize the distance between them and the viewers, indicating that they are having the same experiences. The findings could help the readers and the YouTube viewers to understand the function of person deictic expression that is to place the food vloggers at the center of the situation","PeriodicalId":33956,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Languages and Language Teaching","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45052367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Teaching English to Young Moslem Learners: Lessons Learned from an Expanding Circle Country 向年轻的穆斯林学习者教授英语:从一个不断扩大的圆圈国家吸取的教训

Journal of Languages and Language Teaching Pub Date : 2023-04-25 DOI: 10.33394/jollt.v11i2.7192

Dedi Irwansyah

{"title":"Teaching English to Young Moslem Learners: Lessons Learned from an Expanding Circle Country","authors":"Dedi Irwansyah","doi":"10.33394/jollt.v11i2.7192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33394/jollt.v11i2.7192","url":null,"abstract":"A large number of research projects show an increasing interest in exploring English language teaching for young learners. Until recently, however, there has been little discussion about young Moslem learners who learn English in an expanding circle country. The purpose of this study was to provide a rich description related to the distinctive features of English teaching for young Moslem learners and to describe some plausible English teaching steps for learners. Following a case study design, this article explores informal English teaching involving seventeen young Moslem learners that took place at a mosque located in Lampung province, Indonesia. The researcher played the role of a key instrument who observed and made sense of the teaching process. The findings of the study show that among the noticeable features are dress code and venue, topics, the use of Islamic phrases, and translanguaging. As for the teaching steps, six steps are proposed including opening, performing prayer, storytelling, highlighting high-frequency words, memorizing relevant saying, and closing. This study suggests that the tradition and the linguistic repertoire of the young Moslem learners in the expanding circle country ought to be considered as potential resources to English learning.","PeriodicalId":33956,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Languages and Language Teaching","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46187368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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