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Evaluating the Impact of the delivery of Synthetic Phonics Teaching on the Acquisition of Upper and Lowercase Recognition Skills of Omani Third Graders 评价综合拼读法教学对阿曼三年级学生大小写识别技能习得的影响

International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature Pub Date : 2021-05-31 DOI: 10.7575/AIAC.IJALEL.V.10N.3P.41

Noora Al-Sukaiti, Ali Al-Bulushi

{"title":"Evaluating the Impact of the delivery of Synthetic Phonics Teaching on the Acquisition of Upper and Lowercase Recognition Skills of Omani Third Graders","authors":"Noora Al-Sukaiti, Ali Al-Bulushi","doi":"10.7575/AIAC.IJALEL.V.10N.3P.41","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7575/AIAC.IJALEL.V.10N.3P.41","url":null,"abstract":"Letter name knowledge is regarded as being among the soundest indicators of later reading skill and an imperfectly established alphabetic knowledge is a well-known predictor of future reading challenges. Hence, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a synthetic approach to phonics, specifically Jolly Phonics (JP), to determine its contribution to Omani third graders’ acquisition of uppercase (UC) and lowercase (LC) recognition. The study sample consisted of 117 Omani male and female third graders in two cycle one schools in Al-Dhahira Governorate in the Sultanate of Oman during the academic year 2019/2020. The study employed a quantitative descriptive research design, in which data was collected using an UC and LC letter recognition test. The findings revealed that the although the third graders in this study’s sample have on average achieved the JP programme’s objective in terms of UC and LC letter recognition skills, not all students have achieved the minimum required level in this literacy skill; whereby 43.6% of the students were below the minimum required level and the remaining 56.4% of students were at or above the minimum required level. Besides, there was a statistically significant difference between third graders’ scores in UC letter recognition and LC recognition in favour of UC letters. The study concluded with a set of recommendations for the MOE and English teachers, in order to develop the delivery of synthetic phonics teaching as a literacy-enhancing approach, namely JP, in the Omani context. To the best of the researchers’ knowledge, this study is important for being the first to evaluate the impact of the delivery of synthetic phonics teaching (i.e. JP programme) on the acquisition of upper and lowercase recognition skills among Omani EFL third graders since the programme’s implementation in 2014.","PeriodicalId":341726,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114921157","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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A Training to Enhance Oral Communication Strategies for Spanish Leaners of English 提高英语西班牙语学习者口语交际策略的训练

International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature Pub Date : 2021-05-31 DOI: 10.7575/AIAC.IJALEL.V.10N.3P.75

Hanane Benali Taouis, Sidoní López Pérez

引用次数: 2

Technology Use and Technology-Related Learning Experiences as Perceived by Indonesian Tertiary EFL Students 印尼大学英语学生对科技使用及科技相关学习经验的认知

International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature Pub Date : 2021-05-30 DOI: 10.7575/AIAC.IJALEL.V.10N.3P.33

Sofendi, R. Inderawati, M. Vianty

引用次数: 3

Contextualizing Gender’s Role in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening and Rajaa Alsanea’s Girls of Riyadh: A Comparative Historical Study 凯特·肖邦《觉醒》与拉贾·阿尔萨尼亚《利雅得的女孩》中性别角色的语境化:比较历史研究

International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature Pub Date : 2021-03-31 DOI: 10.7575/AIAC.IJALEL.V.10N.2P.81

Arwa Waleed Albader

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Translation Trainees’ Uses of and Attitudes towards Different Types of Dictionaries: A Case Study 翻译学员对不同类型词典的使用和态度:个案研究

International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature Pub Date : 2021-03-31 DOI: 10.7575/AIAC.IJALEL.V.10N.2P.73

Nasrin S. Altuwairesh

{"title":"Translation Trainees’ Uses of and Attitudes towards Different Types of Dictionaries: A Case Study","authors":"Nasrin S. Altuwairesh","doi":"10.7575/AIAC.IJALEL.V.10N.2P.73","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7575/AIAC.IJALEL.V.10N.2P.73","url":null,"abstract":"The focus of most studies on dictionary users has been on foreign and second language learners, with seldom attention paid to translation trainees. Given that the dictionary is an indispensable tool used by translators and translators in the making alike, research in this regard is crucial to uncover the uses and attitudes of this group of dictionary users’ towards different forms of dictionaries. Revealing translation trainees’ practices facilitates the correction of wrong ones and helps in guiding students towards the efficient use of dictionaries. The ultimate goal is, thus, informing translation pedagogy. Hence, the present study aims at investigating translation trainees’ uses of dictionaries and their attitudes towards different types of dictionaries. The focus is on uncovering the uses and attitudes of Saudi undergraduate female translation trainees towards the different forms of dictionaries available for them today. The article in hand specifically reports on the quantitative phase of a two-phase, mixed-methods case study. A group of 95 undergraduate students answered a multi-item, online questionnaire, with the aim of revealing their dictionary uses and preferences. The results confirmed the participants’ preference for and heavy reliance on electronic dictionaries, due to their convenience, comprehensiveness, portability and being up-to-date. The results further indicated the participants’ preference for bilingual over monolingual dictionaries. Surprisingly, the results also showed that a high number of the respondents reported using Google Translate frequently. Despite these findings, the survey results revealed that the participants have good knowledge of and do in fact use a wide selection of bilingual and monolingual dictionaries, including paper and electronic ones.","PeriodicalId":341726,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134166125","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

Electronic Introspection in FL Learning 外语学习中的电子自省

International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature Pub Date : 2021-03-31 DOI: 10.7575/AIAC.IJALEL.V.10N.2P.51

Adil H. A. Al Khafaji

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Reconfiguring Regulation: Towards an Empathic, Person-Centred Highly Compulsory Course of Study 重新配置规则:迈向共情、以人为本的高度必修课程

International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature Pub Date : 2021-03-31 DOI: 10.7575/AIAC.IJALEL.V.10N.2P.62

Rick Mitcham

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Tensions of Adam and Iblis in the Quran: The Imagology Approach 《古兰经》中亚当与伊布利斯的紧张关系:意象学方法

International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature Pub Date : 2021-03-31 DOI: 10.7575/AIAC.IJALEL.V.10N.2P.56

A. Muzakki, Irham

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引用次数: 1

Towards Critique: The Place of Culture in English Language Teaching 走向批判:文化在英语教学中的地位

International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature Pub Date : 2021-03-31 DOI: 10.7575/AIAC.IJALEL.V.10N.2P.28

Mohammad Almutairi

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The Influence the Language Learning Environment on Negative Transfer and its Connection to Status and Face-Saving Refusal Strategies 语言学习环境对负迁移的影响及其与地位和面子拒绝策略的关系

International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature Pub Date : 2021-03-31 DOI: 10.7575/AIAC.IJALEL.V.10N.2P.33

R. Case, Wei Xu

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