The Effectiveness of Classroom Activities in EFL Elementary-Level Courses from Adult Learners’ Perspectives

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60162694%3AG38__%2F24%3A00560312" target="_blank" >RIV/60162694:G38__/24:00560312 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://www.ijlter.org/index.php/ijlter/issue/view/122" target="_blank" >http://www.ijlter.org/index.php/ijlter/issue/view/122</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.22.8.6" target="_blank" >10.26803/ijlter.22.8.6</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Effectiveness of Classroom Activities in EFL Elementary-Level Courses from Adult Learners’ Perspectives

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This paper aims to identify how adult learners perceive the usefulness of activities implemented in elementary-level courses at the Language Centre of the University of Defence in Brno. The descriptive quantitative research, conducted with 173 military personnel in the form of a questionnaire survey in 2020, concentrated on elucidating which activities employed in classes adult learners consider beneficial for improving speaking skills with respect to their age and the type of course attended. The findings underscored the pivotal role of teacher’s corrective feedback in instructor-learner interactions, both dyadic and whole-class, which may enable adult beginner learners to acquire a target language more effectively, and subsequently, increase their motivation to learn. The study also highlighted the importance of using the mother tongue in short-term beginner courses, accentuating the substantial value of oral translation exercises in the process of basic grammar acquisition as well as vocabulary development. Overall, the findings did not reflect considerable differences in the perceived usefulness of instructional activities, either among the age cohorts or particular courses.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Effectiveness of Classroom Activities in EFL Elementary-Level Courses from Adult Learners’ Perspectives

Popis výsledku anglicky

This paper aims to identify how adult learners perceive the usefulness of activities implemented in elementary-level courses at the Language Centre of the University of Defence in Brno. The descriptive quantitative research, conducted with 173 military personnel in the form of a questionnaire survey in 2020, concentrated on elucidating which activities employed in classes adult learners consider beneficial for improving speaking skills with respect to their age and the type of course attended. The findings underscored the pivotal role of teacher’s corrective feedback in instructor-learner interactions, both dyadic and whole-class, which may enable adult beginner learners to acquire a target language more effectively, and subsequently, increase their motivation to learn. The study also highlighted the importance of using the mother tongue in short-term beginner courses, accentuating the substantial value of oral translation exercises in the process of basic grammar acquisition as well as vocabulary development. Overall, the findings did not reflect considerable differences in the perceived usefulness of instructional activities, either among the age cohorts or particular courses.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50300 - Education

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research

ISSN

1694-2493

e-ISSN

1694-2116

Svazek periodika

22

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

8

Stát vydavatele periodika

MU - Mauricijská republika

Počet stran výsledku

16

Strana od-do

104-119

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85173934334