The Perceptions and Attitudes of Saudi EFL Students Toward the Use of Communicative Language Teaching in Oral Communication Classes (Published)
Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) is widely and extensively practiced in language teaching, especially in EFL classes. In fact, most educators consider it to be the most effective and practical approach to language teaching. Early studies indicated that the positive or negative attitudes of learners toward CLT can affect their language learning process. As a result, the current study aims to unveil the perceptions and attitudes of Saudi college and graduate students toward the implementation of CLT to enhance their speaking and listening skills. Furthermore, gender role is also considered since Saudi has a segregated system of education. Questionnaire items adopted from Komol et al. (2020) were rated on a Likert scale which ranged from “Strongly Disagree” (1, very low) to “Strongly Agree” (5, very high). Mean Likert scale scores were used to evaluate the responses of participants along with the standard deviation (SD). The study found that Saudi participants displayed a higher perception of CLT activities when compared to their attitude. Moreover, females showed a higher perception and attitude toward CLT activities than males did. The highest mean scores of perception items among females are “Making a short video” because it allows them to get more exposure to English use while males have chosen “Teacher’s instruction on class CLT activities” as more significant. Concerning attitudinal items, males believe in using CLT activities to promote their language proficiency. In contrast, females believe in using role-play activities to improve their language proficiency. Finally, females showed less preference for CLT group or class activities than males did.
Keywords: CLT, Females, Perception, attitude, males
Gender Differentiation as a Determinant of Students’ Academic Achievement in General English Courses in Nigerian Colleges of Education (Published)
This work investigated the attitude of male and female students towards General English and their achievement in the course in Nigerian colleges of education. Three research hypotheses were set and t-test was used to test the significant difference in the attitudes of students to General English based on gender. The instrument was also used to find out if there is a significant difference between male and female students’ achievement in General English. Pearson product moment Correlative co-efficient was used to find out if there is any significant relationship between students’ attitudes to General English and their achievement in the course based on gender. Simple sampling technique was used to select two hundred male and two hundred female students used for the research. The findings revealed that there was a significant difference in the attitude of male and female students to General English. It was also discovered that there was a significant difference in their achievement in General English. The findings equally showed that there was a relationship between students’ attitude to, and achievement in General English. It was therefore recommended that male students should be encouraged to develop positive attitude to General English, more General English lecturers should be employed, and management in colleges of education should make provision for more lecture theatres, public address system and other facilities that can enhance the teaching and learning of General English.
Foyewa, R.A. (2019) Gender Differentiation as a Determinant of Students’ Academic Achievement in General English Courses in Nigerian Colleges of Education, International Journal of English Language and Linguistics Research, Vol.7, No 6, pp. 69-76,
Keywords: Achievement, Gender, General English, attitude
Improving Saudi EFL Students’ Aural Oral Skills (Published)
Aural and oral skills are the skills that enable EFL learners to perform meaningful communication and classroom interaction. Some of EFL Saudi learners avoid to practicing oral aural skills in the L2 and most of the time they exhibit a passive attitude in class. The problem of oral skills can be attributed to a variety of interrelated factors ranging from learner-cultural background and the teaching styles. In many EFL classes the aural oral skills have been somewhat neglected or poorly taught. Motivated learners create a motivated and suitable atmosphere for learning the language in their classroom dealing with challenges, concentrating on the aural oral complex tasks at hand, and stimulating others in the classroom. The implementation of (ICT) in the educational environment especially in the teaching and learning of foreign languages provided language teachers and learners with authentic input through the use computer to enhance EFL learners’ aural and oral skills.
Citation: Wijdan Siddig EL-Khalifh Mohammed and Rawan Muhy (2021) Improving Saudi EFL Students’ Aural Oral Skills, International Journal of English Language and Linguistics Research, Vol.9, No 7, pp.19-31
Keywords: Aural, attitude, avoid, communication, neglecte, perform
Use of Instructional Media as Determinant of Students’ Achievement and Attitude in English Language (Published)
This paper examined the use of instructional media as determinants of students’ achievement and attitude towards English Language. Specifically, the purpose of the study was to find out whether the use of instructional media is a determinant of SS2 students achievement and attitude towards English language. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted the descriptive research design. The population comprised 1600 teachers and 2800 SS2 students in 217 public secondary schools in Ebonyi state. Through the simple random sampling technique a sample size of 540 respondents was selected for the study. The instrument for data collection were three structured questionnaires which dealt with instructional media, students achievement and students attitude to English language. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics of frequency counts and percentages. Result of the findings showed the following: There is a significant relationship between the use of instructional media and students achievement in English language. 2. There is a significant relationship between the use of instructional media and students’ attitude towards English Language. Based on the findings, one of the recommendations was that the government should provide audio and audio-visual aids in all the schools in the federation for improved students achievement in English language and the development of positive attitude towards the subject.
Keywords: Achievement, English Language, Students, attitude, instructional media