Graduate Students' Perceptions of the Impact of the Alternative National English Course on the Improvement of Their English Language Learning and Their Learning Challenges at the University of Jordan

Autor/in	Alkhawaldeh, Ahmad Mokbel
Titel	Graduate Students' Perceptions of the Impact of the Alternative National English Course on the Improvement of Their English Language Learning and Their Learning Challenges at the University of Jordan
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Practice, 8 (2017) 15, S.22-28 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2222-1735
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Graduate Students; Student Attitudes; Outcomes of Education; Nontraditional Education; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Required Courses; Student Needs; Skill Development; Language Acquisition; Vocabulary Development; Grammar; Language Proficiency; Reading Skills; Writing Skills; Language Tests; Qualitative Research; Scores; Data Analysis; Course Evaluation; Jordan; Test of English as a Foreign Language + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Schülerverhalten; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Pflichtkurs; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Wortschatzarbeit; Grammatik; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Language test; Sprachtest; Qualitative Forschung; Auswertung
Abstract	This qualitative study addressed the English language learning needs and challenges expressed by a sample of 22 postgraduate students from diversified faculties in the University of Jordan. These students were required to take the Alternative National English course. They wrote a self-report reflecting on their English language learning needs and challenges in the first semester, 2016. The majority of these students endorsed the high achievement attributed to the contribution of the above course. Among the challenges they encountered, according to them, encompassed the positive change they experienced in being familiar with new vocabularies, new grammatical rules and becoming more proficient in reading and writing skills. On the basis of these findings, the study recommended the incorporation and focusing on the gains students got from the course to be considered in the upcoming semesters. Also the students' challenges in learning English should be taken into consideration. The various needs expressed by the participants should be fulfilled by teachers who teach graduate English courses. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01