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Teaching Arabic In The Era Of Industrial Revolution 4.0 In Indonesia: Challenges And Opportunities, Azkia Muharom Albantani, Ahmad Madkur Dec 2019

Teaching Arabic In The Era Of Industrial Revolution 4.0 In Indonesia: Challenges And Opportunities, Azkia Muharom Albantani, Ahmad Madkur

ASEAN Journal of Community Engagement

Teaching Arabic as a foreign language (TAFL) in Indonesia has been interest of many scholars, but studies on TAFL in the context of industrial revolution (IR) 4.0 have been rarely conducted. This qualitative study was aimed at investigating the challenges and opportunities in accelerating the quality of Arabic language instruction in the IR 4.0 era. Qualitative data analysis consisting of four steps, namely, data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and data verification was applied to analyze the gathered data. According to the research results, the challenges are the following: Arabic language teachers’ limited adaptation to technology, students’ low motivation to …


The Importance Of Foreign Language Education At The Elementary Level, Dennys Canto Jul 2019

The Importance Of Foreign Language Education At The Elementary Level, Dennys Canto

Master's Theses & Capstone Projects

This literature review looks at the benefits of teaching foreign language at the elementary level versus at the secondary level. The review examines the linguistic and cognitive benefits of learning a foreign language at different levels. Young children are slower at learning languages than adolescent learners, in all aspects of language. However, young children gain many cognitive advantages from learning a foreign language and are more likely to become indistinguishable from native speakers. Foreign languages should be taught at the elementary level because it helps with literacy in English, it enhances problem solving, attentional control and the ability to switch …


La Frontera Y La Comunicación: How Language Influences Our Identity, Josie Hammons, Claudia Fernanda Ramirez Jun 2019

La Frontera Y La Comunicación: How Language Influences Our Identity, Josie Hammons, Claudia Fernanda Ramirez

Understanding by Design: Complete Collection

This unit is designed for IB Spanish B Standard level year 1 and year 2 and it is aligned to the core topic Identidades although it can also be used in AP Spanish language or other higher level Spanish classes. Students must have completed at least 2 years of Spanish prior to taking the class. The purpose of this unit is to begin the year by demonstrating the relevance and importance of language as part of our identity as human beings. In this unit, we will incorporate history, theory of knowledge, linguistics, and composition in a variety of assessments. The …


Translating Code-Switching In The Indonesian Version Of Der Boxer, Dias R. Salim Jan 2019

Translating Code-Switching In The Indonesian Version Of Der Boxer, Dias R. Salim

International Review of Humanities Studies

Code-switching is the use of more than one language in an utterance. Within a narrative work like comics, code-switching can be used to show exoticism, character identity, or dramatic effect. Translating such a speech pattern poses a challenge to a translator. This paper discusses how a translator covert speeches that code-switch to three foreign languages – English, Yiddish, and Hebrew – in the German comic der Boxer by Reinhard Kleist into Indonesian. Translation units such as words, phrases, and sentences in the the target text will be compared to its counterparts in the source text to note the procedures used …


The Effects Of English As Language Of Instruction On Teaching History In Two Schools In Monduli District, Agness Dominick Jan 2019

The Effects Of English As Language Of Instruction On Teaching History In Two Schools In Monduli District, Agness Dominick

Theses & Dissertations

The use of English as a foreign language in Education system in Tanzania has been an issue of concern, and maybe blamed for the gaps in the quality of education. Research shows that, despite the fact that education standard is deteriorating the measures that have been taken to address the problem have not achieved the intended outcomes. This current study aimed to the effects of using English language in teaching and learning of history subject in Tanzania’s public secondary schools. The study applied a descriptive qualitative research approach where purposive sampling was used to choose two public secondary schools to …