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Past research has reported that training on other aspects affected the learner’s language complexity but did not substantially promote accuracy or the results were too ambiguous to determine if accuracy was also improved (Ellis, 1987; Crookes, 1989; Wigglesworth, 1997). This study set out to determine if this is also the case for speed reading courses, in which EFL learners are trained to improve their reading fluency. An experiment was conducted on university students in order to see if their language knowledge accuracy would improve when their reading fluency developed. During the experiment, two treatment groups and two control groups were following an English program at university while the treatment groups also followed a speed reading course, which lasted two months. A set of language memory span tests were given before and after the treatment. The results indicated that although improvement in reading fluency facilitates language complexity, it does not assist language accuracy development to a remarkable degree.
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The education process of the 21st century has been heavily impacted upon by digital technology. This impact has culminated in the transformation of pedagogy and learning through the penetration of digital technology into the social, political and economic fabric of society. Learning is now more strategic with a greater emphasis on learner-centred learning and virtual collaboration, whereby the role of the teacher has changed to a facilitator of learning, rather than the fountain of knowledge. This paradigmatic shift in approach responds to the need for life-long learning whereby, in a freelance economy, individuals will be expected to engage in working landscapes requiring a broad range of skill sets, including the soft skills. A freelance economy encourages individuals, through greater levels of autonomy, to collaborate and engage in enhanced decision-making and, as a result, be positioned to participate in the improvement of society through the use of flexible learning structures supported by digital technologies. This expectation, therefore, impacts educational institutions across sectors, requiring them to provide learners with the skills necessary to continue their learning journeys well beyond their formal education. In response to this pedagogical shift, this paper provides insights into the wide scope of digital technology use for 21st century learning to date. It provides three exemplars that encompass: 1) School curriculum implementation; 2) Enhancing languages education and 3) Use of Zoom for online collaboration. All three address the challenges faced in implementation, in addition to outlining the associated expectations, strategies and support mechanisms.
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The Covid-19 pandemic has hit Indonesia since March 2020 and changed various order of community life. Various efforts have been made to tackle the transmission of this pandemic, including physical distance and lockdown. Academic institutions changed their learning activities, from face-to-face learning to online learning by using technology. Referring to the massive use of technology in the pandemic, digital literacy is needed for all levels of education. The purpose of this article is to describe the policy of digital literacy programs in Indonesia; the government’s role during a pandemic in education sector; and the implementation of digital literacy during the pandemic. The study of these three topics are useful for understanding how to increase utilization of digital literacy, and the possibility to develop digital citizenship programs to counterbalance unexpected impact of digital information.
number: /2021
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Self-study is crucial in the professional development of teachers to meet all the educational requirements. The context of educational reform in Vietnam has heightened the need for research about teachers’ self-study habits. To examine current self-study habits of teachers as well as proposing some appropriate solutions, over 50 teachers, librarians and school administrators have been invited to interview, group discussions and fill in a questionnaire. The findings suggest that not only schools need to change to promote the movement of teachers’ self-study but also teachers themselves need to plan and carry out self-study actively with stronger determination to meet the requirements of the new curriculum
number: /2021
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Governments have recognized the use of information and communication technology in education, making it more accessible and inclusive. Besides, it also a means to achieve one of the 17 sustainable development goals of the United Nations which is the provision of quality education and promotion of lifelong learning. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to some realizations. The sudden shift to online learning affected the lives of educators, academic staff and students alike. The digital divide has also become more apparent as many students did not only have access to desktop computers and laptops but mobile data charges could also be expensive. Moreover, the digital skills of teachers and learners to enable them to teach and learn online were not readily available. The use of e-learning enables students to develop digital competencies. In e-learning, they build their online skills as well as expand their technological capacities. Hence, this paper aims to discuss e-learning and digital literacy in the Philippines, including: Discuss the rise of e-learning and digital literacy in the Philippines in the context of the University of the Philippines Open University; Present the challenges of e-learning and digital literacy in the country; Discuss the strategies adopted by the government related to digital literacy and e-learning; and Present prospects and perspectives on the future of e-learning and digital literacy in the Philippines.
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Physical education (PE) is currently one of the top concerns of education in modern society, given its critical role in promoting sustainable development of human capital in society. Different from the high priority of physical education in the educational system of developed countries, this subject has not been given sufficient focus in many developing countries, including Vietnam. This article aims to provide a dataset of self-awareness and perception about PE practices of 1069 PE teachers at elementary schools from 26 provinces throughout Vietnam. Some recommended analysis techniques to utilize this dataset are also proposed. The dataset is expected to provide the necessary materials for further research about PE practices in developing contexts, which facilitates educators and policymakers to acquire a better understanding of PE promotion in an educational setting.
number: /2021
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Through the data survey (using the questionnaires promoted by Nguyen and colleagues, 2014) with one hundred and fifty 9thgrade students at Nghia Tan secondary school located in Hanoi city of Vietnam, the paper describes the practice of their competence of self-regulated learning (specified in their off-class time). The limitations in the 9th graders’ competence of self-regulated learning in out-ofclass time are also revealed and pointed out, including such extents as students’ low reading speed, lack of taking notes skill, their notwell-oriented revision. Since then, the current paper provides recommendations on the role of secondary school teachers in forming and promoting their learners’ competence of out-of-class self-regulated learning, specifically teachers’ classroom guidance and their ways to support students’ learning
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Global citizenship education is becoming one of the strategies of education development in particular and human resource development in general. In this trend, Vietnam P-12 National Curriculum (issued 2018) has focused on educational objectives about sustainable and students’ competency development of UNESCO and Vietnam comprehensive education innovation. This article points out and analyzes opportunities for global citizenship education in the primary written curriculum of Sciences, History and Geography subjects. In addition, challenges, which faced by schools when implementing global citizenship education, are shown in this paper. Based on the advantages and disadvantages, the authors gave some recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of global citizenship education
number: /2020
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Number of views: 1,017
The growth of information technology is changing the way of teaching and learning in higher education. E-learning system is a part of this change, which help students and instructions interact become easier. Learning management system (LMS) becomes more innovative and useful for learning activities regarding time and location. This paper examine the mediating role of perceived usefulness and self-efficacy on student satisfaction of LMS. We adopted the extended information system (IS) success model with perceived usefulness and self-efficacy as mediator. The model was tested with 220 students in University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City who use a LMS for most of the course they took. Partial least squares (PLS) technique is employed to test the possible mediating effects. The PLS analysis results revealed that Perceived usefulness fully mediate the relationship between service quality to learner satisfaction of LMS. Furthermore, research found that Perceived usefulness play as partially mediator which mediate the relationship between information quality and system quality with learner satisfaction
number: /2020
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As the world has become more digitally interconnected than ever before in the 21stcentury, the next generation is required to possess various sets of new skills to succeed in their works and lives. The purpose of the article is to present a dataset of socio-demographic, in-school, out-of-school factors as well as the eight domains of 21st-century skills of Vietnamese secondary school students. A total of 1183 observations from 30 secondary schools in both rural and urban areas of Vietnam are introduced in this dataset. The linear regression analysis was also utilized as an analysis example for this dataset. The insights generated from the dataset are hoped to contribute to skills-based education and policy planning in Vietnam.