EDU702

Proposed Title:  Video Conferencing as a Platform in Teaching English as a Second Language Problem Statement Video conferencing  is one of the web-based technologies that can help teachers to deliver their lessons online instead of requiring a face-to-face interaction between educators and students. Therefore, video conferencing can be helpful for educators to communicate with their students who are far away. According to Anas and Musdariah (2018), this type of communication which is known as ‘communication 2.0’, will enable ESL educators to connect with their students regardless of their time and place. However, as convenient as it sounds, this platform can be a bother for the educators if they are facing difficulties in using it. Having lack of knowledge in technology and not being ready in using it can increase their chances in facing difficulties while doing  video conferencing . This will cause the educators to have negative attitudes towards teaching English via video con

Proposed Title: Strategies and Approaches to Teaching Literature in Urban and Rural School Problem Statement As educators, teachers need to know the right strategies and approaches in teaching literature. They need to be able to integrate different strategies and approaches in their teaching and learning session of literature so that the learning of literature can be fun and enjoyable for the students. However, they might face a few challenges in doing so. One of the challenges is that they are not aware of the strategies and approaches in order to integrate them in their teaching of literature. Kee as cited in Muthusamy, Syahaizad, Michael, Arumugam and Thayalan (2017) claims that educators are concerned that they do not know the right approaches to use in teaching literature component to the students in the English syllabus. If teachers themselves do not know what strategies that would help in learning literature, how can they implement the strategies in classroom to teach thei

ARTICLE 1 1.       APA citation San Jose, A. & Galang, J. (2015). Teaching Strategies in Teaching Literature: Students in Focus. International Journal of Education and Research , 41-50. 2.       a) Research Problem - Teachers who are teaching literature in English courses are facing the challenges on the appropriateness of the teaching strategies used. -Teachers need to fit newly acquired teaching strategies to the need of their students. b) Research Objectives -To determine the different teaching strategies used by the AB English teachers in teaching literature courses. -To find out the purposes of the teachers in using the strategies. -To discover impressions of the students on the teachings strategies used.        c) Research Questions RQ1: What are the teaching strategies used by the AB English teachers in teaching literature subjects? RQ2: What are the purposes of the AB English teachers in using the teaching strategies? RQ3: How teaching stra

On 2 nd of March, we had our first research methodology class where we were introduced to the course. We were informed that by the end of the semester, we will need to submit a research proposal related to our field. Hence, we were provided details on how to conduct a research. Below are several steps in doing a research: Steps in doing Research 1.       Determine topic of interest. 2.       Specify research problems. 3.       Specify research questions/ objectives/ hypothesis. 4.       Literature review. 5.       Determine methodology. 6.       Collect data. 7.       Analyse data. 8.       Report findings. First thing to do is, I need to determine my topic of interest. There are some topics related to ESL teaching and learning that I am interested in (the use of technology in classroom, teaching of literature or teaching of grammar). Since I still cannot decide on which topic I want to focus on, I read some articles to help me in getting a clearer visi