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Table 14 Skills Tested in Examinations Keys: 1 = Responses 2 = Percentage 3 = No Responses 4 = Percentage Variables 1 2 3 4 Total speaking 54/121 44.6% 67/1121 55.4% 100% listening 66/121 54 0% 55/1121 46.0% 100% reading 104/121 85 0% 17/1121 15.0% 100% writing 105/121 86 0% 16/1121 14.0% 100% 100 86 85 80 60 40 54 44.6 20 0 writing reading listening speaking Note: that this table merely indicates the percentage of lecturers reporting that these skills are tested. Is There Still a Need for Change in Teaching Methodology? There is a need for a move away from traditional structural and grammar-translation and audiolingual methods of teaching to more communicative and student-centred learning experiences based on authentic materials(see Table 15). This move cannot be effectively made unless the teachers understand the basis of change of this type and have some understanding of its likely effects.
Table 15 Ten Features of Learning Tasks and Experiences Essential to Students’ Being Successful Foreign Language Learners Variables Responses Percentage discussion 29 24.0% students’ asking questions 22 18.2% comprehension check questions 18 14.9% simulation and role-play 15 12.4% encouraging students to express opinions 10 8.3% encouraging students to ask and answer questions (a different set of respondents from those who encouraged students to ask questions only) 6 5.0% regular consultation with teachers 4 3.3% student-centred learning 4 3.3% communicative approach 2 1.7% problem solving 1 0.8% speech contests 1 0.8% brainstorming 1 0.8% encouraging students to use English as much as possible 1 0.8% self-correction 1 0.8% encouraging communication rather than task-completion 1 0.8% getting students to write to people 1 0.8% contexualisation and elicitation 1 0.8% eliciting the background knowledge from students before relating what students already know to what they do not know 1 0.8% did not answer 2 1.7% Total 121 100% Note: Respondents may answer more than once
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Table 15<br />
Ten Features <strong>of</strong> Learning Tasks and Experiences Essential to<br />
Students’ Being Successful Foreign Language Learners<br />
Variables Responses Percentage<br />
discussion 29 24.0%<br />
students’ asking questions 22 18.2%<br />
comprehension check questions 18 14.9%<br />
simulation and role-play 15 12.4%<br />
encouraging students to express opinions 10 8.3%<br />
encouraging students to ask and answer<br />
questions (a different set <strong>of</strong> respondents<br />
from those who encouraged students to ask<br />
questions only)<br />
6 5.0%<br />
regular consultation with teachers 4 3.3%<br />
student-centred learning 4 3.3%<br />
communicative approach 2 1.7%<br />
problem solving 1 0.8%<br />
speech contests 1 0.8%<br />
brainstorming 1 0.8%<br />
encouraging students to use English as<br />
much as possible<br />
1 0.8%<br />
self-correction 1 0.8%<br />
encouraging communication rather than<br />
task-completion<br />
1 0.8%<br />
getting students to write to people 1 0.8%<br />
contexualisation and elicitation 1 0.8%<br />
eliciting the background knowledge from<br />
students before relating what students<br />
already know to what they do not know<br />
1 0.8%<br />
did not answer 2 1.7%<br />
Total 121 100%<br />
Note:<br />
Respondents may answer more than once
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