Saudi students’ attitudes towards the use of corpora in learning collocations اتجاهات الطلاب السعوديين نحو استخدام المتون اللغوية في تعلم المتلازمات اللفظية

Alruwaili, Awatif Katib

doi:10.21608/jsrep.2018.39209

	Saudi students’ attitudes towards the use of corpora in learning collocations اتجاهات الطلاب السعوديين نحو استخدام المتون اللغوية في تعلم المتلازمات اللفظية
التربية (الأزهر): مجلة علمية محکمة للبحوث التربوية والنفسية والاجتماعية)
Article 18, Volume 37, 180 جزء1, October 2018, Pages 757-787 PDF (262.45 K)
Document Type: بحوث فی مجال علم النفس والصحة النفسیة
DOI: 10.21608/jsrep.2018.39209
Author
Awatif Katib Alruwaili
College of Education and Arts, Northern Border University, Arar, Saudi Arabia
Abstract
استخدمت لغويات المتون الحاسوبية لأکثر من ثلاثة عقود في تدريس اللغة الإنجليزية لکن الى الآن لم يصبح منهجا سائدًا لتعلم اللغة في الفصول الدراسية في المملکة العربية السعودية. هناک نقص في الدراسات المنشورة التي تبحث استخدام لغويات المتون الحاسوبية في تدريس اللغة الإنجليزية في السياق السعودي. ولمعالجة هذه الفجوة، قيمت هذه الدراسة استخدام لغويات المتون في الفصول الدراسية للغات الأجنبية (اللغة الإنجليزية) عن طريق دراسة مجموعة من الطلاب في جامعة الحدود الشمالية في المملکة العربية السعودية. على وجه التحديد، بحثت هذه الدراسة مواقف الطالبات نحو نهج التعلم القائم على البيانات (DDL) بشکل عام، واستخدام مورد ((AntConc، ومواد التعليم القائمة على concordance-based بشکل خاص والتي تم استنباطها باستخدام الاستبيانات والمقابلات المتعمقة. تشير البيانات النوعية والکمية للدراسة إلى أن الطالبات بوجه عام لديهم مواقف إيجابية تجاه نهج DDL ويرون أنه مفيد لتطوير اللغة الإنجليزية، وزيادة الثقة والکفاءة في لغتهم الإنجليزية. تشير النتائج إلى أن الطالبات کانوا قادرين على تقديم تعميمات وتکيفات مفيدة لنهج DDL في التعامل مع خطوط التوافق. کانوا أيضا إيجابية تجاه نهج Abstract Corpus linguistics has been used for over three decades in language teaching but not until now has it become a mainstream approach to language learning in the classroom in Saudi Arabia. There is a lack of published studies that explore the use of corpora in teaching English in the Saudi context. To address this gap, the study evaluated the use of corpora in English foreign language (EFL) classrooms by examining a group of students at a Northern Border University in Saudi Arabia.Specifically, this study examined students’ attitudes towards the data-driven learning approach (DDL) in general, the use of a corpus resource (AntConc), and concordance-based materials in particular that were elicited using reflective forms and in-depth interviews. The study’s qualitative and quantitative data indicate that overall, the students have positive attitudes towards the DDL approach and see it as beneficial to developing the English language; and increased confidence and proficiency of their English language. The results indicate that the students were able to make useful generalisations and adaptations of the DDL approach in dealing with concordance lines. They were also positive towards the DDL approach and were able to recognise the benefits for using it in learning collocations (verb–noun collocations). DL وکانوا قادرين على التعرف على فوائد لاستخدامها في التعلم المتلازمات اللفظية (الفعل- الاسماء).
Keywords
materials; Attitudes; Collocations; Corpora; data-driven learning

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