How people learn How people learn English outside the English outside the

classroomclassroom

Mini-research projectscarried out under the

guidance of Dr. Marsha Bensoussan

Is there a relation among pre-school children’s watching Dora, their English use, and positive attitude towards the English language?

The overall analysis of the data shows that parents believe that there is a positive influence of watching Dora, towards developing a positive attitude to English language, and English language use. Dora provides visual aids, authentic language input, communicative activities, and systematic repetition of vocabulary by chunking, singing, role playing, and games. In addition she offers a lot of positive reinforcements which encourage participation. The input of Dora can be a very good basis for constructing the basics of the English language for pre school children.

By: Yael Zigman

o Does the use of computer games, influence and enrich EFL learners vocabulary, in the four skills?

o Is there a difference, between boys and girls,

in the use of computer games?

The questionnaire was handed out to:

30 pupils in grade 528 pupils in grade 4 boys23 pupils in grade 4 girls

Playing computer games in English does effect EFL learners vocabulary in all 4 skills

Boys play computer games more than girls therefore they feel their English is better especially in speaking.

From Eva MosheFrom Eva Moshe

Music plays a significant part in the life of many teenagers and growing ups. For many young people it is important not only to listen to the tune and the rhythm, but also to be able to understand the lyrics of a song.

This can be a great motivating factor for young people to improve their knowledge of the English language and to enlarge their vocabulary.

The question of this paper is:

Can the use of popular songs in the ESL Can the use of popular songs in the ESL classroom promote the learning and the classroom promote the learning and the motivation in second language motivation in second language acquisition in junior high school or high acquisition in junior high school or high school classes? school classes?

It is my assumption that there is a correlation between listening to the lyrics of popular music (in English) - and vocabulary, pronunciation and sentence structure knowledge in English.

The Internet as a powerful innovation

Enables people to reach out across cultures

Boundless possibilities for the teaching profession

Can foster a dynamic learning environment

Use of the Internet as a tool for learning

Survey population:Both high school students and adults in Israel.

Survey question:Subjects were asked about their use of English on the Internet for various purposes.

Average scores assessed separately for men and women.

Men tend to deal with more physical and technical activities

Women are oriented to more social activities.

Internet has a wide range of usesProvides many opportunities for

indirect acquisition of the English language

Presented by Anna Vagner

1 .This study investigates whether the knowledge a school graduate gets through listening to lyrics in English influences :

-the number of units of Bagrut -the level of the Bagrut grade .

2 .The study reports on the preferred style of music (with English lyrics) that the

subjects are exposed to .

3 .The research examines the question of whether subjects of the same gender have

preferences for a certain musical style.

1 .Lyrics in English have a strong positive effect on the level of Bagrut and SLA. Students that are more exposed to lyrics in English have a higher level of Bagrut .

2 .Lyrics in English have a direct effect on the grade level. Students that listen to music more have a higher English grade .

3 .The most preferable music styles that influence SLA in Israel are rock, pop and hip hop/rap. Musicals and opera took the last place in the rating.

4.Gender difference in attitudes towards music

in English are traced in the survey .