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Attitudes of Yemeni EFL Students at Hadhramout University Towards American and British Accents

RATE Issues
The present study investigates the attitudes of Yemeni EFL students at Hadhramout university towards American (henceforth, AE) and British (henceforth, BE) accents.
Mohammed El-yazidi
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“I Had Dual Feelings”: (Re)Storying With a Rural South Korean English Teacher

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes (or re‐stories) intrapersonal ideological tensions of a rural South Korean English teacher, Yeonghyeon1, as she negotiates competing discourses across local, national, and global scales within the context of a semi‐structured interview.
Ian Schneider
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The impact of immersive educational environments on productive and receptive vocabulary in dyslexic university students of EFL: A case study

EuroAmerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages
This study investigates the impact of Immersive Educational Environments (IEEs) on English vocabulary acquisition among university students with Specific Learning Disorders, particularly dyslexia. Grounded in Universal Design for Learning and the Italian
Giulia Staggini
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_Adversus “Adversus Homo Economicus_”: Critique of the “Critique of Lester’s Account of Instrumental Rationality” [PDF]

This essay goes through Frederick 2015 (the critique) in some detail, responding to the various paraphrases and criticisms therein. It is argued that in each case the critique is mistaken about what Lester 2012 (Escape from Leviathan: EfL) says, or about
Lester, J. C.
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First language in the classroom: the forbidden fruit? [PDF]

, 2016
Tesis (Profesor de Inglés para la Enseñanza Básica y Media y al grado académico de Licenciado en Educación)Over the past years, the use of students’ first language (L1) in the classroom has been a highly discussed topic in the EFL classroom as well as in
Angulo Herrera, Isidora, Areyuna Campos, Yocelyn Soledad, Muñoz Pastén, Francisca Belén, Oróstica Garrido, Natalia Andrea, Polanco Soto, Mical Betsabé, Yañéz Aragonés, Valentina Belén   +5 more
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Bridging the Gap Between L1 and L2: Enhanced Emotional Vocabulary Through Elaborative Processing in Spanish‐Speaking English Language Learners

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Foreign languages are often learnt in formal and disembodied environments which may limit the emotional resonance of their vocabulary and their pragmatic usage in real‐life communication. In a context of English as a foreign language (EFL), this study examines whether elaborative processing as a teaching strategy leads to changes in the ...
María Jesús Sánchez, Elisa Pérez‐García, María Belén López Arroyo, Beatriz Bermúdez‐Margaretto   +3 more
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A corpus-based study of examples and example markers in the speech and writing of Spanish EFL students

Revista de Lingüística y Lenguas Aplicadas
The use of examples is a crucial aspect of human communication. However, they have attracted relatively little attention in the literature. With the aim of filling this gap, the current paper explores the use of examples and example markers (EMs) by ...
Paula Rodríguez Abruñeiras
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Learner‐Focused Strategy Instruction From the Teachers’ and the Learners’ Perspective

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Numerous large‐scale quantitative studies have been conducted to yield a macro‐level picture of the effectiveness of strategy instruction. However, little is understood about learners' actual processing of strategy instruction and interaction with the teachers delivering it.
Isobel Kai‐Hui Wang, Andrew D. Cohen
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English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Captivity: The case of Iranian prisoners of war in the Iraq-Iran war [PDF]

, 2019
During the Persian Gulf War of Iraq-Iran (1980-1988), thousands of Iranians were taken captive by Iraqi troops. These prisoners of war (POWs) had to find ways to enrich and fill their time in prison camps. Learning English was one such activity.
Emam, Abbas
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EFL Pronunciation Instruction: Czech vs Slovak EFL Students’ Perceptions

International Journal of Instruction
This study examines the perceptions of Czech and Slovak EFL (English as a Foreign Language) students regarding pronunciation instruction, highlighting its crucial role in effective communication and successful language learning. The primary aim of this paper is to investigate how the research participants, comprising 103 Czech and Slovak university EFL
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