Nonverbal communication in EFL teaching [PDF]
, 2016 XXI Jornades de Foment de la Investigació de la Facultat de Ciències Humanes i Socials (Any 2016)In recent years a number of researchers have stressed the importance of nonverbal communication – especially Kinesics – in the teaching and learning of ...
Bellés-Calvera, Lucía
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Vocabulary knowledge is key to understanding and addressing disparities in higher education
British Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Background Persistent degree‐awarding gaps exist in UK universities along the lines of domicile (UK vs. non‐UK) and ethnicity (white British vs. ethnic minority). Although both intersect with language (English as a first or second language), research on the role of language in academic disparities in higher education remains sparse.
Selma Babayiğit, Danijela Trenkic
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Uporaba strategij odzivanja na pohvale iranskih ucencev anglescine: raziskovanje sogovornikove relativne moci polozaja in spola [PDF]
, 2015 This article reports on a study that set out to investigate how Iranian EFL learners respond to compliments in English. The data were collected using a discourse completion task (DCT) consisting of a variety of situations that required the participants ...
Tamimi Sa\u27d, Seyyed Hatam
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Lactate Accelerates Early Angiogenesis and Bone Regeneration Through Macrophage M1 Polarisation
Cell Proliferation, EarlyView.During the early stage of bone defect healing, lactate accumulates and contributes to increasing NOD1 expression by stabilising HIF1α that in turn triggers a calcium influx, which ultimately polarises macrophages towards the M1 phenotype and accelerates vascularisation of endothelial cells.
Lulu Liu +10 more
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On the Effect of Diagnostic Self-, and Peer-assessment on Reading Comprehension: Examining EFL Learners’ Diagnostic Rating Accuracy across Various Genres [PDF]
Journal of Modern Research in English Language StudiesThe present research responds to the call for implementing diagnostic assessment through learner involvement. This study followed two aims: first, examining the distinctive effects of diagnostic self- and peer - assessments on EFL learners’ reading ...
Masoome Azmoode Sis Abad +2 more
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This is tom = /ZYZYS’tom/ pronunciation in beginners’ EFL textbooks then and now [PDF]
, 2012 The textbook appears to be one of the most fundamental elements of all formal-setting foreign language teaching and learning. Textbooks function in a foreign language classroom in many capacities (Cunningsworth 1995), one of which is the provision of ...
Sobkowiak Włodzimierz
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Bridging the research‐practice divide: Insights from a Korean online Community of Practice
Foreign Language Annals, EarlyView.Abstract This study introduces the case of a Korean online Community of Practice (CoP) as a venue for researcher‐practitioner dialogue, following persistent calls from instructed second language acquisition researchers to foster links between research and practice.
Nari Kim
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Metal Returns, Stock Returns and Stock Market Volatility
Economía, 2015 Given the extensive participation of mining stocks in the Peruvian stock market, the Lima Stock Exchange (BVL) provides an ideal setting for exploring both the impact of metal returns on mining stock returns and stock market volatility, and the ...
Mauricio Zevallos, Carlos del Carpio
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The use of complaints in the inter-language of Turkish EFL learners (El uso de los reclamos en el Inter-lenguaje de estudiantes de Inglés como lengua extranjera en Turquía) [PDF]
, 2010 Many Turkish EFL learners struggle with giving complaints and criticisms in the EFL classroom. Language instructors must find way to provide students with the linguistic and pragmatic elements of EFL to be able to appropriately complain as EFL users. The
Deveci, Tanju
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Discourse markers in EFL setting: Perceptions of Turkish EFL teachers
Educational Research and Reviews, 2015 Discourse markers are seen as one of the fundamental units in spoken discourse due to their frequent and multifunctional use by native speakers of English. Discourse markers also have significance in foreign language instruction. In this respect, this study explored the perceptions of Turkish EFL teachers towards the use of discourse markers in terms ...
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