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Mother Tongue: Multilingual Approach to Acquisition [PDF]
Актуальные проблемы филологии и педагогической лингвистикиThe article presents the results of the impact of mother tongues on the learning of English as a foreign language (EFL) by students at the University of Kinshasa’s communication department.
Claude Wakenge
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TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Reflective teaching (RT) is influenced by a range of cognitive, pedagogical, and psycho‐affective factors in second/foreign language (L2) education. However, empirical evidence on the influence of psycho‐affective variables on teachers' reflectivity remains limited.
Lili Qin +2 more
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Journal of Language and Education, 2018 The past three decades have seen an increasing interest in negotiation for meaning as interactional processes which advance language acquisition.
Edgar Emmanuell Garcia-Ponce +1 more
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TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Previous research demonstrated that communication anxiety reduces L2 learners' willingness to communicate and communication frequency, but left unexplored its impact on performance. The current mixed‐methods study investigated factors impacting L2 communication skills.
Debra M. Hardison
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PRIZREN SOCIAL SCIENCE JOURNAL, 2021 Throughout much of the history of research into second language acquisition (SLA), the role of learners’ first language (L1) has been a hotly debated issue. Prodromou (2000) refers to the mother tongue as a ‘skeleton in the closet’, while Gabrielatos (2001) calls it a ‘bone of contention’.
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Developing whole-class interactive teaching: meeting the training needs of Syrian EFL secondary school teachers [PDF]
, 2013 This study explores teacher instructional practices within EFL secondary school class-rooms in Syria. In 2004, the Syrian Ministry of Education introduced a new national curriculum, English for Starters, which recommends a shift in EFL teachers’ instruc ...
Rajab, Taha
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TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Current trends encouraging a move away from monolingual teaching have sparked a renewed interest in the role of translation in language instruction. Yet, there are few theoretically and empirically grounded proposals regarding specific uses of translation in the language classroom.
Monika Bader +2 more
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A Systematic Review of the Use of AI in EFL and EL Classrooms for Gifted Students
Trends in Higher EducationThere is a growing body of literature that focuses on the applicability of artificial intelligence (AI) in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) and English Language (EL) classrooms; however, educational application of AI in the EFL and EL classroom for ...
Carmen García-López +2 more
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Using Virtual Exchange for Teaching BELF Pragmatics: Developing an Online Negotiation Activity
TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Teaching Business English (BE) is experiencing a paradigm shift to reflect the communicative needs of the global workplace. With the majority of interactions in English now taking place among multilingual speakers, there are increasing calls to integrate perspectives of English as a business lingua franca (BELF) into English language and ...
Miya Komori‐Glatz +1 more
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An exploration of students’ engagement in EFL classrooms
English Education Journal, 2022 The purpose of this research was to explore students' behavioral engagement in the classroom and the factors that affect it. This research was approached using an explorative descriptive qualitative study., involving teachers and students in two classes at the first grade of a senior high school in Langsa, Indonesia.
Ivana Sambara Barus +2 more
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