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Investigating the Contextual Meaning of Idioms of Animals in Some Selected English Colloquial Utterances

open access: yesالأستاذ, 2019
English is rich of idioms. Learning idioms is considered an integral part of vocabulary learning. Idioms of animals are very popular in everyday English and ESL and EFL learners should encounter them .The problem of this study is due to the fact that ...
Mahmood Atiya Farhan
doaj   +1 more source

Extensive reading in a second language : literature review and pedagogical implications [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
textThis Report explores the importance of including extensive reading (ER) program in English as a second language (ESL) or English as a foreign language (EFL) context.
Hong, Sunju
core  

The Impact of ESA Elements on Motivation of EFL Learners to Speak: A Case of Iranian EFL Learners

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature, 2017
Implementing a best course of action to boost English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners’ motivation to speak has been a controversial issue among EFL instructors. The present study aims to investigate the probable impact of Harmer’s ESA (Engagement, Study, and Activate) elements implementation on motivation of EFL learners to speak.
Hooshang Khoshsima, Hadi Shokri
openaire   +2 more sources

Out‐of‐Class Exposure Through Audiovisual Materials, Enjoyment, and Language Proficiency: A Mixed‐Methods Longitudinal Study of Junior Secondary FL Learners

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The current study set out to contribute to the burgeoning research area of out‐of‐class L2/FL learning by examining, specifically, English learners’ extramural engagement with watching movies/videos and/or listening to songs (i.e., exposure to audiovisuals).
Art Tsang, Susanna Siu‐sze Yeung
wiley   +1 more source

The text, dead or alive: Expanding textual repertoires in the adult ESOL classroom [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The paper explores the manner in which written texts are selected and used in the adult ESOL classroom. Taking a sociocultural view of the reading process and of the nature of text, it argues that ESOL students have potentially rich textual resources ...
Wallace, Catherine
core   +2 more sources

“I Had Dual Feelings”: (Re)Storying With a Rural South Korean English Teacher

open access: yesInternational 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
wiley   +1 more source

Developing and Improving EFL Writing Skills [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Learning a foreign language is a process that entails the development of four basic skills: Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing. According to the Common European Framework, such skills can be grouped into productive and receptive.
Tuero, Susana B.
core  

Bridging the Gap Between L1 and L2: Enhanced Emotional Vocabulary Through Elaborative Processing in Spanish‐Speaking English Language Learners

open access: yesInternational 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   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Review of Early instructed second language acquisition: Pathways to competence; Editors: Joanna Rokita-Jaśkow, Melanie Ellis; Publisher: Multilingual Matters, 2019; ISBN: 9781788922494; Pages: 257 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
In a large scale survey of teachers’ perceptions of the challenges they face in teaching English to young primary school learners (Copland, Garton, & Burns, 2014), some of the key issues that are identified are as follows: teaching speaking, using ...
Scheffler, Paweł
core   +2 more sources

Learner‐Focused Strategy Instruction From the Teachers’ and the Learners’ Perspective

open access: yesInternational 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
wiley   +1 more source

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