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The Effects of Students' Motivation and Family Socioeconomic Status on English Academic Achievement [PDF]

, 2018
: Students’ achievement in English as a foreign language (EFL) or second language (ESL/L2) at schools and universities is influenced by many factors. One of the vital factors is motivation: intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.
Weda, Sukardi
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Exploring teachers’ and students’ perspectives on the use of Arabic language in grades 11-12 EFL classrooms in Oman: an in-depth investigation of EFL pedagogy [PDF]

, 2019
The argument over whether or not the learners’ first language (L1) should be applied in English language as a foreign language (EFL) classrooms has been a contentious matter for a long time.
Alkhamisi, Khalifa Mohammed
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Teaching Enjoyment and Vitality as Mediators of Cognitive Flexibility and Reflective Teaching in EFL Teachers: A Mixed‐Methods Serial Mediation Analysis

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, Hossein Nassaji, Ali Derakhshan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Language means freedom to me” perspectives of Deaf and hard-of-hearing students on their experiences in the English as a foreign language classroom

Frontiers in Education
IntroductionTeaching English as a foreign language (EFL) to Deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) students is regarded as a major challenge.The aim of the study is to examine the perspectives of DHH students regarding their experiences in the EFL classroom ...
Katharina Urbann, Kristin Gross, Alina Gervers, Melanie Kellner   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Post-Reading Activities in EFL Virtual Classrooms: An Investigation [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
Activities after reading are a significant element to bridge students’ comprehension. This study was to explore post-reading activities used in EFL classrooms in a university context and explore EFL students’ responses towards the post-reading activities
Puspitasari Evi, Fadhila Ananda Alifa, Putri Anisa Wahyu Dwi, Aditya David Sulistiawan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modeling the Paths from L2 Use and Socio‐Affective Variables to Communication Skills: A Mixed‐Methods Approach

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
wiley   +1 more source

Metalinguistic Awareness in the EFL Classroom and Beyond: Exploring the Potential of Translation Tasks

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, Sandra L. Halverson, Christine Möller‐Omrani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Re-using features of English as a foreign language (EFL) materials for special needs students of the same age group

, 2006
This paper identifies a lack of age-appropriate literacy software for dyslexic teenagers in Irish classrooms and investigates the features of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) software that could be helpful to dyslexic students.
Greene, Cara N.
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The Effect of Teaching Summarization Strategies on Reading Comprehension of Science and Humanities Iranian High school Students [PDF]

, 2017
This study investigated the effect of teaching summarization strategies on the reading comprehension of English as Foreign Language (EFL) high school students.
Azam Sadat Pourhosseini Maybodi, Ashraf Haji Maibodi, Pourhosseini Maybodi, Azam Sadat, Maibodi, Ashraf Haji   +3 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, Kaisa S. Pietikäinen   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source