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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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Oral interaction plays a facilitative role in second language acquisition. While numerous studies have explored adult learners’ interactions, research that has examined young learners’ interactions, especially among Chinese as a second language learners (CSLs), is lacking. This study focused on CSLs and Chinese‐speaking students (CSSs) in Hong
Jing Yan
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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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How to Study Family Learning Practices Mediated by Digital Platforms: A Scoping Review
Journal of Family Theory &Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The dynamic and personalized nature of today's media ecosystem complicates the documentation and analysis of digital home learning environments. In response, innovative research methods have emerged, which we broadly categorize as passive (e.g., quantitative studies) or active participatory methods.
Moises Esteban‐Guitart +3 more
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The Relationship Between Iranian EFL Teachers’ Spiritual Well-being and Their Classroom Management Style [PDF]
Health, Spirituality and Medical EthicsBackground and Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Iranian EFL teachers’ spiritual well-being and their classroom management style.
Fatemeh Latifi Fard, Fatemeh Hemmati
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EFL Textbook Evaluation: the Analysis of Tasks Presented in English Textbook [PDF]
, 2018 The use of English textbook does not only become a guide to the teachers when delivering the materials, but also presents necessary input through various explanations and activities.
Ayu, M. (Mutiara), Indrawati, R. (Rita)
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Language Learning, EarlyView.Abstract This replication study examines feedback timing in vocational language learners and verifies the hypothesis that the advantage of immediate over delayed feedback found in the original study (Li, Zhu, & Ellis, 2016) is due to practice opportunities in immediate feedback.
Shaofeng Li, Jie Li, Jiancheng Qian
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EFL teachers' digital literacy: the role of contextual factors in their literacy development. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2023 Zhang J.
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Facilitating academic words learning: a data-driven approach using a collocation consultation system built from open access research papers [PDF]
, 2018 It is essential and beneficial for ESP students to master collocations of a set of core academic words. Corpus analysis tools (e.g. concordancers) have been widely used in facilitating collocation learning, and promising results have been demonstrated in
Yu, Alex
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Seeing the Speaker's Face Enhances Second Language Shadowing: Neural and Behavioral Evidence
Language Learning, EarlyView.Abstract This functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study investigated how facial cues influence second language (L2) shadowing among 42 Japanese learners of English. Participants completed four conditions that varied by task type (listening vs. shadowing) and visual input (face vs. mosaic).
Hyeonjeong Jeong +7 more
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