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

International 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, Elisa Pérez‐García, María Belén López Arroyo, Beatriz Bermúdez‐Margaretto   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using new literatures as a resource in fostering cross cultural awareness [PDF]

, 2007
This paper is based on the premise that the wealth of new literatures in English that are available in several countries of Asia and South East Asia today can serve not only to provide students access to the rich and varied cultural life of the people in
Rubdy, Rani Sumant
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Is english our lingua franca or the native speaker's property? The native speaker orientation among middle school students in Japan [PDF]

, 2012
This paper reports the first empirical study to date that sought to examine the native speaker orientation among middle school EFL students in Japan. To this end, this preliminary study measured their language attitudes in this respect addressing age ...
Saito, Akihiro
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Grammar Searches for Wh‐Questions in Beginning‐Level Child Second Language Learners

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT It is important for learners to be able to ask wh‐questions in interaction. However, making wh‐questions can be difficult for beginning‐level EFL leaners, particularly for those learners whose L1 and L2 differ in the way wh‐questions are formed.
Haerim Hwang
wiley   +1 more source

Critical Interculturality and EFL Textbooks: Examining the Tensions

Revista Guillermo de Ockham
This article aims to analyse the relationship between critical interculturality and textbooks for teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL). To achieve this, I analysed 94 documents, including articles, dissertations, and book chapters published in ...
Hans Humberto Oviedo-Gomez
doaj   +1 more source

A visual semiotic analysis of multicultural values in an Indonesian English textbook

Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2019
In the context of the role of culture in language learning, many textbook analysts have so far investigated the representations of cultures in EFL textbooks.
Filza Isnaini, Budi Setyono, Sugeng Ariyanto   +2 more
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Investigation of English Language Learners’ Attitudes Toward Global Englishes and Global Englishes Language Teaching in Relation to Their Academic Interests and Experiences With English as a Global Lingua Franca

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates Japanese university students’ attitudes toward Global Englishes (GE) and Global Englishes Language Teaching (GELT), focusing on how these attitudes are shaped by students’ academic interests and experiences using English as a lingua franca (ELF), both abroad and in domestic EFL contexts.
Natsuno Funada, Heath Rose
wiley   +1 more source

Analyzing vocabulary activities in EFL textbooks*

The Especialist, 2019
EFL textbooks were analyzed to investigate the relationship between the reading units and the vocabulary activities. From the three textbooks analyzed, only textbook one has a clear relationship between reading and vocabulary. A framework was also developed to investigate several aspects regarding the vocabulary activities. The first aspect regards how
Bruno De Azevedo, Lêda Maria Braga Tomitch   +1 more
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JUXTAPOSING L 1 CULTURE AND L 2 CULTURE IN ELT MATERIALS [PDF]

, 2016
It is generally agreed that learning language means learning culture since language is a part of culture. In English Language Teaching (ELT) context, the process of teaching and learning will basically involve two cultures: L1 culture referring to ...
Suharno , Suharno
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An investigation into CLIL-related sections of EFL coursebooks : issues of CLIL inclusion in the publishing market [PDF]

, 2014
The current ELT global coursebook market has embraced CLIL as a weak form of bilingual education and an innovative component to include in General English coursebooks for EFL contexts.
Anderson L. W., Banegas D. L., Bell J., Coyle D., Coyle D., Cummins J., Cummins J., Dale L., Darío Luis Banegas, Evans N. W., Filardo Llamas L., Gray J., Harwood N., Kiely R., Kong S., Llinares A., Lotherington H., Lucietto S., Maley A., Mehisto P., Mehisto P., Moirano M. C., Reiss J., Ricci Garotti F., Ruiz de Zarobe Y., Smit H., Tomlinson B., Tomlinson B., Tomlinson B., Vázquez G., Wolff D., Yassin S. M.   +31 more
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