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Textbooks Decontextualization within Bilingual Education in Colombia
Studies about textbooks proposed by authors such as Savignon (1997, 2001); Tomlinson (2003); Núñez, Téllez, Catellanos and Ramos (2009); Ramos and Aguirre (2014), demonstrate that these do not always match the context where English as a Foreign Language (
Mónica Patarroyo Foncesa
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Expectations eclipsed in foreign language education: learners and educators on an ongoing journey / edited by Hülya Görür-Atabaş, Sharon Turner. [PDF]
Between June 2-4, 2011 Sabancı University School of Languages welcomed colleagues from 21 different countries to a collaborative exploration of the challenging and inspiring journey of learners and educators in the field of language education.\ud \ud The
Görür Atabaş, Hülya, Turner, Sharon
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Learning English pronunciation in and outside the classroom: Psychopedagogic considerations [PDF]
Udostępnienie publikacji Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego finansowane w ramach projektu „Doskonałość naukowa kluczem do doskonałości kształcenia”. Projekt realizowany jest ze środków Europejskiego Funduszu Społecznego w ramach Programu Operacyjnego ...
Majer, Halina
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ABSTRACT The use of English accents beyond standard American and British varieties has been increasingly advocated in English language education, particularly in listening instruction and assessment. However, little is known about learners’ perspectives on diverse accents in terms of their use in different types of listening materials.
Ryuichi Suzuki +2 more
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Requests in films and in efl textbooks: a comparison [PDF]
Research in the field of interlanguage pragmatics has shown that foreign language learners’ grammatical and pragmatic competences do not always match, this can perhaps be due to a lack of appropriate pragmatic presentation in current EFL textbooks. Hence,
Fernández Guerra, Ana +1 more
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Abstract Large language model (LLM) chatbots have rapidly emerged as powerful tools in education, offering new avenues to support social and emotional learning (SEL). Literature lacks synthesis studies related to SEL competencies and how LLM chatbots are used to foster them, that is, affordances.
Haolan Liu +3 more
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Linguistic Realization of Gender Representation in EFL Textbooks
The aim of the research was to determine linguistic means of gender representation in the Lithuanian, British and Argentinian EFL textbooks. To achieve the aim, EFL textbooks circulated in Lithuania (Super English 4), the UK (Speakout) and Argentina (My Life 2) were analyzed with regard to linguistic means of gender representation. The results revealed
Brusokaitė, Evelina +1 more
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Dictionary skills in advanced learners’ coursebooks — Materials survey [PDF]
Nowadays, almost 65 years after the publication of the first advanced learner’s dictionary, this particular consultation source is considered “a useful addition to any [language] course” (Sharma & Barret, 2007: 52).
Kiermasz, Zuzanna, Molenda, Marek
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If only it were true: the problem with the four conditionals [PDF]
The traditional division of conditionals into four main types (zero, first, second, and third) has long been called into question. Unfortunately, the awareness that this description does not reflect conditional patterns in actual usage has not generally ...
C. Jones, D. Waller, Fulcher, Maule, Ur
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Exploring the underexplored: Assessing students' willingness to communicate in the curriculum
Abstract Willingness to communicate (WTC) is hypothesised as individuals' predisposition to speak (McCroskey and Baer, 1985). At the core of this construct lies the fundamental assumption of free choice. However, the notion of free choice has often been taken for granted, particularly when examining WTC in instructional contexts.
Vienne Lin, Gail Forey
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