Novice and Experienced EFL Teachers’ Perceptions of the Obstacles to the Implementation of Task-Based Language Teaching in SHAD Platform [PDF]
The present study attempted to investigate novice and experienced EFL teachers’ perceptions of the inhibitors to implementing task-based language teaching using SHAD platform in Iran.
Seyyed Dariush Ahmadi, Sadegh Heidari
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Research Article Introductions and Disciplinary Influences Based on Interactive Metadiscourse Markers [PDF]
Metadiscourse refers to the evolving text, to the writer, and to the imagined readers of that text. It is based on a view of writing as a social engagement. This study draws on an interpersonal model of metadiscourse to examine disciplinary influences on
Reza Abdi, Parisa Ahmadi
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Second-language acquisition of the English past-tense: from rules to analogy [PDF]
The present study investigates the production of novel morphologically inflected forms in secondlanguage learners of English with Czech as L1. The study attempts to investigate which production model (single- or dual-route) best accounts for L2 learners’
Lucie Jiránková , Luca Cilibrasi
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An E-ELT Case Study: Colour-Magnitude Diagrams of an Old Galaxy in the Virgo Cluster [PDF]
One of the key science goals for a diffraction limited imager on an Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is the resolution of individual stars down to faint limits in distant galaxies.
A. Deep +41 more
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Challenges in Teaching Pronunciation at Tertiary Level in Bangladesh [PDF]
Teaching pronunciation is one the most challenging parts of ELT in Bangladesh. Very few research and least attention on pronunciation teaching has instigated those challenges more.
Tanzina Tahereen
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This study investigated the impact of pranayamic breathing (PB) as a positive psychology exercise on mitigating foreign language anxiety (FLLA) and test anxiety (TA) of undergraduate English students studying at a Turkish university.
Murselin Tasan +2 more
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Mid-IR AGPMs for ELT applications [PDF]
The mid-infrared region is well suited for exoplanet detection thanks to the reduced contrast between the planet and its host star with respect to the visible and near-infrared wavelength regimes.
Absil, Olivier +10 more
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Effects of Input Enhancement Cues on EFL Learners' Intake of English Grammar: The Case of Connectors [PDF]
The present study investigated the effect of two types of attention drawing techniques (i.e., choice and underlining) on the learners' intake of English connectors. The design of the study was a quasi-experimental research.
Samira Kian, Bahman Gorjian
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Realisation of the Speech Act of Request, Suggestion and Apology by Libyan EFL Learners
This study investigates the three speech act strategies of request, suggestion and apology in Libyan Arab EFL undergraduate students (AREFLUS) and Amazigh EFL undergraduate students (AMEFLUS). It also examines their linguistic and pragmatic competence in
Abudalslam Alfghe, Behbood Mohammadzadeh
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An investigation into CLIL-related sections of EFL coursebooks : issues of CLIL inclusion in the publishing market [PDF]
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. +31 more
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