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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Given the global spread of English and the recent challenges to English major education, it is essential to explore the potential benefits of implementing Global Englishes in a discipline‐specific context. This qualitative study explored the learning experiences of eight female English major graduates who previously attended Global Englishes ...
Xiaowen (Serina) Xie +3 more
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Vocabulary Strategy Instruction in the Argentine EFL Context: Teachers’ Perspectives and Practices
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite extensive research on vocabulary strategy instruction (VSI), little has been known about teachers’ perspectives on how it is understood and implemented in practice. This study investigated Argentinian EFL teachers’ priorities in vocabulary instruction, their perceived knowledge of learner strategies for spoken vocabulary, and factors ...
Isobel Kai‐Hui Wang, Andrew D. Cohen
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Correction to: EFL teachers’ perceptions and practices of their language assessment knowledge
Language Testing in Asia, 2021 Hossein Farhady, Kobra Tavassoli
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HeliyonThe development of pragmatic competence is crucial for enhancing learners' ability to communicate more effectively in English in various cultural and social contexts.
Ruma Rafiq, Mehmet Ali Yavuz
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Requirements for AO-ELT operation and ELT site monitor [PDF]
1st AO4ELT conference - Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes, 2010 Performance of AO systems on ELTs depends not just on seeing; other parameters such as strength of high-altitude turbulence are more relevant for the laser tomography. Nights good for some instruments are not so good for others, so there is a clear advantage to go from the simple queue scheduling on seeing to a more complex strategy of selecting in a ...
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explored the ambivalence of final‐year TESOL pre‐service teachers towards a non‐native‐speaking (NNS) lecturer within a historically white South African university. The research involved twelve student teachers being prepared to teach English as either a home language or a first additional language to high school learners in the ...
Nhlanhla Mpofu
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines how an online eikaiwa (English conversation) provider in Japan that employs only female Eastern European (particularly Ukrainian) teachers brands them through objectification. Analysis of textual and visual elements of the provider's website and related media, including videos, demonstrates that the teachers are ...
Misako Tajima
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Dreaming and Living the Globalized World Through IELTS: A Case Study of Bangladeshi Test‐Takers
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This case study investigated the lived experiences of 10 IELTS test‐takers from Bangladesh. It explored their motivations for taking the test as well as their test experiences during and after the test. It demonstrates how the participants sought to position themselves in the imagined community through renegotiating their identities to climb ...
Tazin Ahmed +2 more
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, 2018 I will talk about the adventure of the last ten years working with Tim de Zeeuw and on the ELT programme. I will describe the challenges we've faced, the achievements that we have made in the last decade — sometimes even beyond the original plans, and what we can look forward to in the years to come.
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