Communication strategies of English majors in Philippine classroom discourses: Basis for an enhancement module on strategic competence [PDF]
Both high and low language proficiency learners encounter communication issues, so they use verbal and nonverbal communication techniques to make up for communication failures brought on by performance factors or a lack of competence.
Henry E. Lemana II
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Developing Voice in EFL Learners’ Argumentative Writing through Dialogical Thinking: A Promising Combination [PDF]
Dialogical thinking paves the way for EFL learners to express their thoughts in discussion, be able to convince the intended audience effectively, and provide reasons for the way they think, which consequently leads to the manifestation of individual ...
Hoda Divsar, Khorshid Amirsoleimani
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A Toolkit for the Investigation of Greek EFL Teachers’ Assessment Literacy
The role of assessment in a learner-centred environment is considered to be significant for both learners and teachers. Most of the time, however, it is used in traditional ways and ignores learners’ individual needs.
Eirini Gkogkou, Ifigenia Kofou
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Using grammar consciousness-raising tasks to enhance students’ narrative tenses competence
Enhancing learners’ grammar competence basically improves their communication skills. Nevertheless, the question of which grammar teaching technique is highly useful for the purpose is arguable.
Saleamlak Tilahun +2 more
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Phenomenology as a research methodology in teaching English as a foreign language
Considering the fact there is no single research approach capturing the nature of multi-faceted educational phenomena, phenomenology, as a research method, can be employed in educational settings to explore the essence of a certain phenomenon from the ...
A. Bonyadi
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Accounting for Change in Critical Thinking Components Mediated by Differential Effects of Paper-based vs. Web-assisted Feedback in Writing [PDF]
Critical thinking has been a significant issue in the realm of EFL teaching and learning. This study aimed at investigating the contribution of paper-based and web-assisted feedback on Iranian EFL learners’ level of criticality in acquiring the writing ...
Seyyed Mohammad Ali Soozandehfar
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Challenges and Opportunities of Web-based Assessment in EFL Courses as Perceived by Different Stakeholders [PDF]
The rapidly growing demand for incorporating the latest technological developments in language pedagogy has contributed to scholars’ devoting more serious attention to web-based assessment (WBA).
Zahra Alimorad, Arezoo Saleki
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Developing second/foreign language (L2) comprehension skills can represent a challenging endeavor for learners with autism spectrum condition (ASC) because their social and verbal cognition may be impaired in terms of abstract reasoning, organizing, and ...
Marco Cancino, Nedjelka Tomicic
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Recent studies have shown that Iraqi English as a foreign language (EFL) students face many challenges when composing in an academic context, where they produce a wide range of errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar, and they have trouble writing ...
Entesar A. Algburi, Abu Bakar Razali
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The Effect of System-Nested, Genre-Oriented, Structurally-Mediated Writing Instruction on Academic Writing Motivation of Iranian EFL Learners [PDF]
The present study set out to investigate the effect of a newly-developed model of writing instruction in comparison with Swalesian genre approach, and the traditionally-favored product-oriented approach on Academic Writing Motivation of Iranian EFL ...
Alireza Amjadiparvar +2 more
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