Reading English as a foreign language: The interplay of abilities and strategies
Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2021 This paper investigates the preferred order of reading strategies at three ability levels by L1 Arabic learners of English in an EFL setting. Then it explores whether there was a relationship between ability level and strategy use. Ninety-two EFL college
Abdulkhaleq A. Al-Qahtani
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Upgrading qualifications as a means of professional advancement and success [PDF]
SHS Web of Conferences, 2020 The aim of this study was to find out whether upgrading university teachers’ qualifications would enhance their professional advancement and success. To address these issues, this paper presents a research held in Samara State Technical University for ...
Makeeva Elena +2 more
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Teaching English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia: the Role of School Environment [PDF]
, 2013 This paper examines the important role of the school environments to facilitate English program in Indonesian primary schools. The school environment here refers to the environment inside the school: principal, teachers, and foreign language (FL ...
Susanto, D. (Djoko)
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Journal of English as A Foreign Language Teaching and Research, 2021 The current study investigated teachers’ perspectives of the use of extracurricular activities in EFL context. Data for the study were collected from 187 questionnaire respondents from Arabic speaking countries.
Talal M. Amara
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A Comparative, Historical Study of Gender Representation in Persian, English, and French Textbooks in Iran within a Seventy-year Period (1938-2015) with an Interdisciplinary Approach [PDF]
Taḥqīqāt-i Farhangī-i Īrān, 2017 Gender is an important cultural issue towards which there are different views in different cultures. Investigating the similarities and differences among cultures can shed light knowing that cultures. In this regard, educational systems play a vital role,
M. Allahyari, S. Ketabi
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English Removal for Elementary School in 2013 Curriculum; a Careless or Careful Step? [PDF]
, 2014 The idea of removing English for elementary school in 2013 curriculum has shocked the Indonesian education practitioners. So far, English has been considered as a favorite and prestigious subject for some modern elementary schools.
Purnama, Y. (Yulian)
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The Effect of System-Nested, Genre-Oriented, Structurally-Mediated Model (SGSM) of Writing Instruction, and Swalesian Model (SM) upon Iranian Learners’ Writing Performance: A Comparative Study [PDF]
Issues in Language Teaching, 2018 The purpose of the present study was first to offer a tentative solution to the problems observed in writing pedagogy in Iran by devising a more comprehensive approach to genre-based writing instruction. In the second phase, a quasi-experimental research
Alireza Amjadiparvar +2 more
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Exploring Students' Intercultural Sensitivity in the EFL Classroom [PDF]
International Journal of TESOL Studies, 2021 It is widely accepted that effective communication between different social groups and cultures requires not only knowledge about English as a language, but also competence in communicating with different cultures.
Junior Koch, Risa Takashima
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The changing role of English in Bangladesh [PDF]
Training, Language and Culture, 2022 The importance of English as the dominant global language, the language of communication, technology, academia, economics, and entertainment is undeniable.
Mohammad Mosiur Rahman
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Psychological and sociodemographic correlates of communicative anxiety in L2 and L3 production [PDF]
, 2002 This paper analyses foreign language anxiety in the French L2 and English L3 speech production of 100 Flemish students. The findings suggest that foreign language anxiety is not a stable personality trait among experienced language learners. The societal
Dewaele, Jean-Marc
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