Reflective practice (RP) by EFL teachers has been found to have the potential to improve teachers’ pedagogical and professional competencies. This study reports the implementation of a contextualized RP model that integrates the Lesson Study (LS ...
Yenni Rozimela +2 more
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EFL Teachers’ Emotions, their Identity Development and Teaching Strategies: A Constant-Comparative Approach [PDF]
The current study examined the effect of EFL teachers’ emotions on different aspects of their identity development including instructional, vocational and local identity as well as their teaching strategies.
Fatemeh Esmaeili +2 more
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Using new literatures as a resource in fostering cross cultural awareness [PDF]
This paper is based on the premise that the wealth of new literatures in English that are available in several countries of Asia and South East Asia today can serve not only to provide students access to the rich and varied cultural life of the people in
Rubdy, Rani Sumant
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The Role of Group Work in Enhancing Undergraduate Students’ Writing Skills
Writing is essential for academic and professional success. This mixed-methods study, combining surveys and semi-structured interviews, aims to investigate the role of group work in enhancing undergraduate students’ writing skills.
Tamirat Taye +2 more
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The impact on language teachers of trends in the literature on language teaching and learning: A questionnaire-based study involving teachers of English as an additional language [PDF]
I report here on specific aspects of a survey of a sample of 93 teachers of English as an additional language from five different countries who completed a questionnaire that included questions relating to objectives specification and the inclusion of ...
Fester, Anthea Marcelle
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Phonological category quality in the mental lexicon of child and adult learners [PDF]
• Aims and Objectives: The aim was to identify which criteria children used to decide on the category membership of native and non-native vowels, and to get insight into the organization of phonological representations in the bilingual mind ...
Simon, Ellen, Sjerps, Matthias
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Increasing willingness to communicate among English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students : effective teaching strategies [PDF]
This article looks at English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners’ willingness to communicate (WTC) as one of the predictors of their participation in classroom activities and L2 use in the classroom.
Allahyar, Negah, Nazari, Ahmad
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Concentrating on different types of persuasion strategies used by medical experts and political figures, the present study aims to examine persuasion strategies in medical vs. political discourse. Four corpora of speeches and interviews of four different
Mohammad Mohtasham +3 more
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Instant messaging clients - Relaxed, free & enjoyable English learning and training tools [PDF]
In a demanding world of using English as a second language, computer technology and the internet are being dominantly used as they provide an incredible boost to language learning environment.
Abu Bakar, Hanif Suhairi +1 more
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Translanguaging and Multilingual Picturebooks : Gloria Anzaldúa’s Friends from the Other Side / Amigos Del Otro Lado [PDF]
nglish language teaching (ELT) is overcoming its monolingual character with students increasingly bringing additional languages to the classroom.
Kersten, Saskia, Ludwig, Christian
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