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TESOL Quarterly, Volume 57, Issue 4, Page 1167-1196, December 2023., 2023 Abstract A major challenge for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) professionals is how to address the learning needs of diverse learners for whom a monolithic, native‐normed version of English is no longer always useful or appropriate.
Christopher J. Hall +2 more
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Functional Ecology, Volume 37, Issue 8, Page 2231-2245, August 2023., 2023 Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Maintaining a central refuge such as a nest or burrow can offer protection against environmental stressors but comes at the expense of the capacity to disperse to new locations. This trade‐off with mobility can be detrimental when environmental conditions become adverse
Terry J. Ord
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NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKING TEACHERS (NESTs) AND INDONESIAN ENGLISH TEACHERS (IETs) EFL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION AND PREFERENCES [PDF]
, 2021 This paper explores EFL students’ perception of Indonesian English Teachers (IETs)/ Non-Native English Speaking Teachers (NNESTs) and Native English Speaking Teachers (NESTs) in English Language Teaching (ELT) in Indonesia.
Pariyanto, Pariyanto
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Learning English in the Shadows: Understanding Chinese Learners' Experiences of Private Tutoring [PDF]
, 2014 Given that private tutoring has received increasing attention in research as a global educational phenomenon with significant implications for educational practices, it has become necessary for TESOL researchers and practitioners to become aware of its ...
Yung, KWH
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Convergent development of low-relatedness supercolonies in Myrmica ants. [PDF]
, 2002 Many ant species have independently evolved colony structures with multiple queens and very low relatedness among nestmate workers, but it has remained unclear whether low-relatedness kin structures can repeatedly arise in populations of the same species.
AH Sturtevant +37 more
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Accentedness, Comprehensibility, Intelligibility, and Interpretability of NNESTs [PDF]
The CATESOL Journal, 2008 Forty ESL students responded to extemporaneous stimuli produced by 4 ESL teachers of different language backgrounds. The listeners rated each stimulus for foreign accentedness and comprehensibility (estimation of difficulty in understanding an utterance) on 9-point scales. They also answered comprehension questions to measure speakers’ interpretability
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Exploring Saudi EFL Students’ Attitudes Towards NES and NNES Teachers’ Accents [PDF]
, 2022 Various studies have examined EFL students' attitudes towards accented English. However, this topic has rarely been studied in the Saudi context. The current study examined the attitudes of Saudi EFL university students towards teachers with British or ...
Algahtani, Rawan +4 more
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Design and implementation of a videoconferencing-embedded flipped classroom (VEFC) in college-level EFL [PDF]
, 2016 This paper aims to describe the videoconferencing-embedded flipped classroom (VEFC) as a viable instructional design and practice to overcome the present challenge of Teaching English as an International English (TEIL) in Japan’s traditional EFL ...
Lee, Ju Seong (John) +2 more
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Becoming IELTS Examiners: Demystifying Native-Speakerism in the Area of English Language Testing [PDF]
, 2022 The field of English language teaching (ELT) has long been a fertile soil for native-speakerism where the native English teachers (NESTs) enjoy the privilege to be crowned as the ideal teachers of the language. Such belief is ingrained in all aspects of
Hutabarat, Pritz
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TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This study explores an understudied question of who teaches English in the Singaporean English language teaching (ELT) industry. Study 1 analyzed the website contents of ESL schools, and Study 2 conducted questionnaire surveys and interviews with three schools.
Yoko Kobayashi
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