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Context-model-based instruction in teaching EFL writing: A narrative inquiry

open access: yesCogent Education, 2016
This study aims to re-story the provision of the context-model-based instruction in teaching EFL writing, focusing especially on students’ development of the context model and learning to guide EFL writing with the context model.
Zheng Lin
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Factors of Success and Failure in Second Language Learning

open access: yesArbitrer, 2013
This study aims to examine and elaborate the factors that contribute to the success and failure of English speakers as the second language in the pursuit of this language in three aspects of the language: fluency, language structure and pronunciation ...
Anita Anita
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2015 TESOL International Convention Was “Crossing Borders, Building Bridges.” [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This paper stems from the presidential keynote speech I gave at the 2015 TESOL International Convention with in Toronto, Canada last year. The theme for the 2015 TESOL International Convention was “Crossing Borders, Building Bridges.
Sun, Y. (Yilin)
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'It Depends on the Students Themselves': Independent Language Learning at an Indonesian State School [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
There is continuing interest in the notion of learner autonomy, both as an effective means and valid goal of a language learning curriculum. However, the concept is recognised as emanating from Western tertiary educational contexts and as open to ...
Lamb, M.
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TESOL at the crossroads: Representation of source cultures in TESOL textbooks

open access: yesCogent Education, 2019
This article reports on a mixed-method research into the representation of source culture in an English language textbook series used at a major university in the Arabian Gulf.
Muhammad Athar Shah, Tariq Elyas
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Opportunities, bureaucracy and geopolitics shaping expatriate academic staff’s job satisfaction at China’s offshore campuses

open access: yesCogent Education
China’s offshore campuses rely on expatriate academics, yet their perceptions of job satisfaction and organisational support remain underexplored amidst global higher education shifts post-COVID.
Liam P. Duffy
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Listening skills instruction: practical tips for processing aural input [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Two listening challenges faced by English L2 learners are (1) successfully identifying words in continuous speech and (2) understanding a speaker’s intended meaning. Listening is a skill L2 learners report wanting to improve, yet teaching practices often
Reed, Marnie
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Forum: Literature and Language Awareness: Using Literature to Achieve CEFR Outcomes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This article sets out to explore why literature (used in this article to mean poetry, plays, short stories or novels) is often a marginalised resource in EFL classrooms, even though the Common European Framework of References for Languages (CEFR ...
Carter, Ronald, Jones, Christian
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From computer assisted language learning (CALL) to mobile assisted language use [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This article begins by critiquing the long-established acronym CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning). We then go on to report on a small-scale study which examines how student non-native speakers of English use a range of digital devices beyond the
Achilleos, M, Jarvis, HA
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