Category: Language education
A Preliminary Report of the Use of Piazza for a Language Class
This paper presents a preliminary report of the project that investigates the impact of using an online forum for language …
Difficulties of Building English Sentences in Writing
This study aims at investigating the problems of writing correct English sentences as for the Sudanese students of secondary schools. …
The Importance of Phonological Studies to Nigerian Learners of Arabic
Abstract The Importance of Arabic Phonological Studies to Nigerian Learners of Arabic Foreign language learning has become in recent time …
Grammarly Grammatical Grammar: An Investigation into Writing Issues
The paper used an electronic writing enhancement platform to identify writing issues in two essays of Level 4 Foundation students. …
Questions and Mutual Understanding in the L2 Classroom
An integration of questions in the teaching of L2 is strongly supported in educational arguments. However, the nature of the …
Reflections of Ab English Students on Their English Language Learning Experiences
This study seeks to investigate the language learning experiences of the thirty-nine AB-English majors who were selected through fish-bowl technique …
Using Personal Diaries to Improve Students’ Academic Writing Skills in English
Most students in Japan leave high school having been exposed to a wide range of grammatical structures and vocabulary items. …
Reinterpreting School Vandalism: A Textual Analysis
This study unravel the meaning conveyed from vandalism through textual analysis. It determined the profile of the respondents, the reasons …
Effectiveness in Using the Learning Package on “How to Make Questions in English” for Improving Speaking Skills of Degree Students
The objectives of this study were (1) to study the effectiveness in using the learning package on how to make …
EFL Learners Perceptions of and Attitudes Toward the Use of Reader Theater for Improving Oral Skills in an Esp Course
In today's global world, English speaking skills are important for international contexts. For EFL learners, good oral English skills require …
Developing English Communicative Ability and Promoting Collaborative Learning through Project-Based Voice Acting in an Holistic Approach
This study aims to assure the positive influence of integrated language learning and teaching focused on improving English communicative ability …
How to Teach the Expletive “It”
In some school grammar books in Japan, the expletive ‘it’ in a sentence like “(1) It seems that John loves …
The Frequent Errors in English Writing of Students Who Study in the English Writing for Careers Course
This study investigated common English language errors made by 28 participants who enrolled the English Writing for Careers course in …
Foreign Language Education in the Wake of Globalization: The ‘Learning-To-Communicate’ Approach
In 2010, the Industry-Academia Partnership for Human Resource Development Committee (METI & MEXT), suggested that one of three skills to …
Enhancing Reading Ability through Vocabulary Learning and Reading Satisfaction of Grade Eight Thai Rural Students with Self- Made Stories of Virtue and Morality
Reading is the English language skill most emphasized in all Thai educational levels. Therefore, Thai learners of English’s reading ability …
The Usage of Games (Adapted from Korean Reality Shows) in Oral English Classroom to Increase Participation in Speaking
This study aims to understand how games influence oral English learning in terms of participation and motivation through a context-aware …
The Influence of Saliency and Frequency of Morphosyntactic Structures on Attention to Recasts during Spoken Interaction
Studies on the effectiveness of recasts have drawn mixed results, which is possibly due to the role of attention to …
Application of Morphological Typology and English Affixation Instruction
This study aims at investigating the effects of application of morphological typology into the instruction of English Affixation instruction for …
An Analysis of the ESP for Economics: Approaches to Determine the Feasibility of a Reading Program at Secondary Level as
This case study will examine the overarching approaches to second language (L2) reading instruction reflected in the Libyan ESP secondary …
Learning from English Lecturers’ Voices in Teaching Oral Communication in EFL Classrooms in Indonesia
Research in English as a foreign language (EFL) settings indicates that teaching oral communication has been problematic due to various …
Engaging Students with Integrated Language Skills through Tailor Made Summer Camp Activities: A Case Study
In Taiwan, the four skills (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing) in English are usually taught separately with the focus on …
A Step-By-Step Approach to Learning English Vocabulary for Beginners as a Second Language
During spring 2007, special needs education became part of Japan’s school education program by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, …
Social Responsibility and Language Teaching: The Triple Bottom Line in EAP
Sustainability is a key aim of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), particularly in areas such as environmental management, …
Intertwining Language with Perception: A Case of Internalizing a Globalized Language
Globalization is viewed from different angles, with three universally accepted theories used to explain it. All the theories can be …
Negotiating the Syllabus: Autonomy and the Teaching of Literature in French Lycées
Although multiple benefits of teaching literature in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom have been cited in contemporary …
English as a Second Language at Kindergarten: Importance of Non-Verbal Language and Use of TPR to Elicit Communication
As more and more experts urge to adopt second language education from early childhood, an increasing number of kindergartens all …
Content and Language Integrated Learning: In Search of a Coherent Conceptual Framework
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) has gained widespread acknowledgement in numerous education systems not only in Europe but also …
Studies on Global and Partial Processing for Chinese Children with Dictation Difficulties
Dictation difficulty refers to people who possess normal reading ability but poor dictation ability. Orthographic representation deficit of Chinese children …
Adjustment of Feedback on Postgraduate Writing to Optimize Uptake
The importance of written feedback on L2 student writing is widely accepted. What seems to be unclear is which form …
Vocabulary Learning Strategies Used by High Vocabulary Knowledge Students Studying in the 3rd Year English for International Communication Students
The purpose of this study was to investigate the vocabulary learning strategies used by high vocabulary knowledge students in the …
South Algerians’ EFL Errors
In Algeria, an Arabic-speaking and francophone country, it is a foreign language taught as a compulsory subject matter in public …
Constructing a Democratic English Language Classroom
Teaching English to immigrant students is a trending issue in the US as well as in other English-speaking countries. This …
Curricular Design for English Extension Courses at Universidad Libre, Bogota-Colombia
The proposal deals with an ongoing research project at the English Extension Courses at the Faculty of Education at Universidad …
The Effects of Input Type and Tasks on Vocabulary Learning
This paper discusses the effects of various types of vocabulary lists and tasks on L2 vocabulary learning. Two studies were …
If at First You Don’t Succeed…
This research focusses on how errors are generally regarded in the process of language learning, and more specifically in the …
TESOL Teachers’ Reflections on their Language Learning Experience: A Case Study of Six Primary English Language Teachers in Vietnam
Given that language learning experience in the past has great impact on TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) …
Linguistics and L1 Transfer in the Service of Pre-Service L2 Student Teachers
In my talk, I will establish the unique contribution of integrating two major perspectives into Foreign Language (FL) teacher education, …