Category: Languages education and applied linguistics (ESL/TESL/TEFL)
Get Real: Using Real Dialogue in the English Language Classroom
Being able to use authentic communicative events such as telephone conversations, office gossip and shopkeeper-customer dialogues as example conversations will …
The Shift from Yakudoku to Communicative Language Teaching: Empowering Students with a Diversity of English Classes
Traditionally, English classes taught in Japanese schools have followed the yakudoku method (Gorsuch, 1998; Nishino, 2008; Rutson-Griffiths, 2012). In this …
The Design and Outcomes of a Writing Improvement Programme in an Australian University
This paper will present the educational design of an English writing improvement programme for upper-intermediate/advanced English L2 writers at a …
An Investigation of Taiwanese College English Majors’ Learning Motivation and Self-Identity Changes
Most studies investigating learners’ motivation have probed into the relationship between motivation and leaners’ linguistic outcomes; however, not many looked …
The Effect of Taxation Supplementary Measure for the Performance of the Elementary School Teachers
The purpose of this study is to understand the job satisfactions and performances of the elementary school teachers after cancelling …
The Effectiveness of a Suggested Program Based on English Songs on Developing Primary School Pupils’ Vocabulary, Grammar and Their English Language Learning Interest
This study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of using a suggested program based on English songs on developing sith year, …
Graduate Students’ Perceptions of the Problems in Writing Research Articles in English in Higher Education: A Taiwan-Based Study
Writing research articles in English has become one of the most common currencies in higher education. In Taiwan, nowadays issues …
The Comparison of Two Different Text Processing Skills to Enhance EFL Reading Comprehension: Summarizing vs Listing the Main Points
As a global skill, reading is a cognitive activity including both surface and deep processing on its core, and developing …
A Study of Comparatively Low Achievement University Students’ Bilingualized Dictionary Use and Their English Learning
The aim of this survey study is to investigate bilingualized dictionary use (i.e. Longman Active Study English-Chinese Dictionary in paper …
Material Selection, Design and Construction through CALL: EFL Teacher Reflection
The commercial software for English language learning in a computer lab has recently been implemented as part of practice hours …
Effects of Two Implementations of Cross-Age Repeated Reading Treatments
Learning sight words enables learners to decode unfamiliar words by sight, thus learners can read words in text more efficiently. …
Early Childhood English Language Acquisition of Hausa Children Living in Rural Communities of Kano State Nigeria
This paper examine the problem with early childhood English language acquisition of hausa children living in rural communities in Kano …
Transforming Language Learning through Technology
As is the case in many educational systems worldwide, secondary education in Thailand is largely teacher-centered. Students transitioning from this …
English Education and Polysemy
The process of learning and teaching two languages and cultures can be a very transformative experience. This paper explores how …
The Teaching of Grammar through Storytelling among L1 Malay Learners
English language teachers have always been trying to find new and interesting methods of teaching English grammar in the ESL …
Mobile Assisted Foreign Language Teaching in Turkey
In Turkey, Mobile phones are recent phenomenon for education and are seriously discussed. The discussions are related to whether mobiles …
A Correlation Study: English Teacher’s Educational Background and the Students’ School Final Exam Scores in South Sumatera, Indonesia
English is categorized as a foreign language in Indonesia. This condition forces its citizens to do extra effort in order …
Investigating Students’ Problems in Understanding Their Personal Qualities and Skills for Cover Letters: A Self-Assessment Approach
This paper explores students’ problems in presenting their personal qualities in cover letters for job application and examines the effectiveness …
Complexity, Accuracy, Fluency: A New Paradigm for Language Education and Cross-Cultural Communication
A complexity-accuracy-fluency triad has emerged as a dynamic L2 proficiency assessment tool in TESL/TEFL. This paper takes the position that …
Minimizing Perceptual Mismatches – Re-Arranging the Lens
Miscommunication or being misconstrued is indeed an old story of the English language classrooms. Chances of miscommunication further escalate when …