Tag: Language education,
Integrating Literature in the ESL Classroom: A Case Study
With the appearance of the Communicative Approach in the late 70's and very early 80's, using literature in the English …
Authentic Situation Video Clip Enhances Learners’ English Writing
Authentic situation video clips can motivate students’ enthusiasm and enhances students’ language skills. This study investigated the effect of authentic …
A Critical Review of Three Current Cantonese Textbooks Published for Teaching Cantonese for Mandarin Speakers in Hong Kong
Despite the growing importance of Mandarin, Cantonese has not died out in Mainland China. There are at least over 66 …
Intercultural Awareness and Language Learning What Do Students Say?
We present the preliminary findings of our qualitative research into the difficulties encountered by different types of foreign language students …
Factors Impacting on Teacher Cognition and Teachers’ Approaches to Language Teaching in Japanese High Schools
An investigation of cognitive factors that impact implementation of Communicative Approaches to Language Teaching, CALT, by public high school teachers …
Scaffolding L2 Readers: How Can We Grow Them Into Autonomous Life-Long Learners?
A critical component of L2 reading ability is reading fluency. One natural approach to L2 fluency development is to approximate …
Teaching How to Think and How to Write: Realities and Suggestions on Writing Instruction in English Education in Japan
The current Course of Study of Japan manifests that an objective of “English Expression” is to evaluate facts and opinions …
The Challenges of Teacher-Mediated vs Computer-Mediated ESL Instruction
Technology is changing at an unprecedented rate, and without the proper machinery in place, one stands the risk of being …
What’s Love got to do with it? Motivating Intercultural Competency and Language Learning Through Discussions of Intercultural Romantic Love Relationships
While English is a required subject in Japanese junior and senior high schools, Japanese university students’ communicative language competency is …
Teaching Japanese Across Borders: An Original Intercultural Approach
The goal of this paper is to present to the international academic public a unique and original book for teaching …
Introducing the First Large-Scale English Collocational Chunk List and Innovative Methods in Which Collocational Fluency Can Be Mastered
This presentation will discuss the findings of the speaker's PhD thesis which identified the most common chunks of English. The …
Writing in a Foreign Language
For many Japanese students, writing is probably the most difficult skill in English. The Ministry of Education of Japan (MEXT) …
Developing Spoken Corpora of Non-Native English Teachers to Assist in English Classroom Interactions
This study reports the classroom speech traits of non-native English language instructors (NNIs) observed from the bilingual spoken corpora compiled …
Effectiveness of English Song Activities on Vocabulary Learning and Retention
The main objectives of the study were to study the effectiveness of song activities on vocabulary learning and retention and …
A Study of Factors Affecting Undergraduates’ Anxiety with Foreign Language Communication at Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya
This study aims to (1) analyze the correlation of factors affecting undergraduates’ anxiety with foreign language communication, and (2) to …
Readiness in English Speaking Skills of Engineering Student at Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya before Entering the ASEAN Community
The main purposes of this study was to investigate engineering students’ readiness in speaking skills concerning three aspects: 1. fundamental …
Using Learners’ First Language in EFL Classrooms
This paper aims to explore the attitudes of English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers towards using learners’ first language …
English Language Use among Malaysian Tertiary Level Students: A Case Study of Tunku Abdul Rahman University College
While English is widely spoken in Malaysia, there have been concerns about its declining standards, with educationists and employers observing …
Why not Literature?: An Investigation into University Teachers’ Perspectives of Teaching English Through Literature in the EFL Classroom
Though literature has been viewed as one of the best authentic materials in foreign language instruction since the late 1980s, …
Scaffolding Oral Presentation Instruction to Improve Communicative Competence Across Differing Student Levels and Disciplines
With increasing globalization, student acquisition of oral presentation skills has become more important than ever. For students to meet the …
The Convergence of Last and First-Mile: Practicum Curriculum Redesign for Language Majors
This on-going research intends to explore how Flipped Learning (FL) can be applied to a practicum course design for tertiary-level …
Sing and Move – Removing Static English Language Classroom
Often in Taiwan, elementary students learn passively within the English language classroom. The learning environment is static and students appear …
Enhancing Students Willingness to Communicate in English through Korean Pop Culture: A Case Study
In recent years, Korean pop culture such as Korean drama, pop singers and TV programs have gained popularity in Taiwan, …
Developing an Instructional Model to Teach Periphery Researchers to Write English Scientific Research Articles for Scholarly Journals
Periphery researchers in sciences have been found to have problems with publications of their research articles (RAs) in scholarly journals. …
The Study of English Listening and Speaking Skills Development by Using Computer Assisted Language Learning of Primary Students in Lampang Province
The purposes of this research were: 1) to study English Listening and Speaking Skills of using Computer Assisted Language Learning …
Psychosociological Predictors of Maritime Students’ English Proficiency
Due to the differing abilities of ESL students in learning a language, many language teachers are prompted to investigate the …
A Comparison of English Textbooks from the Perspectives of Reading: IB Diploma Programs and Japanese Senior High Schools
The Ministry of Education (MEXT) is promoting International Baccalaureate (IB) programs, aiming to increase the number of IB schools in …
A Pilot Study on Co-Teaching: A Cross-Discipline Approach to Enhancing Teaching and Learning in the Trade Specific Context
Failing to realize the importance of English in the workplace, vocational students tend to appear lowly motivated and are reluctant …
Teaching English Vocabulary; From Concept to Instruction
Vocabulary is of prime importance in English language teaching because without sufficient vocabulary, students cannot understand others or express their …
“We Need to Be Able to See the World Through the Eyes of Others”: Transforming Curricula in Teaching Foreign Languages
The United States Senator of Hawaii Daniel Kahikina Akaka was so right when he stressed the necessity of being "open …
Innovative Learning Activities with the Use of Modern Educational Technology
There is a growing trend in the use of e-learning technology for the support of learning and teaching in universities …