About Asian EFL

The Asian EFL Journal is published monthly and presents information, theories, research, methods and materials related to language acquisition and language learning. An academic Second Language Acquisition Research Journal. The Asian EFL Journal is one of the world's leading refereed and indexed journals for second language research.

Professor Roger Nunn of the Petroleum Institute, UAE is the Chief Editor and Dr. John Adamson, University of Niigata Prefecture, Japan, Oversees Academic Standards.

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Featured Journal Article

Thematization in Romantic and Criminal Short Stories in English and Persian: Implications for Second Language Reading

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Some teachers may believe that EFL/ESL students will be able to read and write in the target language if they focus on linguistic elements only, but other teachers who integrate short stories in the curricula have found out that stories add a new dimension to the teaching of reading.

By: Elnaz Ghaleasadi
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Understanding the Current Stages of Three English Morphemes between two Groups of Chinese Learners

Abstract

A few researchers have conducted studies on how a second language has been developed by learners in different contexts (Rivers, 1998; Talburt and Stewart, 1999; Yoshino, 1992 and McMeeKin, 2003). However, not enough research has been conducted on learners developing a second language in a homestay context.

Featured Teaching Article

Speech Acts in Drama Translation

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One of the most important aspects of drama and definitely drama translation is that it should be performable. In order to preserve the performability, the communicative functions of linguistic forms should be recognized and conveyed by the translator.