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The Use Of Information And CommunicationTechnology ICT In The EFL Classroom As A Tool To Promote L2 English Among Non-Native Pre-Service English Teachers
With the rapidly increasing popularity of the internet in recent years, the diversity of learning programs continue to shift and change according to the demands of society. Nevertheless, since the development of communicative skills, language learning requires social interaction between the teacher and the students and among the students themselves…
Teaching English to Young Learners in Taiwan: Issues Relating to Teaching, Teacher Education, Teaching Materials and Teacher Perspectives
Since 2005, it has been government policy in Taiwan to introduce English in Grade 3 of primary schooling (when learners are generally age 9). The overall aim of this research project was to investigate some of the problems associated with the implementation of this policy by combining research involving teacher cognition with research involving the criterion-referenced analysis of a sample of textbooks produced in Taiwan for young learners and a sample of lessons taught in Taiwanese primary schools.
The Use of Multimedia Based Learning Materials in English Language Teaching in Developing Educational Systems
As technology development has touched every part of our life and as education is part of our world, it is interesting to make use of innovative tools and bring it inside classrooms. Multimedia based learning materials become more important in education everywhere across the world for its powerful potentials to develop language education.
The Usefulness of Decision-Forcing Case Studies in Helping to Prepare New and Experienced English as Foreign Language Teachers
The objective of this action research project was to find the usefulness of decision-forcing case studies in helping to prepare new and experienced English as foreign language teachers (EFL) taking place in Western Chungnam province of South Korea. Nine decision-forcing cases were written for two Korean English Teachers (KETs) and two Native English Speakers (NESs) with one of each experienced or new to EFL teaching.
A Door to the World or to Just a Handful of Anglo Cultures? English as a Lingua Franca and Students’ Orientations toward English
In applied linguistics circles, one of the most polarizing issues related to the global spread of English has been the English as a lingua franca (ELF) research paradigm, which focuses on English use for communication among speakers who did not learn English as a ‘native’ language (ENL).
A Metaphor Analysis of Preservice EFL Teachers’ Beliefs regarding Professional Identity
This research investigated preservice EFL teachers’ beliefs about their roles as English teachers in Japan. Objectives were three-fold: (a) to elucidate preservice EFL teachers’ beliefs regarding professional identity through a metaphor analysis in three research phases (i.e., pre-, mid-, and post-practicum phases), (b) to explore preservice EFL teachers’ underlying beliefs hidden behind metaphors, particularly regarding professional identity in the three research phases, and thereby (c) to examine preservice EFL teachers’ professional identity formation observed during the term of the investigation.
