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The Visible and Invisible Role of English Foundation Programmes: A Search for Communication Opportunities within EFL Contexts
This paper argues that in addition to teaching English, English Foundation Programmes should also help new students become involved in the new teaching environment by ensuring a transition from the previous learning experience and integration into the new context. The study also argues that the process of transition and integration contributes to creating an environment in which English…
Large Student Enrollments in EFL Programs: Challenges and Consequences
Year after year, EFL and translation programs at King Saud University are experiencing significant increases in female freshman student enrollments. This study aims to investigate the effect of female freshman student enrollment figures in EFL programs on student achievement and attitudes, program staffing, classroom instruction…
THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT TASK TYPES ON L2 LEARNERS’ INTAKE AND ACQUISITION OF TWO GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURES
Recent years have seen a growing interest in the role of tasks in second language acquisition. A substantial body of research now exists investigating the effects of different task types and their accompanying instructions on learning. Less is known about how tasks affect intake and the relationship between intake and acquisition.
The Usefulness of Guided Feedback in a WebÂBased IELTS Reading Programme for Arab Learners
The use of WebÂbased materials for language learning has increased tremendously over the past decade. Many institutions make use solely of preÂexisting WebÂsites that may or may not have been designed specifically with language learners in mind, while others also utilise the skills of their teaching staff or of outside experts in order to create materials which target the specific needs of their students.
The Value of Reflection in Writing Courses in ELT Preservice Teacher Education Programs
Constructivist theory has brought significant momentum to all aspects of teacher education. Currently, personal growth of the individual in educational domains is so important that teacher candidates are asked to develop their reflective skills in many courses so that they grow by having internalized and problematized the issues under study by gauging them themselves.
Schema theory Based Considerations on Pre-reading Activities in ESP Textbooks
In most cases a common problem students experience in reading classes is the feeling that they know absolutely nothing about the subject they are reading about. However, this feeling may be more complex than generally thought.
The Functions of Humor in Classroom Instruction
According to Garrison Keillor,
There are two ways to get to know people well in a short time, one is to work alongside them at a hard and unpleasant job such as cleaning latrines or picking potatoes, and the other way is to tell jokes. (in Danforth, 2001, p. 9)
Effective Reading
Reading is not merely a receptive process of picking up information from the page in a word-by-word manner (Grabe, 1991). Rather, it is a selective process and characterized as an active process of comprehending. Therefore, non-English-speaking readers find it important to employ reading strategies to read English texts more effectively.
Taking Advantage of Cognitive Difference of Asians and Westerners in the Teaching of English
Recent developments in cognitive psychology have suggested definite differences in the way Westerners and North-East Asians perceive and think about the world. This information suggests major reasons for L1 interference in L2 learning and also dictates how some teaching methodology may, in fact, hamper the way a student learns English.
Taking Advantage of Cognitive Difference of Asians and Westerners in the Teaching of English
Recent developments in cognitive psychology have suggested definite differences in the way Westerners and North-East Asians perceive and think about the world. This information suggests major reasons for L1 interference in L2 learning and also dictates how some teaching methodology may, in fact, hamper the way a student learns English.
