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The Impact of Text Length on EFL Students’ Reading Comprehension
This study investigated the impact of text length on reading comprehension. Three reading comprehension passages accompanied by 30 items were reduced to two thirds of their original lengths. The truncated versions along with the original version were randomly administered to 100 male and female college students of English (50) and non-English majors (50).
Sino-Finnish E-Mail Project A Teaching Tool for Tertiary Business Communication Course
Intercultural communication in contemporary business world relies increasingly on e-mail, the language of which is predominantly English. This should also be reflected in the contents of Business Communication courses. The present paper discusses a Sino-Finnish international e-mail pilot project conducted between university students.
How American Culture Correlates the Process of Globalization
It is arguable that every culture may be deemed a potential but imperfect model that other cultures can consult. Although many regard it as an incarnation of democracy and a crystallized or epitomized model of human civilization, the United States as a cultural entity is definitely an imperfect one, which does not necessarily “direct” the process of globalization to the right track.
The L2 Acquisition of the Coordinating Conjunction “and” in Taiwanese Learners’ Interlanguage at College Level
This study explores the acquisition of the most commonly used coordinating conjunction “and” in essays written by three groups of college students in high- , mid-, and low-proficiency levels in Taiwan and shows that a number of error patterns can be traced when analyzing the misuse of this coordinating conjunction.
The Generic Integrity of Newspaper Editorials: A Systemic Functional Perspective
One fruitful line of research has been to explore the local linguistic as well as global rhetorical patterns of particular genres in order to identify their recognizable structural identity, or what Bhatia (1999, p. 22) calls “generic integrity.”
Cross-Cultural Pragmatic Failure: A Definitional Analysis with Implications for Classroom Teaching
It is arguable that every culture may be deemed a potential but imperfect model that other cultures can consult. Although many regard it as an incarnation of democracy and a crystallized or epitomized model of human civilization, the United States as a cultural entity is definitely an imperfect one, which does not necessarily “direct” the process of globalization to the right track.
CLT Theories and Practices in EFL Curricula A Case Study of Korea
This study investigates the theories and practices of communicative language teaching (CLT) in the EFL curriculum in Korea. Based on recent research on second/foreign language learning, CLT has been widely accepted as an effective way of teaching in ESL/EFL contexts.
Nationality &Language Learning Strategies of ELT-Major University Students
Although there has been an increase in research articles in recent years dealing with language learning strategies, nationality is one of the neglected variables. This paper presents the results of an international study identifying the preferences of language learning strategies of English Language Teaching (ELT) majors.
An Analysis of Japanese and Korean Students Online Discussion Based on Movie Reports
The authors, Japanese and Korean university teachers, have developed E-learning environments for their students of English at Japanese and Korean universities, respectively. For this study, the authors used an interactive web with a bulletin board system: BBS, which was constructed at Nagasaki Junshin Catholic University for facilitating students with opportunities to create messages in English.
The Necessity of Intensifying English Vocabulary Teaching in the Remote Minority Area College English Teaching
Vocabulary learning is very important in English study especially for the beginners. This paper discusses the present situation of English teaching in Inner Mongolia, the English level of the Inner Mongolian students, and the necessity of intensifying English vocabulary teaching and learning in the remote minority area college English teaching.
