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The types of speaking assessment tasks used by Korean Junior Secondary school English teachers

The types of speaking assessment tasks used by Korean Junior Secondary school English teachers

| December 31, 2003

This study aimed:
– to identify the types of speaking assessment tasks used by Korean Junior Secondary School English teachers and the ways in which those assessments were administered;
– to investigate Korean teachers’ perceptions of the practical constraints in Korean EFL classrooms which affect assessment of speaking.

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Teaching vocabulary using short texts

Teaching vocabulary using short texts

| December 31, 2003

Traditionally, vocabulary used to be offered to learners in the form of lists. Nowadays, the tendency is to present vocabulary in texts. For vocabulary building purposes, texts – whether spoken or written – have enormous advantages over learning words from lists.

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Authentic, Performance-Based Assessment in ESL/EFL Reading Instruction

Authentic, Performance-Based Assessment in ESL/EFL Reading Instruction

| December 31, 2003

In recent years there has been a reaction against standardized objective testing and a movement toward authentic, performance-based testing in a variety of learning domains, including ESL/EFL reading comprehension. A number of measurement researchers have investigated and developed comprehensive test validity criteria which should apply to all testing, traditional or authentic.

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A Comparison of Word-formation between Chinese and English

A Comparison of Word-formation between Chinese and English

| December 31, 2003

Word-formation is the study of words, dealing with the construction or formation rules of words in a certain language. This paper studies and analyses various ways of Chinese and English word-formation so that similarities and differences are found between the two languages.

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Teaching English in Japan to Chinese Students

Teaching English in Japan to Chinese Students

| September 30, 2003

The Changing Classroom: A More International Feel

Go to any EFL classroom in the United States or England, and it is clear that people from all over the world are studying English. All these students, however, come from various backgrounds, have different mother tongues, and can be generally said to have different struggles in acquiring English.

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Challenging beliefs in teacher development: potential influences of Theravada Buddhism upon  Thais learning English

Challenging beliefs in teacher development: potential influences of Theravada Buddhism upon Thais learning English

| September 30, 2003

This study has investigated the potential influences of Theravada Buddhism as practised in Thailand on the learning behaviour of Thai students studying English. It is a study which puts forward a proposal for teacher development and, as a model, needs to be challenged by those involved in the teacher development process.

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The relationship of school year, sex and proficiency on the use of learning strategies in learning English of Korean junior high school students

The relationship of school year, sex and proficiency on the use of learning strategies in learning English of Korean junior high school students

| September 30, 2003

The present study investigated the use of language learning strategies of 325 Korean secondary school students of English as a foreign language, 163 boys and 162 girls with a consideration of variables such as sex, school year, and proficiency in grammar, specifically the use of prepositions.

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Using Mystery Stories in the Language Classroom

Using Mystery Stories in the Language Classroom

| September 30, 2003

Everyone loves a mystery. Mystery stories provide interesting and enjoyable material in the language classroom (Krashen 1982, Gold 1983, Somers and Worthington 1979). They provide rich environments for the productive and receptive skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing (Johnson and Louis 1987).

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The Contribution of Multimedia Tools to EFL Settings Unfamiliar with Technology

The Contribution of Multimedia Tools to EFL Settings Unfamiliar with Technology

| September 30, 2003

In response to an appeal from Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training to all universities and colleges to improve the quality of tertiary education toward regional and international standards, language institutions are making great efforts to further promote the foreign language learning process.

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The Discourse Structure of and Sociopolitical Strictures on TV Commercials

The Discourse Structure of and Sociopolitical Strictures on TV Commercials

| September 30, 2003

he purpose of this study was to explore, from a sociolinguistic perspective, the textual and contextual characteristics of contemporary Iranian TV advertising style. More specifically, this study was an attempt to examine the macro-textual or discourse structure of TV commercials and the way they were sociopolitically constricted.

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