RSS2018 Quarterly

Volume 20 Issue 12.4 December 2018 Quarterly Journal

Volume 20 Issue 12.4 December 2018 Quarterly Journal

| December 19, 2018

Foreword Ramon Medriano Jr.

Research Articles

  1. Jasmin Saquing
    Intercultural Communicative Competence of Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education (BSED) Major in English Students: A Basis for a Proposed Integration of Internationalization in the BSED Major in English Curriculum
  2. Marites M. Abdon
    Students’ Writing Proficiency and Level of Anxiety Toward Academic English Writing
  3. Kara Salazar Panolong
    Tracing Trends, Challenges and Prospects in Theses on English as a Second Language
  4. Melor Md Yunus, Moganashwari Kandasamy and Harwati Hashim
    Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) of ESL Primary School Teachers in a Rural School
  5. Prarthana Coffin and Piansin Pinchai
    A Case Study of Blended Learning in an Intensive English Program
  6. Shalini Upadhyay and Nitin Upadhyay
    Microblogging for Second Language Acquisition: Lessons and Suggestions
  7. Debora Tri Ragawanti, Januarius Mujiyanto, Helena I.R. Agustien and Dwi Anggani Linggar Bharati
    EFL Pre-service Teacher’s Cognition from the Systemic Functional Linguistics Perspective: A Research Method
  8. Bjorn Fuisting, Brett Morgan and Jeremy White
    Teacher Attitudes towards Peer Review in EFL Writing:A Qualitative Study
  9. Conchita Malenab-Temporal and Gay Maribel Lynda Miguel-Mina
    Socio-Linguistic Analysis of Harana Songs: Reference for Multimodal Teaching of Philippine Literature
  10. Luh Putu Artini and Ni Nyoman Padmadewi
    Learning to Reflect in English Teacher Education: An Analysis from Students’ Learning Experiences and Perceptions
  11. Leah Gustilo, Ma. Pamela Capacete, Alvin Alonzo, Arnel Camba Jr., Jere Emmanuel Navarete
    An Analysis of Move-strategy Structure and Functions of Informality in Philippine English Undergraduate Theses: Implications for Teaching Academic Writing
  12. Maricon C. Viduya
    Strands of Tongue: Code Switching in English Classes
  13. Muhammad Basri, Amirullah Abduh and Andi Hudriati
    Writing and Lexical Development of Indonesian Bilingual Children Studying in Australian Primary Schools
  14. Russel Jane U. Binalay and Boyet L. Batang
    Teachers’ Preparedness, Instructional Materials and Teaching Practices in the Implementation of K-12 Language Arts Curriculum

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Volume 20 Issue 12.3 December 2018 Quarterly Journal

Volume 20 Issue 12.3 December 2018 Quarterly Journal

| December 18, 2018

Foreword Ramon Medriano Jr.

Research Articles

  1. Ria Arellano-Tamayo
    Spoken Discourse Analysis on Language Use Along Turn Taking and Topic Management
    in English as Second Language (ESL) Classrooms
  2. Presley V. De Vera, Ed.D.
    Variance in the Use of Invitational and Intrusive Rhetoric in Online EFL Teaching Discourse
  3. Ian Fooks and Ratnawati Mohd Asraf
    Using Computer Analysis of Student Writing to Improve Lesson planning
  4. Michael B. Lavadia and Conchita Malenab-Temporal
    Linguistic Cementing: A Discourse Analysis of Opinion Articles of Philippine’s ‘Big 3’ Dailies
  5. Ni Nyoman Padmadewi and Luh Putu Artini
    Using Innovative Reward Program in Teaching English Literacy at Primary School in Indonesia
  6. Randolf L. Asistido and Maria Teresa T. Asistido
    Politeness Strategies Prevalent during the Senate Hearings on the Mamasapano Incident in Maguindanao, Philippines
  7. Sukardi Weda
    The Effects of Students’ Motivation and Family Socioeconomic Status on English Academic Achievement
  8. Fathu Rahman and Sukardi Weda
    Students’ Perceptions in Appreciating English Literary Works through Critical Comment: A Case Study at Hasanuddin University and Universitas Negeri Makassar
  9. Jet Robredillo Tonogbanua
    Exploring Collaborative E-Portfolio Project for Teaching and Learning Academic Writing
  10. Romualdo A. Mabuan, Arlene A. Ramos, Cheryl C. Matala, Albert M. Navarra and Gregorio P. Ebron, Jr.
    MOOC Camps for Teacher Professional Development: The Philippine Experience
  11. Lesley Karen B. Penera
    Philippine English: An Exploratory Mixed-Methods Inquiry on Digital Immigrants and Digital Natives’ Variety
  12. Jennifer P. Santillan, Jonar T. Martin, Michael E. Santos and Leonora L. Yambao
    International Students’ Cultural Adaptation in the Philippines
  13. Krisha Camille R. Angoluan
    LOLJK😄: Selected Facebook Posts’ Paralinguistic Features and its Perceived Effects in 2nd Language Learning
  14. Faisal Mustafa and Hizir Sofyan
    Comparing the Scores in Paper and Internet-Delivered TOEFL: Can an Unsupervised Online English Language Test Be Used for Placement?

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Volume 20 Issue 12.2 December 2018 Quarterly Journal

Volume 20 Issue 12.2 December 2018 Quarterly Journal

| December 14, 2018

Foreword Ramon Medriano Jr.

Research Articles

  1. William Pearson
    Utilising Facebook Community Groups for IELTS Preparation: A Thematic Analysis
  2. Abdulaziz Alfehaid
    Using English as Medium of Instruction in a Saudi University: Experiences and Implications 
  3. Dianping Liu
    A Survey Study on Secondary School Students’ Key Competences in English in China 
  4. Malinee Prapinwong
    Blended Learning Course Design and Implementation to Foster the Intercultural Awareness of Preservice Teachers in an EFL Context 
  5. Hee Jun Choi
    The Mediating Effect of Academic Engagement on the Relationship Between Temperament and EFL Speaking and Listening Performance 
  6. Denise A. Sabio and Rachelle B. Lintao
    The language of PDU30: A discourse analysis of selected speeches of President Rodrigo Duterte 
  7. Shujen Lee Chang, Shin-Da Lee and Shu-Ping Lee
    Divergent Effects of Direct and Semi-direct Oral Assessment on Psychological Anxiety and Physiological Response in EFL College Students 
  8. Fatemeh Karimi, Azizeh Chalak and Reza Biria
    The Impact of Pre-listening Activities on Iranian EFL Learners’ Listening Comprehension Performance 
  9. Khaled Almudibry
    An Investigation into University EFL Learners’ Perceptions of Native Versus Non-native English Teachers 
  10. Fatchul Mu’in, Yusuf Al-Arief , Yusuf Al-Arief and Raisa Fadilla
    Investigating Teacher Professional Development: English Teachers’ Learning Activities as Learners 
  11. Ikhfi Imaniaha and Nargis
    Teacher’s Job Performance on Teaching English for Young Learners 
  12. Zerah D. Esmero, Sunliegh C. Gador and Karina M. Sumabon
    Phonetic Changes and Syntactic Patterns of the Porohanon Dialect 
  13. Mary Ann P. Malimas, Julie Ann D. Carreon and Natt Wesley Peña
    Critical Discourse Analysis of Filipino Women Politicians’ Campaign Speeches

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Volume 20 Issue 12.1 December 2018 Quarterly Journal

Volume 20 Issue 12.1 December 2018 Quarterly Journal

| December 12, 2018

Foreword Custódio Martins

Research Articles

  1. Peter Burden
    Comparing two methods of gaining qualitative feedback data from University students to encourage teaching improvement
  2. Tran Le Huu Nghia
    Qualities of Teachers in Commercial English Language Centres: Implications for EFL Teacher Education and Professional Development
  3. Catherine Gallagher
    The Discursive Positioning of Foreign English Teachers (FETs) in the Korean Education System
  4. Jessie S. Barrot
    Do Raters Arrive at the Same Rating for the Same Reasons?
  5. Ying Zhan
    Chinese high school students’ test preparation strategies for a high-stakes computer-based English listening and speaking test: Roles of achievement goals
  6. Vo Ngoc Hoi, Ho Le Hang, and Nguyen Quang Ngoan
    Learning Vocabulary through Narrow Reading: A Case of Vietnamese EFL Learners
  7. Mohammad Husam Alhumsi and Ahmad Affendi Shabdin
    The Awareness of Phonemes among Malaysian Beginning Readers
  8. Xiaodong Zhang
    Teaching Reading beyond Language Form: A Case Study of Chinese College English Teachers’ Self-development
  9. Yin Ling Cheung and Jiak Peng Audrey Lee
    The Influence of Coherence-Creating Mechanisms on the Development of Coherence in Expository Essays: A Case study
  10. Masumi Narita, Yuichiro Kobayashi and Mariko Abe
    Recurrent Multi-word Combinations in L1 and L2 Argumentative Essays

Book Reviews

Technology for the Language Classroom: Creating a Twenty-First Century Learning Experience
Mercado, L. A. (2017), London: Macmillan Education/Palgrave, Pp. xviii + 225.
Reviewed by Kenneth J. Boyte, Cabrillo College

Technology for the Language Classroom
Mercado, L. A. (2017) London: Palgrave Macmillan Education, Pp. xviii + 225.
Reviewed by Colin Walker, Myongji University, South Korea

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Volume 20 Issue 9.2: September 2018 Quarterly Journal

Volume 20 Issue 9.2: September 2018 Quarterly Journal

| September 24, 2018

Foreword by Ramon Medriano, Jr.

Research Articles

  1. Ángel Garralda Ortega
    A Case for Blended EAP in Hong Kong Higher Education
  2. Grace H. Y. Wong
    Teaching Persuasive Writing through Persuasion
  3. Angela Meyer Sterzik
    How do we teach them all? A Needs Analysis for a Pre-Sessional EGAP Curricular Review
  4. Wachirapong Yaemtui
    The Effects of ASEAN English Accents on Listening Comprehension and Attitudes of Thai Students: The Phenomenon of English as a Lingua Franca in ASEAN
  5. Fatemeh Karimi, Azizeh Chalak, Reza Biria
    The Impact of Pre-listening Activities on Iranian EFL Learners’ Listening Comprehension Performance
  6. Le Pham Hoai Huong
    An Academic Word List for English Language Teaching
  7. Sukardi Weda, Iskandar Abdul Samad, Andi Anto Patak, Siti Sarah Fitriani
    The Effects of Self-Efficacy Belief, Motivation, and Learning Strategies on Students’ Academic Performance in English in Higher Education
  8. Joseph W. C. Lau
    Ideal university culture of ESP undergraduate students in Hong Kong

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Volume 20 Issue 9.1: September 2018 Quarterly Journal

Volume 20 Issue 9.1: September 2018 Quarterly Journal

| September 20, 2018

Foreword by Aradhna Malik

Research Articles

  1. En-Chong Liaw
    Developing Oral Self-Efficacy in EFL Learners Through Read-Aloud Activities
  2. Nhu Le and Juyoung Song
    TPACK in a CALL Course and Its Effect on Vietnamese Pre-Service EFL Teachers
  3. Phuong N. T. Nguyen, Wilfried Admiraal, Tanja Janssen, and Gert Rijlaarsdam
    Learning to Write: Effects of Prewriting Tasks on English Writings of Vietnamese
  4. Nathaniel T. Murray and Maria R. Coady
    Investigating the Needs of Chinese EFL Teachers in a US-Based TESOL Program: A Case Study
  5. Copley, K.
    Theory and Practice of Professionalism in ELT
  6. Chun-Chun Yeh
    L1 Versus L2 Use in Peer Review of L2 Writing in English
  7. Nguyen Thi Thuy Loan
    Reflections on Modified Genre Based Instructions to Teach Essay Writing to Thai University Students
  8. Asif Qureshi and Ulugbek Nurmukhamedov
    Use of Collocations in Freshman Composition: Implications for L1 English and Arabic
  9. Fangyuan Du
    Question Type, Language Proficiency and Listening Strategy Use: An Exploratory Study
  10. Rasheed S. Al-Jarrah and Sayyah Al-Ahmad
    Effects of the Location of Feedback on the Linguistic Accuracy in EFL Students’ Timed and
    Untimed Essay Writing

Book Reviews

  1. Complexity in Classroom Foreign Language Learning Motivation: A Practitioner Perspective from Japan
    Richard J. Sampson
    Reviewed by Carl Vollmer
  2. Gender, Identity, and Teaching English in Japan
    Diane Hawley Nagatomo
    Reviewed by Mark Makino

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Volume 20 Issue 6 : June 2018 Quarterly Journal

Volume 20 Issue 6 : June 2018 Quarterly Journal

| June 18, 2018

Foreword by Jun Scott Chen Hsieh
1. Shanshan Lu & Paul Moore
Western-trained Chinese EFL teachers’ reflections on Communicative Language Teaching
2. Mahpul & Rhonda Oliver
The effect of task complexity in dialogic oral production by Indonesian EFL learners
3. Zhenjie Weng
Voices from international Chinese students on varieties of English: A mixed methods study
4. Matt Lucas
Not all nouns are created equal: Japanese EFL learners, written English and plural marking of loanwords and non-loanwords
5. (Mark) Feng Teng
The effect of Focus on Form and Focus on Forms Instruction on the acquisition of phrasal verbs by Chinese students
6. Shu-Chin Su & Tao Ling
A qualitative research of the difference in the learning styles between Chinese and Taiwanese English major students
7. Singhanat Nomnian & Thithimadee Arphattananon
A qualitative study on factors influencing achievement of English language teaching and learning in Thai government secondary schools
8. Mufeeda Irshad & Pei Yi Liu
Self-instructional material-centred multimedia computer program: A solution to the challenges of large heterogeneous teacher-fronted classes
9. Chin-Wen Chien
Taiwanese EFL undergraduates’ self-correction of pronunciation problems and their strategies
10. Wondwosen Tesfamichael Ali
Effects of implementing a Learning Together Method (LTM) on social skills
11. Renia Lopez-zieblo
Testing task difficulty evaluating parameters and identifying gestures as a valid indicator
12. Dr Khaled Almudibry
Exploring University EFL Learners’ Experiences and Attitudes towards Using Smart Phones for English Learning
13. Liudmila Bolsunovskaya, Tatiana Aikina
University Students’ Attitude towards English as a Medium of Instruction in Russian Higher Educational Institutions
14. Fatimah Alhamamah
Saudi Female EFL Learners’ Perceptions of Their Language Learning Experiences: A Metaphor Analysis
15. Sukardi Weda
Demotivational Teaching Practices in EFL classroom: Perceptions of English among Indonesian Learners
16. Thammanoon Buphate, Reuben H. Esteban
Integration of Critical Thinking Approaches in Thailand University Classrooms: Perceptive Analysis
17. Vita V. Vonog & Ludmila V. Yarotskaya
Learning Individual’s Development as Function of Productive Assessment

Book Reviews
1. Multiculturalism and Conflict Reconciliation in the Asia-Pacific
K. Shimizu and W. S. Bradley. NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. Pp. V + 237.
Reviewed by Raheb Zohrehfard, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

2. Team Teaching and Team Learning in the Language Classroom: Collaboration for innovation in ELT
A. Tajino, T. Stewart & D. Dalsky (eds.). New York, NY: Routledge, 2016. Pp. xx + 216.
Reviewed by Rurik Tywoniw, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

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Volume 20 Issue 3 : March 2018 Quarterly Journal

Volume 20 Issue 3 : March 2018 Quarterly Journal

| March 9, 2018

Foreword by AEFLJ’s Assistant Copy Editors
1. Kemal Sinan Özmen, Abdulvahit Çakır, and Paşa Tevfik Cephe
– Conceptualization of English Culture and Accent: Idealized English
among Teachers in the Expanding Circle
2. Hongzhi Yang
– An Analysis of the Relationship between Chinese EFL Teachers’
Agency and Beliefs from an Activity Theory Perspective
3. Yunjeong Choi, Dongbo Zhang, Chin-Hsi Lin and Yining Zhang
– Self-Regulated Learning of Vocabulary in English as a Foreign Language
4. Yi-Ching Pan
– The Effects of Remedial Instruction Associated with Graduation
Benchmarking on Low-Achieving Students’ English Learning at Technological
and Vocational Institutions
5. Ian Willey and Edmont Katz
– Some Common Ground: Perceptions of Language Backgrounds, Classroom
Language Use, and Identity among University English Teachers in Japan
6. Dr. Hsiu Chiao (Sally) Fan
– The Impact of Text Structure as a Metacognitive Mode on
EFL Learners’ Reading-to-Writing
7. Kamaludin Yusra / Yuni Budi Lestari
– Integrating Attitude, Knowledge and Skills in K-13 English Lesson Plans: Explorations
into Teachers’ Agentic Roles in Materials Development
8. Ryan Jayson V. Delos Reyes / Kristine May L. De Vera / Ramon S. Medriano Jr
– The Functions of Language in Facebook Posting

Book Reviews
1. Early Childhood Education in English for Speaker of Other Languages
Victoria A. Murphy and Maria Evangelou
Reviewed by Benjamin Thanyawatpokin
2. First and Second Language Use in Asian EFL
Ross Forman
Reviewed by Colin Walker

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