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A Consideration of the Role of The Four Iddhipada and the Sutta in Teaching English in Thailand Today
This article discusses aspects of two 2,500-year-old eastern frameworks for learning, based on the teachings of the Buddha. They are the Four Iddhipada, a philosophy of principles and process in teaching and learning, and the Sutta, a Thai oral tradition that describes the habits of a scholar.
Preposition Pied-piping and Preposition Stranding Constructions in the Interlanguage Grammar of Iranian EFL Learners
Several studies of the interlanguage of L2 learners of English have evidenced an interim stage in the development of preposition pied-piping and preposition stranding when learners tend to omit the preposition in both interrogatives and relative clauses. The phenomenon generally referred to as null-prep has been controversially discussed in the literature.
The Current Status of English Education in Mongolia
This essay describes the developments of English language education in the People’s Republic of Mongolia since the country’s democratic revolution in 1990. Although the use of English in Mongolia has been thriving since this time, virtually no information about this phenomenon has been reported.
Keeping up with native speakers: The many and positive roles of repetition in the conversations of EFL learners
The paper examines one feature of communication strategies, allo-repetition (two-party repetition) in conversation. It explores the many roles of repetition through a study of informal dyadic conversations between English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners from Indonesia, Vietnam and Japan, and native speakers of English.
Op Ed
Op Ed. From time to time we will present an Editorial Opinion written by one of the editorial staff or from selected submissions. The field of SLA is rapidly changing. New theories are emerging that call into question well tried and tested beliefs. This forum allows Opinions to freely explore this changing area of Academic […]
Roles of Cooperating Teachers and Practicum Supervisors and their Effect on EFL Student-Teachers’ Teaching Skills
This study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of three different practicum teaching and supervision methods based on the type of visits a student – teacher receives and the number of cooperating teachers they work with, in improving the practicum teaching English language student- teachers’ performance in teaching English.
Small Group Interaction Among Native English Speaking and Non-Native English Speaking Learners in a Teacher Training Context
This paper focuses on the problems faced by international students studying abroad at English speaking universities. In particular it looks at the difficulties Asian students have in small group work activities and offers some recommendations on how these can be overcome.
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.
