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Investigating Iranian EFL Writing Problems and Examining Back Transfer

Investigating Iranian EFL Writing Problems and Examining Back Transfer

| March 10, 2014

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of English-medium instruction in the context of Taiwanese tertiary EFL and content area education. Due to the prevalence of globalization, English has gradually become the only language of instruction in academia, especially in Asia such as Taiwan.

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An Applied Phenomenological Interview Approach to the Exploration of Taiwanese EFL Teachers’ Perspectives on Language Labs

An Applied Phenomenological Interview Approach to the Exploration of Taiwanese EFL Teachers’ Perspectives on Language Labs

| March 10, 2014

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of English-medium instruction in the context of Taiwanese tertiary EFL and content area education. Due to the prevalence of globalization, English has gradually become the only language of instruction in academia, especially in Asia such as Taiwan.

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A Structural Equation Modeling Approach to Investigating Test Takers’ Strategy Use and Reading Test Performance

A Structural Equation Modeling Approach to Investigating Test Takers’ Strategy Use and Reading Test Performance

| March 10, 2014

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of English-medium instruction in the context of Taiwanese tertiary EFL and content area education. Due to the prevalence of globalization, English has gradually become the only language of instruction in academia, especially in Asia such as Taiwan.

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Knowing the Test Takers: Investigating Chinese and Indian EFL/ESL Students’ Performance on PTE Academic

Knowing the Test Takers: Investigating Chinese and Indian EFL/ESL Students’ Performance on PTE Academic

| March 10, 2014

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of English-medium instruction in the context of Taiwanese tertiary EFL and content area education. Due to the prevalence of globalization, English has gradually become the only language of instruction in academia, especially in Asia such as Taiwan.

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Acquisition of English Morphology by a Japanese School-aged Child: A Longitudinal Study

Acquisition of English Morphology by a Japanese School-aged Child: A Longitudinal Study

| March 10, 2014

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of English-medium instruction in the context of Taiwanese tertiary EFL and content area education. Due to the prevalence of globalization, English has gradually become the only language of instruction in academia, especially in Asia such as Taiwan.

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Asian Undergraduate Students’ Apprenticeship in Research Paper Writing: Academic Interactions and Researchers’ Responsibilities

Asian Undergraduate Students’ Apprenticeship in Research Paper Writing: Academic Interactions and Researchers’ Responsibilities

| March 9, 2014

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of English-medium instruction in the context of Taiwanese tertiary EFL and content area education. Due to the prevalence of globalization, English has gradually become the only language of instruction in academia, especially in Asia such as Taiwan.

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English as a Medium of Instruction in Bangladesh’s Higher Education Empowering or Disadvantaging Students?

English as a Medium of Instruction in Bangladesh’s Higher Education Empowering or Disadvantaging Students?

| March 8, 2014

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of English-medium instruction in the context of Taiwanese tertiary EFL and content area education. Due to the prevalence of globalization, English has gradually become the only language of instruction in academia, especially in Asia such as Taiwan.

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Utilizing the CLIL Approach in a Japanese Primary School: A Comparative Study of CLIL and EFL Lessons

Utilizing the CLIL Approach in a Japanese Primary School: A Comparative Study of CLIL and EFL Lessons

| December 3, 2013

In recent years, Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) has become the subject of attention, especially in East Asian countries, due to the introduction of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) education in primary schools.

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Authenticity of Purpose: CLIL as a way to bring meaning and motivation into EFL contexts

Authenticity of Purpose: CLIL as a way to bring meaning and motivation into EFL contexts

| December 3, 2013

In this paper I will outline how Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) can be used to achieve what Coyle, Hood and Marsh (2010, p. 5) refer to as “authenticity of purpose” and provide a better vehicle for authentic language exposure and production in English as a Foreign Language contexts.

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Bestriding Boundaries: Towards Talk Authenticity in the Undergraduate Business Communication Classroom

Bestriding Boundaries: Towards Talk Authenticity in the Undergraduate Business Communication Classroom

| December 3, 2013

The challenge of creating an authentic learning environment in language classrooms has been highlighted by CLIL and ESP scholars alike (e.g. Dalton-Puffer, 2007; Belcher, 2006). This paper seeks to address this issue of authenticity in the classroom from a novel perspective within a specific context, namely undergraduate business communication teaching in Hong Kong.

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