December 2008
Volume 10 Issue 4

Proceedings from the Asian EFL Journal International Conference, April 2008.

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Foreword by Darren Lingley
Article 1. Rod Ellis. Learner Beliefs and Language Learning
Article 2. Nolan Weil. Vocabulary Size, Background Characteristics and Reading Skills of Korean Intensive English Students
Article 3. Reima Al-Jarf. A Call for New Benchmarks at Saudi Language and Translation Schools.
Article 4. Ya-Ling Wu. Language Learning Strategies Used by Students at Different Proficiency Levels
Article 5. Nora Binghadeer. An Acoustic Analysis of Pitch Range in the Production of Native and NonNative Speakers of English
Article 6. Ching-ning Chien, Wei Lee and Li-hua Kao. Collaborative Teaching in an ESP Program
Article 7. Pin-hsiang Natalie Wu and Wen-chi Wu. One Page Plus, One More Character
Article 8. Muhammad Akram. Speech Acts: A Contrastive Study of Speech Acts in Urdi and English
Article 9. Sripathum Noon-ura. Teaching Listening Speaking Skills to Thai Students with Low English Proficiency
Article 10. Reima Al Jarf. The Impact of English as an International Language (EIL) upon Arabic in Saudi Arabia
Article 11. Wen-chi Vivian Wu and Pin-hsiang Natalie Wu. Creating and Authentic EFL Learning Environment to Enhance Student Motivation to Study English
Article 12. Z.N. Patil. Rethinking the Objectives of Teaching English in Asia

September 2008
Volume 10 Issue 3

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Foreword by Roger Nunn
Article 1. Eva Bernat - Beyond Beliefs: Psycho-cognitive, Sociocultural and Emergent Ecological Approaches to Learner Perceptions in Foreign Language Acquisition
Article 2. Parviz Birjandi and Saeideh Ahangari - Effects of Task Repetition on the Fluency, Complexity and Accuracy
of Iranian EFL Learners’ Oral Discourse
Article 3. Omid Akbari - Teaching Vocabulary Items through Contextualization and Picture to Elementary Iranian EFL Students.
Article 4. Li Na, Wang Lin-yao and Yao Ji-wei - Relations Network in the Interactive ESL Class: Analysis of Individuals, Groups, and a Whole Classroom Network
Article 5. Babak Mahdavy - The Role of Multiple Intelligences (MI) in Listening Proficiency: A Comparison of TOEFL and IELTS Listening Tests from an MI Perspective
Article 6. Shan-fang Guo - Differential Effects of Etymological Elaboration and Rote Memorization on Idiom Acquisition in College EFL Learners
Article 7. Yang Yunbao and Howard Nicholas -A Review of “Interest In The Learning Of English” in the Chinese Context
Article 8. Dina Al-Jamal and Nedal Ghadi - English Language General Secondary Certificate Examination Washback in Jordan
Article 9. Galon A. Melendy - Motivating Writers: The Power of Choice
Article 10. Seyed Hassan Talebi and Mojtaba Maghsoudi- Monolingual and Bilingual English Learners in one Classroom:
‘Who is at a Disadvantage?
Article 11. Oya Büyükyavuz and Sevim İnal - A Descriptive Study on Turkish Teachers of English Regarding their Professional Needs, Efforts for Development and Available Resources

Book Reviews

1. Andy Kirkpatrick. World Englishes: Implications for International Communication and English Language Teaching 
2. Muriel Saville-Troike. Introducing Second Language Acquisition
3. Ann Raimes. Keys for Writers, 5th ed.
4. Focus on grammar: An integrated skills approach series, 3rd ed.

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June 2008
Volume 10 Issue 2

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Foreword by Roger Nunn
Article 1. Giao Quynh Tran - Pragmatic and Discourse Transfer of Combination of Compliment Response Strategies in Second Language Learning and Usage
Article 2. Guofang Wan, Rex Tanimoto, Rosalyn Anstine Templeton - Creating Constructivist Learning Environment for Japanese EFL Students: A Digital Story Program
Article 3. Liu Wenyu and Lu Yang - Research on EFL Writing Strategy Using SRP: An Empirical Study in DUT
Article 4. Han-Min Tsai - Improving an EFL Class: Starting from Classroom Observations
Article 5. Berrin Uçkun - How Does Context Contribute To EFL Learners’ Assessment of Vocabulary Gain?
Article 6. Ya-huei Wang and Hung-Chang Liao - The Application of Learning Portfolio Assessment for Students in the Technological and Vocational Education System
Article 7. Bexi Perdomo - Effectiveness of Recasts in the Teaching of EFL
Article 8. Fei-wen Cheng - Scaffolding language, scaffolding writing:A genre approach to teach narrative writing
Article 9. Saeed Mehrpour - A Comparison of the Effects of two Vocabulary Teaching Techniques
Article 10. Roger Nunn - Do Academic Reviewers Readily Accept a First-Person Voice?
Article 11. Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew - Competition or Cooperation; War or Peace?  Language and Education in Singapore

Book Reviews

Asian EFL Journal editorial information and guidelines

March 2008
Volume 10 Issue 1

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Foreword by Roger Nunn

Article 1. Kyoung Rang Lee and Rebecca Oxford. Understanding EFL Learners’ Strategy Use and Strategy Awareness
Article 2. Mohammad Rahimi. Using Dictation to Improve Language Proficiency
Article 3. Souvannasy Bouangeune, Masashi Sakigawa and Yukiko Hirakawa. Determinants and Issues in Student Achievement in English at Lao Secondary Education Level
Article 4. Junko Otoshi and Neil Heffernan. Factors Predicting Effective Oral Presentations in EFL Classrooms
Article 5. Chi Yen Chiu. The Discourse of an English Teacher in a Cyber Writing Course:Roles and Autonomy
Article 6. Nguyen Thi Mai. Mentoring beginning EFL teachers at tertiary level in Vietnam
Article 7. Zhu Xinhua. Is Syntactic Maturity a Reliable Measurement to Investigate the Relationship between English Speaking and Writing?
Article 8. Mahmood Rouhani. Another look at the C Test: A Validation Study with Iranian EFL Learners?
Article 9. Jeng-yih Tim Hsu and Chu-yao Chiu. Lexical Collocations and their Relation to Speaking Proficiency
Article 10. Lu-Fang Lin. The Study of English Learners’ Synthesizing Process While Reading
Article 11. Nilton Hitotuzi. An Economical Approach towards Interaction in the L2 Classroom: A Task-based Learning Experiment
Article 12. Daniela Nikolova. English-teaching in Elementary Schools in Japan: A Review of a Current Government Survey

Book Reviews