RSSVolume 28

Unplanned Vocabulary Instruction in the Adult EFL Classroom

Unplanned Vocabulary Instruction in the Adult EFL Classroom

| May 2, 2008

A large proportion of the direct vocabulary instruction an adult learner will receive in the EFL classroom will be unplanned (McDonald, 2006). Although unplanned vocabulary instruction can provide many of the conditions learning theorists recognise as being necessary for learning to take place, its spontaneous nature means it has certain limitations.

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Factors Affecting the Integration of Information and Communications Technology in Teaching English in Taiwan

Factors Affecting the Integration of Information and Communications Technology in Teaching English in Taiwan

| May 2, 2008

As language and technology are two major focuses of educational reform in Taiwanese higher education, Taiwanese teachers of English as a foreign language have to cope with the challenge of technological and pedagogical shifts occurring in the teaching profession.

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