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The Effect of L1 and CAI on Grammar Learning: An Error Analysis of Taiwanese Beginning EFL Learners’ English Essays

The Effect of L1 and CAI on Grammar Learning: An Error Analysis of Taiwanese Beginning EFL Learners’ English Essays

| January 5, 2006

The purpose of this study was to examine whether the CAI (computer assisted instruction) tutorial program had an impact on the EFL (English as a Foreign Language) grammar skills of the beginning EFL language learners. A quasi-experimental research design was conducted at a private college located in southern Taiwan.

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Conversation Means Talking: A Case Study in Encouraging Participation in a Thai University English Conversation Class

Conversation Means Talking: A Case Study in Encouraging Participation in a Thai University English Conversation Class

| January 5, 2006

On arrival in Thailand in November 2003 as a teacher at Dhurakijpundit University I was allocated, among other subjects, two classes of “Beginner English Conversation Skills”. At the outset I explained to my students that ‘conversation’ meant ‘talking’, and that meant them talking with each other and with me.

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