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Volume 20 Issue 3 : March 2018 Quarterly Journal
Foreword by AEFLJ’s Assistant Copy Editors
1. Kemal Sinan Özmen, Abdulvahit Çakır, and Paşa Tevfik Cephe
– Conceptualization of English Culture and Accent: Idealized English
among Teachers in the Expanding Circle
2. Hongzhi Yang
– An Analysis of the Relationship between Chinese EFL Teachers’
Agency and Beliefs from an Activity Theory Perspective
3. Yunjeong Choi, Dongbo Zhang, Chin-Hsi Lin and Yining Zhang
– Self-Regulated Learning of Vocabulary in English as a Foreign Language
4. Yi-Ching Pan
– The Effects of Remedial Instruction Associated with Graduation
Benchmarking on Low-Achieving Students’ English Learning at Technological
and Vocational Institutions
5. Ian Willey and Edmont Katz
– Some Common Ground: Perceptions of Language Backgrounds, Classroom
Language Use, and Identity among University English Teachers in Japan
6. Dr. Hsiu Chiao (Sally) Fan
– The Impact of Text Structure as a Metacognitive Mode on
EFL Learners’ Reading-to-Writing
7. Kamaludin Yusra / Yuni Budi Lestari
– Integrating Attitude, Knowledge and Skills in K-13 English Lesson Plans: Explorations
into Teachers’ Agentic Roles in Materials Development
8. Ryan Jayson V. Delos Reyes / Kristine May L. De Vera / Ramon S. Medriano Jr
– The Functions of Language in Facebook Posting
Book Reviews
1. Early Childhood Education in English for Speaker of Other Languages
Victoria A. Murphy and Maria Evangelou
Reviewed by Benjamin Thanyawatpokin
2. First and Second Language Use in Asian EFL
Ross Forman
Reviewed by Colin Walker
Volume 20 Issue 2 2018
1. Annie Mae C. Berowa /Aprillette Devanadera / Sheila Marie O. David
Attitude toward English among Vietnamese Students in the Philippines
2. Diana Chitra Hasan
What Factors Influence Changes in Students’ Motivation to Learn English as a Foreign Language?
3. Eunice Barbara C. Novio, MAWD
Tourist to Ajarn: The Filipino Teachers in Thailand
4. Faisal Mustafa
How much do High Schools Contribute to Improving Students’ English Proficiency? Seeking Alumni’s Perception in Indonesia
5. Fikri Asih Wigati
Reading Log Blog on Amplifying Students’ Writing Quality and Motivation in Multilevel Class
6. Frederick Navarro Bacala
Review on the Research in First Language Interference and Cultural Interference in Second Language Learning
7. Helmer B. Montejo
Personality Traits, Leadership Qualities and English Skills of Middle-Level Managers of The University of Southern Philippines Foundation: A Leadership Enhancement Program
8. Intan Pradita
Critical Language Awareness as Text-Mediated Language Analysis: Learners as Critical Readers
9. Ivy O. Fernandez / Rovy M. Banguis
Contrastive Analysis on the Linguistic and Rhetorical Patterns of L1 And L2 Writings of Cebuano ESL Learners
10. Josemari V. Cordova
Teaching Strategies of Selected Filipino EFL Teachers and its Perceived Effects to Thai Students
11. Keiko Yamauchi
Teaching English at Primary School in Japan – Current Situation and the Issues
12. Ma. Leonora D. Guerrero
Phonological Variations in the Speech of Laboratory Science High School Students
13. Mozes Kurniawan
Teaching English through Content for Non-English Department College Students: A Perspective Study
14. Pauline Grace P. Casil-Batang
Language Attitude and English Proficiency of ESL Learners
15. Ranjit Rodrigues /Shalini Upadhyay
Measuring Factors that cause Communication Apprehension in an English as Second Language (ESL) setting: Presenting a New Instrument in a Pilot Study
16. Romualdo A. Mabuan / Gregorio P. Ebron, Jr.
MOOCs & More: Integrating F2F & Virtual Classes via Blended Learning Approach
17. Rovy Mercado-Banguis
Literature-Based Teaching Reading Strategy, Media Exposure, And Students’ Reading Level
18. Santri E. P. Djahimo
The Power of Games and Pictures in Teaching EFL Class
19. Wilson Cheong Hin Hong
The Effect of Absence of Explicit Knowledge on ESL/EFL Stress-Placement Accuracy: A Quasi-Experiment
20. Elfiondri
Teaching Spoken English to EFL Learners using “Finding Nemo” Movie
Volume 20 Issue 1 2018
1. Richard Mark Nixon
English Usage in Japanese Workplace Settings
2. Fibriani Endah Widyasari
Teaching Vocabulary by Enhancing Students’ Spatial-Visual Intelligence
3. Indri Wirahmi Bay, Nurlaila Husain, Rahmawaty Mamu
Developing Local Content Syllabus for Elementary School Based on the English for Young Learners Learning Strategy to Maintain Gorontalo Cultures
4. Made Frida Yulia
Using Performance Assessment with EFL Learners in Pronunciation Class
5. Nargis
A Study of Teachers’s Belief about Second Language Acquisition
6. Nonny Basalama
Motivating EFL Learners to Speak by Embracing Local Culture and Tradition
7. Rasuna Talib, Sri Agriyanti Mestari, Haris Danial
ESP Needs Analysis: A Case Study of Communication Science Students, Faculty of Social Science, State University of Gorontalo
8. Devi Hellystia
Improving Reading Skills through Multisensory-Based Reading Program in EFL Remedial Classroom
Frequency of use, perceived usefulness and factors affecting second language vocabulary strategies: A study of Japanese learners
Second language vocabulary acquisition is one of the most difficult and daunting tasks a language learner has to face. The last 30 years has seen an emergence in the importance of language learning strategies in language learning in general and, by extension, vocabulary acquisition. This dissertation assesses which vocabulary learning strategies learners use and how helpful they believe them to be among three different contexts in Japan.
Volume 19 Issue 4 : December 2017 Quarterly Journal
Foreword by Custódio Martins
Research Articles
1. George Whitehead
Teachers’ Voices: Obstacles to Communicative Language Teaching in Korea
2. Rachel Kraut and Robert Poole
In Their Own Words: Chinese EFL Teachers’ Attitudes & Beliefs towards CLT
3. Samantha Hawkins
Cooperative Learning’s Role in in Enhancing Motivation through Autonomy: Possibilities and Limi-tations within a Japanese Context
4. I-Chen Chen
Implementing writing portfolios in a college writing course: Perceptions of EFL college students
5. Jiuhan Huang, Xiangdong Gu, Yujie Yao and Yujing Zheng
The Relationship between Self-Efficacy, Perceived Use of Listening Strategies, and Listening Profi-ciency: A Study of EFL Learners in China
6. Thi Huyen, VU and Van Trao, NGUYEN
The Implementation of an Extensive Reading Project: Perceptions of Pre-university Students at Hanoi University
Book Reviews
1. Culture and Identity through English as a Lingua Franca: Rethinking Concepts and Goals in Intercultural Communication
Will Baker. Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2015, pp xi + 284
Reviewed by Sibylle Ratz, Edinburgh Napier University. UK
2. Exploring EFL Fluency in Asia
Edited by Theron Muller, John Adamson, Philip Shigeo Brown, & Steven Herder, Palgrave Macmillan: London 2014. Pp. ix+331.
Reviewed by Yingli Yang & Yumo Li, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, P.R. China
Scaffolding during the initial reading of picture books in Japanese elementary school EFL classrooms: a qualitative study investigating how teachers and learners co-construct meaning during whole class picture book reading
The current study investigated how an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) and two Home Room Teachers (HRTs) co-constructed meaning with beginner 6-8 year old learners during whole-class picture book reading sections of EFL lessons in a Japanese elementary school. The study was qualitative, involving analysis of transcripts made from video and audio recordings, which were cross-referenced with the researcher’s reflective log.
Volume 103 – November 2017 – Teaching Article
1. Mostafa Taghizadeh Langari and Mostafa Parvin
Teacher Burnout and Its Effect on Effective Teaching as Perceived by Students
2. Reza Khany and Khalil Tazik
Creativity Styles and Thinking Styles among Iranian EFL learners
3. Hooshang Khoshsima and Iman Izad
On the Consideration of Existing ESP Syllabuses in Iranian Educational Setting
4. Rozina Abdul Ghani, Mas Azila Ahmat and Ratnawati Mohd Asraf
Blogging as a Tool in Developing Writing Skills: Lessons from the Experience of the Students and Class Teacher
Volume 19 Issue 3 : September 2017 Quarterly Journal
Foreword by Aradhna Malik
Research Articles
1. Stewart Gray
– Always the Other: Foreign teachers of English in Korea, and their experiences as speakers of KSL
2. Darío Luis Banegas
– Teacher-developed materials for CLIL: Frameworks, sources, and activities
3. Ming-yueh Shen
-A Study of Actual Behaviours of EFL Non-English Majors’ Lexical Inferencing
4. Ju Seong (John) Lee
– A Novice Native English Speaking Teacher in Korean Alternative School: Challenges and Negotiations in the First Years
5. Vedyanto
– Evaluation of the ELT Textbook: ‘English in Mind 1 (2nd Edition)’
6. Xuemei Li
– Genre and Rhetoric Awareness in Academic Writing Instruction: Personal Narrative and Comparative Analysis
Book Reviews
1. Resilient Teachers, Resilient Schools: Building and Sustaining Quality in Testing Times
Christopher Day & Qing Gu
Reviewed by Mehdi Haseli Songhori
2. Task-Based Language Teaching in Foreign Language Context
Ali Shehadeh & Christine A. Coombe
Reviewed by Qotboddin Jan-nesar M.& Khalil Motallebzadeh
Volume 102 – August 2017 – Teaching Article
1. Nga Thanh Nguyen and Nga Dung Ngo
Understanding Teacher Efficacy to Teach English for Specific Purposes
2. Thilina Inrajie Wickramaarachchi
“I Can’t Read This! It’s So Difficult!” – The Impact of the Difficulty of Texts on ESL Reading Comprehension
3. Wijang Sakitri, Sandy Arief, Ida Maftukhah, and Tusyanah
Strategies Used by Indonesia Businessmen for Communication via Email in Global Trade Era
4. Ratnawati Mohd Asraf and Ainul Azmin Md Zamin
Using the Developmental Rubric as a Tool in the Teaching of Academic Writing
Volume 19 Issue 2 : June 2017 Quarterly Journal
Foreword by Jun Scott Chen Hsieh
Research Articles
1. Sompatu Vungthong, Emilia Djonov, & Jane Torr
– Factors contributing to Thai teachers’ uptake of tablet technology in EFL primary classrooms
2. Salim Razı & Mustafa Tekin
– Role of Culture and Intercultural Competence in University Language Teacher Training Programmes
3. Seonmin Huh & Young-Mee Suh
– Translocal Literacy Practices with Korean Local Readers of English
4. Mehmet Sercan Uztosun & Ece Zehir Topkaya
– A Cross-national Study into Pre-service EFL Teachers’ Career Choice Motivations in Germany, Japan, and Turkey
5. David Coniam, Wen Zhao, Yangyu Xiao, & Peter Falvey
– Researching and Publishing in the English Departments of Chinese Tertiary Institutions: Status and Challenges
6. Gwendolyn M. Williams & Eleni Oikonomidoy
– Exploring the L2 Motivational Self System of Japanese Study Abroad Students
Book Reviews
1. Foreign Language Education in Japan: Exploring Qualitative Approaches
Sachiko Horiguchi, Yuki Imoto, and Gregory S. Poole (Eds.). Sense Publishers, Rotterdam 2015. Xi + 191 pp.
Reviewed by Carl Vollmer; Ritsumeikan Uji Junior and Senior High School; Uji, Japan
2. Discourse Analysis: Putting Our Worlds into Words
Susan Strauss and Parastou Feiz. New York: Routledge, 2014. Pp. vii + 424.
Reviewed by Colin Walker, Myongji University, South Korea
