2012 Quartlerly
2012 Quarterly
2012 Volume 14 Issue 4: December 2012 Quarterly Journal PDF 1. Paul Underwood and Matthew Wallace – The Effects of Instruction in Reduced Forms on the Performance of Low-Proficiency EFL University Students 2. Wen-hsien Yang – Evaluating the Effectiveness of Genre-Based Instruction: A Writing Course of English for Hospitality and Tourism 3. Hui-ju Liu – Exploring […]
The Effects of Instruction in Reduced Forms on the Performance of Low-Proficiency EFL University Students
This purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate the comprehension and productive development of reduced-form (e.g., wanna, and whadaya) instruction with low-proficiency English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students. The participants were 52 Japanese, non-English major university students. They received 30 minutes’ weekly instruction in understanding and using reduced forms of English speech.
Spelling and society: The culture and politics of orthography around the world
Mark Sebba. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Pp. xix + 189. Reviewed by Jing Zhao Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou, China Spelling and Society by Mark Sebba provides a systematic and coherent socio-cultural conceptual framework within which research on spelling can be conducted. The purpose of the book is to introduce new ways of looking at […]
Writing in the Devil’s Tongue: A History of English Composition in China
Xiaoye You. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2010, Pp. xi + 237. Reviewed by Jamie Elizabeth Marko State University of New York at Buffalo, New York, U.S.A English instruction has long been part of a global love-hate relationship, and perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in China. Colonialism, Maoist thought, national pride, economic growth, […]
