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Iranian University Students’ Preference for Verb Centered VS. Construction Cues to Sentence Structure
The present study sought to determine whether Iranian EFL learners majoring in English were more influenced by the type of verb or argument structure patterns in their interpretation of English structures. To answer this question, 108 English majoring participants took part in a sorting task which was designed to reveal the participants’ preference in sentence interpretation.
The Computer and Language Teaching
The advance in technology has made it quite possible to take advantage of many modern facilities in different facets of communication. The language learning/teaching process is no exception, since language in its strict technical sense is a means of communication.
Taking the First Step – CLT Teacher Training in Gifu, Japan
Despite widespread negativity regarding the appropriacy and applicability of the communicative approach to Asian classrooms, educational bodies in this region appear resolutely intent on pushing through with its introduction.
A New Approach to Teaching English as a Foreign Language: The Bottom-Up Approach
Much has been said and written over the years about the merit or other of the traditional teaching methods. Most language teaching methods have closely adhered to the ad hoc top-to-bottom listening-speaking-reading-writing order (e.g. the Audio-lingual Method) or have been single-faceted methods which sacrifice many parts of language in favour of one part (e.g. the Reading Method).
Evaluation of a trial project for the creation and total integration of English in a mid-sized Private University in Korea
In the spring of 2004, as part of the rejuvenation and restructuring of Inje University, the idea of an English Campus, in which the University (a private university in southeastern Korea) would become a campus devoted to the instruction and use of English throughout the curriculum, was created. The idea, like many ideas for growth and development in tertiary institutions was put on hold until an opportune moment for implementation arose.
The Importance of Teaching Pronunciation to Adult Learners
If the Critical Period Hypothesis (CPH) is valid, what can be gained from attempting to teach pronunciation at the college level? According to Vitanova and Miller (2002), students were excited about their improvement in segmentals, supra-segmentals, self-monitoring and self-correction. Improvement is important and attainable even though native speaker like pronunciation may be impossible after a certain age.
On the Effects of Economization and Disambiguation in the Production of EFL Learners
This study explored the effect of “Economization and Disambiguation” paradigms on English language production in order to seek psychological validity for the cognitive accounts of language processing involving Iranian learners of English. The participants consisted of 41 junior students of English Translation at Shiraz Azad University.
‘Negative Capability’; A Successful Indicator of Second Language Learner Aptitude
In this research article, I shall attempt to prove that the literary concept first coined by the English romantic poet, John Keats is a successful indicator of second learner aptitude. In recent years this concept, ‘negative capability’ has become increasingly popular in such areas as psychoanalysis and leadership training for corporate executives.
Rude Thoughts About IT in Language Education
Information Technology in language teaching probably began with papyrus. It has attracted admirers and detractors ever since. This paper takes a slightly irreverent look at current IT, as well as its actual and potential uses in foreign and second language education.
