Volume 9
The Effect of L1 and CAI on Grammar Learning: An Error Analysis of Taiwanese Beginning EFL Learners’ English Essays
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.
Conversation Means Talking: A Case Study in Encouraging Participation in a Thai University English Conversation Class
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.