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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Adult EFL"”.
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Strategies to Reduce Foreign Language Anxiety in Adult EFL Students of the European Union
<p>One of paradoxes in adult foreign language learning is that older learners must communicate in the very language, in this case English, they struggle to acquire. The discomfort that arises from needing to use deficient or non-existent skills in a new language is more acutely felt in adults than …
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Enhancing Oral Communications for Korean English-as-a-Foreign Language (EFL) Students in Business Settings
This project is intended to help adult EFL students in Korea familiarize themselves with the sounds of words and expressions that are used in everyday conversation, especially in business settings or workplaces. <p>This project, with help of technology, focuses on customizing learnings and …
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Task-based language test specifications designed for an adult tefl context in Morocco
… designed to suit the needs and interests of adult students in the context of an EFL course in Morocco. The tests are meant to bridge a gap between the teaching and evaluation of the course. Insights were drawn from Task-Based-Language Teaching (TBLT) for the application of the …
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Learners' perceptions of language proficiency, language test-taking strategies and emotional regulation in a test-taking context: a case study in an Egyptian EFL context
This study investigated adult EFL learners' perceptions of English language proficiency, identified their test-taking strategies and emotional regulation processes during test-taking and explored the relationship between test-takers' reported use of test-taking strategies and emotional regulation …
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Development of Reading Fluency During an Extensive Reading Course Incorporating Reading Fluency Tasks
Reading approaches in Japan and other EFL settings have typically focused on accuracy at the expense of fluency. However, reading rate and fluency are important components of reading that are currently being neglected. A review of the literature reveals growing interest in investigating the …
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Languaging and learning compared across EFL course delivery modes
… investigates the effects of delivery mode in adult EFL courses by comparing a) languaging, the “process of making meaning and shaping knowledge and experience through language” (Swain 2006: 98) and b) learning in three settings that are representative of common course delivery modes: i) …