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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"EFL/ ESL"”.
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Teaching EFL/ESL College-level Learners through Current Global Topics: Integrated Lessons for EFL/ESL Teachers
… international connectivity. Unfortunately, many EFL/ESL college-level students, specifically Korean EFL students, do not seem to have sufficient preparation to build English communicative competence and cultural awareness necessary to cope with various situations in which they need to communicate …
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A linguistic analysis of some ESP texts used in Iranian universities with special focus on cohesion in texts of business and commerce.
… and EAP material preparation, particularly in an EFL/ESL context. The textual features of coherence, cohesion and comprehensibility are of primary concern... The results of the analysis suggest that thematic elements and cohesive devices, which act as signposts in directing the readers’ attention …
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Academic writing in English and Chinese : case studies of senior college students
… implications for contrastive research and EFL/ESL teaching are discussed and suggestions for further contrastive studies of English and Chinese writing are made.
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Assessment of strategy inventory of language learning (sill) in students learning a second language
… non-English speakers who are learning English (ESL or EFL students). The extant body of research employing the SILL directly or indirectly is extensive and has produced a variety of evaluative techniques by which to understand the relationship between LLS and other factors associated with second …
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An analytical study of word frequency for pedagogical purposes based on a corpus derived from the business news sections of locally published English language newspapers in Taiwan
… in Taiwan learn English as a Foreign Language (EFL) and they tend to find reading English language newspapers a formidable task. One of the reasons why the students find it difficult is the extensive vocabulary with which they have to deal when reading English news articles. Reading business …
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Exploring the Nature of Language Anxiety: Experiences of NonNative EnglishSpeaking College Students in the United States
<p>The thought of learning another language makes some people cringe, while others display neutral to positive reactions. To understand the complex experiences of students learning a new language, this study investigated the affective psychological development encompassing language anxiety (LA) …
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Spanish-Speaking Students Perceptions of EFL as Demonstrated in Writing for an Undergraduate English Phonetics and Phonology Course in Bogotá Colombia
… perceptions of English as a foreign language (EFL) were studied in 20 final papers written by 44 students for the undergraduate course of English Phonetics and Phonology taught at a university in Bogota, Colombia in four cohorts. Using qualitative content analysis (QCA), this study analyzes …
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Digital storytelling as an astronomy disciplinary literacy enhancement approach for adolescent Kyrgyzstani EFL students
… intervention in an astronomy course (STEM-A) on EFL students’ STEM-A disciplinary literacy acquisition in English. The research was motivated by the increased significance of English as an international language of STEM instruction and addressed the transition between discourses encountered by …
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Online Machine Translation Use by International University Students: A Study of Student Beliefs and Behaviors
This study examined the use, ethicality judgments, and perceived utility and accuracy of Online Machine Translators such as Google Translate by international students studying at a major university in the southeastern United States. These students were a part of a support program dedicated to …