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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"EFL (English as a Foreign Language)"”.
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Designing a teacher orientation course for English as a foreign language faculty at Saudi Arabian universities: the case of a private university in Riyadh
This study took place at an English language Centre (Foundation Institute at a university) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to address the problem of English instructors’ attrition. After studying the related literature, that connects the faculty attrition to the implementation of a purpose-made faculty …
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Practical Pragmatics: A Workshop to Learn Strategies for Teaching Pragmatic Awareness to Adult English Language Leaners
… for developing pragmatic awareness in ESL (English as a second language) and EFL (English as a foreign language) classrooms has led to a gap in the development of students’ communicative competence in English as a second or foreign language. The purpose of this project is to provide an …
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Translanguaging Space in the Academic English Reading Classroom: Chinese MA Students’ Perceptions and Attitudes
… a translanguaging space constructed within an EFL (English-as-a-foreign-language) reading classroom at a Chinese university. In this study, a translanguaging space is a pedagogically constructed, learner-centred space where students draw on diverse meaning-making resources to support learning. …
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Mediation Tasks in an eTwinning project Impact on the available vocabulary in English as a Foreign Language in Primary Education
… to the understanding of linguistic mediation tasks and vocabulary teaching and learning in the teaching of English as a foreign language. These tasks have already been integrated and evaluated in the compulsory educational systems of many countries and assessed by several renowned foreign …
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FACTORS INFLUENCING JAPANESE UNIVERSITY LEARNERS’ INFERENCES OF UNFAMILIAR IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS IN LISTENING
… strategy that is commonly employed by advanced EFL (English as a Foreign Language) listeners and a factor that contributes to successful listening comprehension. However, investigations of the factors that influence inferencing success in listening as well as how much each factor contributes to …
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Storytelling using myths through a range of media in the foreign language classroom: Establishing practices to enhance the motivation of primary school learners of English in Greece
This thesis explores the use of storytelling as a motivational tool in the English as a Foreign Language classroom. This research investigates the effectiveness of using myths and a variety of media in storytelling in fostering the motivation of primary school students in Greece. Using a portfolio …
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Professional learning in a Vietnamese university language teaching context: An inquiry-driven approach
… the engagement in an inquiry process of six EFL (English as a foreign language) teachers from two Vietnamese universities, and how the inquiry process shaped the teachers’ professional learning, paying attention to cycles of reflection and co-construction of knowledge. Student-centred …
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Long-term Impact of Teacher Training for Mexican English-language Teachers
<p>The purpose of this study was to determine the long-term impact of the Summer Workshop for English Teachers. Moving beyond participant satisfaction surveys and even measures of participant learning outcomes, this project sought to describe the ways that teachers implemented their program …