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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Efl Classroom"”.
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Literature in the EFL Classroom
… thesis is to propagate the use of literature in EFL classes as a means of student-centred language teaching. I argue that through reading literary works in the target language students become active participants of the learning process, which helps them to understand the language in its …
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The IPAD and the Development of Speaking and Writing in the Secondary EFL Classroom
… skills in an English as a foreign language classroom in a secondary school in Italy. The data was collected through classroom observations, interviews, recorded teacher meetings, students’ written assignments, and lesson plans. The data collected has been analysed from a socio-cultural …
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Using Songs to Enhance Language Learning and Skills in the Cypriot Primary EFL Classroom
Although the role of songs in the primary EFL classroom has attracted the interest of a number of researchers (Newham 1995; McMullen and Saffran 2004; Millington 2011), given the frequency with which songs are being used in English language teaching classrooms, it might have been expected that …
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Investigating the effect of spaced versus massed practice on vocabulary retention in the EFL classroom
… practice on vocabulary learning in authentic EFL classroom settings at tertiary level. This thesis examined the difference in initial learning and longer-term retention between massed and spaced practice at four strength levels of knowledge of vocabulary meaning, namely receptive recognition …
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Deconstructing Language Ideologies with Self-Reflective Writing in an EFL Classroom in Haiti: A Critical Discourse Analysis Case Study
… draws on data collected from a critical self-reflective writing workshop series within an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom in The Republic of Haiti. This Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) case study investigates 7 students’ critical self-reflection writing to uncover …
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A study into the effectiveness of pushed/non-pushed spoken output tasks focussing on upper intermediate students in the EFL classroom
… students from an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) course. 11 of the students were given a pushed storytelling task whilst 10 students were given a non-pushed storytelling task; both tasks were completed with a native English speaker teacher with the only difference being that pushed students …
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Teaching and learning through interaction : a case study of Japanese children learning English as a foreign language
… presents an analysis of interaction within an EFL classroom in a Japanese primary school. Adopting a sociocultural perspective of learning, the study explores the applicability of "guided participation" (Rogoff, 1990) as an approach to understanding the process of classroom language learning. …
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Corpus-Based pedagogy and English language teaching: Insights from the classroom
… a potentially greater role for corpora in the EFL classroom. The recent influence of corpora on textbooks and self-study materials is evident and welldocumented, yet instances of teachers and learners working with corpora in lessons remain comparatively scarce. Furthermore, a number of recent …
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"You focus, I'm talking" : an exploratory case study of mobile phones as mediating artefacts in an advanced EFL class
… and teachers in an Advanced South African EFL classroom construct meaning through the use of mobile phones. Drawing on CulturalHistorical Activity Theory (CHAT), I view mobile phones as cultural artefacts that learners and teachers use to engage in the construction of meaning-making …
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Creating Guidelines for Integrating Technology in English Foreign Language Classrooms in Saudi Arabia
… programs for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers to integrate technology in their classrooms. Creating a set of guidelines may provide a solution to guide EFL teachers through implementing technology to teach EFL skills in their classroom. Using a developmental study, comprised of …
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Investigating Chinese High School Students' Motivation, Learning Engagement, and Language Achievement in the English Classroom
… in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom. 390 high school students from Grade 11 at one secondary school in northern China completed a paper-based questionnaire that measures SDT motivational orientations, learning engagement, and self-perceived English proficiency. Their …
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Poetry, media, and second language acquisition
… and digital poetry teaching in the American classroom and the ESL/EFL classroom as well as suggestions for future research.
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Co-Operation, Perception, and Understanding in an L2 Classroom for the Visually Impaired
… action to investigate the multi-modality of an EFL classroom where both the learners and their teacher are blind. I focus on evidence for both the role of the nonvisual senses, in particular, sound and touch, and the achievement of understanding during classroom tasks. I conducted this study …
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The authenticity of reading materials provided for students in secondary school classrooms in Iceland
… Therefore, authentic reading materials in an ESL classroom could improve the language skills. Some authentic materials could improve vocabulary and prepare students for further academic studies or professional work fields. In this essay I look at the authenticity of reading materials used in the …
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USING CORPORA IN A LEXICALIZED STYLISTICS APPROACH TO TEACHING ENGLISH-AS-A-FOREIGN-LANGUAGE LITERATURE
… highly effective; English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) learners need to interact with the language and its usage in a more profound way. This can be done by integrating corpora and stylistics analysis in an EFL curriculum. The importance of stylistics analysis to literary texts in the EFL classroom …
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JAPANESE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' WILLINGNESS TO USE ENGLISH WITH DIFFERENT INTERLOCUTORS
… a foreign teacher of English varied inside an EFL classroom. Using the L2 WTC Questionnaire (Weaver, 2005), it was found that the students' level of L2 WTC varied significantly according to their level of self-perceived ability to speak and write in English. At the group level, students in the …
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