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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"English Language Teaching (ELT)"”.
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“But how could we sing a song of the Lord in a foreign land?” An ESL/ESP class for Catholic immigrants
… Latin America and are not native speakers of English. In this qualitative study, I interviewed nine Catholic immigrants from Latin America to better understand their experiences of navigating their Catholic faith in the United States and the role an English-as-a-second-language (ESL) class …
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An Outcome-based Education Curriculum in Indonesia’s Higher Education: ELT Lecturer Perceptions of Policy Implementation
This research investigates English Language Teaching (ELT) lecturer’s perceptions of Outcome-based education (OBE) policy implementation and how they managed the transition from policy to practice. This qualitative, case study research project utilised a national Qualtrics online survey of 632 ELT …
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Teaching English as a missionary language: a revised theory for the evangelical use of English language teaching for religious ends.
… and pedagogic issues raised by the phenomenon of Teaching English as a Missionary Language (TEML): that is, the evangelical Christian use of English Language Teaching (ELT) as a means for achieving religious ends. Four aspects of ELT were examined as a way to identify factors that could contribute …
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Teaching EFL/ESL College-level Learners through Current Global Topics: Integrated Lessons for EFL/ESL Teachers
<p>The importance of educating effective English users competent in communicating and interacting in a variety of social settings is highlighted in today’s highly globalized world. Being able to understand and discuss complex global topics related to current cultural, social, and business issues …
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The case of the "innocuous" middle-class migrant employee: English language use and attitudes in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
<p>Recent literature on the presence of English in the United Arab Emirates has shown an increasing change in focus from the English Language Teaching (ELT) domain, to a more sociolinguistic and economic one (Boyle, 2012; Karmani, 2005; Randall & Samimi, 2010; Weber, 2011). While these studies have …
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Curriculum innovation through teacher certification: Evaluation of a government intervention and its effects on teacher development and English language pedagogy in South Korea
… aims of the scheme in question, known as the ‘Teaching English in English’ scheme, are developing teachers’ expertise in relation to building students’ communicative competence, promoting English as the medium of instruction, and increasing the quality of English education in Korea. The present …
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An Evaluation of English Language Teaching Aid: Albania Case Study
… of communism, the implementation of aid for English language teaching (ELT) in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, funded by foreign aid agencies, has promoted the introduction of new methodologies and the renovation of ELT programs. Beside these new ELT developments, research has …
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An evaluation of the English language teaching provision in a Libyan University
The limited English language skills among Libyan learners threatens their ability to interact with the international environment. Therefore, improvement in the provision of foreign language programmes is imperative, and can be carried out using different methods such as evaluation to critically …
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Failed Active Listening in The Real World: A Study of Dominance in Casual Conversation
Native-English speakers generally appreciate a certain amount of supportive feedback from their listeners. However, occasionally, a positive listener response actually causes the speaker to become threatened and revert to floor-saving measures. Speakers whose first language is not English may be at …
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How do we teach English under the waves of innovation?: discovering perceptions of English learning and teaching in China and the UK
… in China, this study explores Chinese Second Language (L2) learners and teachers’ perceptions of English Language Teaching (ELT) from secondary school level through tertiary level. English language education has experienced extensive reforms and development, however, Chinese students’ voices …
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Designed to fail: evaluating grade 1-3 English first additional language textbooks as preparation for English medium grade 4 natural sciences and technology in South Africa
Despite official school language policies mandating English as the medium of instruction from Grade 4 onwards, nearly half of South Africa's English Language Learners (ELLs) are obtaining less than 50% in their final (matric) English examinations. These same students are writing all of their other …
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Professional Development for E-learning and Educational Technology: Perspectives of Higher Education ELT Faculty in Pakistan
This thesis examines how higher-education English Language Teaching (ELT) faculty in Pakistan perceive, experience, and emotionally navigate professional development related to E-learning and educational technology (E-PD). Working within an interpretivist paradigm and informed by phenomenology, the …
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Professional Development for E-learning and Educational Technology: Perspectives of Higher Education ELT Faculty in Pakistan
This thesis examines how higher-education English Language Teaching (ELT) faculty in Pakistan perceive, experience, and emotionally navigate professional development related to E-learning and educational technology (E-PD). Working within an interpretivist paradigm and informed by phenomenology, the …
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Investigating Global Englishes-oriented teacher development through the lens of transformative learning theory: A study of South Korean elementary EFL teachers’ experiences
The field of Global Englishes (GE) has called for a paradigm shift in English language teaching (ELT) – a move away from standard English-oriented teaching to reflect the diversity, fluidity, and hybridity of English used in the global community. As teachers are important agents of change in the …
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Starting from the Grassroot: Exploring Teachers’ and Learners’ Views, Wants, and Uses of their English Textbook in Western Algeria Secondary schools
New trends in English language teaching (ELT) have flourished around the world in an attempt to modernise education and pedagogy. Algeria, like many developing countries, has sought to improve its educational system and cater for its local needs through an educational reform that introduced the …
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Relationship among perceptual learning styles, productive vocabulary, and textbooks in English as a foreign language learning
… learning styles have been widely investigated in English as a Foreign Language (EFL). However, less attention has been paid to productive vocabulary and the perceptual activities and words included in English Language Teaching (ELT) textbooks. To our knowledge, the relation among these variables …
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Challenging Intersectional Racism: A Women of Colour Feminist Account of Chinese Teachers in the Private ELT Industry
… (*bishi lian* or 鄙视链) in China’s private English language teaching (ELT) industry. This research examines the lived experiences of 18 Chinese women who teach English in China alongside foreign White teachers. They reported being subjected to this hierarchical chain established through …
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Semantic prototypes in EFL children’s and adolescents’ lexical output and vocabulary input in EFL textbooks
… the categorization of the mental lexicon in any language (Taylor, 1989; Aitchison, 1987). That is to say, prototypes allow us to understand the categorization of a language. However, although research on prototypes in second language acquisition (L2) has been conducted, little is known about the …
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“Neither Colorblind, Neutral, nor Meritocratic”: A Critical Examination of South Korea’s E-2 Visa Policy Through the Lens of the Excluded
<p>South Korea’s E-2 visa policy restricts English teaching positions to citizens from seven predominantly white inner circle countries, institutionalizing racial and linguistic hierarchies through immigration law (Jenks, 2017). This dissertation addresses how the policy functions as a gatekeeping …