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Showing 1 to 20 of 102 for “"English as a Foreign Language (EFL)"”.
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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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A Survey of Attitudes of Selected Iranian College Students Concerning English as A Foreign Language (Efl)
This study has secured information and opinions directly from 314 Iranian college students--172 from Science, and 142 from Humanities--concerning the EFL courses they were enrolled in at Tehran University Language Center. The two major purposes of the study were: (1) to determine whether there
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Pre-service Chinese English as A Foreign Language (EFL) Teachers Perceptions about Implementation of Communicative Language Teaching
… of China requires that the Communicative Language Teaching Approach (CLT) should be applied in primary and secondary school English education by issuing the New Curriculum early in 2001 to develop learners competence of using the language; however, implementation of CLT is still a big …
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Chinese Students’ Metacognitive Experiences in Learning to Write in English as a Foreign Language (EFL): Metacognitive Growth and Writing Development
… role of metacognition in learning to write in English as a foreign language (EFL). Although research on metacognitive knowledge and metacognitive strategies in the field of EFL writing has flourished, little is known about the effect of learners’ metacognitive experiences on their learning of …
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Investigating the Institutional Adoption of Blended Learning in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Courses at Saudi Universities: Challenges and Benefits
The twenty-first century has been defined as the era of technology during which the notion of digital natives has evolved. Even though technology is widely used for teaching and learning worldwide, academic institutions in Saudi Arabia still face challenges and dilemmas in integrating technology …
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Development and Validation of Classroom Assessment Literacy Scales: English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Instructors in a Cambodian Higher Education Setting
… developing and validating a set of scales to measure the classroom assessment literacy development of instructors. Four scales were developed (i.e. Classroom Assessment Knowledge, Innovative Methods, Grading Bias and Quality Procedure). The first scale was a multiple-choice test designed to …
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AN APPLICATION OF THE COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING (CLT) APPROACH FOR ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (EFL) LEARNERS IN THE ARAB CONTEXT
EFL textbooks in countries of the Arab region have introduced the communicative language teaching (CLT) approach as a way to improve learners English fluency. However, Arab EFL teachers face many challenges in implementing this approach. This study was conducted to provide a possible sample of a …
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A STUDY OF COHESION AS A TEXT-FORMING RESOURCE IN THE ACADEMIC WRITING OF SAUDI UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (EFL)
Assuming academic writing as a genre-specific discourse which is linguistically and socio-culturally embedded both in the wider academic discourse community and the local context where it is produced, the present study sought to investigate Saudi EFL undergraduate students' use of cohesive devices …
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The enablers and barriers to professional development for in-service teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in the Vietnamese higher education context
Teacher professional development (PD) has become increasingly important for teachers of English as a foreign language (EFL) in Vietnamese higher education. This is due to the implementation from 2008 of Language Project 2020, aiming to help students use a foreign language independently after …
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Fostering Strategic Second-Language Writers: A Study of Chinese English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) Writers’ Self-Regulated Learning Strategies, Self-Efficacy and Motivational Beliefs
… theory (Zimmerman, 2013) contributes to second/foreign language (L2) learners' writing proficiency from the perspectives of self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies, motivational beliefs and self-efficacy. Composed of two phases, this mixed-methods research was to offer insightful empirical …
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Computer-assisted Language Learning (CALL), Learner Autonomy, and Learning Achievement: The Use of CALL Software in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Tertiary Education in Thailand
… to poor achievement in students' acquisition of English as a foreign language (EFL). With a view to improving the situation, educational reform in Thailand has placed use of technologies at the forefront of EFL programmes. This study thus examined the effect of Thai lecturers' use of …
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Constructing EFL literacy practices : a qualitative investigation in intertextual talk in Thai university language classes / by Sornchai Mungthaisong
This study examines engagement in English as a foreign language (EFL) literacy practices as opportunities for making meanings with texts and for learning English as a foreign language. The study also proposes practical implications for EFL instruction.
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An applied linguistic analysis of EFL teacher trainees' communicative competence in Jember, Indonesia
This study is focused on learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL) and on the effectiveness of existing methods of communicative language teaching. An applied linguistic analysis of EFL teacher trainees' communicative competence at the University of Jember, Indonesia is performed.
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Teaching English as a foreign language in Oman: an exploration of English Language teaching pedagogy in tertiary education
… between 2004 and 2007 into the teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in tertiary education institutions in Oman. The research was an exploration of English language teaching pedagogy with a particular focus on bilingual (English and Arabic) versus monolingual (English only) …
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A Study of Secondary School Teachers' Perceptions of Their Preparation to Teach English as a Foreign Language in Taiwan, the Republic of China
Although English as a foreign language (EFL) has long been one of the major focuses in secondary school curricula in Taiwan and a great deal of time, money, and energy have been spent in studying it, a large number of students are still weak in the four language skills of listening, speaking, …
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Creating Guidelines for Integrating Technology in English Foreign Language Classrooms in Saudi Arabia
The Saudi Arabia Ministry of Education (MoE) has implemented new policies and reform 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 …
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Teaching EFL writing in Montenegro: Perceptions and approaches of elementary and high school teachers
… project examines perceptions and practices of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) K-12 teachers in Montenegro regarding their teaching of writing. To collect data the researcher utilized a researcher-created online questionnaire. Participants’ responses were analyzed and compared in order to …
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