Browsing M.A. in Teaching English as a Foreign Language by Issue Date
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Instruction and exposure: how do they contribute to second language acquisition?
(Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc., 1998)Adults have access to two distinct approaches to develop their second language competence. These are instruction and exposure (Krashen 1982). Both approaches contribute to second language acquisition in their unique ways. ... -
Searching the TESL‐L Logs
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Turkey: paradigm change in education
(Information Age Publishing, 2006)Teaching in Turkish schools has long been delivered in a teacher-centred way. The means of assessment also has been traditional, and because the major examinations are used for entry to quality schools and ultimately to ... -
Predicting international students' academic success... may not always be enough: assessing Turkey's Foreign Study Scholarship Program
(Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2007)In 1993, Turkey's Higher Education Council (YOK) launched a program to sponsor thousands of students for graduate study abroad, in the hopes of building up a base of highly qualified, foreign educated faculty for 24 newly ... -
Toward an ethics of silence: Michael K
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Overlooked and understudied? a survey of current trends in research on adult english language learners
(Sage Publications, Inc., 2008)This article provides a synthesis and review of 41 recent research studies focusing on the population of adult English language learners (ELLs) studying in nonacademic contexts. It notes the unique qualities and importance ... -
Turkey: towards homegrown theorizing and building a disciplinary community
(Routledge, 2008)The International Relations (IR) discipline has existed in Turkey for well over half a century, yet in many ways it is still struggling to come together as a coordinated disciplinary community. Perhaps the most distinctive ... -
Turkey 2010: transforming education to meet challenges
(Information Age Publishing, 2008)This chapter discusses the state of education in Turkey and the emergence of new key ideas within the framework of one of the strategic goals of the Lisbon 2010 Strategy: improving the quality and effectiveness of education ... -
Scholarly transitions: finding eden in the academic periphery
(University of the Free State * Department of Education, 2009)How do international doctoral students in the "west" make the decision to return home when their studies are completed? Upon return, what types of re-adaptation problems do they face? Are they able to fully engage with the ... -
How good is your test?
(Oxford University Press, 2009)This article reports on a study of the validity and reliability of tests administered in an EFL university setting. The study addresses the question of how well face validity reflects more objective measures of the quality ... -
Turkish students' and teachers' attitudes toward the use of interactive whiteboards in EFL classrooms
(Routledge, 2010)This study explored the attitudes of students and teachers toward the use of interactive whiteboards (IWBs) in a foreign language teaching and learning context. The study also investigated possible factors affecting teachers' ... -
A function-first approach to identifying formulaic language in academic writing
(2011)There is currently much interest in creating pedagogically-oriented descriptions of formulaic language. Research in this area has typically taken what we call a 'form-first' approach, in which formulas are identified as ... -
Aspects of validity of a test of productive vocabulary: Lex30
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)This study investigates aspects of validity of an alternative measure of productive vocabulary. Lex30, developed by Meara and Fitzpatrick, is a word association task that claims to give an indication of productive vocabulary ... -
Formulaic language and conceptual socialization: the route to becoming nativelike in L2
(Elsevier, 2013-10)The present study addressed the question whether formulaic expressions indicate nativelike selection in the target language by examining seven Turkish students’ use of formulaic expressions during their first year in the ... -
Common ground for positioning: a discourse analysis on second language socialization
(Hacettepe Universitesi, 2014)Applying Kecskes and Zhang's (2009) dynamic model of common ground in positioning theory (Davies & Harre, 1990), the present study aims to explore the second language (L2) socialization of Turkish students through the ... -
Gender differences in item format and skill area: some evidence from an EFL acheievement test
(Journal of Language Taeching and Learning, 2014)The present study investigated the extent to which male and female language learners’ scores on achievement tests vary according to item format and skill areas. The statistical analysis of data from one achievement test ... -
Building a career in English: users of English as an additional language in academia in the Arabian Gulf
(Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc., 2014)This study investigates how a group of 30 multilingual academics, all users of English as an additional language (EAL) working at a private university in Oman, acquired discourse community membership in their disciplines ... -
Attitudes to English teachers' accents in the Arabian Gulf
(Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2014)While the spread of English as a lingua franca has led to calls for multidialectal competence, EFL learners often still consider inner circle native English speaker (NES) pronunciation as their learning goal, and may profess ... -
Language learner beliefs and study abroad: a study on English as a lingua franca (ELF)
(Elsevier, 2014-02)The English language used to be specific to English-speaking countries such as the U.S.; however, it has evolved to become the new lingua franca all around the world. Considering the growing number of students studying ... -
‘Fresh variants and formulations frozen’: structural features of commercial signs in Oman
(John Wiley and Sons, 2014-07-15)This study analyses structural features of English on commercial signs on shop frontages throughout Oman. The study identifies frequently used structural features which appear to be undergoing a process of nativization ...
