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Use of Dependency-Annotated Learner Corpora in Measuring Syntactic Complexity for Granularity, Accuracy, Consistency, and Transparency: Implications for Research and Teaching
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Yujie Zhang; Lawrence Jun Zhang – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2025
Syntactic complexity has long been used to gauge language learners' performance, proficiency, and development, offering language teachers valid recommendations for syllabus design and materials development. Progress in syntactic complexity research foreshadows the imperative of measuring syntactic features at a high level of granularity, which…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Syntax
Prescribed Pedagogy: An Autoethnographic Analysis of Coursebook Constraints, Teacher Identity, and Power Dynamics in Iran through Foucault's Lens
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Pourya Javahery – Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2024
This study uses Critical Autoethnographic Narrative (CAN) to explore the influence of standardized coursebooks on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teaching in Iran. Drawing on over ten years of experience as an English teacher and supervisor, the research highlights how these coursebooks act as tools of control, constraining teacher autonomy…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Professional Identity, Teacher Attitudes, Power Structure
What's in the Syllabus? Deconstructing Global Englishes Course Syllabi
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Ali Fuad Selvi – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2025
Despite the recent proliferation of Global Englishes courses both quantitatively (in terms of the number of programs offered worldwide) and qualitatively (in various sizes, forms, modes, and modalities), large-scale systematic investigations across various contexts are conspicuously underrepresented within the existing body of literature.…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction