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Download full textFki, Najla – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2021
This study examines lecturers' and learners' perceptions on humor use in Tunisian tertiary classrooms, focusing specifically on the English major. The ultimate aim is to explore the types and frequency of humor use on the one hand and whether teachers regard humor in the same light as their students on the other. To this purpose, a mixed-methods…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Humor
Sultana, Zakeya – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
Feeling of anxiety is exceedingly experienced by the English language learners throughout the world. Though the impact of anxiety on learning and performing in English has been widely studied in United States, Canada, Japan, Taiwan and many other countries; this present study, in contrast, tries to find out the reasons of anxiety in learning and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Anxiety
Saeli, Hooman; Rahmati, Payam; Dalman, Mohammadreza Dalman – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2021
This study examined low-proficiency Iranian EFL students' affective, behavioral, and cognitive engagement with oral corrective feedback (OCF) on interdental fricative errors: /?/and/ð/. The data were collected from 27 learners with favorable and unfavorable perceptions about OCF. After receiving OCF on 30 tested and 30 untested lexical items in…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Error Correction, Pretests Posttests, Accuracy
Ishaque, Rana Khan Mohammed – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
Proficiency in English language today doesn't depend on the way language is taught or spoken in classrooms but on creativity and productivity of its diverse teachers and learners. Non-native speakers outnumber native speakers today calling for promoting equity and the concept of World Englishes through respecting diversification in language…
Descriptors: Language Variation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Rashtchi, Mojgan; Joze Ramezani, Rahim – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2020
The present qualitative study aimed to investigate the role of Business English as Lingua Franca (BELF) courses in learners' success in communication in an Iranian company. In doing so, 25 adult BELF learners were selected from an automotive parts manufacturing company in Tehran, Iran. They were the employees of a company consisting of men and…
Descriptors: Business English, English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Alahmadi, Sameeha D. – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
The current study mainly aims to examine the attitudes of speakers of Urban Meccan Hijazi Arabic (UMHA) towards their dialect, which is spoken in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It also investigates whether the participants' age, sex and educational level have any impact on their perception of their dialect. To this end, I designed a 5-point-Likert-scale…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Dialects, Attitude Measures, Foreign Countries
Al Roomy, Muhammad; Althewini, Abdulaziz – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
This study examined the effect of an extensive reading online program implemented in a blended learning format to increase students' reading comprehension. The participants were Saudi freshmen students in a medical university, and the data were collected from two sources: pre- and post-test scores and an open-ended questionnaire. The results…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Blended Learning, Medical Students
Sadatmir, Seyedehsima; Nimehchisalem, Vahid; Abdullah, Ain Nazdimah – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
According to the literature, listening comprehension problems mostly relate to the shortage of learners' metacognition in listening. Through reviewing the developed instruments on listening comprehension problems and metacognitive listening strategy use, some shortcomings can be detected in available instruments. This paper adapts the previous…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Strategies
Hermilinda Abas, Imelda; Aziz, Noor Hashima Abd – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
The study was aimed at understanding the EFL Indonesian students' perspective on the writing process. The pilot study involved two male Indonesian postgraduate students in Universiti Utara Malaysia. The Indonesian students were selected based on the following criteria: (1) had enough knowledge in English writing, indicated by the completion of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pilot Projects
Valizadeh, Mohammadreza – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2021
This study explored the relationship between the period of Turkish EFL (English as a Foreign Language) graduates' not using English as well as their ages with the attrition of their oral communicative ability. The study also indicated the language maintenance strategies the Turkish EFL graduates pursue to prevent the attrition of their oral…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Skills, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Terkimbi, Atonde – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
The Tiv language is one of the major languages spoken in central Nigeria. The language is of the Benue-Congo subclass of the Bantu parent family. It has over four million speakers spoken in five states of Nigeria. The language like many other Nigerian languages is in dire need of language planning efforts and strategies. Some previous efforts were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, African Languages, Language Usage, Language Planning
Atlun, Suna – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
This study aimed to explore pre-service English language teachers` perceptions of code-switching (CS) in language classrooms and how their perceptions affect their teacher identity development. Three pre-service teachers from a private university in Istanbul, Turkey participated in the study. The data were collected through semi-structured…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Aghazadeh, Zahra; Ajideh, Parviz – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
Textbooks play a very crucial role in the process of language teaching and learning. They affect the whole language learning/teaching process. The purpose of this study was to carry out an evaluation of English textbooks currently in use at high schools in Iran from teachers' and learners' points of view in a comparative way. To this end, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Mixed Methods Research, English (Second Language)
Hasan, Aveen Mohammed; Hasan, Zaiton Fareeq – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
This study investigates the students' perceptions towards literature integration in language learning in the English Language Departments (henceforth ELD) at Duhok and Zakho universities. Knowledge about students' perceptions will influence their interest and language learning development. Literature is an important part of the syllabus at most…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development, Literature
Qian, Yang; Jingxia, Liu – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
With the development of globalization, English is clearly spoken by many more non-native than native speakers, which raises the discussion of English varieties and the debate regarding the conformity to Standard English. Although a large number of studies have shown scholars' attitudes towards native English and non-native English, little research…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Questionnaires, English (Second Language)
