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Qadi, Ahmad Hatim – English Language Teaching, 2021
The current study seeks to probe the use of refusal strategies and their frequency among Saudi EFL students of Bachelor of Science (BS) at Moon University (pseudonym), Saudi Arabia. Through a convenient sampling procedure, 20 students were selected, and Discourse Completion Test (DCT) was administered. This test comprised 12 situations eliciting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Jeffery, Thomas S. – English Language Teaching, 2022
This study investigates key cultural differences in teaching between Korean and "western" teachers, and analyses these via questionnaires given to 35 Korean teachers and 36 non-Korean teachers followed by selected interviews. A significant finding was the emphasis Korean teachers place on testing compared to the "Western"…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Differences, Teacher Characteristics, Confucianism
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Khan, Shahla Sattar; Takkac, Mehmet – English Language Teaching, 2019
There are some factors, which are motivational, and on the other hand, there are many challenges that may cause hindrance for learning English as a second language. Therefore, the main objective is to assess perception regarding factors for learning English as a second language, especially among new immigrants. This was a cross-sectional study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Immigrants
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Fan, Jie – English Language Teaching, 2019
In recent decades, with the rapid economic development of China, there has been a large influx of Chinese students into Western countries to pursue their studies. Empirical research reveal that some students encounter linguistic and academic challenges, and find it difficult to adapt to the Western learning environment. Adopting a qualitative…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Student Attitudes, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Parsons, Matthew Wesley; Shim, Jenna Min – English Language Teaching, 2019
This study reports the findings from an exploration of K-12 administrators in a rural state about how they can more effectively engage and involve families of English language learners (ELLs). The guiding questions for this study are: (1) How does the role of administrators influence the engagement and involvement of ELL parents within K-12…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Parent Participation, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education
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Wei, Yuehong; Zhang, Li – English Language Teaching, 2013
With the development of society, oral English teaching and learning has been the top in English teaching and learning in china. This paper reports a survey conducted at North China Electric Power University on the barriers for learners of oral English learning in China. Questionnaires with both close-ended and open-ended questions were distributed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Oral English, College Students
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Ahmad, Ismail Sheikh; Al-Shboul, Murad M.; Nordin, Mohamad Sahari; Rahman, Zainurin Abdul; Burhan, Mohd; Madarsha, Kamal Basha – English Language Teaching, 2013
The last decade has witnessed an increasing research trend on foreign language reading anxiety as a skill related to but distinct from foreign language anxiety. However, sources of foreign language reading anxiety have rarely been investigated. Thus, the current study responds to the study by (Saito, Horwitz, & Garza, 1999) and extends the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Reading Comprehension, Sampling
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Pishghadam, Reza; Zarei, Sima – English Language Teaching, 2012
Granted the fact that different cultures have different speaking styles, knowledge of these styles can help people grasp the essence of social cultural knowledge to communicate with others more successfully. In this regard, the present paper aims at comparing the use of speech act of gratitude in Persian and Chinese EFL learners and English native…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Chinese, Indo European Languages, North American English
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Chen, Yi-chen; Lai, Huei-ling – English Language Teaching, 2013
Idioms have long been regarded as problematic for L2 learners due to the arbitrariness of their meanings and forms. Traditional methods of teaching idioms focus on rote learning and memorization. Recent developments in cognitive linguistics research have considered idioms as analyzable expressions which are motivated by conceptual metaphors and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Writing Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Ansarin, Ali Akbar; Tarlani-Aliabdi, Hassan – English Language Teaching, 2011
There is an increasing interest in the way academic writers establish the presence of their readers over the past few years. Establishing the presence of readers or what Kroll (1984, p.181) calls imagining "a second voice" is accomplished when a writer refers "explicitly" to their readers using explicit linguistic resources…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Interdisciplinary Approach, Contrastive Linguistics, Academic Discourse
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Niroomand, Masoumeh – English Language Teaching, 2012
The present study was designed to examine the ways power relations influence politeness strategies in disagreement. The study was an attempt to find out whether different power status of people influences the the choice of appropriate politeness strategies and speech act of disagreement by Iranian EFL learners, in a university setting. A Discourse…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Power Structure, Language Proficiency