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Liu, Yuying; Xiong, Tao – English Language Teaching, 2016
This study investigated college EFL teachers' attitudes toward task-based language teaching (TBLT), regarding their familiarity with the idea of TBLT, their actual use of TBLT, and contextual factors that impede the implementation of TBLT in the higher education context in China. The study described here is a questionnaire survey with 26 valid…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Al-Jamal, Dina A.; Al-Jamal, Ghadeer A. – English Language Teaching, 2014
Since speaking well in English is crucial for English language literature undergraduates, the present study aimed at describing difficulties that may be encountered at an EFL setting. The sample was stratified random as drawn from six Jordanian public universities. Survey questionnaires as well as semi-structured interviews were constructed. 64…
Descriptors: Investigations, Undergraduate Students, Speech Skills, Barriers
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Nguyen, Hong Thi; Fehring, Heather; Warren, Wendy – English Language Teaching, 2015
This paper reports part of a study that documents the factors affecting the efficacy of teaching and learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Vietnamese higher education from the teachers' perspectives. Individual face-to-face semi-structured interviews were conducted with twelve EFL teachers at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, College Faculty
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Daif-Allah, Ayman Sabry; Alsamani, Abdulaziz Saleh – English Language Teaching, 2014
This study aims at investigating the demotivating factors that discourage Preparatory Year Program (PYP) students from learning the English language. It also proposes and tests the effectiveness of a set of academic and administrative approaches on enhancing English language acquisition of 102 Saudi PYP Students taking an EFL summer course in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), College Administration, Summer Programs
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Hamad, Mona M. – English Language Teaching, 2013
This study investigated factors negatively affect English language speaking skills in Saudi colleges for girls in the South in terms of: a) Instructors. b) Students. c) Curriculum and textbook. d) English Language teaching methods and exercises. e) Teaching and learning environment. To collect data for the study, a questionnaire papers were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Single Sex Colleges, Womens Education