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Alsahafi, Morad – English Language Teaching, 2020
This paper employs narrative discourse analysis to analyze Edger Allen Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" by using two narrative analysis frameworks that focus on the macrostructure (Stein, 1982) and microstructure (Halliday & Hasan, 1976) aspects of the story. The analysis covers the story's purpose, generic structure, and…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Grammar, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Ortells, Elena – English Language Teaching, 2020
Students' imperfect grasp of the target language is cited by educators as one of the main tenets and conundrums against the use of real literature in the EFL classroom. However, previous reviews have proven that children and teenagers are likely to become interested in texts of their own choice and in line with their current concerns. Hence, since…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Uba, Sani Yantandu Uba – English Language Teaching, 2020
The aim of conducting this study came from a need to explore contrastive study in using metadiscourse features between English and Hausa in research article genre. This study investigated what metadiscourse features are frequently used across two languages in research article genre. A sub-corpus of ten research articles was compiled from each…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English, African Languages, Discourse Analysis
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Mustofa, Ali; Hill, Jonnie Lynn – English Language Teaching, 2018
This paper shares some insights into the notion of having EFL students collectively respond to literature. Understanding and appreciating a piece of literature is determined by how one can convey the concepts and words to new situations. During this process, several types of interaction happen: interaction between experience and the text,…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Mustofa, Ali; Hill, Jonnie Lyn – English Language Teaching, 2018
The paper shares some insights of the ideas in giving the response to literature for the students and the teachers in EFL/ESL classrooms. Understanding and appreciating a piece of literature is determined by how one can convey the concepts and words to new situations. During this process, several types of interaction happen: interaction between…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Cultural Awareness
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Saeeaw, Supachai; Tangkiengsirisin, Supong – English Language Teaching, 2014
Abstract is of a pivotal genre in scientific communication, assisting not only highly selective readers with judgment of the pertinent articles but also researchers in disseminating new knowledge and intellectual discoveries. Difficult yet challenging, however, is the task of writing effective abstracts particularly among non-English speaking…
Descriptors: Documentation, Applied Linguistics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning