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Sivaci, Seda – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2020
The purpose of the present study is to evaluate proficiency tests of the universities in Turkey in line with the ALTE Quality Assurance Checklists in terms of four dimensions: a. Test construction, b. Administration & Logistics c. Grading, Marking Results and d. Test Analysis & Post-examination Review. The study took place in four…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Tests, Language Proficiency, Educational Quality
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Dolgunsöz, Emrah; Yildirim, Gurkan – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2023
Learning to write in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) has always been an issue for most learners since it requires intensive cognitive activity along with language proficiency. This mixed-methods study aimed to examine if interactive Video Embedded Infographics (VEI) could ease this process in a flipped classroom setting compared to traditional…
Descriptors: Interactive Video, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Yesil, Seyma; Balçikanli, Cem – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2022
As English is widely accepted as a lingua franca in today's world, the importance of the language has been acknowledged globally in the present case. To rank the countries in terms of their English language proficiency, the EF Proficiency Index is prepared each year. In this study, five countries having the highest scores according to the Index…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Foreign Countries
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Altug, Süleyman Alperen; Önal, Ahmet – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2022
Technology is of great importance in the specification of methods, techniques and tools to be used in or out of the classrooms. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the shutdown of schools and forced the education to be maintained online which makes the research on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools, to be used in learning…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Alzahrani, Mohsen – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2019
The purpose of this phenomenological study is to investigate the challenges and barriers that Saudi graduate students experience with the English entrance exam, the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). The sample of this study consisted of six Saudi graduate students and two English teachers from two different English schools in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Barriers, Graduate Students, English (Second Language)
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Ashraf, Hamid; Kafi, Zeinab – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2016
The current study aimed at investigating the status of Professional Development (PD) through examining teachers' perspectives over how effective they consider exam specific teacher training courses (IELTS in this case) which aim at increasing their PD. To this end, a group of EFL teachers, from different language schools in Mashhad, Iran took part…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Tests
Zarei, Abbas Ali; Zarei, Nasrin – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2015
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of Iranian EFL learners' proficiency level on their self-related personality traits (self-esteem and self-efficacy). To this end, 141 English major students, male and female, studying at Imam Khomeini International University (IKIU) and Kar Non-profit University in Qazvin, Iran were…
Descriptors: Language Role, Personality Traits, Language Proficiency, Foreign Countries
Zarei, Abbas Ali; Adami, Saba – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2013
To investigate the effects of semantic mapping, thematic clustering, and notebook keeping on L2 vocabulary recognition and production, four groups of intermediate level learners in an EFL institute in Zanjan, Iran participated in the study. Three experimental groups consisted of semantic mapping, semantic feature analysis, and vocabulary notebook…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Semantics, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development
Ghaemi, Farid; Daftarifard, Parisa; Shirkhani, Servat – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2011
Reading comprehension has won much effort on the part of teachers, testers, and researchers in Iran due to the fact that the immediate need of Iranian students at different university levels is the ability to read in order to get new information on the topic they are studying. The question raised is how much reading practice can move learners…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Lin, Lu-Fang – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2012
This study investigated which level of graded reader was most appropriate for Chinese-speaking learners of various English abilities and whether there were significant differences in comprehension and vocabulary acquisition when different English proficiency (EP) groups read texts of varying difficulty levels. Eight-two senior high school students…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Difficulty Level, Questionnaires, Second Language Learning
Keyvanfar, Arshya; Bakshiri, Naeimeh – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2011
Recently ELT has witnessed the debate between the proponents of non-interventionist and interventionist views towards SLA. The former, also known as zero option, sees L2 acquisition as an incidental process leaving no role for instruction (Krashen, 1981; Prbhu, 1987), while the latter considers instruction effective and even crucial for some…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), English Instruction, English Language Learners, Intervention