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Download full textSiregar, Nurhafni – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
The objective of this study is to investigate how the classroom practice in teaching listening comprehension at English Education Program of STKIP Tapanuli Selatan in 2016/2017 Academic Year is. The informants of this research were all of second semester students of STKIP Tapanuli Selatan in 2016/2017 academic year and a lecturer of listening…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Listening Comprehension
Nafissi, Zohreh; Rezaeipanah, Fariba; Monsefi, Roya – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
Iran's education system is exam-based and to gain admission to universities at undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate levels, candidates have to sit a competitive examination. For this reason, developing an EAP course which prepares the candidates for these examinations is of crucial importance. The present study attempted to develop an EAP…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Pretests Posttests, Needs Assessment, Student Evaluation
Alhaysony, Maha; Alhaisoni, Eid – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
This paper investigates grammatical difficulty from the perspective of Saudi university students, of EFL as well as from the perspective of university teachers. It aims to find out which English grammar features are more difficult/less difficult than others. Furthermore, it attempts to determine the reasons and causes that account for such grammar…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grammar, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Farnia, Maryam; Sattar, Hiba Qusay Abdul; Mei, Hooi Chee – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
Politeness conventions vary across cultures and so is impoliteness and rudeness. In some cases, what is considered rude in one culture or a society is not necessarily rude or impolite in another. This cannot be explained unless more studies on the use of language functions in a specific culture are conducted. The aim of this paper is to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relationship
Agustina, Lia – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
Many research findings have stated that the use of technology in EFL classroom results invaluable achievements and develops positive attitudes. Technology may integrate sounds, pictures, motions, and colors that fi ure out a natural picture of real life. The aim of the study was to enhance the students' attitude toward learning English by using…
Descriptors: Positive Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Business English, Second Language Learning
Benghalem, Boualem – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
This study aims to investigate the effects of using ICT tools such as Microsoft PowerPoint on EFL students' attitude and anxiety. The participants in this study were 40 Master 2 students of Didactics of English as a Foreign Language, Djillali Liabes University, Sidi Bel Abbes Algeria. In order to find out the effects of Microsoft PowerPoint on EFL…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Educational Technology
Shokri, Natasha; Asl, Moussa Pourya – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
The social structure of the family has always been in the state of transformation. In the past centuries, the nuclear family was replaced with a Patriarchal Family which lasted for only two centuries from 16th to the beginning of 18th century. In this new structure of the family, men were privileged to play the role of the master and the women…
Descriptors: Power Structure, Females, Family Structure, Sex Role
Roslina – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
As a non formal education students, PKBM (a Non-Formal Community Learning Center) Medaso Kolaka students tend to encounter some difficulties in reading such as low motivation, infrequent tutors (non-formal education teachers) coming, inappropriate teaching materials, etc. This research aimed to investigate the effects of picture story books on the…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Childrens Literature, Story Reading, Reading Comprehension
Galali, Atta; Cinkara, Emrah – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
Two main opposing approaches exist regarding the impact of first-language (L1) use in the teaching and learning of English as a foreign language: the monolingual and bilingual approaches. Some linguists assume that students' L1 should be banished from their English classes, whereas others assert that it facilitates the process of learning a target…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Language, Language Usage
Xue, Gong; Lingling, Liu – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
This paper first based on the theory of cooperative learning research. It analyses the characteristics and advantages of cooperative learning under the multimedia network environment. And then take China Three Gorges University and Taiwan I-Shou University English major students for example, using questionnaires and interviews to investigate the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Learning, Cognitive Style, Feedback (Response)
Hossain, Md. Mahroof – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
Language is one of the medium of expressing our ideas, feelings and emotions. And if we think about language in present world then English is one of the most used languages in the world and English is used as a second language in Bangladesh. English is introduced here at the primary level and its inclusion continues till the tertiary level of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Rural Areas, Teaching Methods
Yue, Sun; Ying, Wang; Jingxia, Liu – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
Facing the current situation that Chinese students are poor in English productive ability, the mode of only English-medium teaching is put forward to completely improve students' English abilities and comprehensive competence by creating second language acquisition atmosphere. Since few studies have been conducted on students' attitudes toward…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Students, Student Attitudes, English (Second Language)
Zarei, Nafiseh; Hussin, Supyan; Rashid, Taufik – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
Today the use of technological tools has become an evolution in language learning and language acquisition. Many instructors and lecturers believe that integrating Web-based learning tools into language courses allows pupils to become active learners during learning process. This study investigates how the Learning Management Blog (LMB) overcomes…
Descriptors: Time Management, Semi Structured Interviews, Qualitative Research, English (Second Language)
Al-Ahdal, Arif Ahmed Mohammed Hassan; Al-Ma'amari, Ahmed Ali Hassan – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
Socio-psychological research and findings into learner differences led to the emergence of learner strategies research in the last century. With major contributions from the emerging field of Linguistics in the mid 1970s, language learning strategies began to receive considerable attention. It is worth noting that the primary concern of most of…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Rafiee, Marzieh; Keihaniyan, Mahbube – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
This mixed-method study investigated the language teachers' opinions on the inclusion of the principles of Participatory Approach in language classroom settings in Iran. Applying both quantitative and qualitative approaches of data collection procedures, the study explored the language teachers' attitude, on the perceived importance and use of the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Mixed Methods Research, Educational Practices, Educational Principles
