Research over the last two decades has shown that teaching pronunciation is both effective and important in language education. Nowadays, therefore, many English language textbooks include pronunciation activities. It is not clear yet how this has affected or changed teachers' beliefs and practices in different teaching contexts. The current study…

The current study was conducted to explore how English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers in Vietnam exhibited their leadership initiative in reforming their pedagogical practice. Data for the study were collected mainly from in-depth interviews with six participating primary school teachers. The findings demonstrated that the participants…

This study investigates the interplay between EFL students' needs, proficiency levels, learning styles and AI-powered adaptive learning platforms in fostering academic engagement. A positive and significant relationship was observed, demonstrating that AI-powered platforms effectively cater to EFL students' individual needs, proficiency levels and…

This qualitative case study explores the trajectory of one English writing teacher's self-directed development. The teacher's self-directed development incorporated the use of drama-based pedagogy, in assisting student writers' topic knowledge development. The study shows that the teacher's initial journey of self-directed development was zigzag,…

From November 2015 to October 2020, Canada had welcomed 44,620 Syrian refugees to more than 350 communities across the country. In 2019, it further surpassed the United States and Australia in the number of refugees settled. Lacking the necessary language skills for living and working in a new country is one of the most critical barriers refugees…

Teachers differ in the extent to which they support their students' basic psychological needs. To better understand these differences, we investigated how mindsets and motivation to teach English relate to their need-supportive teaching practices. Data was gathered from 348 EFL instructors (261 female, 87 male; M[subscript age] = 38.47, SD = 9.22)…

This research investigates the encountered problems and strategies for teaching English to an inclusive classroom comprised of law-conflicted students. This research is based on an educational ethnography study conducted in Tojong-Ojong in Central Lombok District, Indonesia. This research highlights on the issues regarding the problems faced and…

While gamified technology integration in vocabulary instruction within a flipped classroom has yielded beneficial teaching outcomes, specific studies have raised concerns about potential adverse effects linked to this approach. As a result, conducting a comparative analysis between gamified technology and conventional paper-based methods within…

English language teaching (ELT) in Islamic boarding schools in Indonesia, commonly known as "pesantren," presents a unique context that requires a tailored pedagogical approach. This study aimed to explore the application of context-responsive pedagogy in ELT within the unique context of Islamic boarding schools in Indonesia. This…

This paper focuses on the model of politeness developed by Brown and Levinson (1987), which has had a huge impact on the field up to the present day--it provides a universal(istic) model to capture politeness across languages and cultures. In addition, this study provides some details of the attested weaknesses of the model and highlights its…

This paper aims to assess the knowledge of metaphor-based teaching among teachers by investigate the obstacles that hinder them from incorporating metaphor-based teaching into their instructional strategies. This study makes use of a questionnaire to collect data from EFL teachers worldwide. The results show that the difficulties most faced by…

This article explores the concept of the post-methods era in language teaching, which advocates for moving beyond rigid, prescriptive methodologies. The author argues that no single method can address the diverse needs of all learners and contexts. Instead, teachers should adopt an eclectic and context-sensitive approach, drawing on a range of…

This paper discusses the development and implementation of a locally-sourced corpus to address the specific needs of an ESL writing program. The paper begins with a description of the motivation and development of the "Corpus of Ohio Learner and Teacher English" (COLTE), a large in-house corpus consisting of assessed ESL student writing…

Recent advancements in artificial intelligence, particularly OpenAI's ChatGPT, have transformed English language learning through Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) tools. This study examined the adoption of ChatGPT among university-level English learners employing the Hedonic Motivation System Adoption Model (HMSAM). An online survey was…

The problem is that while the number of Multilingual learners (MLs) in Maryland has drastically increased, there are not enough English language development (ELD) teachers certified or prepared to deliver effective instruction. A gap in the research exists because English Language Development (ELD) teachers seldom feel prepared to meet the…