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Karakas, Ali – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
English has experienced grave transformations recently in terms of socio-demographic and geographical characteristics. While such transformations have resulted in diverse types of English uses and various English users, the existing ELT materials still fail to represent the global varieties and dynamic uses and users of English. Moving from a…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Variation, Second Language Instruction
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Salam, S. – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
The purpose of this research was to describe the need of development of "Reading Comprehension" teaching materials to students and lecturers of Indonesian Language and Literature Education Department, Gorontalo. This research is included in the research and development to develop educational products in the form of teaching materials.…
Descriptors: Indonesian, Reading Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Instructional Materials
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Mohamad, Alif Fairus Nor; Puteh, Sharifah Nor – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
It is difficult for most of the second language learners in Malaysia to function proficiently in English language due to limited vocabulary knowledge. It has also been challenging for TESL graduates to fit in as ENP teachers due to the lack of specialized vocabulary knowledge in nursing field. Thus, a course books has always been a highly…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, English for Special Purposes, Word Lists, Second Language Learning
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Méndez, David I.; Alcaraz, M. Ángeles – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
In this study, we carry out a qualitative and quantitative analysis of abbreviations in 300 randomly collected research paper titles published in the most prestigious European and US-based Astrophysics journals written in English. Our main results show that the process of shortening words and groups of words is one of the most characteristic and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Memory, Scholarship, Periodicals
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Alshumaimeri, Yousif A.; Alzyadi, Maha S. – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
This study attempts to identify the extent of using authentic materials in the new series of secondary English textbooks ("Flying High for Saudi Arabia") used currently in Saudi schools. Therefore, a content analysis instrument has been designed to analyze the first secondary English textbook. The instrument has been distributed on 112…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Content Analysis, Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language)
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Bahrami, Nazli – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
The present study was an attempt to evaluate and specify teachers' perception of the cultural elements of Total English book series. Another objective was to study the techniques and strategies that teachers usually use in teaching these elements. To this end, a total of 50 male and female teachers working at Kish Language Institute in Esfahan…
Descriptors: Textbook Content, Content Analysis, Questionnaires, Teacher Attitudes
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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
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Khatib, Mohammad; Meihami, Hussein – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
The purpose of this study is to explore the effect of using collaborative techniques and activities on EFL students' writing performance. A total of 35 low-intermediate EFL students ranging from 15 to 18 years-of-age participated in this investigation. These participants were assigned into two groups: An experimental group (N = 17) in which…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Collaborative Writing
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Krishnan, K. Sarojani Devi; Aziz, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul; Pathan, Zahid Hussain – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2013
The aim of this research is to investigate the factors of demotivation in L2 learning of Pakistani undergraduates at the University of Balochistan, Quetta. A mixed-methods research design was employed in this study to explore the factors of demotivation. Quantitative data was obtained from the responses of a population of 116 first semester…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning