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Batista, Fernanda C. A. – English Language Teaching, 2020
Only three percent of Brazilians are estimated to speak English despite the status of this language as a mandatory subject in grades 10 to 12 of basic education and preferred foreign language in grades 5 to 9. This paper will analyse possible reasons for this fact. The widespread concept in the Brazilian society that speaking English is beneficial…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
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Jansem, Anchalee – English Language Teaching, 2020
This study presents the meanings, attributes, and roles of 'professionalism' synthesized from 20 Thai EFL teachers' perspectives. Qualitative research methods were utilized to collect four sources of data including classroom observation transcripts, semi-structured interview transcripts, on-line discussion entries, and field-note recordings. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Teachers, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Al lHassan, Sarah; Shukri, Nadia – English Language Teaching, 2017
The present study intended to investigate the effect of utilizing Learning Management System (LMS), Blackboard® on enhancing English as a Foreign Language (EFL) female students' satisfaction in the Saudi context. It is found that the effectiveness of utilizing the supplementary materials on Blackboard® is leading up to EFL students' satisfaction.…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Mehmood, Nasir – English Language Teaching, 2019
EFL teachers working in Saudi Arabian universities are often from different social, cultural and academic backgrounds. The factors that affect their self-efficacy can vary from one teacher to another because of their different social and cultural associations. This research is carried out in the light of the existing literature to determine some…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Self Efficacy
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Qingling, Yuan; Qunhua, Yuan; Ying, Wan – English Language Teaching, 2016
The current situation of educational reforms since 1990s has brought up a booming demand of competent EFL teachers because of economic globalization and further opening-up policy in China. So it's vital and significant to explore EFL teachers' professional development in order to promote English language teaching. Based on the Constructivism…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Birjandi, Parviz; Hesari, Ali Derakhshan – English Language Teaching, 2010
The present study sought the different perceptions of Iranian EFL instructors and teachers on the present and optimum status of in-service programs. A 26-item questionnaire completed by 90 participants, thirty of whom were instructors and the rest were teachers, revealed that instructors and teachers had different conceptions about these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning