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Download full textAltalhab, Sultan – English Language Teaching, 2016
The study explores the social practice of vocabulary learning by examining vocabulary teaching techniques employed by teachers, the vocabulary learning strategies (VLSs) identified by students as most useful and the ones they felt most competent in using when reading and teachers' and students' attitudes towards learning vocabulary through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods
El-Sayed, Al-Nauman Al-Amin Ali; Siddiek, Ahmed Gumaa – English Language Teaching, 2013
A dictionary is an important device for both: EFL teachers and EFL learners. It is highly needed to conduct effective teaching and learning. Many investigations were carried out to study the foreign language learners' habits in the use of their dictionaries in reading, writing, testing and translating. This paper is shedding light on this issue;…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Dictionaries, Second Language Instruction
Rafieyan, Vahid; Majid, Norazman Bin Abdul; Eng, Lin Siew – English Language Teaching, 2013
Familiarity with the cultural features of the target language society and interest in learning those cultural features are the key factors to determine language learners' level of pragmatic comprehension. To investigate this issue, this study attempted to assess the relationship between attitude toward incorporating target language culture into…
Descriptors: Correlation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pragmatics
Liao, Hsien-Chung; Yang, Cheng-Cheng – English Language Teaching, 2012
Uninterrupted interactions of merchants and travelers from different countries stress the significance of English. The purpose of the study was to investigate what cultures and teaching practices are different between native English-speaking teachers and Taiwanese senior high school students. Three native English-speaking teachers and six…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Niroomand, Masoumeh – English Language Teaching, 2012
The present study was designed to examine the ways power relations influence politeness strategies in disagreement. The study was an attempt to find out whether different power status of people influences the the choice of appropriate politeness strategies and speech act of disagreement by Iranian EFL learners, in a university setting. A Discourse…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Power Structure, Language Proficiency
Zu, Lin; Kong, Zheqiong – English Language Teaching, 2009
Language is embedded in society and culture, and for that matter, learning a foreign language involves learning its culture. This paper is concerned with the inseparability of culture and language in foreign language teaching, arguing that culture introduction is an effective way to promote students' cultural awareness and language proficiency.…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Textbook Content, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
