Communication strategies in written text among basic learners of Japanese language: a case of Universiti Putra Malaysia’s students by Tajuddin, Farah, Mamat, Roslina, Abdul Halim, Hazlina, Ang, Lay Hoon, Abdul Rashid, Roswati, Jalaluddin, Ilyana

“…Foreign language learners adopt several strategies in overcoming language difficulties in their communication. …”
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Employees' English language proficiency and visitors' perception of services received at Beijing Art Zone 798 by Selke, Raimond

“…This study concerns the perception of proficiency in English as a foreign language among employees in the Beijing 798 art zone plus visitors’ perception of services received and staff professionalism. …”
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Error analysis in German writing by Chinese Malaysian students by Tan, Wan Ting

“…Transfer from a pre-existing linguistic repertoire to a target language is an important issue in foreign language acquisition. There are limited studies focusing on common German grammatical errors in the written form, both morphological and syntactical, that are made by Chinese Malaysian students in the Malaysia context. …”
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Linguistic and cultural difficulties in Arabic-English translation of sentences among Saudi undergraduates by Jabak, Omar Osman

“…It is hoped that this study, along with its findings and suggestions, will contribute to improving Saudi undergraduate students’ quality of Arabic-English translation and provide new insights into the difficulties of Arabic-English translation as well as the difficulties of carrying out translation from the mother tongue into a foreign language.…”
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From bias “in the text” to “teacher talk around the text” by Sunderland, Jane, Cowley, Maire, Abdul Rahim, Fauziah, Leontzakou, Christina, Shattuck, Julie

“…Data was collected in three separate investigations, in three foreign language teaching settings. The focus in each investigation was a set of lessons in which the textbook covered some aspect of gender.Using lesson transcripts, as well as the teachers' own perceptions of their behavior, we show how teacher talk cannot be predicted from the textbook text itself. …”

Autonomy in vocabulary learning: vocabulary learning strategies teaching programme for EFL Libyan learners by Khalifa, Salma H. M., Shabdin, Ahmad Affendi

“…To answer this question, a model of teaching vocabulary learning strategies programme, designed to help English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners acquire autonomy in vocabulary learning, was developed and tested through an experimental study conducted at a secondary school in Libya. …”
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The effect of automatic speech recognition EyeSpeak software on Iraqi students’ English pronunciation: a pilot study by Sidgi, Lina Fathi Sidig, Shaari, Ahmad Jelani

“…The use of technology, such as computer-assisted language learning (CALL), is used in teaching and learning in the foreign language classrooms where it is most needed.One promising emerging technology that supports language learning is automatic speech recognition (ASR).Integrating such technology, especially in the instruction of pronunciation in the classroom, is important in helping students to achieve correct pronunciation. …”
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Key issues in pre-service language teacher education by Molway, L

“…The field is often subdivided into the teaching of English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL/EFL) and the teaching of other Modern Foreign Languages (MFL), but this chapter takes a generalist approach of relevance to the preparation of teachers for any type of instructed second, foreign or additional language learning classroom.…”

Wait-learning: Leveraging conversational dead time for second language education by Guo, Philip J., Miller, Robert C., Cai, Carrie Jun, Glass, James R.

“…We present an instant messaging (IM) prototype, WaitChatter, that supports the notion of wait-learning by displaying contextually relevant foreign language vocabulary and micro-quizzes while the user awaits a response from her conversant. …”
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PEMAKAIAN BAHASA DALAM KOMUNITAS BACKPACKER INDONESIA: KAJIAN SOSIOLINGUISTIK by , FRANCISCA CHRISTY ROSANA, , Drs. Tri Mastoyo Jati Kesuma, M.Hum.

“…Most of the terms used by backpackers are foreign language, especially in English. They do not use that terms correctly. …”

Evidence review and ENT-UK consensus report for the use of aminoglycoside-containing ear drops in the presence of an open middle ear. by Phillips, J, Yung, M, Burton, M, Swan, I

“…SEARCH STRATEGY: A MEDLINE literature search (1966 to August 2006) was conducted, using the following strategies: 'ototoxicity and drops', 'ototoxic and drops', 'vestibulotoxicity and drops', 'vestibulotoxic and drops', 'cochleotoxicity and drops', 'cochleotoxic and drops'. Foreign language articles were not excluded. RESULTS OF THE LITERATURE REVIEW: The inclusion of foreign language articles and manually searching the reference sections of identified articles revealed further evidence not considered in previous reviews on this subject. …”

GATT Translation Method for Elementary Mandarin Learners / Hoe Foo Terng by Terng, Hoe Foo

“…This negative transfer will affect the foreign language learning and more often than not, result in the construction of many incorrect and awkward sentences. …”
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Resolving Arabic-language text reading errors among University students through project-based learning (PBL) by Siti Nurul Aishah Abdul Hamid, Siti Katijah Johari, Nurul Ain Zulhaimi, Nur Shafiekah Sapan, Siti Aishah Ramli

“…Foreign language learning is certainly accentuating on the mastery of basic skills including reading skills that need to be emphasized by every student in the early stages. …”
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Discourse analysis on conversational turn-taking in a German film by Jan Ole Gerster by Farid Rizal, Nur Farhana

“…Kato (2000) stated that turn-taking that occurs in conversation might differs between different cultures and languages which could be found as burdensome to the foreign language learners. Lacking of studies of turn-taking in German film conversation make the researchers, German language educators and graduate students whose in the discourse field barely have medium or sources to explore the language naturally. …”
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Speaking Anxiety in English Conversation Classrooms Among Thai Students by Akkakoson, Songyut

“…Methodology - The participants in this study were 282 Thai university students of English as a foreign language (EFL) studying English Conversation courses at a university in Thailand. …”
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Exploring ‘unknown worlds’: The lives and careers of non-native speaking teachers of English in Asia by Hayes, David

“…It is a decade since Richards remarked that “How the teacher believes, thinks, acts and reacts is central to educational endeavour, but about the EFL (English as a foreign language) language teacher we know almost nothing” (1997:243), going on to suggest that the world of the teacher of English as a foreign language was terra incognita (1997:251). …”
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Ruling the Roost: Louisa Pyne’s ‘Rules and Regulations’ for running an opera company by Burden, M

“…One was the King’s Theatre, or the Opera House, the institution that (for much of the 18th and early 19th centuries) was the venue for the performance of foreign language opera and dance. The second was that venue’s successor, the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, which took over from the King’s Theatre in the early 1840s as London’s premier home of elite opera and dance.…”

The role of digital technologies in facilitating the learning of ESL writing among TESL pre-service teachers in Malaysia: a review of the literature by Kee, Li Li, Razali, Abu Bakar, Noordin, Nooreen, Abd. Samad, Arshad

A Study Of The Iranian Efl Learners' Use Of Reading Strategies by Raftari, Shohreh

“…The main purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that influence the use of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) reading strategies by the Iranian EFL learners, and to profile their most and least frequently used reading strategies through conducting a survey. …”
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Investigating Guided Extensive Reading And Vocabulary Knowledge Performance Among Remedial Esl Learners In A Public University In Malaysia by Tan , Debbita Ai Lin

“…Research supports extensive reading, which draws on incidental learning, as a primary tool for second/foreign language vocabulary knowledge development.…”
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