Teachers' Beliefs And Levels Of Use In The Adoption Of The Student-Active Learning Approach In Efl Classrooms In Oman by Humaid Al Shekaili, Bati Sulaiman

“…The main purpose of the study was to investigate the teachers' Beliefs and their Levels of Use (LoU) in the adoption of the Student-Active Learning (SAL) approach in their English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms in Oman.…”
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Socio-Economic Perspectives Of Language Learning Motivation: The Case Of Yemeni EFL Undergraduates At The Hadramout University Of Science & Technology by Al-Timimi, Rais Ahmed

“…The concept of integrativeness in Foreign Language Learning (FLL) contexts has been theoretically reformulated recently by scholars in the field of motivational research such as Csizér and Dörnyei (2005). …”
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The Effect Of Direct Reading Strategy Instruction On Students’ Reading Comprehension, Metacognitive Strategy Awareness, And Reading Attitudes Among Eleventh Grade Students In Ye... by Al-Tamimi, Nasser Omer Mubarak

“…The purpose of this study was to investigate whether direct reading strategy instruction (DRSI) would be effective in enhancing reading comprehension, metacognitive awareness of reading strategies and attitudes toward reading among Yemeni secondary school students who study English as a foreign language.…”
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Assessing the role of Arabic in EFL classes: an activity theory approach by Machaal, Brahim

“…In this research, I investigate the role of Arabic in the classes of English as a Foreign Language (EFL), by exploring the uses of Arabic during classroom activities that teachers and students engage in. …”
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Creating teaching and learning materials for kadazandusun as a less commonly taught language based on elements of learning style preferences of kadazandusun learners in UMS by Veronica P. Atin, Rosy Talin

“…In University Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Kadazandusun (KD) is offered as a foreign language (or third language) to Malaysian learners of other ethnic groups. …”
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Corrective feedback and learner uptake in selected Iranian EFL classrooms by Pouriran, Yassamin

“…This study supports the notion that conducting activities which can integrate a focus on form into L2 communicative activities can contribute to learning a foreign language in terms of both accuracy and fluency. …”
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Historical literacy competence as a type of media literacy among German language undergraduate students by Chang, Shi Wen

“…When it comes to foreign language learning, historical literacy competencies are particularly important, because one of the best ways to learn a foreign language comprehensively is to understand the culture including the history of that particular target language. …”
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An Investigation Into The Relationship Between Motivation And Pragmatic Competence: A Case Study Of Chinese Efl Learners Of Hebei University by Li , Rui

“…Research into factors that can affect second/foreign language (L2) pragmatic acquisition, in particular and L2 pragmatic competence, in general began in the 1900s but the effects of some individual factors on the development of L2 learners’ pragmatic competence are still under-researched. …”
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Investigating self-beliefs and success for English medium instruction learners studying finance by Thompson, G, Takezawa, N, Rose, H

“…As a result, many students enrolled in English medium business programs are learning through a second or foreign language, with variant levels of prior knowledge and experiences. …”

PEMILIHAN KODE BAHASA DALAM RANAH PENDIDIKAN DAN KERJA: STUDI KASUS DI PUSAT BAHASA, BUDAYA, DAN AGAMA UIN SUNAN KALIJAGA by , ROSIANA KRISTANTI, , Prof. Dr. I Dewa Putu Wijana, S.U., M.A

“…In addition, the functions of code mixing cover to clarify materials in foreign language teaching, to be stylish, to talk certain topics, to show respect, to be the self-expression, to borrow particular terms, to clarify the addresseeâ�� intention, and to refer to certain things. …”

Writing apprehension among form five students in an ESL classroom / Maslinda Ayu Zainal by Zainal, Maslinda Ayu

“…Writing is a demanding activity especially for learners of a second / foreign language and yet it is a skill that they have to master in order to do well in the National Public Examinations which require them to write essays in different formats. …”
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James Baldwin’s French: the case of Giovanni’s Room by Hawcroft, M

“…It is based on bibliographical and archival material, asking how significant amounts of a foreign language (French) are incorporated into a novel written principally in another language (English). …”

Do near-beginner learners of French have any writing strategies? by Macaro, E

“…There is virtually no research on foreign language writing at this level, conceived in this study as including the copying of words and sentences, as well as free-writing. 16 students took part in task-based interviews designed to elicit their writing strategies at two time points some seven months apart. …”

Role and importance of Korean cultural education in Korean language education: A case study of Malaysian universitiew by Rou, S.Y., Kim, K.H.

“…At the first phase of the research, the emphasis is on examining Malaysian students' purpose of learning Korean language as a second foreign language. Our survey reveals that many students are eager to know more aspects of Korean culture such as traditions, customs, costume and food while they are studying Korean language. …”
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Teachers' Beliefs And Levels Of Use In The Adoption Of The Student-Active Learning Approach In EFL Classrooms In Oman by Al Shekaili, Bati Sulaiman Humaid

“…The main purpose of the study was to investigate the teachers' Beliefs and their Levels of Use (LoU) in the adoption of the Student-Active Learning (SAL) approach in their English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms in Oman. It was also aimed to investigate the challenges encountered by the teachers in the adoption of the SAL approach. …”
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Use of conjunctions as cohesive devices in argumentative writing of Jordanian EFL learners by Salman Al-Shamalat, Rawhi Yousef

“…Effective use of cohesive devices will produce cohesion in the text. English as foreign language learners face some challenges in the use of cohesive devices effectively in their writing. …”
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Beliefs of the International University Students towards Performing English Oral Presentation in Academic Settings. “Pilot study” by Benraghda, Abdelmadjid, Zuraina, Ali, Noor Raha, Mohd Radzuan

“…The purpose of this research is to find out about their beliefs on speaking and delivering oral presentation in English language as foreign language. The participants were 30 male and female international students. …”
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Novel use of mobile image search by Tan, Ping Ping

“…Retrieving information on books may pose a difficulty if the language of the book is written in a foreign language, or the book has a long title that makes searching inconvenient. …”
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English Indonesian translation app for Android A by Cho, Zheng Xiong

“…The objectives of this Translation App with multiple languages and functions like Text-To-Speech, Speech-To-Text and Speech-To-Speech functions is to provide tourist with a platform in which they can communicate whenever they face difficulty in understanding a foreign language. Eclipse and Android SDK tools were used to produce this Translation App.…”
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REALISASI KELUHAN OLEH PEMBELAJAR ASING BAHASA INDONESIA: KAJIAN PRAGMATIK BAHASA ANTARA (INTERLANGUAGE PRAGMATICS) by , NANANG ZUBAIDI, , Dr. Franciscus Xaverius Nadar, M.A.

“…PBA focuses on the use of second or foreign language and the relationship between second language (L2) form and its users. …”