9 articles in this issue
Recep Sahin Arslan
This study reports on the experience of a group of pre-service teachers of English in a compulsory writing course in the preparatory program of an English language teaching department in the Turkish context. This study specifically attempts to investigate... see more
Ko-Yin Sung
This study, which involved 130 US fourth to ninth graders enrolled in Chinese as a foreign language classrooms, intended to test Dörnyei’s L2 Motivation Self System and the seven motivational constructs identified in his previous study, and investigate wh... see more
Necat Kumral
The use of literary texts in language classes does not find enough space within the scope of English language teaching programs in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) settings, where direct exposure to second language (L2) is considerably limited due to p... see more
E. KwekuOsam,Charles Marfo,Kofi Agyekum
This paper discusses the interaction between constituent formation and alteration of sounds (i.e., morphophonology) in Akan reduplicated verb-forms. Specifically, we strive to look into two issues; the morphology of reduplicated verb stems and how the mor... see more
Seyed Jalal Abdolmanafi Rokni,Asieh Seifi
One way which teachers try to encourage students to become autonomous is by encouraging them to write journals. Students can write about their personal interests as it can improve students writing skills. The present study was done to investigate the impa... see more
Mehmet Demirezen
Kadriye Dilek Akpinar,Bekir Cakildere
Washback, the impact of tests on education in general and language testing in particular, has become a popular area of study within educational research. This paper focuses on the washback effects of two high-stakes Foreign Language Tests (KPDS and UDS) o... see more
Nesrin Bayraktar
Türkçe renk adlari açisindan çok zengin bir dildir. Ancak bu zenginlige ragmen renk adlarinin dil bilimsel islevselligi ve özel ad vermedeki yeri üzerine çalismalar oldukça yeni ve yetersizdir. Bu çalisma, renk adlarinin ad bilimindeki yeri ve Türkçe özel... see more
Arif Sariçoban