15 articles in this issue
Elena Tikhonova, Lilia Raitskaya
Nearly ten years ago, scholarly publishing came to the fore in research on scientific communication spurred by the evolving Open Science system, the reinvention of peer reviews, and new attitudes to scholarly publications in the ranking-based academic env... see more
Zahra Alimorad, Shiva Yazdani
The present study intended to investigate the effects of self-image improvement on quality of Iranian EFL learners’ oral productions. To this aim, 30 lower-intermediate university students were randomly divided into an experimental (EG) and control (CG) g... see more
Daria Arzhadeeva, Natalia Kudinova
The paper focuses on the issue of developing essay writing skills in the context of IELTS preparation and explores the issue of whether academic debate can enhance STEM students’ ability to structure their essays, develop a smooth progression of ideas, an... see more
Wagdi Rashad Ali Bin-Hady, Aref Nassi Abdu Nasser, Abdu T. Al-Kadi
This study explored the feasibility of using a process-genre approach (PGA) for teaching academic writing from the perspective of EFL undergraduates. The sample consisted of 15 students enrolled in a four-year English program at the College of Education i... see more
Dina Abdel Salam El-Dakhs
The current study aimed to investigate how university teachers decline students’ requests. To this end, the realization strategies of the speech act of refusal by 60 faculty members at a private Saudi university were examined. Data were collected through ... see more
Muchamad Sholakhuddin Al Fajri, Angkita Wasito Kirana, Celya Intan Kharisma Putri
The current study examined the structural and functional types of four-word lexical bundles in two different corpora of applied linguistics scientific articles written by L1 English and L1 Indonesian professional writers. The findings show that L2 writers... see more
Hossein Hashemnezhad
The purpose of the present pre-experimental study is to examine the extent to how Critical Pedagogy (CP) may function in EFL teaching in Iran. Compared with the growing but far from conclusive body of research, virtually few studies have been covered comp... see more
Nataliya Lavrova, Elena Nikulina
Foreign language acquisition is notoriously constrained by learners’ lack of awareness of the systemic relations that are obtained among stable multiple-unit lexical items. This results in learners’ inability to variegate their performance (both written a... see more
Wen Yue Lin, Ang Lay Hoon, Mei Yuit Chan, Shamala Paramasivam
Culture is an important aspect of foreign or second language education as the teaching of foreign languages straddles two languages, the learner’s first language and the target/foreign language, and the different cultures associated with them. Textbooks f... see more
Mohammed Nazim, Abduljalil Hazaea
In Saudi higher education, assessment has shifted to incorporate intended learning outcomes rather than merely textbook content. Subsequently, faculty members unwillingly participate in high-stakes competitive and harmonized assessment in English as a For... see more
Yenus Nurie
A plethora of previous research has explored students’ preferences for written feedback from teachers to respond to students’ writing in the classroom. However, little or no research has investigated graduate students’ needs and preferences regarding writ... see more
Athip Thumvichit
The increasing demand for competent users of English and qualified English teachers has accelerated the growth of graduate programmes in English language teaching (ELT). In Thailand, ELT master’s programmes have been serving as a training ground for Thai ... see more
Shima Vaghei, Fariba Rahimi Esfahani, Sajad Shafiee
The present study intended to investigate intermediate Iranian EFL learners’ language mindsets and examine the possible relationships between language mindsets and feedback preferences in L2 writing. To achieve these aims, 150 EFL volunteer learners were ... see more
Elisabet Titik Murtisari, Dewi Puspitasari, Antonina Anggraini Setiamunadi
As an essential language component, grammar plays a crucial role in communication. However, with the need to master various L2 forms within several years and an L1 that has a very different grammatical system from English, many tertiary EFL students find ... see more
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