12 articles in this issue
Angela Rogers10.17509/ijal.v4i1.596 Abstract views: 1469 PDF downloads: 1341
Abstract: This paper discusses the possibilities and effects of different language policies in schools around the world, based on recent research on second language learning and on the relationship between language and cultural identity. With reference to... see more
Roger Barnard10.17509/ijal.v4i1.597 Abstract views: 992 PDF downloads: 1106
Abstract: An increasing number of universities across the world are adopting English as the medium of instruction, particularly at the graduate level. This paper begins by briefly describing the historical development of such English medium instruction (E... see more
Abbas Ali Zarei,Nima Shokri Afshar10.17509/ijal.v4i1.598 Abstract views: 1054 PDF downloads: 846
Abstract: The present study was conducted to investigate types of Multiple Intelligences as predictors of reading comprehension and vocabulary knowledge. To meet this objective, a 60-item TOEFL test and a 90-item multiple intelligences questionnaire were ... see more
Josephine Mirador10.17509/ijal.v4i1.599 Abstract views: 603 PDF downloads: 485
Abstract: This article discusses the results of an investigation into feedback commentaries provided by tutors to assignments of Masters in Education students in a pre-2002teaching and learning institution in the UK. The methodology adopted involved a qua... see more
Attapol Khamkhien10.17509/ijal.v4i1.600 Abstract views: 807 PDF downloads: 680
Abstract: Recent research (e.g., Hunston 2007; Hyland 1999; 2008; 2009) has marked and evidenced the importance of effectively using linguistic features as a major component in expressing stances and as an essential part of the shared knowledge of a profe... see more
Lala Bumela10.17509/ijal.v4i1.601 Abstract views: 1281 PDF downloads: 1104
Abstract: This paper offers an alternative to the teaching of a functional grammar course in Indonesian TEFL tertiary level context. An issue raised here is whether the course should directly require students to undertake textual analysis or provide them ... see more
Fatonah Fatonah10.17509/ijal.v4i1.602 Abstract views: 744 PDF downloads: 634
Abstract: The study reports the investigation of students’ understanding of the realization of nominalizations in scientific text. Nominalization that dominates the language of science is defined as the formation of nouns which come from other nouns (e.g.... see more
Dimas Pujianto,Emi Emilia,Sudarsono Muhammad Ihrom10.17509/ijal.v4i1.603 Abstract views: 2828 PDF downloads: 3864
Abstract: This study is aimed at exploring whether a process-genre approach (PGA) teaching steps can help develop senior high students’ writing skills of report text based on schematic structures and linguistic features analysis. A descriptive research de... see more
Chao Wang10.17509/ijal.v4i1.608 Abstract views: 779 PDF downloads: 13570
Abstract: Based on the major dimensions of a communicative language test that Bachman proposed, this paper aims to have an investigation on the validity of the new CET-4 listening subtest in China from a communicative point of view. Both qualitative and q... see more
Alfi Hidayatu Miqowati,Gunadi Harry Sulistyo10.17509/ijal.v4i1.605 Abstract views: 2708 PDF downloads: 3309
Abstract: This study aims at investigating the effectiveness of the PQRST strategy in students’ reading comprehension, the effectiveness of the PQRST strategy in reading comprehension of students with different learning styles, and the interaction between... see more
Djoko Susanto10.17509/ijal.v4i1.606 Abstract views: 1327 PDF downloads: 1265
Abstract: This research investigates the use of sampeyan and anda by the students from Pasuruan and Probolinggo. Address terms is one of important tools in communication in Javanese society as it is used, for example, to designate the person they are talk... see more
Nia Nafisah10.17509/ijal.v4i1.607 Abstract views: 548 PDF downloads: 575
Abstract: This study investigates the students’ interpretations of English literary texts produced in the heyday of British and American Literature –the Victorian Age and Modernism. The fact that the texts are so distant from the students’ time and ... see more