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ISSN: 2301-9468    frecuency : 4   format : Electrónica

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Volume 2 Number 2 Year 2013

12 articles in this issue 

Luo Shaoqian,YI Baoshu10.17509/ijal.v2i2.161   Abstract views: 1665       PDF downloads: 1116

Abstract: With the reform of English education in China since 2001, a communicative and task-based language teaching has emerged into Chinese English classroom. To understand task-based language teaching (TBLT) practice in China, a synthesis study was con... see more

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Rie Adachi10.17509/ijal.v2i2.162   Abstract views: 382       PDF downloads: 373

Abstract: This study focuses on Japanese pupils’ motivation with other attitudinal attitudes about learning English. The writer surveyed the 5th and 6th grade pupils’ motivation and its effect factors at an elementary school in Japan at the end of the sch... see more

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Joseph Foley10.17509/ijal.v2i2.163   Abstract views: 669       PDF downloads: 578

Abstract: This research investigated the development of language choices in the Academic writing of students at an English medium university in Thailand. The first part involved looking at the writing in the first semester of their English program at the ... see more

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David Dirkwen Wei10.17509/ijal.v2i2.164   Abstract views: 989       PDF downloads: 513

Abstract: The implementation of English-only policy in the English classes at Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages in Taiwan has continued for nearly 40 years. Its advantages and disadvantages have also been debated and challenged because of the rising de... see more

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Joseph Ernest Mambu10.17509/ijal.v2i2.165   Abstract views: 596       PDF downloads: 409

Abstract: This paper investigates narrative structures of the same story told three times by an advanced male EFL (i.e., English as a foreign language) learner. By narrative structures in this paper, I mean the sequence of narrative, especially in the lig... see more

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Ying Tang10.17509/ijal.v2i2.166   Abstract views: 609       PDF downloads: 614

Abstract: Nowadays in China, high school assessment is based solely on academic examination scores, which take the place of well-rounded assessments that should be given to students. The present assessment ignores the differences among individuals and goe... see more

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Raden Intansari10.17509/ijal.v2i2.167   Abstract views: 2341       PDF downloads: 1374

Abstract: This study is a part of a bigger study investigating teachers’ personal theories (beliefs) regarding English teaching and learning. Involving forty-two English teachers of fifteen Junior High Schools in the city of Sukabumi, West Java, this cro... see more

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Eri Kurniawan10.17509/ijal.v2i2.168   Abstract views: 780       PDF downloads: 635

Abstract: This paper investigates the acquisition of English multiple interrogatives suchas Who did what? by advanced learners of English whose first language is Indonesian. Theunderlying functional feature of multiple interrogatives is multiple focus fea... see more

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Riesky Riesky10.17509/ijal.v2i2.169   Abstract views: 778       PDF downloads: 732

Abstract: In the process of becoming professional, every single teacher will normallygo through a series of experiences that are cognitively, physically, and emotionallychallenging. One of the first steps they have to go through is a form of first teachin... see more

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Roma Ulinnuha10.17509/ijal.v2i2.170   Abstract views: 2906       PDF downloads: 2399

Abstract: Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) serves as one of the tools to analyzethe linguistic and the social. This article aims at investigating the relevance of ideasamongst CDA figures—Fairclough, Van Dijk, Wodak, and Kristeva—to both socialand litera... see more

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Lulu Laela Amalia,Ernie Imperiani10.17509/ijal.v2i2.171   Abstract views: 1195       PDF downloads: 928

Abstract: This paper investigates how mentor coaching, which is intended to prepare preserviceteachers of English as a Foreign Language in facing their teaching practices, help themdesign lesson plans. A lesson plan, as Farrell (2002) stated, is a collect... see more

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Dian Muniroh10.17509/ijal.v2i2.172   Abstract views: 394       PDF downloads: 503

Abstract: The study is aimed at investigating strategies of follow-up responses torefusals performed by Indonesians learning English as a foreign language. Havingknown that his/her desire or want is refused by his/her hearer, a speaker may providea follow... see more

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