16 articles in this issue
Phu Hung Bui, Tatiana A. Baranovskaya
Khloud Al-Bdeerat, Basil Alqarraleh, Abdel Rahman Mitib Altakhaineh
This study aimed to identify the obstacles facing female secondary teachers of English in Al-Qaser Directorate of Education in Al-Karak, Jordan. For the purpose of the study, a quantitative approach was adopted. The sample was randomly selected and includ... see more
Kaspul Anwar, M. Faruq Ubaidillah, Urip Sulistiyo
Geared by the scant number of studies on EFL teachers’ classroom management in remote secondary schools in Indonesia, this study seeks to investigate teachers’ involvement in classroom management complexities and to what extent they deal with such predica... see more
Ana Cecilia Villarreal Ballesteros, Irlanda Olave Moreno, Lizette Drusila Flores Delgado
One of the main goals of language teacher education programs is to prepare professionals who can respond to the growing demands of society for quality instruction. However, we often find that training in current theories and methods has limited impa... see more
Thomas A. Beavitt , Natalia G. Popova
A common issue arising in international scientific communication concerns the use of zero-, indefinite- and definite articles in English. While existing pedagogical approaches are successfully used to teach near-native competency in the use of English art... see more
Usman Kasim, Asnawi Muslem, Faisal Mustafa
Learning via teaching has been accepted as one of the best ways to achieve a deep understanding of a topic. This research was aimed at seeking scientific evidence to support this claim by comparing the scores the university-level EFL students obtained thr... see more
Rastislav Metruk
A plethora of researchers have attempted to examine the characteristics of a good and effective teacher in order to enhance the process of teaching foreign languages. In line with those explorations, this study aims at performing a comparison between Slov... see more
Irina S. Morozova, Aleksey A. Chusovlyankin, Elena A. Smolianina, Tatyana M. Permyakova
Recent decades have seen a dramatic rise in student evaluation of teaching (SET). However, they have overwhelmingly focused on quantitative ratings, neglecting students’ written feedback. This study addresses the lack of qualitative research on SET by app... see more
Otmane Omari, Mohammed Moubtassime, Driss Ridouani
Self-efficacy, or confidence in one’s ability to do a task, is a key element that affects students’ motivation and performance. For that reason, the main purpose of this study was to collect specific information about students’ self-efficacy and factors a... see more
Farideh Samadi, Khalil Motallebzadeh, Hamid Ashraf, Gholam Hassan Khajavy
Conducting educational research is not an arbitrary practice. When implementing educational research, teachers, as researchers, need to adhere to ethical rules and norms. Thus, developing an instrument for evaluating English as foreign language (EFL) teac... see more
Thao Quoc Tran, Tu Ngoc Phan Tran
It is universally acknowledged that project-based learning (PBL) plays a fundamental role in language teaching and the learning process. In some developed countries with advanced education, PBL has been applied to language teaching and learning widely and... see more
Flora Komlosi-Ferdinand
Education in bilingual schools aims to equip learners with balanced bilingualism, increased (bi)cultural capital and a global mindset. Nevertheless, in a growing number of countries only local children attend such institutions, where foreign teachers are ... see more
Lilia Raitskaya, Elena Tikhonova
The opinion piece aims to draw readers’ attention to the effects cultures other than English-related ones exert on the processes of scholarly editing and publishing. Non-Anglophone writers with little academic English skills or a weak command of English t... see more
Quang Nguyen Nhat, Bui Phu Hung
This paper aims to make a critical discussion of Dogme ELT, an innovative pedagogy in English language teaching first developed by Thornbury (2000). This paper first provides a comprehensive review of second language acquisition and pedagogical theories a... see more
Anastasia Lazareva
Baiba Briede