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An Applied Phenomenological Interview Approach to the Exploration of Taiwanese EFL Teachers’ Perspectives on Language Labs

An Applied Phenomenological Interview Approach to the Exploration of Taiwanese EFL Teachers’ Perspectives on Language Labs

| March 10, 2014

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of English-medium instruction in the context of Taiwanese tertiary EFL and content area education. Due to the prevalence of globalization, English has gradually become the only language of instruction in academia, especially in Asia such as Taiwan.

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A Structural Equation Modeling Approach to Investigating Test Takers’ Strategy Use and Reading Test Performance

A Structural Equation Modeling Approach to Investigating Test Takers’ Strategy Use and Reading Test Performance

| March 10, 2014

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of English-medium instruction in the context of Taiwanese tertiary EFL and content area education. Due to the prevalence of globalization, English has gradually become the only language of instruction in academia, especially in Asia such as Taiwan.

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Knowing the Test Takers: Investigating Chinese and Indian EFL/ESL Students’ Performance on PTE Academic

Knowing the Test Takers: Investigating Chinese and Indian EFL/ESL Students’ Performance on PTE Academic

| March 10, 2014

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of English-medium instruction in the context of Taiwanese tertiary EFL and content area education. Due to the prevalence of globalization, English has gradually become the only language of instruction in academia, especially in Asia such as Taiwan.

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Acquisition of English Morphology by a Japanese School-aged Child: A Longitudinal Study

Acquisition of English Morphology by a Japanese School-aged Child: A Longitudinal Study

| March 10, 2014

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of English-medium instruction in the context of Taiwanese tertiary EFL and content area education. Due to the prevalence of globalization, English has gradually become the only language of instruction in academia, especially in Asia such as Taiwan.

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Asian Undergraduate Students’ Apprenticeship in Research Paper Writing: Academic Interactions and Researchers’ Responsibilities

Asian Undergraduate Students’ Apprenticeship in Research Paper Writing: Academic Interactions and Researchers’ Responsibilities

| March 9, 2014

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of English-medium instruction in the context of Taiwanese tertiary EFL and content area education. Due to the prevalence of globalization, English has gradually become the only language of instruction in academia, especially in Asia such as Taiwan.

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English as a Medium of Instruction in Bangladesh’s Higher Education Empowering or Disadvantaging Students?

English as a Medium of Instruction in Bangladesh’s Higher Education Empowering or Disadvantaging Students?

| March 8, 2014

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of English-medium instruction in the context of Taiwanese tertiary EFL and content area education. Due to the prevalence of globalization, English has gradually become the only language of instruction in academia, especially in Asia such as Taiwan.

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Content and language Integrated Second Language Learning: Misrepresentations of Basic Principles in the UG English Curriculum of Engineering Courses

Content and language Integrated Second Language Learning: Misrepresentations of Basic Principles in the UG English Curriculum of Engineering Courses

| February 1, 2014

Philosophical investigations into the structure and nature of language still have not come to a consensus on the role of meaning in interpersonal communication, that is language in use, and the position it occupies in language per se, that is as it exists in normal situations.

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Holistic Learning, First-Person Voice and Developing Academic Competence

Holistic Learning, First-Person Voice and Developing Academic Competence

| February 1, 2014

In this paper I examine research reports written by students to establish a connection between a systemic approach to language choice in context and a holistic and constructivist philosophy of learning (operationalized through project-based learning).

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Striving for Fluency through Accuracy: A Blend of Choices

Striving for Fluency through Accuracy: A Blend of Choices

| February 1, 2014

In the post-method scenario, the concerns of second language teaching/learning are for the learners to be accurate and fluent in language production. The use of focus-on- form methods for the development of the system of SL grammar aims at correctness.

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Farzaneh Khodabandeh

Farzaneh Khodabandeh

| January 27, 2014

Farzaneh Khodabadeh holds a PhD in teaching English as a foreign language and is an assistant professor at Mobarakeh Payame Noor University. She has written some books, including Academic essay writing, and articles in national and international journals.  She has been a member of the editorial boards of Asian EFL and The Linguistics Journals since 2007. Her areas […]

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