Asian EFL Journal: English Language Teaching and Research Articles

Volume 6. Issue 2

June 2004 Articles

We present 9 articles in this June 2004 edition. We thank the authors and our Editorial team for all their dedicated work enhancing and promoting the TEFL profession

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The first article is presented by Dr. Alistair Sharp. This article will identify MBTI ( Myers Briggs Type Indicator ) preferences among a group of Chinese university students studying English in Hong Kong and suggest that a knowledge of personality type is important for both teacher and student in maximizing learning success.

The second article is by Mr. David Jeffrey. Teacher diaries have wide-ranging applications for professional development, as they give teachers an increased sense of responsibility and the confidence to seek new ways of improving their teaching. In this article, he shares his personal experience of undertaking a teacher diary study that led to an awareness of the need to promote and internalise the ownership of international English among his students.

The third article is presented by Dr. Wang Lin. Because language is the carrier of culture, people's words and deeds reflect certain cultural connotations consciously or unconsciously. This paper will examine the cross-cultural difficulties in the process of English reading in three aspects: what the main difficulties are in reading, why these difficulties exist and how to reduce and eliminate them to achieve the exact comprehension.

The fourth article is presented by Naoki Fujimoto-Adamson. This study discusses the methodologies of recent team-teaching research conducted in Japan and puts forward a proposal for qualitative, interview-based research at the local level.

The fifth article is presented by Pedro Luis Luchini. The purpose of this paper is to critically analyse the effectiveness of the implementation of a pre-service language development course which included a methodology component, for student teachers attending a teacher training course at the Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMDP), Argentina

The sixth article is presented by Mustafa Zülküf Altan. Although there has been an increase in research articles in recent years dealing with language learning strategies, nationality is one of the neglected variables. This paper presents the results of an international study identifying the preferences of language learning strategies of English Language Teaching (ELT) majors. The subjects of the study are attending ELT departments of universities in three different countries: China, Hungary and Turkey.

The seventh article is co-presented by Chizuko Suzuki, Yoko Watanabe, Shota Yoshihara, Kyutae Jung and Sujung Min. This paper reports the background of and procedures instigated within E-learning environments of a project in which there was a select participation of students studying English at Japanese and Korean universities. The paper analyzes these Japanese and Korean students' communication data and discusses the results focusing on the negotiation of meaning process in international and intra-national communication. The paper is viewed in part by AEJ as a catalyst for further research into the subject and as potentially a very positive use of multimedia in fostering student involvement in international understanding.

The eighth article is presented by Ma Zhan Xiang from the People's Republic of China. This paper discusses the present situation of English teaching in Inner Mongolia, the English level of Inner Mongolian students, and by implication, the necessity of intensifying English vocabulary teaching and learning in other remote minority areas of China.

The ninth article is from China. It is co-authored by Dr. Niu Qiang and Dr. Martin Wolf. The authors examine how Chinese students obtains degrees and other qualifications. They explore the various types of cheating and their historical justification or excuse; the extent of current cheating and the underlying reasons that cheating continues to be acceptable even though officially deplored. The article highlights a situation common to more than the Country in question.

Op Ed. The Asian EFL Journal commences a section where authors can present in short form an issue of current or emerging interest to the TEFL profession. We begin the Op Ed with an opinion by our Publisher.