RSSVolume 22

Integrating the Teaching of Language As and For Communication in the EFL Reading Class: A Case Study

Integrating the Teaching of Language As and For Communication in the EFL Reading Class: A Case Study

| August 5, 2007

This case study reports an investigation carried out by two EFL teachers at a secondary school in Argentina. The aim of this work is to classify the properties differentiating the teaching of language as communication from the teaching of language for communication (as presented by Widdowson, 1980).

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Online Instruction and Creative Writing by Saudi EFL Freshman Students

Online Instruction and Creative Writing by Saudi EFL Freshman Students

| August 5, 2007

This study shows how online courses encouraged non-native freshman students to write poems and short stories in English as a foreign language. The 38 creative writers were enrolled in writing, grammar, vocabulary and reading courses that the author taught over 6 semesters.

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