Main Editions
Volume 20 Issue 6 : June 2018 Quarterly Journal
Foreword by Jun Scott Chen Hsieh
1. Shanshan Lu & Paul Moore
Western-trained Chinese EFL teachers’ reflections on Communicative Language Teaching
2. Mahpul & Rhonda Oliver
The effect of task complexity in dialogic oral production by Indonesian EFL learners
3. Zhenjie Weng
Voices from international Chinese students on varieties of English: A mixed methods study
4. Matt Lucas
Not all nouns are created equal: Japanese EFL learners, written English and plural marking of loanwords and non-loanwords
5. (Mark) Feng Teng
The effect of Focus on Form and Focus on Forms Instruction on the acquisition of phrasal verbs by Chinese students
6. Shu-Chin Su & Tao Ling
A qualitative research of the difference in the learning styles between Chinese and Taiwanese English major students
7. Singhanat Nomnian & Thithimadee Arphattananon
A qualitative study on factors influencing achievement of English language teaching and learning in Thai government secondary schools
8. Mufeeda Irshad & Pei Yi Liu
Self-instructional material-centred multimedia computer program: A solution to the challenges of large heterogeneous teacher-fronted classes
9. Chin-Wen Chien
Taiwanese EFL undergraduates’ self-correction of pronunciation problems and their strategies
10. Wondwosen Tesfamichael Ali
Effects of implementing a Learning Together Method (LTM) on social skills
11. Renia Lopez-zieblo
Testing task difficulty evaluating parameters and identifying gestures as a valid indicator
12. Dr Khaled Almudibry
Exploring University EFL Learners’ Experiences and Attitudes towards Using Smart Phones for English Learning
13. Liudmila Bolsunovskaya, Tatiana Aikina
University Students’ Attitude towards English as a Medium of Instruction in Russian Higher Educational Institutions
14. Fatimah Alhamamah
Saudi Female EFL Learners’ Perceptions of Their Language Learning Experiences: A Metaphor Analysis
15. Sukardi Weda
Demotivational Teaching Practices in EFL classroom: Perceptions of English among Indonesian Learners
16. Thammanoon Buphate, Reuben H. Esteban
Integration of Critical Thinking Approaches in Thailand University Classrooms: Perceptive Analysis
17. Vita V. Vonog & Ludmila V. Yarotskaya
Learning Individual’s Development as Function of Productive Assessment
Book Reviews
1. Multiculturalism and Conflict Reconciliation in the Asia-Pacific
K. Shimizu and W. S. Bradley. NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. Pp. V + 237.
Reviewed by Raheb Zohrehfard, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
2. Team Teaching and Team Learning in the Language Classroom: Collaboration for innovation in ELT
A. Tajino, T. Stewart & D. Dalsky (eds.). New York, NY: Routledge, 2016. Pp. xx + 216.
Reviewed by Rurik Tywoniw, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Volume 20 Issue 3 : March 2018 Quarterly Journal
Foreword by AEFLJ’s Assistant Copy Editors
1. Kemal Sinan Özmen, Abdulvahit Çakır, and Paşa Tevfik Cephe
– Conceptualization of English Culture and Accent: Idealized English
among Teachers in the Expanding Circle
2. Hongzhi Yang
– An Analysis of the Relationship between Chinese EFL Teachers’
Agency and Beliefs from an Activity Theory Perspective
3. Yunjeong Choi, Dongbo Zhang, Chin-Hsi Lin and Yining Zhang
– Self-Regulated Learning of Vocabulary in English as a Foreign Language
4. Yi-Ching Pan
– The Effects of Remedial Instruction Associated with Graduation
Benchmarking on Low-Achieving Students’ English Learning at Technological
and Vocational Institutions
5. Ian Willey and Edmont Katz
– Some Common Ground: Perceptions of Language Backgrounds, Classroom
Language Use, and Identity among University English Teachers in Japan
6. Dr. Hsiu Chiao (Sally) Fan
– The Impact of Text Structure as a Metacognitive Mode on
EFL Learners’ Reading-to-Writing
7. Kamaludin Yusra / Yuni Budi Lestari
– Integrating Attitude, Knowledge and Skills in K-13 English Lesson Plans: Explorations
into Teachers’ Agentic Roles in Materials Development
8. Ryan Jayson V. Delos Reyes / Kristine May L. De Vera / Ramon S. Medriano Jr
– The Functions of Language in Facebook Posting
Book Reviews
1. Early Childhood Education in English for Speaker of Other Languages
Victoria A. Murphy and Maria Evangelou
Reviewed by Benjamin Thanyawatpokin
2. First and Second Language Use in Asian EFL
Ross Forman
Reviewed by Colin Walker
Volume 19 Issue 4 : December 2017 Quarterly Journal
Foreword by Custódio Martins
Research Articles
1. George Whitehead
Teachers’ Voices: Obstacles to Communicative Language Teaching in Korea
2. Rachel Kraut and Robert Poole
In Their Own Words: Chinese EFL Teachers’ Attitudes & Beliefs towards CLT
3. Samantha Hawkins
Cooperative Learning’s Role in in Enhancing Motivation through Autonomy: Possibilities and Limi-tations within a Japanese Context
4. I-Chen Chen
Implementing writing portfolios in a college writing course: Perceptions of EFL college students
5. Jiuhan Huang, Xiangdong Gu, Yujie Yao and Yujing Zheng
The Relationship between Self-Efficacy, Perceived Use of Listening Strategies, and Listening Profi-ciency: A Study of EFL Learners in China
6. Thi Huyen, VU and Van Trao, NGUYEN
The Implementation of an Extensive Reading Project: Perceptions of Pre-university Students at Hanoi University
Book Reviews
1. Culture and Identity through English as a Lingua Franca: Rethinking Concepts and Goals in Intercultural Communication
Will Baker. Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2015, pp xi + 284
Reviewed by Sibylle Ratz, Edinburgh Napier University. UK
2. Exploring EFL Fluency in Asia
Edited by Theron Muller, John Adamson, Philip Shigeo Brown, & Steven Herder, Palgrave Macmillan: London 2014. Pp. ix+331.
Reviewed by Yingli Yang & Yumo Li, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, P.R. China
Volume 19 Issue 3 : September 2017 Quarterly Journal
Foreword by Aradhna Malik
Research Articles
1. Stewart Gray
– Always the Other: Foreign teachers of English in Korea, and their experiences as speakers of KSL
2. Darío Luis Banegas
– Teacher-developed materials for CLIL: Frameworks, sources, and activities
3. Ming-yueh Shen
-A Study of Actual Behaviours of EFL Non-English Majors’ Lexical Inferencing
4. Ju Seong (John) Lee
– A Novice Native English Speaking Teacher in Korean Alternative School: Challenges and Negotiations in the First Years
5. Vedyanto
– Evaluation of the ELT Textbook: ‘English in Mind 1 (2nd Edition)’
6. Xuemei Li
– Genre and Rhetoric Awareness in Academic Writing Instruction: Personal Narrative and Comparative Analysis
Book Reviews
1. Resilient Teachers, Resilient Schools: Building and Sustaining Quality in Testing Times
Christopher Day & Qing Gu
Reviewed by Mehdi Haseli Songhori
2. Task-Based Language Teaching in Foreign Language Context
Ali Shehadeh & Christine A. Coombe
Reviewed by Qotboddin Jan-nesar M.& Khalil Motallebzadeh
Volume 19 Issue 2 : June 2017 Quarterly Journal
Foreword by Jun Scott Chen Hsieh
Research Articles
1. Sompatu Vungthong, Emilia Djonov, & Jane Torr
– Factors contributing to Thai teachers’ uptake of tablet technology in EFL primary classrooms
2. Salim Razı & Mustafa Tekin
– Role of Culture and Intercultural Competence in University Language Teacher Training Programmes
3. Seonmin Huh & Young-Mee Suh
– Translocal Literacy Practices with Korean Local Readers of English
4. Mehmet Sercan Uztosun & Ece Zehir Topkaya
– A Cross-national Study into Pre-service EFL Teachers’ Career Choice Motivations in Germany, Japan, and Turkey
5. David Coniam, Wen Zhao, Yangyu Xiao, & Peter Falvey
– Researching and Publishing in the English Departments of Chinese Tertiary Institutions: Status and Challenges
6. Gwendolyn M. Williams & Eleni Oikonomidoy
– Exploring the L2 Motivational Self System of Japanese Study Abroad Students
Book Reviews
1. Foreign Language Education in Japan: Exploring Qualitative Approaches
Sachiko Horiguchi, Yuki Imoto, and Gregory S. Poole (Eds.). Sense Publishers, Rotterdam 2015. Xi + 191 pp.
Reviewed by Carl Vollmer; Ritsumeikan Uji Junior and Senior High School; Uji, Japan
2. Discourse Analysis: Putting Our Worlds into Words
Susan Strauss and Parastou Feiz. New York: Routledge, 2014. Pp. vii + 424.
Reviewed by Colin Walker, Myongji University, South Korea
Volume 19 Issue 1 : March 2017 Quarterly Journal
Foreword by AEFLJ’s Assistant Copy Editors
Research Articles
1. Xuan Minh Ngo
– Diffusion of the CEFR among Vietnamese Teachers: A Mixed Methods Investigation
2. Rochelle Kyoko King and Jennie Roloff Rothman
– Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices Concerning Learner Autonomy in the Language Classroom
3. Joshua M. Paiz
– Uses of and Attitudes towards OWLs as L2 Writing Support Tools
4. Hitomi Abe
– Americans’ Evaluation of Japanese Refusals in English
5. Howard Brown
– Investigating the Implementation and Development of Undergraduate English-Medium Instruction Programs in Japan: Facilitating and Hindering Factors
6. Claire Rodway
– Opening up Dialogic Spaces: Rethinking the Prescriptive Paragraph Structure in L2 Writing Pedagogy
Book Reviews
1. Global Englishes (3rd Edition)
Jennifer Jenkins
Reviewed by Nooshan Ashtar
2. Assessment Myths: Applying Second Language Research to Classroom Teaching
Lia Plakans and Atta Gebril
Reviewed by Raveewan Viengsang
Volume 18 Issue 4 : December 2016 Quarterly Journal
Foreword Custódio Martins
Research Articles
1. Nuttakritta Chotipaktanasook and Hayo Reinders
Willingness to Communicate in Social Media: An Investigation of the Long-term Effects
2. Malcolm Sim and Peter Roger
Culture, beliefs and anxiety: A study of university-level Japanese learners of English
3. Hawraz Qader Hama
A Comparative Analysis of Kurdish Pre-service and In-service EFL Teachers’ Beliefs about English Language Learning
4. Effrosyni S. Georgiadou
The role of proficiency, speaking habits and error-tolerance in the self-repair behaviour of Emirati EFL learners
5. George Elliott Koichi Whitehead
The Rise and Fall of the National English Ability Test: Exploring the Perspectives of Korean High School English Teachers
6. Qing Shao and Paul Stapleton
Marginalizing English in high-stakes tests: an attitudinal study in China
Volume 18 Issue 3 : September 2016 Quarterly Journal
1. Li-Hao Yeh, Angela Yu-Chun Lu & Krystal Humes
– Integrating the Awareness of Text Structure into Repeated Reading Intervention: Taiwanese EFL Students’ Reading Fluency and Reading Comprehension
2. Mehmet Asmalı & Saniye Sanem Dilbaz Sayın
– The Effects of the Synectics Model on Vocabulary Learning, Attitude and Desire to Learn English
3. Ju Seong (John) Lee
– An Ethnographic Research on a Novice English Teacher with a Ph.D. Degree for the First Years in a Korean EFL Context: Bridging the Gap between Unrealistic Expectations and Reality
4. Carol Griffiths
– Strategies for Developing English Language Writing Skills – Overall and Individual Perspectives
5. Nguyen Ho Phuong Chi
– Creating a Professional Learning Community for EFL Trainee Teachers during the Teaching Practicum: The Roles of Practicum Mentors
6. Tran Le Huu Nghia
– Evaluating Qualities of English Teachers in Commercial English Language Centres: The Development of a Scale
7. Liudmila M. Bolsunovskaya, Raisa N. Abramova, Daria S. Naydina, Anna B. Strelnikova
– Author’s Position Expression in English and Russian Scientific Discourse: Challenges in Academic Writing
Book Reviews
Experiences of Second Language Teacher Education
Tony Wright and Mike Beaumont
Reviewed by Mariya Tseptsura
Methodologies for Effective Writing Instruction in EFL and ESL Classrooms
Rahma Al-Mahrooqi, Vijay Singh Thakur, and Adrian Roscoe (Eds.)
Reviewed by Michelle Denese Kane
Volume 18 Issue 2 : June 2016 Quarterly Journal
Foreword by Wen-Chi Vivian Wu
1. Pino Cutrone
– Implicit Instruction: Investigating Backchannel Behavior in the Japanese EFL Classroom
2. Susanna S. Yeung, Mei-lee Ng, & Ronnel B. King
– English vocabulary instruction through storybook reading for Chinese EFL kindergarteners: Comparing rich, embedded, and incidental approaches
3. Ali-Al-Issa
– The Effects and Implications of Implementing Oral Presentations in an Omani ICLHE Classroom
4. Anna Dina L. Joaquin, Stephanie Hyeri Kim, & Sun-Young Shin
– Examining Prewriting Strategies in L2 Writing: Do They Really Work?
5. Soyeon Kim
– No Point in Talking about What I Want to the Teachers: A Call for a Dialogic Needs Assessment
6. Diane Johnson & Hsiu-Chen (Antonia) Lin
– Evaluating genre-based writing instruction: Materials, instructional mode and student learning styles
7. Ratnawati Mohd-Asraf & Hazlina Abdullah
– English Literacy among Malaysian First Graders: Boys’ Achievement Relative to Girls
Volume 18 Issue 1 : March 2016 Quarterly Journal
Foreword by Assistant Copy Editors
1. Toshie Agawa and Osamu Takeuchi. Validating Self-Determination Theory in the Japanese EFL Context: Relationship between Innate Needs and Motivation
2. Le Pham Hoai Huong and Marie Yeo. Evaluating In-Service Training of Primary English Teachers: A Case Study in Central Vietnam
3. Vu Thi Hoang Mai. Pre-Service Teacher Beliefs toward EIL Pedagogy in Teaching and Learning English
4. Jalal Kamalizad and Moses Samuel. The Role of EFL/ESL Settings in Using Language Learning Strategies
5. Rintaro Sato. Examining High-intermediate Japanese EFL Learners’ Perception of
Recasts: Revisiting Repair, Acknowledgement and Noticing through
Stimulated Recall
6. Hao-Che Wu and Tomoko Takahashi. Developmental Patterns of Interlanguage Pragmatics in Taiwanese EFL Learners: Compliments and Compliment Responses
Book Reviews
1. Teachers as Mediators in the Foreign Language Classroom
Michelle Kohler
Reviewed by Nicholas Bradley
2. Silence in the Second Language Classroom
Jim King
Reviewed by Elizabeth Wohlers
