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Creating a Corpus-Based Daily Life Vocabulary for TEYL

Creating a Corpus-Based Daily Life Vocabulary for TEYL

| January 21, 2011

The purpose of this study has been to create a list of children’s everyday vocabulary in English which will provide a foundation for daily life vocabulary for Japanese elementary school students and which will complement and augment existing English vocabulary currently taught in Japanese junior and senior high schools.

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E-learning Constructive Role Plays for EFL Learners in China’s Tertiary Education

E-learning Constructive Role Plays for EFL Learners in China’s Tertiary Education

| January 21, 2011

Recently, speaking has played an increasingly important role in second/foreign language settings. However, in many Chinese universities, EFL students rarely communicate in English with other people effectively. The existing behavioristic role plays on New Horizon College English (NHCE) e-learning do not function successfully in supplementing EFL speaking classes.

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