Volume 9, Number 1, January 201
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REGULAR PAPERS

 

 

Problems and Issues Related to Teaching Japanese to Students with Disabilities: Lessons Learned

Carlos L. Pimentel

 

Training Japanese Speakers to Identify Nasal Codas of Mandarin Chinese

Ruining. Yang, Hiroaki. Nanjo, and Masatake. Danstuji

 

Assessing Content in a Curriculum-based EFL Oral Exam: The Importance of Higher-order Thinking Skills

Henrik Bøhn

 

Finnish Children Producing English Vowels ! Studying in an English Immersion Class Affects Vowel Production

Katja Immonen and Maija S. Peltola

 

Foreign Languages and Creativity ! The Quiet Connection in a Globalized/Interconnected World

How focusing on "deep work" can help foster creativity, and foreign language competency

Kathleen Stein-Smith

 

EFL Instructors¨ Beliefs and Practices of Formative Assessment in Teaching Writing

Zelalem Berhanu Guadu and Emily Joy Boersma

 

The Use of Contrastive Discourse Markers in Academic Writing by English-major Saudi Female Undergraduates at Qassim University

Rehab Hassan Al-Owayid

 

Using Audiobooks for Developing Listening Comprehension among Saudi EFL Preparatory Year Students

Manal Mohamed Khodary Mohamed

 

Pre-service Teachers¨ Perception of Teaching Future EFL Students: A Micro-ethnography Approach

Widya Ratna Kusumaningrum

 

Researching Innovations in English Language Writing Instruction: A State-of-the-art Review

Weiyu Zhang and Yin Ling Cheung

 

Values Implied in the Wratisasana Palm Manuscripts as Guideline of Politeness in Language of the Character Education: A Study of Theo-Ethno Pedagogy

Relin, I Wayan Rasna, and W.S. Binawati

 

The Validity of Hybridity in Derek Walcott¨s A Branch of the Blue Nile

Zohreh Ramin and Monireh Arvin

 

A Study on the Intercultural Communicative Competence Cultivation Strategy of International Secretarial Personnel under the Background of Globalization

Qiuping Wang

 

Research Material Development of Drama Appreciation Based on Local Wisdom on Student in Indonesian Literature and Language Education Program at Muhammadiyyah University of Makassar Indonesia

Anzar, Anshari, and Juanda

 

On Translation Strategies of English Movie Titles

Zhihong Bai

 

Language Function Used in ELT Textbook Focused on Medical Conversation

I Gusti Ayu Agung Dian Susanthi, I Wayan Pastika, Ida Bagus Putra Yadnya, and Made Sri Satyawati

 

Operationalising the Concept of Mediation in L2 Teacher Education

Ghasemali Azadi, Reza Biria, and Mehdi Nasri

 

A Study of Humor in Bone Regency: A Socio-pragmatic Review

Andi Muhammad Taufiq, Anshari, and Ramly

 

An Analysis of Characteristics and Relationships of the Characters in the Big Bang Theory from the Perspective of Turn-taking Mechanism

Tingting Shi

 

Local Wisdom Values in Balinese Folktales That Are Relevant to Character Education for the First Grade at Primary School

Relin, Rasna, I. W., and Binawati, W.S

 

The Effect of Emotional Intelligence and Gender on Writing Proficiency of Iranian EFL Learners

Zohreh Mohammadi and Siros Izadpanah

 

On the Relationship of Students' English Learning Beliefs and Learning Strategy in the University

Zhen Zhou

 

The Efficacy of Pair Interaction in Teaching Communicative English Grammar

Suhartina R

 

A Study on the Application of Paraphrase Strategy in the Translation from Chinese to English

Yue Yan

 

Research Methods in TEFL Studies: Descriptive Research, Case Study, Error Analysis, and R & D

Haryanto Atmowardoyo

 

Incorporating Humor to Develop EFL Learner's Speaking Ability and Willingness to Communicate

Ali Akbar Khomeyjani Farahani and Zahra Abdollahi

 


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