Volume 10, Number 1, January 2019

Table of Contents

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REGULAR PAPERS

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Towards a More Nuance Understanding of White Teachers of English Learners: Increasing Capacity and Capabilities

Jenna Min Shim

 

English for Occupational Purposes: Transference, Expectations and Failures

Mercedes Rico, Paula Ferreira da Silva, and Laura V. Fielden

 

Requests Made by Australian Learners of Chinese as a Foreign Language

Wei Li and Wenying Jiang

 

Exploring the Relationship between Stay-abroad Experiences, Frequency Effects, and Context Use in L2 Idiom Comprehension

Ferran Suñer

 

Arabic-speakers Learning Finnish Vowels: Short-term Phonetic Training Supports Second Language Vowel Production

Satu Savo and Maija S. Peltola

 

Using Karaoke Videos to Teach Japanese Vocabulary to Taiwanese University Students

Abolfazl Shirban Sasi and Toshinari Haga

 

Perceptions about Self-recording Videos to Develop EFL Speaking Skills in Two Ecuadorian Universities

Maria Asuncion Rojas Encalada and Sonia Magali Arteaga Sarmiento

 

The Influence of Classroom Environments on English Language Writing Instruction and Learning

Nancy R. Nabiryo and Samuel Sekiziyivu

 

The Effects of Explicit/Implicit Instructions on the Development of Advanced EFL Learners¡¯ Pragmatic Knowledge of English: Apology Speech Act

Pasand Shark

 

Toward an Intercultural Rhetoric: Improving Chinese EFL Students¡¯ Essay Writing through Outline Writing

Fang Li and Yingqin Liu

 

Exploring UAE Teachers¡¯ Attitude towards the Successful Implementation of the General Rules in the "School for All" Initiative

Haytham M. Badr

 

Research on the Strategy-based Instruction of News Broadcast Listening for English Minors in China

Jinzhu Zhang

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A Case Study of Communication Difficulties between a Chinese Advanced Learner and Native Speakers

Xiaoling Jin

 

Effectiveness of Utilizing Systematic Approach to Improving Functional Writing Skills for Ninth Grade Students in Tafila Directorate of Education

Mohammad Alqomoul and Attallah Alroud

 

Ideological Manipulation in C-E Translation of the 13th Five-year Plan for Economic and Social Development of the People¡¯s Republic of China

Xue Jiang and Shuo Zhao

 

Pronunciation Rating Scale in Second Language Pronunciation Assessment: A Review

Wenjun Zhong

 

The Impact of Written vs. Oral Corrective Feedback on Omani Part-time vs. Full-time College Students¡¯ Accurate Use and Retention of the Passive Voice

Farhad Tayebipour

 

Woman Language: Features and Historic Change

Liwei Zhu

 

A Reflective Study on Intercultural Transmission and Appreciation among Silk Road Countries

Chengcheng Liu

 

A Contrastive Critical Discourse Analysis of Netanyahu¡¯s and Abbas's Speeches on the Gaza War (2014)

Alaa¡¯ G. Rababah and Jihad M. Hamdan

 

A Study on the Network Catchphrases from the Perspective of Memetics

Wen Chen

 

An Investigation of Oral Corrective Feedback in an ESL Listening and Speaking Class

Ning Fan

 

An Experiential Learning Approach to Fostering Learner Autonomy among Omani Students

Anita Teresa Boggu and J. Sundarsingh

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