English Phonetics (Especially for Teachers of English as a Foreign Language)

critical period effects in foreign language learning:the influence of maturational state on the acquisition of reading,writing, and grammar in english as a foreign language

since the 1960s the age effects on learning both first and second language have been explored by many linguists and applied linguists (e.g lennerberg, 1967; schachter, 1996; long, 1990) and the existence of critical period for language acquisition was found to be a common ground of all these studies. in spite of some common findings, some issues about the impacts of age on acquiring a second or...

Use of Articles in Learning English as a Foreign Language: A Study of Iranian English Undergraduates

The significance of error analysis for the learner, the teacher and the researcher is now widely recognized. Earlier studies of error analysis concentrated on intersystematic comparison of the “native language” and the “target language” and drew the required data largely from intuitions and impressionistic observations. This study was conducted on the basis of the following observations: (1) to...

teachers emotional intelligence, self-efficacy, and perceived english language proficiency: a case of iranian efl teachers

educational researchers have provided evidence that teachers’ emotional intelligence has strong effects on various aspects of teaching and learning. yet, in the field of teaching english to speakers of other languages (tesol), inquiry into teachers’ emotional intelligence is nearly limited. given its documented powerful impact on teaching practices and student learning, it is critical to pursue...

How to Teach The Suprasegmentals of English To Farsi-speakers Learning English as a Foreign Language

Acquisition of English as a Foreign Language

The age factor has always been one of the main concerns in SLA research. However, the focus is no longer on the issue of whether there exists a critical period, as was the case in the 70s and 80s, but rather on the appropriate age to begin instruction in the L2. This trend is specially relevant in foreign language acquisition contexts all over Europe and clearly evident in Spain, where the Refo...