Exploiting Short Stories in the EFL Classroom

analyzing patterns of classroom interaction in efl classrooms in iran

با به کار گیری روش گفتما ن شنا سی در تحقیق حا ضر گفتا ر میا ن آموزگا را ن و زبا ن آموزا ن در کلا سهای زبا ن انگلیسی در ایرا ن مورد بررسی قرار گرفت. ا هداف تحقیق عبا رت بودند از: الف) شنا سا ئی سا ختارهای ارتبا ط گفتا ری میا ن معلمین و زبا ن آموزا ن ب) بررسی تا ثیر نقش جنسیت دبیرا ن و زبا ن آموزان بر سا ختا رهای ارتبا ط گفتا ری میا ن آنها پ) مشخص کردن اینکه آ یا آموزگاران غا لب بر این ارتبا ط گف...

The Role of Visualization in EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension and Recall of Short Stories

Generally speaking, lexical items that enter our minds through reading a text commonly leave us with pictures, sounds, echoes, and feelings in the mind. While the ability to produce images in the mind in the process of reading appears to be vital for greater comprehension and recall of texts, research has indicated that many poor readers seemingly do not visualize as they read. On the contrary,...

Vocabulary in an EFL classroom

Despite our increasing knowledge on vocabulary and its learning and teaching, the reality in a classroom may still be somewhat more traditional. This paper looks at how lexical knowledge is portrayed in an EFL classroom and in pupils’ ideas of words. The data derives from a longitudinal study that investigated the development of children’s metalinguistic awareness during their first six years a...

adopting literature in the EFL classroom

Kronelope in Ulitskaya\'s Short Stories

The features of the composition of small prose by L. Ulitskaya (on the example of the stories "Bronka", "Happy", "Poor Relatives") are analyzed. Particular attention is paid to the features of picturing time in stories, to the past which is sometimes more important for understanding the motives and characters of L. Ulitskaya’s heroes than the present and even...