“I Have to Teach The ‘English’ English”: Native-speakerism Ideology among the English Teachers

the most important demotivating factors among efl teachers in private english language institutes in mashhad

just as motivation is important in sla research, demotivation constitutes an important factor, too. there are many studies done on demotivation and burnout of teachers. many of these studies have been conducted on one or two aspects of english instruction. consequently, there are few studies which have been done on more than two aspects of english teaching. the aim of this study is to find out ...

native speaker norms and teaching english to non_native speakers : the case of iranian efl learners

امروزه، این که زبان انگلیسی سریع ترین و گسترده ترین زبان مورد استفاده در سراسر جهان است به عنوان یک واقعیت پذیرفته شده است. استفاده مشترک از زبان انگلیسی به عنوان یک زبان بین المللی مستلزم هنجارها و مدل های یادگیری و تدریس زبان است. زبان شناسان توجه ویژه ای به مفهوم "زبان مادری" به عنوان تنها منبع درست و قابل اعتماد از داده های زبان می داده اند.با این حال، این اصطلاح به اندازه کافی روشن به نظر ...

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

English Language Teaching for the Visually Impaired Learners: Training Non-native English Teachers

Despite the growing body of research studies and projects related to English language teaching (ELT) for the average learner, there is still a great shortage of research addressing the foreign language learning needs of the visually impaired people. Therefore, this paper has the main objective to introduce an innovative method of teaching English to visually impaired learners by means of the ta...

Spoken Corpora of Non - Native English Teachers to Assist in English Classroom Interactions

This case study evaluates the characteristics of classroom speech found in classes taught by non-native elementary school English language instructors in Japan using corpora compiled by the authors. A corpus of spoken language was compiled from the lessons using XML tagging that marked speaker turns, language use, and classroom interaction modes. We then performed quantitative analyses on both ...