One of the main challenges to EMI program implementation is related English proficiency level actors. This paper presents partial results an investigation on internationalization in engineering a public institution. Two questionnaires were applied students interested attending program. Although participants acknowledge relevance studying, speaking and listening skills seem be greatest which mak...

Task-based language teaching (TBLT) has been considered as an effective language teaching methodology. However, its applicability for lower-proficiency learners in EFL contexts has not been adequately justified. Moreover, the possible mediating effect of the experiential learning styles on academic listening TBLT has not been targeted in the literature, a gap that this study attempts to fill. T...

The research paper explores the impact of four skills integration approach to teach tenses at undergraduate level in Pakistani setting. study puts use a quasi-experimental method. Ninety students partook this study. Four intact classes were designated draw sample. A language proficiency test was given choose sections which are consistent terms English Language proficiency. Two groups formed gro...

Abstract We investigated age-related decline in adult learning of Dutch as an additional language (L n ) speaking, writing, listening, and reading proficiency test scores for 56,024 immigrants with 50 L1s who came to the Netherlands study or work. Performance all four skills turned out monotonically after age arrival about 25 years, similar developmental trajectories observed earlier aging rese...

Auditory-based communication skills are developed at a young age and are maintained throughout our lives. However, some individuals - both young and old - encounter difficulties in achieving or maintaining communication proficiency. Biological signals arising from hearing sounds relate to real-life communication skills such as listening to speech in noisy environments and reading, pointing to a...

This research studied the possibility of applying socio-affective instruction in online learning Indonesia during pandemic. The main objectives this study were to investigate how Socio-Affective Instruction (SAI) and metacognition levels affected students' listening speaking proficiency students’ perceptions. was experimental with one group using a pre- post-test. sample 41 students, total popu...


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 This study intends to find out the problems or barriers faced by Indonesian students in studying for an English proficiency test (EPT), especially Listening section. EPT becomes a standard and compulsory since it is used as one of requirements their graduation at degree level, also job application. Those increase demand test. However, fact shows that takers took times they...

Listening taking over half of the learners’ time and effort (Nunan, 1998), forms a basis for acquiring much of a language. There are factors affecting listening comprehension and its perception, such as the speech rate, phonological properties of the text, the quality of the recording, the learners’ anxiety, and listening comprehension strategies (Goh, 2000; Hamouda, 2013). At the Iran Language...

In foreign language learning, shadowing has been used as a method for improving speaking and listening ability. In this method, learners are required to repeat a presented native utterance as closely and quickly as possible. Since learners have to follow the speaking rate of the presented utterance, their pronunciation often becomes very inarticulate and unintelligible. These features of shadow...