This paper aims to apply metacognitive theory in EFL writing instruction to provide an alternative solution to the difficulties and problems in EFL writing classes in China. Metacognition is knowledge about cognition and regulation of cognition. This paper advocates both teaching with metacognition and teaching for metacognition. To teach with metacognition, an EFL writing instructor should ref...

We observe that current language resource tools only provide limited help for ESL/EFL writers with insufficient language knowledge. In particular, there is no convenient way for ESL/EFL writers to look for answers to the frequent questions of correct and appropriate language use. We have developed a language information retrieval method to exploit corporal resources and provide effective refere...

Teachers’ quality has long been researched in the field of general education. However, little attention paid to professional qualities excellent English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers context curriculum reform, especially from an ecological perspective. To address this gap, study adopted qualitative approach characterise senior high school EFL China and development their using Bronfenbren...

This paper reports a pretest-posttest experimental study of the acquisition of English tones by Mandarin EFL learners in a Chinese university. The target tones are high fall, high rise, fall-rise and complex level tones embedded in non-English words, one/two-syllable English words and short English sentences. The subjects are 31 Mandarin EFL learners majoring in English, who have learnt English...

This paper took an experimental approach and investigated how Korean EFL learners process the English island constructions. Since there are some controversies on the existence of the island effects in Korean, the L1 transfer effect may make it difficult for the Korean EFL learners to learn island constructions in English. To examine if the difference between English and Korean affects the acqui...

Although is a frequently used subordinating conjunction in English. However, non-nativeness is often observed in Chinese EFL learners’ although output during pedagogical practice. This paper aims at exploring the characteristics of Chinese EFL learners’ although employment in Chinese EFL learners’ writing. The study is a corpus-based analysis launched under the analytical framework of contrasti...

Writing patterns of a Chinese English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) learner were analyzed as a case study from linguistic, pragmatic, and psycholinguistic perspectives. Alternative assessments were used by American pre-service teachers and a Taiwanese EFL instructor for rating linguistic developmental problems referring to format, style, syntax, and grammar. In addition, researchers conducted dee...

Using the mother tongue (MT) in English as a foreign or second language (EFL/ESL) classrooms is indispensable, especially beginner classes. This paper aims to add present literature on this issue by highlighting attitudes of both students and teachers towards MT use (EFL) classroom, justifications for its use, some actual interaction practices grammar It investigates 110 Saudi EFL female beginn...

Abstract This article considers how theories about intercultural competence can be used when teaching Indigenous peoples in the English as a foreign language (EFL) classroom. Intercultural understanding and communicative are important skills for pupils to develop living modern multicultural societies. Although based on requirements of Norwegian curriculum, suggestions made this applicable all E...

Literature has been gaining growing attention in second language (L2)/foreign (FL) education globally. In a number of places such as Hong Kong, literature recently given greater emphasis the L2/FL curricula. This article reports part large-scale study examining learners’ views two English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) modules on literary genres incorporated EFL curriculum, namely short stories (S...