This study examines the effects of gender on Indonesian EFL tertiary students’ use learning strategies for speaking skills. It addresses what students use, strategy and group they favour, whether significantly affects use. paper reports quantitative part a larger mixed method which draws questionnaire (N= 65) obtained at Gajayana University Malang. The demonstrates that used wide range spread o...

intercultural comeptence was ignored in foreign language didactics for a long time. modern studies reveal that if we do not pay attention to this important competency, acquisition of language comeptence will not be stable. the new methods of foreign language didactics are based on intercultural communication. they not only use the target culture as a suitable means for language acquisition but ...

A common phenomenon of continuous innovations in the field ESL or EFL is learner-centred education. One these increasingly catching attention researchers Language learning strategies. However, as carry out studies this area, and pool diverse findings rises, further gaps are opened, calling for research interventions. This basically because broad nature Learning Strategies (LLSs) with their cont...

This paper explores the ways in which the transfer of assumptions from first language (L1) writing can help the process of writing in second language (L2). In learning second language writing skills, learners have two primary sources from which they construct a second language system: knowledge and skills from first language and input from second language. To investigate the relative impact of ...

Filipino Americans have lower suicide rates than other Asian ethnic groups. The present study examined risk factors for suicide ideation and attempt among Filipino Americans with random forest. The data were from the Filipino American Community Epidemiological Study (Takeuchi, 2011). The results showed that the important predictors for suicide ideation were depressive disorder, substance use di...