The study investigates the pre-clinical medical students' perceptions about their English language difficulties and lack at King Khalid University in Saudi Arabia. students an course pre-university level (Foundation Year) to train prepare for future extensive college. program comprises reading, writing, listening, speaking skills targets enhancing skills. aims: (a) examine of related speaking, ...

Listening plays a larger role in language acquisition and is critical aim for students order to receive information generated the target language. Its successful requires absorb cognitive processes then use them their spoken interactions promote understanding variety of communication settings. It instructor's job choose most effective methods ensuring students' learning this ability by selectin...

In Indonesia, TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) learning has become crucial in enhancing proficiency, particularly for language teachers across various regions. Proficiency the serves key factor meeting educational quality standards. Therefore, training necessary endeavor to support teachers' mastery and elevate instruction pursuit standardized schools. This community engagement aim...

Abstract Research on intelligibility in international encounters has long focused issues of pronunciation to the detriment factors such as linguistic co-text and extralinguistic context, which are comparatively well-studied variables research concerning L1 listeners. This paper seeks expand scope this respect by reporting a large-scale study involving 423 nonnative listeners at different profic...

This study aimed at developing the Silpakorn Test of English Proficiency (STEP), in alignment with Common European Framework Reference for Languages (CEFR), and accordance theoretical framework established by Alderson et al. (2006). Four major steps were involved test construction. First, language lecturers who served as content specialists asked to design can-do statements presented CEFR. Then...