Mainly, the criteria among people for someone whether s/he knows a language or not is his adequacy to speak that language. A huge percentage of students attend second-language courses because they want learn how However, unfortunately, majority them cannot will be able do it at end. The matter those may prosperous in linguistic activities carried out classroom, but once outside, use what have l...

This mixed-method case study evaluated the effectiveness of Biography Driven Instructional (BDI) strategies in developing EFL learners’ speaking skill. The participants included 23 students from a high school Loja, south Ecuador. Data were collected through interviews as pre and post tests focus group. Findings descriptive inferential analysis show statistically significant difference pre-post ...

The current coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic caused a temporary halt to educational activities around the world. abrupt and fast shift from regular face-to-face learning fully online altered students’ impressions toward Blackboard application its use. It is important have an in-depth analysis of effectiveness using blackboard platform in developing skills. study included review both quantitative...

It is generally acknowledged that motivation plays a critical role in second-language (L2) reading. The technology-enhanced learning environment, specifically the computer-assisted reading environment as an interactive tool with distinctive attributes, is said to motivate English as a foreign language (EFL) learners to make more sustained efforts in online reading and show greater perseverance....

The expansion of technological applications such as computers and mobile phones in the past three decades has impacted our life from different perspectives. Language teaching is no exception and like other fields of study, language teaching has also influenced by new language teaching sources and software. More recently, there has been a passionate debate about the usefulness of the smart-phone...

By means of the metaphoric language used by parents and young English as a foreign language (EFL) learners to describe the English learning process, this study aims to reveal the perceptions of 109 young EFL learners in the 8th grade of secondary school and 66 parents in Turkey about learning English. To elicit these participants’ metaphors, they were asked to complete the gaps in the sentence ...

Language is not only the representation of thinking, but also shapes thinking. Studies on bilinguals suggest that a foreign language plays an important and unconscious role in thinking. In this study, a software-Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count 2007-was used to investigate whether the learning of English as a foreign language (EFL) can foster Chinese high school students' English analytic thin...

Abstract At the peak of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, synchronous online learning replaced physical classes worldwide. However, sustaining quality education during this transition was a challenge. Specifically, teaching and four English skills (listening, speaking, reading writing) among English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) learners contexts such as Saudi Arabia required greater adjustments to meet...