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Teaching English to Engineers is part of English for Specific Purposes, a domain which is under the attention of English students especially under the current conditions of finding jobs and establishing partnerships outside Romania. The paper will analyse the existing textbooks together with the teaching strategies they adopt. Teaching English to Engineering students can intersect with domains ...

Non-verbal communications could be a part of visual signs that, because of their importance in interpersonal relationships and transition of meaning, are highly regarded by psychologists and sociologists. One of the major subdivisions of this topic is called "Body Language" that has existed in all human societies since ancient times. These non-verbal signs, some thousands of years old, have cul...

In order to develop an understanding of the rhetorical conventions in the Persian language and to find out the metadiscursive cultural norms of Iranian writers in their native language writings, it is necessary to probe into the implicit rhetorical features of academic writing which has so far eluded a comprehensive systematic characterization. Metadiscourse marking, which is supposed to be one...

This type of research is Class Action Research (PTK). will be carried out 2 cycles, cycle I done times and II times. The intrument used in this study are motivational questionnaires student knowledge tests. data uses primary secondary data. Data collection techniques by means observation (observation), tests learning outcomes (tests for work) motivation cultural arts (dance) subjects, then comp...

1. Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, Institute for Information Technology Application, US Air Force Academy; 2. Florida State University; 3. Nanyang Technological University School of Art, Design, and Media; 4. Center for Spoken Language Research, University of Colorado at Boulder; 5. SRI International; 6. Learning Sciences Laboratory (LSL) at the National Institute of Education (NI...

The relationship between second-language learning and culture has been studied and debated by educators and students alike. In an EFL context, students’ language learning happens mainly in a language classroom where the learning culture predominates. Learning behaviors are normally shaped by pre-existing attitudes, values and beliefs regarding what constitutes good learning and effective teachi...