The formation of artificial virtual environments and their implementation in the educational environment human activity is a current trend. Various textbooks, reference books, dictionaries are created with objects interactive applications included content.The expanding capabilities diversity mobile devices support increasingly large-scale interesting learningprojects.Mobile technologies provide...

the present study investigated the use of l2 private speech by english foreign language (efl) learners in regulating their mental activities. thirty intermediate adult efl learners took a test of solving challenging english riddles while their voices were being recorded. following, instances of the produced private speech were analyzed in terms of form, content, and function. numerous instances...

this paper examines the role of the structural syllabus in efl settings, particularly efl classes in iran. the paper starts with an overview of what the structural syllabus is. afterwards, the shortcom-ings of the structural syllabus are reviewed. next the role of formal grammar instruction is discussed in depth. finally it is suggested that because of the crucial role that grammar instruction ...

this paper reports the results of a study designed to investigate the interrelationship of foreign language reading anxiety (flra), reading proficiency (rp) and text feature awareness (tfa). the aim was to focus on how foreign language reading anxiety and text feature awareness are related and how, in turn, they affect students reading proficiency. that is, it south to determine how these three...

The foreign language effect (Costa et al., 2014) refers to a phenomenon in which the response to a moral dilemma depends on whether it is asked in a native or second language. This study explored this effect with Japanese participants using various types of moral dilemmas. Study 1 adopted twelve variations of trolley dilemmas from Mikhail (2007). Study 2 used seven types of moral dilemmas from ...

Via a variety of measurements, 64 Hungarian native speakers in the 12th grade learning English as a foreign language in Slovakia were tested in a cross-sectional correlational study in order to determine the relationship between the ability to process complex syntax and foreign language reading comprehension. The test instruments involved a standardized reading comprehension test in English, an...

An attempt of Russian universities to move forward to the leading positions in the world rankings has resulted in some initiatives to enhance their activities on the market of education services. Under these conditions, foreign language proficiency is no longer a luxury and it is becoming an important tool to implement goals of university development. In this regard, new methods and techniques ...