this paper evaluates pedagogical grammar in the coursebooks of teaching persian non-iranian language learners. the study is based on communicative approach and pedagogical grammar. to evaluate the contents of those books, several checklists and grading scales were investigated and finally, an integrated checklist consisted of 20 questions was provided to be used in this study. in providing this...

Previous research has pointed to the role television can play in informing health practices and beliefs. Within the academic setting in particular, some educators have raised concerns about the influence of medical dramas on students. Less research, however, draws on the perspectives of students, and this study therefore explores medical students' perceptions of medical practice and professiona...

Listening is an important language skill to develop in terms of second language acquisition (SLA). In spite of its importance, second language (L2) learners often regard listening as the most difficult language skill to learn. This paper reviews a variety of recent research on listening comprehension to provide a basis for creating more effective listening instruction. It begins with a brief di...

This article presents an on-going evaluation of translation technology lab sessions in a university setting. Lab sessions are practical supplements that allow student translators to develop upon what has already been learned in theory via traditional lectures. Both of these components develop the technical competencies required for professional work in translation, post-editing, and related are...

In senior high school English teaching, students make various errors in the process of learning English, and these are a way for learners to test their assumptions about nature language they have learnt. Therefore, by analyzing students’ through error analysis, we can get feedback, effectively understand condition, check teaching effect, improve method, then reduce or avoid making mistakes so a...

Ghanaians have expressed worries about the commitment of teachers at public pre-tertiary schools, which has resulted in falling educational standards country. highlighted poor supervision as primary cause teachers' commitment, resulting students’ academic performance external examination. The present study examined supervisory styles and teacher senior high schools. Using three schools a Munici...

Affective factors are the most important factors in SLA and English teaching. These factors include emotion, feeling, mood, manner, attitude and so on. All these factors, especially, motivation, self-confidence and anxiety, decide the input and output of the second language. Under the guidance of the Affective Filter Hypothesis proposed by Krashen, the present paper makes a survey on advanced E...

This article reports on an empirical study analyzing the development and use of effective multimodal communication strategies to deliver a telecollaborative debate as core activity for upper-intermediate learners English Specific Purposes (ESP) from two far afield Spanish universities, one located in Gran Canaria other Valencia. The pedagogical project not only focused preparing conducting onli...