In this volume researchers from Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North and South America employ a variety of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches in their exploration of the links between identity, motivation, and autonomy in language learning. On a conceptual…
This volume, as a sequel to Fossilization in Adult Second Language Acquisition by Han (2004), brings together a collection of most recent theoretical and empirical studies on fossilization, a classic problem of second language acquisition. It covers a wide range of perspectives …
This study examined the beliefs and opinions of U.S university students towards learning foreign languages. Four major areas were explored, including attitudes and motivations towards learning foreign languages, perceptions of foreign languages in the U.S., and favorability of A…
Research on age and second language acquisition (L2A) is vast, but inconclusive. Such research has mainly been motivated by the Critical Period Hypothesis (CPH), which postulates that language acquisition becomes extremely difficult after the onset of puberty. Also, there is a l…
Background: Gender stereotyping of academic domains has long been a subject of debate in the field of education. Researchers believe that gender stereotyping of academic domains is an issue because how an academic subject is perceived by females and males can influence their ach…
This research project is concerned with the prediction of foreignlanguage learning success. Previous research into the importanceof language aptitude for foreign language learning is surveyed,and the two areas of memory and motivation are proposed as worthfurther study. A number…
This study examines the efficacy of academic preparatory course interventions on the success rates of foreign language learning. Specifically, this study assesses the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center’s (DLIFLC) Introduction to Language Studies (ILS) preparatory…
Learners come equipped with an eclectic blend of characteristics and past experiences, which serve to either facilitate or hinder their motivation to acquire a second or foreign language. This study consisted of two phases: First, Exploratory Factor analysis was used to investig…
İnternet ile Web 2.0 teknolojileri ve bu teknolojilere bağlı olarak piyasaya çıkmış olan yeni web site ve uygulamaları, insanların birbirleri ile yüksek seviyede etkileşimde olduğu, insanlar arasında işbirliği, dayanışma ve paylaşımın öne çıktığı, kullanıcı merkezli olan yeni bi…
Bu araştırmanın amacı üniversite öğrencilerinin ikinci dilde dinlediğini anlama ile ilgili yaşadığı sorunları yükseköğretim bağlamında araştırmaktır. Araştırmanın başlıca hedefi öğrencilerin dönütlerine dayanarak kendilerinin karşılaştıkları ikinci dilde dinlemede yaşadıkları so…
This dissertation studies the ways American literary works of the early twentieth century can reflect the sociological concept of passing. Passing can be generally defined as the conscious movement from one identity to another. Passing was practiced intensively by blacks in orde…
Discourse markers are used considerably in Egyptian colloquial Arabic, yet few studies examine them in colloquial Arabic. A mixed-method research design adopting a descriptive corpus-based approach is used to better understand the communicative discourse and vagueness functions …
This study explored the impact of the importation of expatriate English teachers on the morale of the Malaysian English teachers and attempted to identify the perceptions of Malaysian English teachers, expatriate native English-speaking teachers (NESTs), and expatriate nonnative…
While every English learner experiences the learning process differently, some phenomena are more common for learners from specific L1 groups. In the case of this study, speakers of Arabic as an L1 often find that reading in English presents a level of difficulty beyond that of …
This study seeks to examine areas of influence of the first language on the second language that have not yet been explored, supported or evaluated in the domain of language skills transfer. The extent that one’s ability in one’s first language (L1) can predict success and perfo…
This research is aimed at uncovering how English language is represented in the Malaysian Education Blueprint 2013 -2025 (Blueprint) and shedding some light on what the English language really means to the education system of Malaysia. In order to uncover how the English languag…
In this study, it is aimed to determine whether the knowledge of grammar terms of the students studying in German Teaching Department differs according to various factors or not. The universe of the study consists of 1, 2, 3 and 4th-grade students studying in German Teaching Dep…
Yabancı dil öğretiminde dilin bel kemiği olan sözcüklerin belirli bir sistem doğrultusunda öğretilmesi ve öğrencinin kolaylıkla dili kullanması sağlanmalıdır. Dil öğretiminin en önemli unsuru olan sözcük öğretimi tam, tutarlı ve anlaşılır hale getirilmelidir. Her sözcüğün öğreti…