Early teacher socialization research in the 1980s examined student-teachers during their transition from pre-service to in-service contexts, and argued for a limited effect of teacher education programs compared to students’ initial socialization into the profession of teaching …
This thesis is on the subject of the use of elements derived from videogames, such as points scoring, badges, leaderboards etc. to be implemented in elementary foreign language programs online classes in order to improve motivation and reinforce automatisms in the target languag…
Idiomatic competence poses a unique challenge on the second and foreign language learning process (Liontas, 1999). Multiple researchers have explored the perceptions and beliefs of language learners regarding idioms (Kömür & Çimen, 2009; Liontas, 2002a; Liontas, 2007). Other sch…
The education reform that took place in the emirate of Abu Dhabi set the standard that all students attending state-governed schools would be literate in their native language of Arabic as well as English, which was being taught in schools as a second language. However, school d…
The purpose of this study is to determine why students at U.S. elite universities prefer to study abroad in Japan in short-term (8 weeks or less) programs rather than the traditional mid-length (more than 8 weeks but no more than 1 semester) and long-term (longer than 1 semester…
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…
This thesis examines the process of professional identity among EFL (English as a Foreign Language) novice teachers in the Algerian context. More specifically, it aims to identify the factors which constitute professional identity such as personal histories and the practicum. It…
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 …
Dil, bir topluluğun birlikte oluşturduğu kültürel mirasın gelecek nesillere ulaşmasını sağlayan en ehemmiyetli araçtır. Dil öğretimi, bu kültürel mirasın yabancı dil öğrenmek isteyen öğrenicilere aktarılmasını sağlar. Türkçenin kaynak eserlerinin dil öğretiminde kullanılması kül…
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 eğitimi okullarda çeşitli ders kitaplarıyla yapılmaktadır. Bu kitaplar yabancı dil öğreniminin en önemli kaynaklarıdır. Seçilen ders kitapları yabancı dili çocuklara öğretmede oldukça büyük önem taşımaktadır ayrıca öğretmene ve öğrenciye kılavuz olarak yabancı dilin …
Bu araştırmada İngilizce ile Fransızca sesbilimsel olarak karşılaştırılmış ve Fransızcayı ikinci yabancı dil olarak öğrenen öğrencilerin sesletim yanlışlarının çözümlemesi yapılmıştır. Çalışma grubunu, Marmara Üniversitesi Atatürk Eğitim Fakültesi Fransız Dili Eğitimi Ana Bilim …
This study explores the Jordan Islamic Education College to continue the international school under the international education trend after one decade, to explore the motivation of the school staff in their professional growth development (PGD) training, and to consider the bene…
Bu araştırmanın amacı iki yönlüdür. İlk olarak, İngilizceyi yabancı dil olarak öğrenen Türk üniversite öğrencileri ve Amerikalı üniversiteli öğrencileri tarafından yazılan tartışma metinlerinde söylem belirleyicilerinin kullanımını incelemeyi ve iki grubu karşılaştırmayı amaçlam…
Geçmişten günümüze insanlar birbirleriyle iletişim halinde olmuşlardır. Bu iletişim, sözlü ya da yazılı olarak, ortak kullanılan bir dil aracılığı ile olmuştur. Fakat değişen dünyamızda farklı ülkelerle iletişim kurma ihtiyacı, bilgi alışverişinde bulunma isteği ve farklı kültür…
The role played by news outlets in shaping and influencing public opinion is undeniable. This role is doubly important in any volatile region in the world that is in constant conflict. The political rivals in the Arab Gulf region use news media to serve their own agendas and exp…
English teachers must be prepared to attend to the intercultural aspects of language learning. In Indonesia, this challenge is compounded by education policies that also require teachers to sustain Indonesian cultural values. Without explicit preparation or guidance, these two e…
An exploration into teachers’ understandings and operationalization of Academic Language and Explicit Reading Comprehension Strategy Instruction for secondary English learners. It has been established that language is at the heart of teaching and learning (Dicerbo et al., 2014),…
The purpose of this mixed-method study was to investigate how non-matriculated Chinese and Saudi students perceive their language learning experiences in an ESL context in a U.S. University. Specifically, it examines how each group perceives differences in language teaching meth…