THE JOURNAL OF ASIA TEFL Vol.10‚ No. 1‚ pp. 1-23‚ Spring 2013 Native-English-Speaking Teachers’ Construction of Professional Identity in an EFL Context: A Case of Vietnam Le Van Canh VNU University of Languages and International Studies‚ Vietnam Language teacher identity is an emerging subject of interest in research on language teacher education and teacher development due to the recognized reciprocal relationships between professional identity and professional knowledge and action. While
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What is the present status of english in malaysia? Is it ESL‚ EFL or EIL (or is it all of the above) depending on which state or area you come from. Before I go any further‚ let me explain on what is ESL‚ EFL and EIL. English as a second language (ESL) is the use or study of English by speakers with different native languages. English as a Foreign Language (EFL) indicates the teaching of English in a non–English speaking region. Meanwhile English as an International Language (EIL) is the concept
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first section‚ it defines the concept and importance of vocabulary learning strategies and provides taxonomy of vocabulary learning strategies. In the second and third sections‚ it reviews the current studies examining junior and senior high school EFL students’ usage of vocabulary learning strategies‚ respectively. English Vocabulary Learning Strategies Definitions of Vocabulary Learning Strategies Vocabulary learning strategies (VLS) is a method to help learners to understand and memorize
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Translating Neologisms Introduction: Neologisms are perhaps the non-literary and the professional translator ’s biggest problem. New objects and processes are continually created in technology. New ideas and variations on feelings come from the media. Terms from the social sciences‚ slang‚ dialect coming into the mainstream of language‚ transferred words‚ make up the rest. It has been stated that each language acquire 3000 new words‚ annually‚ but in fact‚ neologisms cannot be accurately quantified
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Why Do Children and Schools Fail? February 20‚ 2010 Why Do Children and Schools Fail? The question I will attempt to answer within the context of “Brain-Based Learning” is “why are children and schools failing?” This very broad based question cannot be answered within a single context. There are various reasons why children fail to learn. There are neurological learning disabilities‚ psychological disorders‚ social pressures and distractions‚ study habits‚ poor nutrition‚ lack of sleep
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CELTA Pre-Course Task – Pamela Thomason Task 1 1. My CELTA course will be within a multilingual group in a fairly small mixed gender class. Fellow students will all have some kind of formal education. 2. After finishing my CELTA I’ll probably teach both one-to-one lessons and lessons in monolingual groups. Task 2 1. I decided to teach adults partly because it will be easier to find employment in this context but I also like the idea of teaching to someone who voluntarily
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disadvantages of reading aloud activities? 3-How can teachers use read-aloud activities to enhance student’s ability to read? II.THE CONTROVERSY ABOUT READING ALOUD Reading aloud is regarded as bad practice by EFL/ESL teachers and by EFL/ESL methodology experts(Amer‚ 1997‚ 43). For example‚ Hill and Dobbyn(1979: 69) consider that reading aloud is only a way of filling 45 minutes in classroom and reading aloud is not beneficial for students(cited in Amer‚ 1997‚ 43).
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seating arrangements play a significant role in creating a stress-free and a beneficial atmosphere for the EFL learners and helping the teacher in controlling the class easily. It will also reflect their performance in the activities‚ how much they have grasped from the lesson and facilitate free movement in the classroom. I consider the desks in semi-circles and U-shape are the ideal shapes for my EFL classroom. Arranging the class in a semi-circle allows the teacher to observe the students and also
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categories: ✓ The opportunist who has no training in EFL or any other teaching qualifications but needs to find work. ✓ The teacher who has a basic level of training amounting to 20 hours or fewer. He’s been introduced to the overall principles of TEFL. ✓ The TEFL initiated teacher who has completed a certificate level TEFL course of about 100 hours. ✓ The teacher qualified in another subject who needs to learn the principles of teaching EFL. At this same level are people who have studied the
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An Empirical Study on a Computer-Based Corpus Approach to English Vocabulary Teaching and Learning Song Yunxia Sun Zhuo Yang Min Foreign Languages Section of Agriculture Division of Jilin University‚ Changchun 130062 dasera@sima.com Abstract This paper investigates the effectiveness of a computer-based corpus approach to English vocabulary teaching and learning. The empirical study in this paper illustrates that the use of corpus does benefit English vocabulary teaching
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