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Can exams change how and what teachers teach? Investigating the washback effect of a university english language proficiency test in the turkish context
(Hacettepe University, 2018)
This article reports a mixed-method study that examined the washback effect from a locally-produced, theme-based, high-stakes English language proficiency test in tertiary education in a Turkish EAP context. The aim was ...
Pueblos silenciosos/silent comunities: within the grain, against the grain
(2016)
This assignment is an attempt to map in general sense the origins and development of the Chicano movement in The United States. The reason why a term like’’Chicano/-a’’ was coined and what it means politically, socially, ...
Native English-speaking teachers in foreign language teaching in Turkey: a brief historical overview
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2018)
With the onset of globalisation, the world is turning into a global village
With the onset of globalisation, the world is turning into a global village and the need for a common language has become pressing. Increasingly, ...
Using students’ evaluations to measure educational quality
(Elsevier, 2013-01-25)
This research study examined university students’ evaluation of teaching at an English preparatory school. Twelve students who participated in the study were chosen as a consequence of theoretical sampling because they ...
Lexical collocations (verb plus noun) across written academic genres in English
(2015-05-13)
The dominance of syntactic studies in linguistics has caused lexis and grammar to be perceived as two distinct categories. With introduction of the paradigm of cognitive linguistics, the studies in syntax have been replaced ...
Silence in the EFL classroom
(International Organization Center Of Academic Research, 2014)
Silence in the language classroom has been the experience of many teachers especially in speaking activities. Silence and its reasons have been investigated in a considerable number of studies in the field of foreign ...
Developing the vocabulary strand of an EAP program
(2015-04-13)
This talk will focus on a project carried out to develop the lexical syllabus of an EAP program. The aim is to explain how this project helped the program to define the lexical items needed for EAP studies, how these items ...
Turkish efl learners' perceptions of native english-speaking teachers and non-native english-speaking teachers in higher education
(Children's Research Center, 2016-09-27)
The question of what makes a good teacher of English has aroused researchers' interest for many years, and the existing studies comparing NESTs (native English-speaking teachers) and NNESTs (non-native English-speaking ...
Using wikis to promote collaborative EFL writing
(University Hawai, 2014-02)
This study focuses on the use of wikis in collaborative writing projects in foreign language learning classrooms. A total of 34 intermediate level university students learning English as a foreign language (EFL) were asked ...
A Monte Carlo simulation for phonon transport within silicon structures at nanoscales with heat generation
(Elsevier, 2011-04)
Nanoscale phonon transport within silicon structures subjected to internal heat generation was explored. A Monte Carlo simulation was used. The simulation procedures differed from the current existing methods in which ...
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