Language is used both as a means of communication as well as a carrier of culture. Language without culture is unthinkable, so is human culture without language (Wei, 2005). Moreover, linguistic competence alone is not enough for learners of a…
Technological developments present various opportunities to foreign language learners. On the other hand, teaching and learning a foreign language should not be solely based on a classroom teaching environment after witnessing such technological…
Hedging as a very crucial pragmatic-discourse device for the academic writers to be accepted by the academic discourse community has gained much attention among the academics and linguists researching hedges in scientific literature. To define it…
Cooperative learning focuses on the interaction with peers in a learning environment. So, most important factor that affects learning is socio-cultural situation of learners that plays a role in learning. Some students are timid due to their piety…
Görsel ve işitsel araçlarla dil öğretimi daha kalıcı ve zevkli olmaktadır. Hem görsel hem işitsel bir araç olan alt yazılı klipler yabancılara Türkçe öğretiminde etkin olarak kullanılmaktadır. Bu tür alt yazılı klipler ile yabancı dil olarak Türkçe…
Our attention has been drawn increasingly to the problems our learners have in listening, and in particular to hearing the weak forms, especially the most commonly used sound in the English language, the schwa. We see that many non-native speakers…
In recent decades, there have been numerous studies on the significance of extensive reading to English as a second language (ESL) and English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching and learning showing that extensive reading can effectively improve…
Farsça Hind-Avrupa dillerin Hind-Iran grubunda yer alan Iran dillerinden birdir ve öbür Hind-Avrupa dilleri gibi çekimli dillerdendir. Farsça'da sıifat, adları niteleyen, nasıl olduklarını gösteren veya ceşitli yönlerden belirten sözlerdir. Farsçada…
Recent studies have reached positive findings regarding the significant role of critical thinking pedagogy in learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL). (See Davidson and Dunham, 1995; Erkaya, 2005; Correia, 2006; Yang, 2009; Chen, 2010; Li Li,…
This study investigated the merits of pairing learners into different genders in peer interaction activates, here the cloze activities, in EFL classes in Iran. The participants were twelve pre-intermediate EFL students learning English in a Foreign…
