High standards are intended in all curriculum guidelines and it is not different in most of the guidelines. In this paper, the language arts curriculum is put under the spotlight and an in-depth analysis is provided on most benchmarks. Many …
This paper reports on a study to be conducted to explore to what extent the use of the Interactive Whiteboards (IWBs) affects classroom interaction in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context. The participants will be Turkish preparatory class…
The purpose of this paper is to understand, from a psycholinguistics approach, how a foreign language may be understood at least partly on the basis of knowledge of one’s native language and perhaps on other languages one has previously learnt. An…
In all European countries pluralism and diversity has become an every day reality. To ensure a harmonious interaction between people and groups with different cultural and religious identities, respect for cultural diversity, tolerance, dialogue…
Modern foreign language teaching approaches emphasize intercultural competence as equally important as communicative language competences (CEF 2011). Thus, there is still no unique theoretical model of interculturalism, intercultural teaching or…
The modern world of globalization offers a vast field for bringing cultures together and making the previous distances disappear. Nowadays, people with different cultural backgrounds share the same neighborhood. The question is whether people…
Currently, we are witnessing a new emphasis on the inseparability of language and culture in the development of policies and programs for the teaching of foreign languages. For language learners, an awareness of the cultural facets of language makes…
Important goals of a modern language classroom are development of intercultural competence and sensitivity to other cultures (CEF 2001). The majority of research about multiculturalism/intercultural competence in language teaching and learning has…
U radu se putem primjene znanja o etimolońkom znaĦenju rijeĦi daju odreħene smjernice za interpretaciju divanske poezije u nastavi bosanskog jezika i knjiņevnosti. Dekodiranju hermetĦke poetike islamskog simbolizma pristupa se interdisciplinarno; …
Most language teaching methods have closely adhered to the top-to-bottom order (i.e. listening-speaking-reading-writing). This paper examines a revolutionized way of teaching a foreign language in which the traditional order has been reversed. The…