DEVELOPING FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS WITHIN UNIVERSITY EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Using a 3D Online Game to Assess Students' Foreign Language Acquisition and Communicative Competence

Over the past decade there has been an increasing attempt to explore the potential of computer games in order to engage students’ towards foreign language learning. However, literature review has shown that there are still few attempts to provide empiric evidence of the educational potential of computer games, whereas the present study aims to address this lack. The purpose of our paper is to e...

1 On Knowing a Language : Communicative Competence , Proficiency , and the Standards for Foreign Language Learning

Developing Learners' Second Language Communicative Competence through Active Learning: Clickers or Communicative Approach?

The purpose of this study was to compare the impact of clickers, the communicative approach and the lecture method on the communicative competence development of learners who were taught English a second language (ESL). Ninety nine pupils from three primary schools participated in the study. Quasi-experimental nonrandomised pre-test posttest control group design was adopted for the study. A bat...

the relationship among metacognitive listening strategies, foreign language classroom anxiety and listening comprehension among iranian efl university students.

نابس طلاک بازطضا اب یرادییش یتخایشازف یاَدزبَار ی ٍطبار یسرزب شَیضپ هیا فدَ ٌدافتسا هتفزگ زظو رد اب تیسیج .تسا یوازیا ناسًمآ نابس نایمرد یرادییش کردی ٍجراخ زمو ی زکذم ی ثوًم دازفا رد یرادییش یتخایشازف یاَدزبَار نآ ٍجراخ نابس طلاک بازطضا ی ٌ .تسا ٌدش عقای یسرزب درًم اَ 11 ٌاگشواد ی داسآ ٌاگشواد رد لیصحت ٍب لًغشم یًجشواد ناگدییک تکزش .دودزک تکزش شَیضپ هیا رد نامزک زیَاب دیُش مراُچ ی مًس لاس نایًجشواد ٍمجزت یاَ ٍتشر رد ...

the relationship between locus of control and iranian efl university students’ beliefs about language learning

this exploratory study aimed to investigate a possible relationship between learners’ beliefs about language learning and one of their personality traits; that is,locus of control (loc). both variables, beliefs and locus of control, are assumed to influence the language learning process. the internal control index (ici) and the beliefs about language learning inventory (balli) were administered...