ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THROUGH CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

Innovative English Language Acquisition Through Problem-based Learning

Problem-based Learning (PBL) for English language learners is highly successful in addressing the rapid technological changes and evolving workplace required for the new millennium. This emerging paradigm and the instructional strategies accompanying it encourage authentic language learning and information literacy. This paper focuses on skills that simultaneously strengthen language acquisitio...

Teaching English Through Literature

This paper aims at emphasizing the use of literature as a popular technique for teaching both basic language skills (i.e. reading, writing, listening and speaking) and language areas (i.e. vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation) in our times. Reasons for using literary texts in foreign language classroom and main criteria for selecting suitable literary texts in foreign language classes are stre...

Acquisition of English as a Foreign Language

The age factor has always been one of the main concerns in SLA research. However, the focus is no longer on the issue of whether there exists a critical period, as was the case in the 70s and 80s, but rather on the appropriate age to begin instruction in the L2. This trend is specially relevant in foreign language acquisition contexts all over Europe and clearly evident in Spain, where the Refo...

LEP Language Disability, Immigration Reform, and English Language Acquisition

Motivational English Language Learning Strategies Through Computers Among EFL Learners

The aim of this study was to describe and find out motivational English language learning strategies through computers among Iranian EFL learners and find out how learners’ motivations change towards English language learning through computers.The mixed method approach (quantitative and qualitative) was employed in this study. A total of 84 (out of 130) female freshman university learners from ...