Exploring Animation Film Media for Better Writing Ability in Indonesian Higher Education EFL Context

Putting Assessment for Learning (AfL) into Practice in a Higher Education EFL Context

the differential effects of debate and media analysis as relate to enhancing efl learners critical thinking ability and writing performances

critical thinking ability has an important role in education. accordingly, scholars around the world are searching for new ways for teaching and improving students critical thinking ability. in line with the studies in efl contexts supporting the positive relationship between critical thinking and writing performances, this study investigated the differential effects of halverson’s critical thi...

Social Media Analysis for Higher Education

The educational system involves a complex set of actors, including learners, parents, teachers, and administrators. However, we now have more data than ever to analyze this system, which could result in a quick understanding and evaluation of public policies in this complex policy area. This paper explores a new area of data about the educational experience, namely social media data. This paper...

In Pursuit of Intercultural Communicative Competence in EFL Context: Exploring Iranian English Teachers’ Perceptions

The current study attempted to cast light on the status quo of Iranian EFL teachers' perceptions of ICC. It further attempted to see if their experience would influence their conceptualizations of ICC. To this end, a total of 100 EFL teachers were asked to complete a questionnaire survey adapted from Han & Song's (2011) study. The results of both quantitative and qualitative analysis revealed a...

EFL Writing Styles across Personality Traits and Gender: A Case for Iranian Academic Context

The ways individuals use words can reflect basic psychological processes, including clues to their thoughts, feelings, perceptions, and personality. This paper seeks to determine whether there is a relationship between Iranian EFL learners' writing styles and their personality and gender.  It focuses on gender and two key dimensions of personality (Neuroticism and Extroversion), which were asse...