farsi and english are both indo-european languages with similarities in their roots. as such, this experiment was conducted to understand which english accent (i.e. american, british or australian accents) would be easier for iranians to adapt. to answer this question, 30 medical students performed three different activities of (i) listening to audio texts in three accents, (ii) taking part in ...

Technological advances in the 21st century have had a major influence on development of education today. The integration technology into classroom affects learning process as well way teachers implement and develop activities classroom. This study aims to find out about perception student-teachers towards Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK). uses quantitative design determine student-teacher ...

Three languages play an important role in the province of Fryslân: Frisian as the minority language spoken by a majority of the population, Dutch as the dominant language in society, and English as an increasingly important additional language. The position of Frisian as a language for teaching is marginal at all levels of education. Although it is an obligatory language for all primary schools...

With the progress of globalization, China is forming increasing intimate relations with other nations. However, under the context of globalization, we must know each other quite well to promote cross-cultural communication, which requires that our English education follow the multi-cultural principle. On the one hand, we should know more countries who take English as their official or foreign l...

In this article we argue for the use of African languages as Languages of Learning and Teaching (LoLT) for native speakers of such language in South Africa. We believe that both public and academic debate is influenced by a set of ‘language myths’: 1) only one language should be used; 2) the earlier one starts using English as LoLT, the better; 3) using English as LoLT improves English proficie...

Technology utilization in distance education has demonstrated its significance in the transfer of knowledge for both the instructors and the learners. This is also made possible through the use of the Internet which helps change the traditional teaching approaches into more modern methods when integrated with the pedagogical instruction. Mobile devices together with other forms of technology-ba...

Background. Given the importance of English a global language and one of the four official languages used in FIFA, it is essential to acquaint students who are specialised in Physical Education with English sport terminology. Objectives. This study aims to determine the knowledge level of physical education students in Saudi universities’ faculties and departments in relation to English sports...