This study sought to promote EFL learners' speaking ability drawing on Bakhtin’s notion of dialogic discourse pattern (DDP) and to explore their perceptions towards implementing dialogic teaching (DT) in a speaking classroom. To this end, from the population of students in different language institutes, 47 students were selected based on a purposive sampling method. The data were collected at t...

Abstract This article examines China's most controversial soft power export – the Confucius Institute initiative through case study of its promotion and implementation in Ethiopia. As one closest partners Africa, Ethiopia presents a path-breaking for examining potential limitations Institutes. In contrast to existing literature that depicts Institutes largely as contested limited initiatives, t...

In the past, English was considered language of non-Islamic religions but now is believed to be for international communication academic and 'dakwah' purposes. However, students Islamic universities institutes may have various purposes learning English. This because young scholars not seen real need study outside campus this introduced by their teachers when they at high schools. aimed describi...