Drawing on conceptual metaphor theory, I investigated the school transition experience of an English as a foreign language (EFL) learner. In this narrative case study, participant’s emotion labor was followed throughout his first semester at high in Turkey. Exploring journals, metaphors, and interviews, examined dynamic emotional states. The findings revealed that may entail inhibiting for fres...

This article demonstrates an ESP lesson plan to teach English listening and speaking for 49 EFL college students in hospitality fields, i.e. Western Culinary Arts and Bakery Technology and Management in Taiwan. This ESP class is content-based, featuring a combination of language-oriented, skills-oriented and learning-oriented approaches to ESP syllabus design. The syllabus aims at reaching sati...

We present research towards developing a pronunciation dictionary that features sensitivity to learners’ native phonology, specifically designed for Korean learners of English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL). We envision a future system that can record and process learners’ imitation of the dictionary pronunciation and instantly provide segmental and prosodic feedback on accent. Towards this goal, ...

The present study was undertaken to investigate the effects of varying frequency patterns (FPs) of words on the productive acquisition of a young EFL learner in a home setting. Target words were presented to the learner using games and role plays. They were subsequently traced for their frequencies in input and output. Eighteen immediate tests and delayed tests were administered to measure the ...

Sustaining the quality of student life in any learning environment should be priority all educators. This situation becomes even more challenging when international EFL postgraduate students are expected to function a where English is medium instruction. study aimed enhance their reading skills by implementing learner-centred instructional framework referred as PAH (Pedagogy-Andragogy-Heutagogy...

Abstract Collaborative writing has been traditionally studied in terms of language-related episodes (LREs), which have shown to be influenced by learner proficiency. Yet, the impact collaboration on written product received less attention, especially regarding child EFL learners. Our study analyzes individual reconstructions produced 30 Spanish-Basque children (aged 11–12) before and after (T1 ...

It is well documented that language learning success or failure is influenced by the affective side of the learner. Self-efficacy and anxiety are among the affective factors influencing language learning. This study first explores the relationship between EFL learners' self-efficacy in reading comprehension and their reading anxiety. Secondly, it explores the relationship between EFL learners' ...