Although attribution theory has been applied in many fields of education as a way of understanding individual differences, it has somewhat been neglected by professionals in ELT to date. This study has thus sought to investigate the role of EFL learners’ attributions for success and failure in learning a foreign language and their performance on placement tests. Three instruments, namely, the I...

this study aimed to develop and validate an instrument to evaluate english language teachers’ lesson plan- ning self-concept. to this end, 30 english teachers were asked to prepare a sample lesson plan and 15 of them were invited to participate in a semi-structured interview. a tentative questionnaire including six fac- tors namely: classroom management, lesson planning conformity, planning eff...

In English language teaching (ELT) circles, the used in Philippines is traditionally labelled as ESL. However, that label, including attitudes and practices it brings, does not accurately capture complex situation country. this article, we argue education account for multilingual linguistically diverse context of use We monolingual perspectives approaches ELT continue to dominate field. Issues ...

Communicative language teaching (CLT) is promoted in teacher education programmes around the world, although the appropriateness of this methodology in contexts outside the English-speaking West has been questioned, often from a theoretical perspective. In fact, very little empirical research has been conducted into the practical knowledge of CLT of non-native speaker teachers of English, and t...

English Language Teaching (ELT) is a major international enterprise. This theoretical paper suggests that a number of ideological assumptions underpin some aspects of its curricular and pedagogic thinking. Specifically we will look at (a) the ways in which ownership and use of a language has been built around the idea of a homogeneous community or nation with shared and unchanging social values...

The 1960s have witnessed a series of developments that paved the way to tremendous growth and expansion in English Language Teaching (ELT) around world. purpose this article is portray local snapshot ELT Turkey, both as an activity profession, light global trends developments. More specifically, opens with broader look at role status country during period. It followed by examining what it meant...

The practice of integrating pedagogical approaches using multimedia technologies has become one the common interests in field English language teaching (ELT) recent years. This research study attempts at studying characteristics computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) tasks used for developing students' cognitive skills within CSCL approach context ELT higher secondary school education...