critical pedagogy (cp), as a poststructuralist educational movement, challenges the asymmetrical, power-over nature of classroom discourse and seeks to accommodate multivocality in the classroom and in the society. this study probed the discourse architecture of efl classrooms in iran. specifically, it aimed to explore to what extent iranian efl classrooms have stepped away from the teacher-dom...

The main goal of modern second language (L2) pedagogy is to engender effective communication among its learners. Willingness Communicate (WTC) has emerged as the most vibrant topic in L2 pedagogy, especially last two decades. A plethora research on students’ views about their WTC been conducted a variety contexts. However, teachers’ English still infancy. Thus, this study investigated ESL under...

Abstract While vocabulary knowledge is considered a foundational element for young learners of second or foreign language (L2/FL), pedagogically useful information on this topic not easily accessible practitioners. This in part due to the fact that relevant scattered across multiple fields, including first-language acquisition, child development, and education. The aim paper synthesize recent f...

Germ line variants at chromosome 8q24 have been associated with prostate, colorectal, and breast cancer risk (1-7). This region is also frequently amplified in many tumor types (8, 9) including endometrial cancer (10-13). The involvement of germ line and somatic variations at 8q24 suggests a common biological mechanism in the pathogenesis of epithelial cancers. In the present analysis, we used ...

This study investigates the impact of an inquiry-based teacher education course in nurturing second language (L2) teachers’ research mindset, defined herein as their cognition and action toward research. One hundred thirty pre- in-service L2 teachers various nationalities participated a on instructed acquisition (ISLA) at Australian university. The was designed following approach, with activiti...

This study compares and contrasts the usage of /and/ /aur/ within framework Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis (CAH). Data on Urdu conjunctions appearing in various structures were obtained from an unpublished research paper Conversation Analysis, while data English several past studies. Hundred Graduating students (twenty five each institution) different Higher Education Institutions Kotli AJ&amp...

bilingual dictionary use in l2 writing test performance has recently been the subject of debate. opinions differ according to how the trait is understood and whether the system favors the process-oriented or product-oriented views towards the assessment and writing skill. given the need for more empirical support, this study is aimed at investigating the availability of bilingual dictionary use...

although story mapping strategy has been shown to be beneficial in many reading comprehension classes, the benefits of this technique have not been thoroughly investigated in l2 writing research. the small number of previous studies (e.g., li, 2007; brunner, 2010) have found the potential benefits of using story mapping strategy on students’ writing performance, but they did not focus on differ...

one of the most problematic areas in foreign language learning is collocation. it is often seen as arbitrary and an overwhelming obstacle to the achievement of nativelike fluency. current second language (l2) instruction research has encouraged the use of collaborative output tasks in l2 classrooms. this study examined the effects of two types of output tasks (editing and cloze) on the learning...