Second or foreign language (L2) learners’ development of interlanguage pragmatic (ILP) competence to understand and properly interpret utterances under certain social and cultural circumstances plays a pivotal role in the achievement of communicative competence. The current study was designed to explore the effects of synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC) and asynchronous com...

Evaluating Second Language Education is written primarily for language teaching professionals who are likely to work as (or with) evaluators of language teaching programmes. The book presents a short editorial introduction, opening and closing chapters by one of the editors, and eight `state-of-the-art' evaluation studies, each with an editorial commentary. In the opening chapter, `Evaluation o...

Professional development and professional identity of English language teachers have usually been explored separately in the research agenda. However, there might be a nexus of relationships between professional identity and professional development in the context of English language teaching. This study, therefore, explored how professional identity might contribute to professional development...

doing a piece of research on acquisition of second language phonetics theoretically will justify the exact stages of language trans- fer and further predicts the existence of systematicity and difficulty order (eckman, 2008). the present research is an attempt to provide new evidence for the efficacy of second language acquisition to devel- opmental stages of acquisition of phonological structu...

This study explores how second generation tutors within blended learning courses link the face-to-face and online course modalities – in their representations as well as through their pedagogical activities – and which aspects help them to feel involved in the course. The methodology used is a qualitative analysis of interviews with seven tutors of three different blended learning courses. The ...

play provides opportunities for exploration, experimentation, and manipulation that are essential for constructing knowledge and contributes to the development of representational thought. during play, children examine and refine their learning in light of the feedback they receive from the environment and other people. it is through play that children develop their imaginations and creativity....

The goal of language programs is to utilize language for effective communication. Due to the needs, interests, and motivations of language learners, they may show individual differences in their lan- guage learning. Materials used in language programs can be instructional, experiential, elucidative, or exploratory in that they can inform learners about the language, provide experience of the la...