This article begins by accounting the development of Second language theories .It describes major ESL theories ever since the 18th century to those currently adopted in ESL field. Then it proceeds to demonstrate their influences on EFL teaching in China, like nowadays an increasing awareness of non-cognitive factors in teaching foreign languages, reforms in some traditional teaching methodologi...

In this poster, we concisely summarize and present our recent results of an empirical study of using Wiki in a freshman-level English as a second language (ESL) course in Taiwan. In this study, we faithfully reflect the scenario of students’ usage on the Wiki website and learning achievements in a real ESL course. A significant, but inverse, relation between students’ editing usage and academic...

A methodology will be presented to design at Electronic System Level (ESL) and map the design into an implementation using a Mission Level Design tool.

In this study, the researchers investigated a critical aspect of EFL/ESL writing pedagogy-the impact of teacher written commentary on student writer’s earlier drafts. Compositions of 80 Iranian undergraduate English majors were commented on using a trio of imperatives, statements, and questions on both content and form. Overall, the results indicated that the comments in the imperative form hel...

Sexism and the ESL Teacher: Restarting the Discussion In our patriarchal society there is still evidence of inherent sexism in every aspect of life. This perspective essay concentrates on the sexism that is inherent in the English language. Although this ongoing debate may be considered by some as outdated, I disagree. In writing this essay I attempt to bring to the forefront an important issue...

The aim of this study was to preliminarily determine, in a short open study, the effectiveness of eslicarbazepine acetate (ESL) in two patients with severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy (SMEI).We report on a 17-year-old Italian boy and a 21-year-old Italian girl with SMEI and a severe clinical outcome, in whom we identified two mutations (5053del AA fs1685X1691 and 931G > T E311X) in the alpha ...

Compared to many other chronic neurological diseases, epilepsy can be regarded as relatively amenable to treatment, given that about two-thirds of patients become seizure-free with available medications. However, there are two major problems with current treatment using antiepileptic drugs. First, about one-third of patients with epilepsy are resistant to the available antiepileptic drugs, and ...

The present paper aimed at highlighting the judicious incorporation of literary genres (i.e. novel, short story/fiction, drama, and poetry) as a supposedly inspiring teaching technique and an allegedly potent learning resource into ESL/EFL curricula. The rationale behind this pedagogical inclusion is to promote both teaching and learning effectiveness through capitalizing intensively on the gen...