Although statistics is an important compulsory course in a wide variety of disciplines, the vast majority students including TEFL postgraduate find it frightening and difficult to understand, thus suffer from underachievement. As result, specific kind anxiety called statistical emerges that requires immediate attention. To date, large growing body research has focused on exploring different asp...

the present study was an attempt to investigate the washback effect of the tefl ma university entrance exam on the teaching and learning behaviors of students and professors. the tefl ma uee consists of three sub-components that deal with particular aspects of applied linguistics; each of these parts measures the participants’ knowledge in linguistics, language testing, and teaching methodology...

Following Swales’ (1981) definition of genre analysis many scholars have attempted to characterize good academic writing; however, this can be difficult and worrying for non-native writers. Since a well-written abstract encourages readers more effectively, the present study intended to find differences in the rhetorical structures of abstracts by TEFL students from the University of Tehran (UT)...

Few studies in Colombia have incorporated media literacy TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) environments. This paper presents the results of research conducted an upper-intermediate course Language Institute District University (ILUD) Bogotá. A model was adapted to create weekly radio workshops eight-week pedagogical intervention. During study, data were collected from participants' ...

Several novices but also veteran teachers face several challenges as they try to implement the competency-based approach in their EFL classes. However, can teach English better by deploying a number of innovative techniques and strategies instead trying teaching method. This descriptive research paper aims develop some reflections on TEFL at secondary school level with special reference Algeria...

The importance of vocabulary is undeniable. EFL learners need sufficient lexicon in order to bea competitive speaker. Lots of strategies have been proposed. The concept of involvement loadwas first introduced by Hulstijn and Laufer (2001). They believed that deeper explanation oflexical information will result in better retention of them. The present study aimed at finding the...

Students-teachers are students who study to become Teaching English as a Foreign language (TEFL) teachers. They receive teaching trainings, observe certified teachers’ teachings performance, and do some supervised practices in EFL classrooms for the elementary secondary stages. The current aims at presenting supplementary program support practical course on methods of foreign stage. has been de...

Teaching  English  in  an  Iranian  and  Islamic  culture  poses  complex  questions  for  both  teachers and learners. In this paper, the authors intend to shed light on what it means to teach English as a  foreign  language  (TEFL)  in  an  Islamic-Iranian  context.  Having  reviewed  the  colonial  and postmodern views of English language teaching, the authors took a look beyond the current ...