This paper is a cross-linguistic examination of teachers’ perception of morphologically-mediated spelling patterns, compared with children’s actual spelling performance on these same patterns. The study was conducted on two languages differing greatly in their typologies: Hebrew and Dutch. The research design of this study consisted of two spelling tests, one for Hebrew and one for Dutch. Each ...

over the recent years, the study of language learning strategies has received much attention worldwide in general, and in iran in particular. many scholars have tried to investigate the function of language learning strategies in efl learning and teaching. not enough attention, however, has been paid to language skills, especially speaking skill, in iran. therefore, the present study aimed at s...

The history of pedagogy and education shows that syllabus has always had a crucial role in the success of every course. Nowadays, the course designers allocate an especial room for learners’ needs which are continuously changing in an expanding world. This demands a new vision in education through cooperation with others via negotiation for syllabus. Although a great body of research has been c...

This study aims to find out how well the Venn diagram method helps students develop their speaking abilities. Classroom action research is approach that will be utilized measure student learning or accomplishment as a result of an intervention; pre-tests and post-tests are frequently employed in classroom research. The results showed that, following implementation strategy cycle, participants c...

Background: Syntax has a high importance among linguistic parameters and the prevalence of syntax deficits is relatively high in children with language disorders. As such, independent examination of syntax in language development is of paramount importance. In this regard, Iranian language pathologists are faced with the lack of standardized tests. The present study aimed to determine the most ...

This study aimed to determine whether there is a correlation between students’ public speaking and muhadhoroh training with the title “The Correlation of Muhadhoroh Training Eighth Grade Students’ Public Speaking at Al-Manshuriyah Islamic Boarding School Tangerang”. The research subjects in this were 28 eighth grade students. was quantitative survey method. data instruments tests questionnaires...

Listening conditions affect bilinguals’ speech perception, but relatively little is known about the effect of the combination of several degrading listening conditions. We studied the combined effect of speech rate and background noise on bilinguals’ speech perception in their L1 and L2. Speech perception of twenty Israeli university students, native speakers of Arabic (L1), with Hebrew as L2, ...

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of the instructional methods using web-based instruction (WBI) and cooperative learning (CL) on listening and speaking skills for Mandarin learning among non-Chinese learners at MARA University of Technology in Malaysia. The students’ performance on listening skill was tested by using a standardized listening test while the performance on ...