This study was an attempt to investigate what metacognitive strategies are specifically employed by English learners when it comes to different speaking task types.60 students at advanced level (female) were randomly selected and given an OPT as a test of homogeneity. They were assigned to experimental and control groups. The MS questionnaire (Oxford, 1990) was also administered to see what MS ...

BACKGROUND Expiratory flow limitation (EFL), determined by the negative expiratory pressure (NEP) technique, can exhibit overlapping patterns in COPD, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and non-OSA obesity. We assessed the ability of a quantitative method to assess EFL to discriminate COPD from obese and OSA patients during NEP (-2 to -3 cm H(2)O) testing. METHODS EFL was quantified by measuring t...

This study is aimed at investigating the level of speaking anxiety perceives by EFL learners. involves 57 students from secondary school. To collect data qualitative approach was employed with questionnaire as main instrument that consist 33 items. The findings indicated experience various in speaking. There are 15 or (26%) categorize anxious, 38 (66%) middle anxious and only 4 (8%) low anxious...