the present article arises from a three-year cross sectional investigation into english language teaching (elt) in secondary schools in iran and the role of communicative pedagogy within this. the study has examined the extent of communicative pedagogy within the iranian national elt curriculum, the elt programme and to some extent the english language coursebooks used in secondary schools. wha...

Textbooks play a very crucial role in the process of language teaching and learning. The present study carries out an evaluation of two series of ELT textbooks used for teaching English language in Iranian high schools since 1970 to 2010. For this purpose, Tucker’s (1975) textbook evaluation model (see Appendix) has been employed. The results suggest that one of the main factors for the student...

Despite the growing body of research studies and projects related to English language teaching (ELT) for the average learner, there is still a great shortage of research addressing the foreign language learning needs of the visually impaired people. Therefore, this paper has the main objective to introduce an innovative method of teaching English to visually impaired learners by means of the ta...

Background: ISLE project aims Project ISLE (Interactive Spoken Language Education) aimed to exploit available speech recognition technology to improve the performance of computerbased English language learning systems, specifically for adult German and Italian learners of English. The English language teaching industry is showing increasing interest in and awareness of the relevance and potenti...

This paper discusses the leading role of Chinese educators in English Language Teaching (ELT) for young learners. English is a global language. ELT for children becomes especially popular in China when English was officially considered compulsory at primary school in 2001. National identity is the presentation of cultural identity, and alien culture helps children understand native culture from...

The present article arises from a three-year cross sectional investigation into English Language Teaching (ELT) in secondary schools in Iran and the role of Communicative Pedagogy within this. The study has examined the extent of communicative pedagogy within the Iranian national ELT curriculum, the ELT programme and to some extent the English language coursebooks used in secondary schools. Wha...

Despite the global spread of English, it seems that voices from Persian-speaking teachers concerning English as an international language (EIL) teaching methods and materials are underrepresented. The present study set out to explore how nonnative Persian-speaking English language teachers respond to the increasing global dominance of EIL and native- and non-native-speakers’ language norms with...