Category: ELTWeekly Vol. 5

Vol. 5 Issue 8 – Research Paper: ‘Teacher Reflections: Teaching Article Use to Graduate Students’ by Chitra Varaprasad

Many studies have highlighted students’ problems with article use among international students, particularly students from China (Chuang, 2005; Deng et al., 2010; Milton, 2001; Papp, 2004). This paper reports on the impact of an approach to teaching article use to post graduate students (mainly students from China) at the National University of Singapore.

Vol. 5 Issue 8 – Research Paper: ‘Sentence Types: Students’ Perceptions and Productions’ by Alaa Al-Musalli and Ibtihaj Al-Harthi

This case study investigates whether students’ perceptions regarding the level of difficulty of different sentence types are reflected in their productions. Omani EFL learners’ views concerning the sentence types they believe are easy or difficult to produce are compared with the types of correct and erroneous sentences they actually produce orally and in writing.

Vol. 5 Issue 8 – Conference: LInCS2013, Riga, Latvia, Latvia – May 23-24, 2013

Instituto Franklin- UAH will host the First International Conference on Bilingual Education in a Globalized World: Comparison between Spain and the United States. This conference aims to be an open forum for debate among specialists and people interested in education, bilingualism and its relationship with other social, cultural, political, economic, linguistic and pedagogical issues.