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Download full textLi, Chili; Zhou, Ting – English Language Teaching, 2017
This paper, adopting questionnaire survey method, investigated 367 non-key local university English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students' demotivation to learn English. The collected data revealed that there were two main categories of demotivators: internal factors ("lack of intrinsic interest," "experience of failure and lack of…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Almuhammadi, Anas – English Language Teaching, 2017
This study details the procedure and results of developing a mission statement at a language institute for the purpose of obtaining a program accreditation from an international language commission. A serious self-study process results in the development of a solid, true and ambitious mission since the mission covers all areas related to achieving…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Accreditation (Institutions), Educational Change, English (Second Language)
Lü, Linqiong – English Language Teaching, 2018
Western teachers working in China often experience cultural conflicts arising from, for instance, the ways that Chinese students perceive face and express criticism. To better understand these face-concerned conflicts, this paper explores the role and significance of email for a group of Chinese students to communicate pedagogical criticism with…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Intercultural Communication, Criticism, Second Language Instruction
Dongman, Cai; Wenzhong, Zhu – English Language Teaching, 2016
Accommodating to the development of globalization, China witnesses a mounting demand for international business talents who are proficient in both foreign languages and business knowledge and adept at international cooperation and competition in business context. In order to meet this need, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, taking advantage…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Teaching Methods
Shen, Qi-yuan – English Language Teaching, 2013
According to the constructivism learning theory, blog may act as a useful tool for improving writing capability. For this purpose, the present article attempts to explore the potential of blog for improving English writing in the Chinese tertiary EFL classrooms. A quasi-experimental study was conducted in a Chinese university to compare the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Writing Instruction
Ahmad, Jameel – English Language Teaching, 2015
This research tends to ascertain several traditional and socio-cultural barriers to English language learning in Saudi Arabia and to explore more ways than before for making teaching and learning more effective. The findings of four quantitative and qualitative surveys conducted in this regard reveal a unique traditional and socio-cultural milieu,…
Descriptors: Barriers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
