The paper investigates the processes of development of students' foreign language communicative competence at universities under the conditions of informatisation and internationalisation. The hypotheses of our research: (1) in the conditions of internationalisation of higher education, the level of students' knowledge of foreign languages…

The article presents the experience of CLIL implementation in teaching students of economic specialities. The research shows that CLIL offers a solution to improving subject and foreign language knowledge. Students of Management and Marketing Faculty of the National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic…

This paper aims to investigate how the concept of language, culture, identity and difference work together in the implementation of the SA Program for Indonesian students and how important its application for them. Concerning the interrelatedness between the four concepts in the employment of SA program, it is found that there is a chance for…

In a language class, encouraging students' willingness to communicate (WTC) using the target language is essential, as it is a good signal whether or not the language has been successfully acquired. Given the importance of students' willingness to communicate in English class, the 2013 national education curriculum promotes students' oral…

The Ministry of Education in Yemen has utilized several methods for teaching the English language including the grammar translation method, and the communicative language teaching method. This paper presents an analysis and description of the principles and techniques of English language teaching emphasized in the English language textbook…

The study reported in this paper focuses on the narratives of six adult Third Culture Kids (TCKs) who lived in multiple countries during developmental years. It explores their childhood experiences with mobility and the impact that multiple shifts in location, culture, and language have had on their adult lives. The results indicate that they come…

The future of teaching foreign languages is associated with a screen culture, which will contribute to diversification and multiplication of educational sources. Therefore, along with a teacher, hypertext technology and information network claim the role of an authoritative source of knowledge about the world. The image of modern language is the…

Satirical news is a type of humorous media that mixes parody and satire to critique contemporary figures, events, and situations (Ermida, 2012; McClennen & Maisel, 2014; Peters, 2013). In addition to satirical television news programs like The Daily Show, satirical news websites such as "The Daily Mash," "The Onion," and…

Speaking difficulty encountered by the students in every level is one of the major issues in the teaching of EFL. Many researchers reported that the factors are ranged from linguistic domain to psychology. Many experts wrote textbooks and articles to discuss this issue in hoping that the teaching of English speaking in particular can achieve…

As writing centers continue seeing an influx of multilingual writers, we must take into consideration the writing center's position as a language center. Rather than simply accommodating these writers, writing center tutors should consider how we can best aid these students, including developing their vocabularies and language comprehension.…

In communicative English language teaching classrooms, one of the main issues discussed is the teaching of forms. Research shows that Focus on Form (FoF) practice which focuses on building students' communicative ability is effective and desirable in helping students acquire their second language. This is unlike Focus on Forms (FoFs) practice…

This book innovatively connects the two fields of oracy and practice-oriented empirical research in English language education. It creates synergies and proposes innovative approaches to the study of oracy in the context of learning and teaching English as a second, additional or foreign language. The book also develops a contemporary and holistic…

The aim of this study is to gain insight into the content and sources of the educational ideals of beginning student teachers. We interviewed twenty-four beginning student teachers within the disciplines of history and the English language from three teacher education institutes in the Netherlands. The student teachers were selected using the…

This article reports on the influence of communication skills on rural students' resilience and well-being. Purposive sampling was used to retrospectively select 40 (f: n = 20; m: n = 20) Grade 9 students in a rural school that were involved in a larger youth project that aimed to deliver pathways towards resilience in rural schools through…

This research is about the importance of the expected achievement of preservice Chinese language teachers based on their orientation, attitude, and motivation in teaching education programs. The cluster sampling and random sampling methods were implemented to select the samples from 16 Institute of Teacher Education Malaysia (IPGM). A total of 389…