Active learning is recognized as an instructional approach that engages students in active participation and encourages them to reflect on the learning process. This research study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of implementing active learning in the "English at Work" course and to explore EFL undergraduate students' attitudes…

Learner diversity has been identified as a barrier to language learning and teaching. The purpose of this article was to conduct an analysis of the implementation of Multiple Intelligences (MI) theory in the field of English language teaching. MI theory, as introduced by Howard Gardner (1983), offers a new concept of intelligence, one that has led…

This study attempted to examine the impacts of conceptual and perceptual primes on the word recognition and sentence comprehension of beginner, intermediate and advanced EFL learners. Consequently, 246 EFL learners were recruited for study and categorized into three English proficiency levels. The needed data was collected via Lexical Decision…

This paper examines critical literacy pedagogy in two institutionally developed foundation English textbooks used in a public university in Thailand. The study has two main objectives: (1) to investigate the essential features of critical literacy pedagogy within the textbooks, and (2) to assess the extent to which these textbooks promote critical…

Teaching critical reading has posed challenges for Thai educators, but research on this topic in Thailand has been limited, particularly studies examining university students' perceptions of English critical reading. This study provides original knowledge of Thai university students' views on English critical reading and offers recommendations for…

This study examined the effects of Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) instruction on the reading comprehension of Thai university students majoring in Electrical Power Engineering. The participants were 15 more proficient and 15 less proficient learners studying in an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course. The scores from the pre-and…

With the rapid advancement of technology and the need for flexible learning solutions, educational institutions are integrating more and more digital components into their curricula. Blended learning (BL) has emerged as a promising approach, combining the strengths of traditional classroom instruction with the advantages of online learning. This…

This study aims to evaluate the extent to which Taylor Swift's song lyrics incorporate vocabulary from the Oxford 3000 and 5000 word lists and to categorize these words based on CEFR levels. The goal is to narrow down the vast selection of songs available to EFL learners, focusing on the most essential vocabulary to enhance their learning…

This study aims to provide a comprehensive profile of collocational competence, a key component of one's overall linguistic competence. For the maximum of ecological validity, we elicited naturalistic oral/written production data from 84 Chinese intermediate EFL learners and performed a 2×2 fashion of analysis on their performance in each of the…

Public speaking (PS) is an important skill for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students, yet it often presents significant challenges to these learners. This study sets out to explore PS preparation among Vietnamese EFL students enrolled in an advanced speaking course at a university in Vietnam. Adopting a mixed-methods approach, data were…

Artificial Intelligence has significantly reshaped foreign language pedagogy, encouraging rural EFL lecturers to move beyond traditional methods. This study aims to investigate the perspectives of rural EFL lecturers in Indonesia on integrating AI into their teaching practices. Using a qualitative design and case study approach, the study explores…

This article traces the intellectual roots and developments of the notion of competence in second language (L2) teaching and research. Since L2 teaching and research invariably concern competence of some sort (linguistic, communicative, interactional, or otherwise), there have been countless attempts to define competence from diverse theoretical…

This research is a grounded theory study that aims to generate a theory to account for Thai EFL pre-service teachers' materials development. The participants were twenty-two EFL pre-service teachers. Three rounds of stimulated recall interviews, consisting of five main research questions, were implemented. The resultant data was then analyzed…

Lexical bundles and moves are essential for vloggers to communicate clearly and purposefully within travel vlog discourse. It is crucial for L2 learners and practitioners aiming to enter the industry to master these bundles and understand the moves used in creating travel vlogs. This corpus-based study compiled a list of 239 four-word lexical…

The present study aims to investigate how social media can influence the development of oral skills in 60 students from a higher education institution in Peru. In this regard, mixed-methods research was conducted, with pre and post-tests, to evaluate the before and after of implementing a program that involved uploading videos recorded by the…