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Zeynep Özdem Ertürk Niğde Ömer Halisdemir UniversityKeywords: Collocations, meaning, receptive and productive vocabulary tasks Abstract Collocations are one of the important components of native speaker competence. For this reason, there have been many studies investigating explicit teaching methods of them. However, most of them did not focus on receptive and productive tasks independently. This study

Hatime Çiftçi Erdem Akbaş Erciyes University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2204-3119 Keywords: Stancetaking; spoken ELF academic discourse; intersubjectivity; interpersonal pragmatics; doctoral defense discussions Abstract Our study examines interpersonal functions enacted through a stance marker in spoken ELF academic discourse. We specifically focus on investigating the functions of I don’t know in an academic speech event by embracing an interpersonal pragmatics and

Mehdi Solhi Istanbul Medipol University Yaren Zehra Mert Şehit İsmail Erez Anatolian High SchoolZeliha Çelen Ataşehir Bilfen Anaokulu Rabia Kısa Istanbul Medipol UniversityKeywords: Coursebooks evaluation; coursebook deficiency; public schools; English deficit Abstract In this pre-use evaluation study, the long-term effectiveness of the contents of the English language coursebooks provided by the Ministry of Turkish National

Işıl Günseli Kaçar Middle East Technical University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3043-5040Keywords: study/teach abroad experiences, transformative learning, pre-service teachers, meaning schemes, sociolinguistic perspective, intercultural awareness, World Englishes, English as a Lingua Franca Abstract Study/Teach abroad experiences, are shown to impact prospective teachers’ beliefs and values, offering exposure to diverse educational systems and teaching philosophies. This qualitative exploratory case study

Khalil Ahmad University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Muzaffarabad PakistanAbdul Qadir Khan University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir MuzaffarabadKeywords: The English articles; Countability; Definiteness; Indefiniteness; Variability; Auto-articles check. Abstract The use of English articles is the most challenging task for the EFL learners particularly when there is no articles in their native language (L1). The

Seyit Ahmet Çapan Harran University Keywords: foreign language education; problems; underachievement; learners; teachers; curriculum; social factors Abstract Foreign language education is a highly controversial issue in the Turkish educational system. Despite innovative educational reforms done in the last three decades, achievement in foreign language education is far from yielding the expected results. It is of

Semih Ekin Hacettepe UniversityRamazan YetkinKeywords: refugee; refugee education; migration; teacher attitude; Syrian refugees Abstract From the last decade on, the matter of refugees in Turkey has become a key issue in almost all social and political areas including education. Following the refugee influx from 2011 on, Turkey has immediately taken action to provide the Syrian

Emrullah Dağtan Dicle UniversityNeşe Cabaroğlu Çukurova University Keywords: English, speaking skill, ELT, Turkey Abstract The situation of spoken English in both formal and informal settings in Turkey seems to be far from satisfactory. Additionally, the legal arrangements devoted to ameliorate this predicament have proven unsuccessful as far as an acceptable level of competence is concerned.