Author name: Admin Ejal

Mehdi Solhi Andarab Istanbul Medipol University Aynur Kesen Mutlu Istanbul Medipol UniversityKeywords: EFL classroom, Humor styles, the Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ) Abstract Humor has often been seen as an important element in the learning process, facilitating both teaching and learning. Nevertheless, the utilization of humor in the educational setting has had its opponents. In recent […]

Hassan Ait-BouzidKeywords: ELT, global citizenship, Moroccan high school, SBA, textbook evaluation Abstract This paper examines ways in which three Moroccan ELT textbooks currently used in teaching second year Baccalaureate students in public high schools promote values of global citizenship. It also investigates the extent to which these textbooks present activities that develop learners’ sense of

Yali Shi School of International Studies,Hangzhou https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5054-4626Keywords: input mode, audio-video input, free-recall listening Abstract This study conducted a mixed-method study of the influence of audio and video input mode on free-recall listening performance. It first explored quantitatively whether input mode significantly influenced 34 sophomores’ performance in general and across two genres (passage and long dialogue)

Fatma GümüşokMiddle East Technical UniversityGözde BalıkçıKeywords: classroom research, EFL classroom, extended student talk, conversation analysis, teacher questions Abstract This study aims to analyze the way one EFL teacher maintains and promotes extended student talk in an EFL Listening and Speaking Course at tertiary level via conversation analytic perspective. Promoting extended student turns is one of

Mehmet SakTED UniversityKeywords: Motivation, L2 Motivational Self System, Willingness to Communicate, EFL Learners, English Language Teaching Abstract This study reports on findings of an investigation into the relationship between ideal L2 self as a motivational variable and willingness to communicate in English (L2 WTC) in and outside the classroom. Participants were a total of 90

Onur Uludağ Yildiz Technical UniversityKeywords: sentence processing, parsing, ambiguity resolution, eye-tracking, attachment Abstract The present study aims to investigate the role of L1 transfer effects on L2 sentence processing strategies during the interpretation of relative clause (RC) attachment ambiguities. The main body of the study is divided into two sections. The first section describes Experiment

Aylin Sevimel-SahinKeywords: communication, culture, English language teaching, intercultural communicative competence, undergraduate student Abstract Intercultural communicative competence (ICC) is the ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with other cultures to negotiate meaning. A high level of ICC is required for a successful communication across numerous cultures. Since English has recently been accepted as the main intercultural

Ali Dincer Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0732-3975Keywords: Multilinguals, English, Turkish, motivation, anxiety, motivational strength Abstract The current study examined the relationships among motivational factors (i.e., motivation types and motivational strength, and language anxiety) in the simultaneous learning process of additional languages. A mixed-methods design was conducted with 86 multilingual learners learning both English and Turkish.

Patrick D. Thane The College of New Jersey https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1884-7002Keywords: Aspect Hypothesis, tense-aspect acquisition, second language acquisition, inherent lexical aspect, grammatical aspect Abstract Early research on the Aspect Hypothesis yielded a rigid developmental sequence for the acquisition of grammatical aspect, in which developing L2 learners applied morphemes to mark aspect in accordance with the inherent lexical

Okan Önalan National Defense University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4015-0903Abdulvahit Çakır Gazi University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8563-6830Keywords: Speech acts, formal complaints, directness-indirectness, pragmatic competence, discourse evaluation task (DET) Abstract The aim of this study is to investigate the pragmatic language behavior of Turkish learners of English in formal complaint situations through the comparison of their speech act performances to those of native