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Özdenur Ardıç National Defense University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0334-0599Hatime Çiftçi Bahçeşehir University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7907-6793Keywords:Professional Development (PD) Needs, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), EFL Teachers, Technology Integration Abstract This study aimed to scrutinize Information and Communication Technology (ICT) competence of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) instructors in Turkey and their professional development (PD) needs in ICT in relation to […]

Hedayat SarandiIstanbul Sabahattin Zaim UniversityKeywords: Elicited imitation, implicit knowledge, learning English grammar, second language acquisition Abstract One of the major issues in SLA is developing language tests that could produce good measures of implicit knowledge. This study examines the validity of an English Elicited Imitation (EI) test as a measure of L2 implicit grammatical knowledge.

Merve Savasci Sakarya University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4906-3630Seval Kaygisiz Gazi University Keywords: Collaborative writing, individual, group, pair, EFL, writing Abstract The aim of this pre-experimental study is twofold: (1) to investigate the comparative effectiveness of individual, pair, and group writing conditions in L2 writing classes, and (2) to explore students’ perceptions about each of these conditions. The participants

Zafer Susoy Anadolu University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6890-6007Seray Tanyer Anadolu University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6190-8651Keywords: Vocabulary knowledge, syntactic knowledge, vocabulary breadth, vocabulary depth, EFL reading comprehension Abstract Research in literature reports the importance of L2 vocabulary and syntactic knowledge on the learners’ reading comprehension. In this regard, the current study investigated the role of vocabulary knowledge that is disunited into depth

Majid Farahian Islamic Azad University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5367-5138Farnaz Avarzamani Islamic Azad University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2207-6455Keywords: processing instruction, dictogloss, meaning-based output instruction, English passive voice Abstract There have been plenty of research studies which have demonstrated the efficacy of focus on form (FonF) approach in language teaching. However, processing instruction as a kind of FonF approach has not been given

Nilüfer Can Daşkın Hacettepe University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7738-0481Çiler Hatipoğlu Middle East Technical University,Keywords: Proverb instruction, phraseology, communicative competence, EFL student-teachers Abstract This study aims to reveal the situation about proverb instruction in EFL classrooms by seeking future English teachers’ opinions. It is based on the argument that proverbs are an important part of cultural references, figurative, functional

Aycan Demir Ayaz Middle East Technical University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8105-434XSinem Ozkardas University of Waterloo, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4535-6951Tuba Ozturan Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7099-0076Keywords: High school English classes, challenges, suggestions, attitudes of teachers and students Abstract The English language curriculum prepared by the Ministry of National Education for high schools in Turkey seems to be satisfactory in theory, but the

Laya Heidari Darani Department of English, Falavarjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, IsfahanMostafa Morady MoghaddamShahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, IranKeywords: impoliteness, Iranian EFL learners, native English speakers, please, politeness, pragmatics Abstract This study explored how Iranian EFL learners and native English speakers conceptualized the impolite use of please in interaction. Moreover, attempts were made to examine

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