Vol. 1 No. 1 (2015)

Handan CelikTrakya UniversityKeywords: Research Methods in Second Language Acquisition: A Practical Guide Abstract Research Methods in Second Language Acquisition: A Practical Guide, Alison Mackey, Susan M. Gass (Eds.). Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford (2011). 336 pp. ISBN: 978-1- 4443-3427-2 (pbk.) PDF Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on whatsapp Share on pinterest

Sedat Beceren Canakkale Onsekiz Mart UniversityKeywords: Research Perspectives on Teaching and Learning English in Turkey: Policies and Practices Abstract Research Perspectives on Teaching and Learning English in Turkey: Policies and Practices, Yasemin Bayyurt & Yesim Bektas-Cetinkaya (Eds.). Peter Lang GmhB, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Offord, Wien (2012). 312 pp. ISBN 978-3-631-63334-2 (Hardcover), ISBN 978-3-653-02387-9

M. Sercan UztosunOnsekiz Mart UniversityKeywords: Teaching and Researching Language Learning Strategies Abstract Teaching and Researching Language Learning Strategies, Rebecca L. Oxford. Pearson Education Limited, London, New York (2011). Xiv+342 pp. ISBN: 978-0-582- 38129-2 (pbk.) PDF Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on whatsapp Share on pinterest

Karim SadeghiUrmia UniversityZainab Abolfazli KhonbiUrmia UniversityKeywords: Iranian EFL students, Language learning aptitude, Language learning strategy use Abstract Fundamental to any consideration of research into students’ roles in any educational program is the focus on the most efficient way(s) of learning for students. Following the same thread, this study aimed to explore the patterns of language

Frederick Poole Utah State UniversityKoyin SungUtah State UniversityKeywords: Chinese language beginners, Pinyin, character recognition, character writing, university level Abstract Developing Chinese character knowledge is often labor intensive and time consuming. Therefore, there is often an imbalance between character instruction and training in other language skills due to how much instructional time is occupied by learning

Michael John AlroeChulalongkorn UniversityHayo ReindersHayo ReindersKeywords: Contextual learning, decontextualized learning, translation pairs;, vocabulary knowledge Abstract This study aimed to test the findings of earlier research indicating that EFL students could better learn new vocabulary via translation from L1 rather than by encountering it in the context of L2 sentences. Over one thousand Thai freshmen students

Ardith J. Meier University of Northern IowaKeywords: Noticing, intercultural communicative competence, culture-general approach, English as a lingua franca Abstract This paper expands Schmidt’s (1990) concept of “noticing” and adapts it to the development of intercultural communicative competence (ICC), an especially relevant goal of language teaching given increased communication across cultures and the role of English

Kenta Yamanouchi Nagoya Gakuin UniversityKeywords: English as an international language, native speaker of English, nonnative speaker of English, language model, speaker model, English education in Japan Abstract In the research area of English as an international language, there are numerous studies about appropriate language norms and language models, but few investigations of attitudes about people

İsmail Hakkı Erten Hacettepe UniversityHüseyin Öz Hacettepe UniversityKeywords: editorial Abstract Dear EJAL Readers, Welcome to our inaugural issue of Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics (EJAL). Why a new applied linguistics journal? That was the very question Hüseyin Öz and I had to find an answer to when we had the idea of launching a new