EURASIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2017)

Constraints in Spoken Proficiency: Causes and Remedial Measures

Shantha Sambath National Institute of Technology https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7129-0813Mekala Sethuraman National Institute of TechnologyKeywords: Affective factors, engineering students, oral communicative tasks, speaking constraints, spoken proficiency Abstract Spoken proficiency in English has become indispensable in engineering industry. It is expected of an engineering student to possess requisite spoken proficiency for his/her career growth prospects. The paper focuses on …

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The Causes of English Spelling Errors by Arabic Learners of English

Robert Joel DeaconNagoya University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2260-4062Keywords: Arabic ESL, orthographic competence, orthographic transfer, spelling, vowel blindness Abstract This study investigates the possible cause(s) of English spelling errors by Arabic learners of English (ALEs). Studies show that ALEs make significantly more English spelling errors than other English second-language learner groups. Studies also show ALEs make more errors with …

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Editorial VOL. 3 NO. 2 (2017)

İsmail Hakkı Erten Hacettepe University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8527-5681Hüseyin Öz Hacettepe University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6512-4931Keywords: editorial Abstract Dear EJAL Readers, Welcome to our latest issue. We are proud to be releasing our Volume 3, Issue 2, thus completing three full years of hard work. Having started in 2015, we were delighted to experience an ever increasing interest in EJAL and …

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