Responding to the growing need to foster communicative abilities in English, many Asian
countries where English is taught as a foreign language have recently introduced English at …

This article presents an overview of the perceived importance and accelerated spread of
English language education, both formal and informal, in three East Asian countries (ie …

The current study examined the effects of Korean elementary school teachers' accents on
their students' listening comprehension. It also examined students' attitudes toward teachers …

It is beneficial for students to experience situational learning, especially for English as a
foreign language (EFL) learning. Providing more listening and speaking opportunities could …

This study explored the impact of preexisting vocabulary knowledge (PVK) and listening
proficiency on the vocabulary learning through listening of 137 Chinese learners of English …

This paper investigates the Chinese state's English language ideologies as reflected in
official Chinese foreign language education policies (FLEP). It contends that the Chinese …

Students' perceptions are one of the most important elements in evaluating the learning
environment. Although the literature is replete with studies investigating teacher-student …

Motivated by theoretical and pedagogical concerns that the link between second language
(L2) learners' second language acquisition (SLA) and language use in 3D multi-user virtual …

This study explored the teaching and learning of vocabulary through listening among 137
senior high-school learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) in China. It compared …

Children in bilingual societies often simultaneously acquire reading skills in distinct writing
systems that vary in consistency of sound–letter mapping or orthographic depth. To …