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Functional Patterns of Lexical Bundles and Limitations in Academic Writing by Thai L2 English Learners 泰国语二语英语学习者学术写作中词汇束的功能模式及局限性

Journal of English Language Teaching and Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-12-15 DOI: 10.21462/jeltl.v6i3.629

A. Khamkhien

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引用次数: 4

Variation of Acehnese Monophthong /ʌ/ in Western Acehnese Dialect 亚齐语单元音/ / /在亚齐西部方言中的变异

Journal of English Language Teaching and Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-12-15 DOI: 10.21462/jeltl.v6i3.655

Tanzir Masykar, Roni Agusmaniza, Tabsyir Masykar, Huang Shan, Febri Nurrahmi

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引用次数: 0

A Case Study of Academic Vocabulary in a Novice Student’s Writing at a UK University 英国大学新生写作中学术词汇的个案研究

Journal of English Language Teaching and Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-12-15 DOI: 10.21462/jeltl.v6i3.609

Dana Therova

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引用次数: 1

Can Code Switching Indicate Personal Branding?: A Case Study of Higher Education Students in Indonesia 代码转换能体现个人品牌吗?:以印尼高等教育学生为例

Journal of English Language Teaching and Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-12-15 DOI: 10.21462/jeltl.v6i3.644

M. Rahmah, T. Indhiarti

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引用次数: 1

During and After Study Abroad Period: Perception and Attitudes on English Development and Maintenance 留学期间与留学后:对英语发展与维护的认知与态度

Journal of English Language Teaching and Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-12-15 DOI: 10.21462/jeltl.v6i3.616

Dwi Rahayu

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引用次数: 0

“If Not Us, Who?”: Preserving Javanese Language Through Code Switching Practice in Yowis Ben Movie “如果不是我们，还有谁?”:在Yowis Ben电影中通过代码转换实践保存爪哇语

Journal of English Language Teaching and Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-12-15 DOI: 10.21462/jeltl.v6i3.623

Reva Caesar Margi Pangestu, Emy Sudarwati

{"title":"“If Not Us, Who?”: Preserving Javanese Language Through Code Switching Practice in Yowis Ben Movie","authors":"Reva Caesar Margi Pangestu, Emy Sudarwati","doi":"10.21462/jeltl.v6i3.623","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21462/jeltl.v6i3.623","url":null,"abstract":"The occurrence of Code switching phenomenon is relatively normal in bilingual and multilingual society. However, despite a large body of research on code switching, little attention has been given to code switching phenomenon in relation to language maintenance issue. This study investigates the types of code switching that are used by main characters in Yowis Ben The Series Episode 6; the main characters’ reasons to use code switching in Yowis Ben The Series Episode 6; and the investigation concerning Javanese language maintenance indication depicted in the movie. This descriptive qualitative study probes into the ways in which Javanese language as a vernacular language is used along with the standard Bahasa Indonesia in a movie.In addition to examining the types of code switching, this study also tries to go further within the issue of Javanese language maintenance the movie wants to convey. The results showed that there are a total of 20 data indicating three types of code switching in Yowis Ben The Series Episode 6: Intra-sentential switching (11), inter-sentential switching (8), and tag switching (once).The reasons of using code switching are to expresscertain feelings and attitudes, to talk about a specific topic, to express solidarity between people from different or the same ethnic groups, and to attract attention and persuade audiences.","PeriodicalId":223469,"journal":{"name":"Journal of English Language Teaching and Linguistics","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114209177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 2

Willingness to Communicate: The Predictive Roles of the L2 Motivational Self-System and Self-Efficacy 沟通意愿:第二语言动机自我系统和自我效能感的预测作用

Journal of English Language Teaching and Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-12-15 DOI: 10.21462/jeltl.v6i3.606

Farnaz Esmkhani Youvalari

{"title":"Willingness to Communicate: The Predictive Roles of the L2 Motivational Self-System and Self-Efficacy","authors":"Farnaz Esmkhani Youvalari","doi":"10.21462/jeltl.v6i3.606","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21462/jeltl.v6i3.606","url":null,"abstract":"Research on communication emphasizes the psychological variables that play a great role in predicting a predisposition for engaging or avoiding communicative behavior. As a quantitative correlational study, this research was conducted with a convenient sample of 94 Iranian EFL learners to investigate to what degree the L2 motivational self-system and self-efficacy beliefs of language learners could predict second language willingness to communicate (WTC). A Likert scale highly reliable questionnaire containing 35 items was put to use to collect data on dimensions of the L2 motivational self-system, self-efficacy beliefs and L2 WTC. After the combined predictive ability of these variables, as a model, on WTC was measured, the study aimed at finding the unique contribution of each variable on WTC. Also, the researcher aimed at investigating whether gender would moderate each of the relationships between the explanatory variables and WTC. A set of multiple regression analyses indicated that the ideal L2 self, the ought-to L2 self, the L2 learning experience, and self-efficacy, as a whole model, was able to predict 41.6% of the variation in WTC. It was found that the ideal L2 self was the strongest predictor of WTC, followed by self-efficacy beliefs, which uniquely explained 38.7% and 16.8% of the variation in WTC scores, respectively. Additionally, it was observed that gender did not have the ability to statistically moderate any of the aforementioned relationships. The findings of this academic endeavor are discussed in relation to the potential theoretical and practical implications it has for the field of English language teaching.","PeriodicalId":223469,"journal":{"name":"Journal of English Language Teaching and Linguistics","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124676632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Documentaries as Multimodal Texts to Promote Reading in the Virtual Language Classroom: An Experimental Study 纪录片作为多模态语篇促进虚拟语言课堂阅读的实验研究

Journal of English Language Teaching and Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-12-15 DOI: 10.21462/jeltl.v6i3.611

N. W. S. C Wijewantha

{"title":"Documentaries as Multimodal Texts to Promote Reading in the Virtual Language Classroom: An Experimental Study","authors":"N. W. S. C Wijewantha","doi":"10.21462/jeltl.v6i3.611","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21462/jeltl.v6i3.611","url":null,"abstract":"As education today is immensely reliant on distant and virtual learning methods, addressing the individual learning styles of the students is a challenging task particularly in second language teaching. Therefore, this study examines the use of documentaries as multimodal texts in the virtual language classroom to promote reading. 50 first year undergraduates enrolled in the BSc. degree program at a Sri Lankan national university were selected for the study and they were randomly divided into two groups; experimental and control. The virtual application used in the study was Google Classroom and a subtitled documentary was shared among the students of experimental group whereas the controlled group was given access to the transcript of the same documentary. After allocating adequate reading time for both groups, a test paper was simultaneously assigned using the same platform. While the students’ scores were analyzed to evaluate the effectiveness of the two reading approaches, a questionnaire was virtually distributed among the participants of the experimental group to gather their perspective on the use of documentary. The findings revealed that, using documentaries as digital multimodal texts is a successful language acquisition method which enhances the students’ comprehension and enthusiasm in learning the language. Further, using documentary was identified as a novel experience in the virtual classroom. Hence, the study recommends the incorporation of digital texts in virtual language teaching as a multimodal approach.","PeriodicalId":223469,"journal":{"name":"Journal of English Language Teaching and Linguistics","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134409587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

The Effect of Contextual Factor on Learning Styles Preferences of English Majors in Lao Public Universities 语境因素对老挝公立大学英语专业学生学习风格偏好的影响

Journal of English Language Teaching and Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-12-15 DOI: 10.21462/jeltl.v6i3.667

Souksakhone Sengsouliya, Sithane Soukhavong, Say Phonekeo, Vanmany Vannasy, Vanthala Souvanxay, Chanmany Rattanavongsa

{"title":"The Effect of Contextual Factor on Learning Styles Preferences of English Majors in Lao Public Universities","authors":"Souksakhone Sengsouliya, Sithane Soukhavong, Say Phonekeo, Vanmany Vannasy, Vanthala Souvanxay, Chanmany Rattanavongsa","doi":"10.21462/jeltl.v6i3.667","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21462/jeltl.v6i3.667","url":null,"abstract":"This research is a quantitative correlational design, which investigates the English learning styles preferences of English major in Laotian public universities in Lao PDR and tests the effect of contextual factors on the participants’ learning styles preferences. The sample of this research involved 542 university-level students who major in English at a bachelor-degree program in four public universities in Lao PDR. The instrument of the study was Reid’s (1987) Perceptual Learning Style Preference Questionnaire (PLSPQ), which includes six different learning styles (Audio, Visual, Kinesthetic, Tactile, Individual, and Group learning styles). Participants were invited to rate their learning style preference towards the scale. The analysis was conducted based on Reid’s (1995) guide of categorizing preference levels, such as Major, Minor Learning Style Preference, and Negligible. The results indicated that the participants had three major preferences towards Kinesthetic learning (M=41.20), Audio learning (M=39.18), and Tactile learning styles (M=38.14), respectively. The study also found that there are significant differences in English learning styles preferences among students from different institutional contexts. Further research on testing the effect of contextual factors on learners’ learning choice is strongly recommended.","PeriodicalId":223469,"journal":{"name":"Journal of English Language Teaching and Linguistics","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129938701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

EFL Teachers’ Considerations in Developing Online Teaching Materials 英语教师开发网络教材的思考

Journal of English Language Teaching and Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-08-29 DOI: 10.21462/JELTL.V6I2.597

Ivani Noviarani, D. Suherdi, Eri Kurniawan

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引用次数: 3