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{"title":"EFL TEACHERS’ PRACTICES OF THEIR TESTING READING COMPREHENSION AND THEIR PERCEPTIONS OF ITS WASHBACK EFFECTS","authors":"Dang The Bac, T. C. Dan","doi":"10.46827/ejals.v5i1.361","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46827/ejals.v5i1.361","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to investigate two issues. Firstly, it explores English as a foreign language (EFL) high school teachers’ practices of testing and washback in teaching reading comprehension. Secondly, their perceptions of its washback effects are scrutinized. Content analysis, questionnaires, and semi-structured interviews were employed to collect data. Sixty teachers at some high schools in Can Tho City, Vietnam were contacted to answer the questionnaire. In the end, five of them were selected to take part in the interviews. The findings indicated that designing tests has a beneficial impact on reading for EFL learners in the areas of students' passion for reading, decreasing reading boredom, students' interest in reading text content, and students' development of thinking skills. It has an impact on the teachers' time allotment, teaching strategies, and instructional materials.  Article visualizations:","PeriodicalId":321145,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Applied Linguistics Studies","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116993200","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}

{"title":"GRAMMATICAL TONE- H TOMORPH, A MARKER OF ATTRIBUTION IN IKHIN, AN EDOID LANGUAGE","authors":"Olaide Oladimeji","doi":"10.46827/ejals.v5i1.359","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46827/ejals.v5i1.359","url":null,"abstract":"The typology of Ikhin tone system is ‘two tones plus a downstep’, that is, the lowering of the pitch level of the second high tone in a high [H], low [L], high [H] tone sequence. This paper, therefore, examines the behavior of these tones in the attributive constructions in Ikhin, an Edoid language in South-South, Nigeria. The study observes that in Ikhin, the attribute of a noun (N) is indicated by post posing a modifier (M) after the noun. The normal order between a noun (N) and its modifier is therefore that the noun precedes its modifier. On the one hand, there is a construction marker ísὲ [ ̱̄ ]. At morpheme boundary in noun- noun construction, the high toned initial vowel of ísὲ  is deleted but its tone remains to perform a grammatical function. On the other hand, other kind of the construction in which the modifying element is not a noun, only a H tomorph is used as the construction marker. This H tomorph marks the relationship between a noun and its modifier. The paper also describes the role of L tomorph in the dynamics of downstep in the language.  Article visualizations:","PeriodicalId":321145,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Applied Linguistics Studies","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129747665","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}

{"title":"ON TRANSLATING CI PAI OF SONG CI","authors":"Miaomiao Liu, W. Feng","doi":"10.46827/ejals.v5i1.358","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46827/ejals.v5i1.358","url":null,"abstract":"Song Ci is a popular Chinese literary genre in the Song Dynasty, which marks the highest literary achievement of the Song Dynasty. Ci Pai is the name of the tune of Ci. Only a few sources of Ci Pai can be verified, so it becomes very difficult to translate them into English. But as an important part of Ci, it is particularly important. This paper tries to select as many Ci Pai names as possible, analyze and compare their English translation methods, so as to promote the standardization of Ci terms. This will not only facilitate the exchange between Chinese and Western cultures, but also promote the dissemination and promotion of excellent Chinese traditional culture abroad.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src=\"/-counters-/edu_01/0568/a.php\" alt=\"Hit counter\" /></p>","PeriodicalId":321145,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Applied Linguistics Studies","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121629546","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}

{"title":"A LINGUISTIC THEORETICAL STUDY OF THE UNIQUE QUALITIES OF THE ‘-S’ MORPHEME / UNE ÉTUDE THÉORIQUE LINGUISTIQUE DE LES QUALITÉS UNIQUES DU MORPHÈME '-S'","authors":"A. James, Olawoyin Sarah Adamu, Ojeyokan John Egwabor","doi":"10.46827/ejals.v5i1.357","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46827/ejals.v5i1.357","url":null,"abstract":"This paper is a linguistic theoretical study of the unique qualities of the ‘s’ morpheme. It explores the phonological, semantic and syntactic features of the ‘s’ morpheme as used in our day-to-day conversations. The aim of this study is to highlight some salient qualities of the ‘-s’ morpheme. It is a known fact that the ‘-s’ morpheme is an inflectional morpheme; however, this study attempts to highlight more facts to show that beyond its inflectional role, it plays other linguistic roles that most times, the user of the English language undermines. Moreover, these other roles are nexus, because they connect the three areas of the English language: phonology, semantics and syntax. Samples of words are derived from different secondary sources and are analyzed phonologically, semantically and syntactically. The paper concludes that the ‘-s’ morpheme application in our daily written and oral expressions is not negligible. Cet article est une étude théorique linguistique des qualités uniques du morphème 's'. Il explore les caractéristiques phonologiques, sémantiques et syntaxiques du morphème « s » tel qu'il est utilisé dans nos conversations quotidiennes. L'objectif de cette étude est de mettre en évidence certaines qualités saillantes du morphème '-s'. C'est un fait connu que le morphème '-s'est un morphème flexionnel ; cependant, cette étude tente de mettre en évidence plus de faits pour montrer qu'au-delà de son rôle d'inflexion, il joue d'autres rôles linguistiques que la plupart du temps, l'utilisateur de la langue anglaise sape. De plus, ces autres rôles sont liés, car ils relient les trois domaines de la langue anglaise : la phonologie, la sémantique et la syntaxe. Des échantillons de mots sont dérivés de différentes sources secondaires et sont analysés phonologiquement, sémantiquement et syntaxiquement. L'article conclut que l'application du morphème '-s'dans nos expressions écrites et orales quotidiennes n'est pas négligeable.  Article visualizations:","PeriodicalId":321145,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Applied Linguistics Studies","volume":"4 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133072401","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}

{"title":"NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE PRONUNCIATION OF SECOND LANGUAGE SPANISH VOWELS: A CORPUS STUDY / NUEVAS PERSPECTIVAS SOBRE LA PRONUNCIACIÓN DE LAS VOCALES DEL ESPAÑOL EN UNA SEGUNDA LENGUA: UN ESTUDIO DE CORPUS","authors":"M. García, P. Arnold","doi":"10.46827/ejals.v5i1.355","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46827/ejals.v5i1.355","url":null,"abstract":"This study focuses on the acquisition of the Spanish vowel system by English-speaking L2 learners. The vowel inventory of Spanish varies greatly from the English vowel system, yet the two are not normally differentiated in instructional strategies. We focus primarily on the mispronunciation of vowels, as they are critical to verb morphology in Spanish, as well as their mispronunciation can lead to confusion between minimal pairs in Spanish (e.g., reino ‘kingdom’ vs. reno ‘reindeer’). Using the Corpus Oral de Español como Lengua Extranjera (ELE), we explored the most frequent types of mistakes produced by these learners in their pronunciation of Spanish vowels. Analysis showed that these mispronunciations included, but was not limited to, vowel reduction or vowel alternation. Moreover, the study concludes with an interpretation of plausible sources of this problem as well as discussing the role of vowel mispronunciations in L2 learner’s intelligibility.Este estudio se centra en la adquisición del sistema vocálico español por parte de estudiantes de L2 de habla inglesa. El inventario de vocales del español varía mucho del sistema de vocales del inglés, sin embargo, estas diferencias no se incluyen normalmente en las estrategias de instrucción. Este estudio se enfoca principalmente en las pronunciaciones incorrectas de las vocales, ya que son fundamentales para la morfología verbal en español, ya que una pronunciación incorrecta puede generar confusión entre pares mínimos en español (por ejemplo, reino vs. reno). Utilizando el Corpus Oral de Español como Lengua Extranjera (ELE), exploramos los tipos de errores más frecuentes que los aprendices ingleses producen en la pronunciación de las vocales del español. El análisis mostró que estas pronunciaciones incorrectas incluían, pero no se limitaban a, reducciones o alternancias vocálicas. Además, el estudio concluye con una interpretación de los orígenes plausibles de este problema, así como con la discusión del papel de las pronunciaciones incorrectas de las vocales en la inteligibilidad del alumno de L2.  Article visualizations:","PeriodicalId":321145,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Applied Linguistics Studies","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127764560","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}

{"title":"RECONSTRUCTION OF POETIC FUNCTIONAL CONTEXT – TAKING THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF LI QINGZHAO'S “SLOW SLOW SONG” AS AN EXAMPLE","authors":"Xinxin Yang, F. Wang","doi":"10.46827/ejals.v5i1.352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46827/ejals.v5i1.352","url":null,"abstract":"Based on Halliday’s systemic functional context theory, this paper makes a contrastive analysis of the transitivity process, register variants, and text genre of the two English translations of Li Qingzhao’s “Slow Slow Song” from the three dimensions of cultural context, situational context, and co-text to explore the characteristics of the language expressions of the two translations. It is found that there are differences in the process of transitivity, register variants, and discourse genre between the two translations and the original text. Based on the language use characteristics of the two translations, this paper further discusses the English translation strategies of Song Ci from the three levels of discourse cohesion, meaning interpretation, and genre selection to provide a reference for the translation practice of Song Ci.","PeriodicalId":321145,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Applied Linguistics Studies","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116837655","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}

{"title":"THE EFFECTS OF FLIPPED CLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONS ON THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PERFORMANCE OF VIETNAMESE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS / TÁC ĐỘNG CỦA MÔ HÌNH LỚP HỌC ĐẢO NGƯỢC ĐỐI VỚI VIỆC HỌC KỶ NĂNG NÓI TIẾNG ANH CỦA SINH VIÊN ĐẠI HỌC","authors":"Truong Hoang Hau","doi":"10.46827/ejals.v5i1.346","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46827/ejals.v5i1.346","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to find out the effect of the flipped classroom model on university students who learn English speaking skills in the first semester of the university programme. This is a quasi-experimental study that lasted for 15 weeks with the participation of 30 university students and 2 university lecturers who have a lot of experience in reverse classroom teaching. Students participating in the study were divided into 2 groups, one group studied in a flipped classroom, and the other group followed the traditional model. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected. In this study, participating students were tested for the same level of English placement for both groups. After 15 weeks, both groups did the final exams. The content of the tests had a similar difficulty. The study results showed that there were significant differences between the two research groups, the flipped learning study group had better results than the traditional group, and the flipped students felt enjoyable learning with this model. Results were found after interviews with 6 students in the flipped class. However, the study also showed that the flipped learning model class caused many difficulties for students and lecturers because it required relatively high technological knowledge as well as the stability of the internet.  Article visualizations:","PeriodicalId":321145,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Applied Linguistics Studies","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126375425","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}

{"title":"SAVING THE GA-DANGME LANGUAGE FROM EXTINCTION – A CORROBORATIVE STUDY","authors":"Prince Yaw Adjei, Emmanuel Kwame Okrah, Bright Oppong-Agyei, E. Asante","doi":"10.46827/ejals.v5i1.345","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46827/ejals.v5i1.345","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This corroborative study is based on research findings by Obeng Gyasi’s (1997) ‘An analysis of the linguistic situation in Ghana,’ and Akpanglo-Nartey & Akpanglo-Nartey’s, ‘Some Endangered Languages of Ghana’ (2012). Three indigenous Ghanaian Languages (<em>Ewutu-Efutu, Ga </em>and<em> Dangme</em>) were studied by Akpanglo-Nartey (2012) and the conclusion was that “<em>a lot of the indigenous languages of Ghana are in danger and could even be lost in the next few generations</em>”. Again, Obeng Gyasi (1997: 78) in his concluding remarks stated that, “<em>in fact, there are quite a number of Ghanaian languages that one can conveniently label as threatened or embattled</em>”. To ascertain the extent of damage done to both Ga and Dangme Languages, the researchers used <em>UNESCO Language Vitality & Endangerment Assessment Tool (2003)</em><strong> </strong>to assess the Ga-Dangme Language along two dominant languages used in Ghana; <em>Akan</em> and <em>English Language</em>. Observation was used as a tool to collect data and then analysed qualitatively. The results confirmed that indeed, the Ga-Dangme Language is ‘<em>definitely endangered</em>’ because the language is used mostly by very few speakers, of parental generation up. Finally, the paper suggests ways in which Ga-Dangme could be preserved from further damage or loss. Ultimately, this paper has implications for further research on language extinction.</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src=\"/-counters-/edu_01/0999/a.php\" alt=\"Hit counter\" /></p>","PeriodicalId":321145,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Applied Linguistics Studies","volume":"150 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134439636","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}

{"title":"THE CHANGING STATUS OF THE NIGERIAN NATIVE SPEAKER: IMPLICATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS","authors":"O. Tom-lawyer, Michael Thomas","doi":"10.46827/ejals.v5i1.342","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46827/ejals.v5i1.342","url":null,"abstract":"Globalisation has taken its toll on different aspects of human life, having both positive and negative effects on the languages spoken around the world in particular. As a consequence, the concept of the native speaker is becoming increasingly blurred and is in danger of becoming lost. Researchers in different disciplines have highlighted the inimical import of the term (Cheng, Burgess, Vernooij, Solis-Barroso, McDermott & Naboodiripad, 2021). However, it is necessary to preserve the term in order to maintain the native speaker’s identity (Kim, 2022) and authenticity. Every Nigerian has an ethnic language by virtue of the fact that their parents are Nigerians which makes him/her the possessor of an L1 or first language. But, does the possession of a mother tongue qualify a person to be a native speaker in Nigeria in the traditional sense of the term? Some other children have acquired Nigerian English as their first language and cannot communicate in any other language except Nigerian English. As a consequence, could they also be termed ‘native speakers of English?’ Similarly, would children who have acquired Nigerian Pidgin (Niger Delta region) as their first language also be referred to as native speakers of Pidgin? There are also deaf people in Nigeria and similar questions emerge about how best to describe their native language. It is against this background that this paper undertakes a critical literature review to examine the changing status of the Nigerian ‘native speaker’ and the nuances associated with it, many of which are often ignored or concealed in the attempt to understand it as a homogenous term. Arising from the literature review, the paper argues that in future, Nigerian indigenous languages may become extinct and that to guard against this outcome, there is a need to preserve native languages in the country, hence the status of its speakers. The study concludes that the use of the term ‘native speaker’ is losing its currency and recommends the preservation of the concept as it symbolises the language rights of the minority and a model source of data for the language (Skutnabb-Kangas and Phillipson, 1989; cited in De Gruyter, 2012).  Article visualizations:","PeriodicalId":321145,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Applied Linguistics Studies","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123882202","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}

{"title":"THE EFFECTS OF GAMES ON LEARNING ENGLISH GRAMMAR OF TENTH GRADERS AT DIEN HAI HIGH SCHOOL, BAC LIEU PROVINCE, VIETNAM","authors":"Lam Son Hai","doi":"10.46827/ejals.v5i1.341","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46827/ejals.v5i1.341","url":null,"abstract":"This study attempts to investigate the effect of games on students’ learning English grammar and to give suggestions for applying games. An experiment was conducted with two tenth classes at Dien Hai Highschool, Bac Lieu Province, Vietnam. In one class, grammar was taught with the grammar games at the practice stage while the other was taught as normal. The study proved that games had positive effects on students’ learning English grammar at Dien Hai High school. Data from the questionnaire revealed that games brought about an amusing atmosphere, games created the learning environment and games provided students with opportunities and challenges to practice English grammar. Besides, by means of tests, the data collections showed that students could get better results when they learnt English grammar with games. The students in the experiment class achieved better results than those of the control at the end of the experiment. Particularly, the number of good students in the experimental group increased considerably from 4.9% in Test 1 to 17.1% in Test 4. From the study findings, I suggested that teachers should choose proper games, manage time and class, give a reward to encourage students to learn better and give proper feedback to make grammar practice with games more effective in class.  Article visualizations:","PeriodicalId":321145,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Applied Linguistics Studies","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130399883","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}